Chapter 8

Bu Ye, of course, had no way of knowing the answer. After observing the black gas clouds for a while, he finally shifted his attention to the red light in the center.

Unfortunately, the red light showed no change at all; the information inside did not increase in the slightest.

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During the day, half of the villagers in Dongmang Village were denouncing Bu Ye, while the other half sympathized with him. His fate had already been decided by the village chief and others: he would be hanged in front of Yang Yuanda’s grave the morning after the funeral. This was somewhat cruel, but it was a custom in Dongmang Village, a remote mountain village, and there were even more cruel practices.

At noon, Hong Zhongwei, Liang Xiong, the village chief, and several clan elders came to interrogate him. Bu Ye simply answered a few questions, openly admitting that he was not possessed by evil and that he had deliberately killed Yang Yuanda.

When Bu Ye finished speaking, Yang Yuanda’s uncle, Yang Zhaocai, was so enraged that he began to curse Bu Ye for not repenting and for being inhuman. He even grabbed nearby objects and threw them at Bu Ye. From his demeanor, it was clear that he wished to kill Bu Ye with his own hands to avenge Yang Yuanda.

Although Bu Ye’s hands and feet were bound, he still managed to dodge Yang Zhaocai’s attack. He was well aware of why Yang Zhaocai was so enraged: partly because of their familial relationship, and partly because Yang Zhaocai’s current status was largely due to Yang Yuanda. Now that Yang Yuanda was dead, Yang Zhaocai’s position in the village would gradually decline. This old dog was not a good person either, having often harmed the villagers’ interests and always finding grandiose reasons to justify his actions.

Since he could not move freely, Bu Ye did not get angry after dodging Yang Zhaocai’s attack. In fact, he felt somewhat disdainful of dealing with Yang Zhaocai.

Under the persuasion of the village chief and others, the group led by Yang Zhaocai, who were filled with righteous indignation, finally left the room, leaving Bu Ye alone.

After everyone left, Bu Ye thought humorously: It seems that only people like Yang Yuanda and Yang Zhaocai are allowed to bully others, but not the other way around. Once they suffer from others' retaliation, they do not consider it a price they should pay, but only think of retaliating even more harshly...

What kind of logic is this?!

Is the world revolving around you?

It wasn’t until the afternoon that a member of the village defense team appeared again, bringing him a late lunch.

The food was quite good, only slightly inferior to what Luo Xiu could cook. It seemed that his relationships in Dongmang Village had played a role.

The person who brought him the food was a young man named Lü Min, who had a good relationship with Bu Ye in this world. While feeding Bu Ye, Lü Min kept chattering, but in the end, he couldn’t get any information out of Bu Ye. Lü Min also disliked Yang Yuanda, but he still felt that Bu Ye was too impulsive. Bu Ye’s reactions had always been abnormal, and if he were normal, he wouldn’t have killed Yang Yuanda. However, this didn’t make Lü Min fear Bu Ye; he just thought that Bu Ye must have some mental issues, which was also the view of most villagers.

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Before he knew it, the entire day had passed. What Bu Ye did not expect was that it was already very late, and Luo Xiu came to bring him dinner again.

He thought he had already made his intentions clear the night before, and Luo Xiu should have accepted the outcome. Why did she come again?

As it turned out, they spoke even less this evening than the night before. Gradually, Bu Ye understood Luo Xiu’s thoughts: even if it was just to give their two years of relationship a proper closure, she should visit him once every day during his final days.

Otherwise, she would feel guilty.

Bu Ye thought to himself, this is fine. Since I have no attachments in my heart, why not cooperate with Luo Xiu?

After all, he had no grudges with the people of Dongmang Village. As long as they did not provoke him, he would not go mad. And when someone showed enough kindness, he would not be cold in return.

After Luo Xiu left, Bu Ye felt a bit excited because this was the last night before his Heart Cloud awakened! As long as he got through this night, by tomorrow morning, he would have been in this world for three days and three nights, and his Heart Cloud would definitely be fully awakened.

Before he crossed over, he was a novelist with a rich imagination. To make his descriptions of the world and battles more vivid, he had watched many 3D movies. However, he always felt a sense of regret because novels were purely imaginary, and 3D movies could only stimulate the visual senses, never providing a truly immersive experience. What he really wanted was a completely immersive feeling. For example, the concept of internal energy in martial arts novels was overused, with phrases like "suddenly boosting internal energy" and "internal energy flowing continuously through the meridians." Everyone could write these, but who had ever experienced the real situation? What would the use of mana in fantasy novels or the flight and magical abilities in immortal novels be like when truly performed?

Now, Bu Ye finally had the opportunity!

The Heart Cloud Blood Star was different from internal energy, mana, or spiritual energy, but it was a truly magical ability that would soon awaken within him, and he would be able to feel it clearly!

For a novelist, there was nothing more satisfying than this.

The last night seemed particularly long, and Bu Ye kept his eyes closed, focusing on the pale red nebula in his heart, unable to fall asleep.

However, in the second half of the night, he could no longer resist, and his consciousness gradually became blurred, and he fell into a light sleep.

That night, he had a dream in which he was hanging from a tree in front of Yang Yuanda’s grave, about to suffocate to death.

"Ah!"

With a light exclamation, Bu Ye suddenly opened his eyes, waking up from the nightmare.

The darkness around him and the hard bed immediately made him realize where he was. Fortunately, it was just a dream.

However, a sense of crisis gradually enveloped him because he realized that after the Heart Cloud awakened in the morning, he would only have one day and one night to escape. During the day, the village was full of people, so he would likely not have the chance to escape and would have to wait until the evening. If he couldn’t escape by the next evening, he would really be hanged in front of Yang Yuanda’s grave, just like in his dream!

To be buried with that scoundrel? No way! Even if all the people in Dongmang Village died, they wouldn’t have the right to make him do that; he didn’t even know them!

Even now, Bu Ye still felt no sense of belonging in this world, feeling isolated from it.

Therefore, he really needed to plan carefully to avoid dying even after the Heart Cloud awakened...

At that time, Hong Zhongwei and Liang Xiong would at least have one person present, and with his newly awakened Heart Cloud, he would not be a match for either of them.

Continue focusing inward!

The pale red four-tailed nebula in his heart had become smaller, and its rotation had slowed, but the life force in each star within the nebula had become more concentrated. Moreover, Bu Ye could feel that the stars were connecting in some way he did not understand, forming a whole.

In fact, the Heart Cloud had been releasing life energy from the first day, gradually enhancing Bu Ye’s basic life force by improving his circulatory system. At this moment, besides his heart, Bu Ye could clearly feel that his lungs, kidneys, and other parts were full of vitality, far surpassing his initial state! If he could bring this body back to Earth, he would no longer be an ordinary person but a "superhuman" due to his extremely powerful circulatory system!

Bu Ye had never experienced such a vibrant state of life, which was a stark contrast to the weakness and helplessness he felt when suffering from cancer!

Even though his mind had been darkened by illness over the past half year, he felt quite invigorated at this moment. Regardless of whether one was good or bad, everyone craved power!

However, how much longer?

Bu Ye looked out the window, only able to see the faint light of torches through the cracks, but no sign of daylight, indicating that it was still a while before morning.

He smiled silently, realizing that he was also a bit anxious, and lay back on the bed, closing his eyes.

Time passed slowly, and most of his attention remained on the nebula in his heart, occasionally shifting to the red light and black gas clouds in his brain.

Gradually, Bu Ye managed to focus on both, seeing the situation in his heart and brain simultaneously, though not as clearly as before.

Just as he was adapting to this change, something suddenly moved in his brain!

Bu Ye immediately shifted all his attention to his brain and witnessed the change.

Outside the red light, two of the black gas clouds had already disappeared over the past two days, leaving only one in the lower left and three on the right, a total of four. At this moment, the gas cloud in the upper right was visibly dissipating, not like being blown away but more like evaporating.

In just a few seconds, Bu Ye watched as the gas cloud disappeared completely, leaving no trace.

Only three black gas clouds remained, and it seemed they would disappear at a rate of one per day. At this moment, in addition to the crisis brought by Yang Yuanda, Bu Ye felt a new, even stronger sense of crisis. He knew what would happen with Yang Yuanda—just being hanged—but he had no idea what was happening in his brain!

In the face of danger, not fearing death can keep one calm, but calmness alone may not be enough to survive; the most crucial thing is ability!

Ability comes in many forms, but a superhuman physique is always the most reliable!

Just as Bu Ye was deep in thought, he suddenly felt a change in his heart, as if a small, high-quality energy had been forcibly inserted!

He immediately shifted his attention and saw an incredibly magical scene!

The small nebula had almost stopped rotating, and in the center, where the four tails met, a bright red light began to shine and slowly spread outward! The originally pale red stars turned bright red, one, ten, a hundred, countless...

The bright red was similar to the color of arterial blood but also had the luster of gems and stars, looking incredibly beautiful and magnificent!

However, this alone was not enough to surprise Bu Ye. The most astonishing thing was that wherever the bright red spread, the life energy in each star increased by almost double!

This was definitely the sign of the Heart Cloud fully awakening!

Finally, it had arrived!

Then Bu Ye watched as the bright red slowly spread along the four tails of the nebula, changing the entire nebula!

This change alone doubled the quality and function of his heart!

But it wasn’t over yet!

The bright red energy in the center of the nebula continued to spread outward!

However, once it left the nebula, the energy spread widely, like water overflowing a dam, with no specific direction. Bu Ye’s body, like a field that had been dry for years, absorbed the energy, but not all tissues and organs could absorb it well. For example, muscles and bones were poor at attracting the energy, while blood vessels and lymphatic vessels absorbed it strongly.

In a very short time, the energy spread throughout Bu Ye’s chest and finally found an outlet: his lungs!

His entire lungs were extremely thirsty for the energy, and four areas in particular were like four dry wells! Observing this process in a single plane was not enough, as the human body is three-dimensional. These four wells were distributed on the upper and lower, front and back of Bu Ye’s two lungs, and they were not symmetrical, giving Bu Ye a strange feeling.

Before Bu Ye could adapt, the well in the front and upper part of his left lung, closest to his heart, suddenly filled up!

"Wing..."

A very pleasant sound echoed deep in Bu Ye’s soul, and at the same time, the well that had just been filled with energy emitted a bright red light!

A new, bright red star, like a ruby, appeared there, and Bu Ye, feeling a sudden enlightenment, knew that his first Blood Star had been activated!

The overall function of the area near his left lung immediately doubled, and it also affected more distant areas.

Each time a Blood Star was activated, the overall physical condition of the person improved by 20%, or 0.2. Once it reached 1, the overall condition would double!

The Heart Cloud awakening stage had twelve Blood Stars, and now, Bu Ye had activated the first Blood Star along with the awakening of his Heart Cloud!

However, it wasn’t over yet!

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