Chapter 75

"Mom, what did you make for today's meal?" Xiaoshan Wang Xia said the familiar words again.

"Today! We have green peppers today!" Wang Xia's mother replied with a smile.

Wang Xia knew these dialogues by heart, even without listening.

But even after countless cycles, Wang Xia, who could remember every word of the conversation, still smiled when she saw herself and her mother happily eating green pepper sandwiches together.

However, with the appearance of the assassin, Wang Xia's emotions became unstable again.

Even though the repeated cycles made Wang Xia realize that everything was fake and what she saw might just be an illusion,

seeing it all still made it impossible for Wang Xia to remain calm.

She rushed out again and tried to attack the female assassin once more.

Even after countless cycles, Wang Xia knew her attacks would be ineffective, but she still did it.

Knowing it was useless, she still attacked the female assassin and watched her limbs pass through the assassin's body, to no avail.

So Wang Xia came to her younger self again, shouting at her to pick up the gun.

But everything was like a 3D movie, playing out on its own, never changing because of her, the audience.

"No, no! Mom!" Seeing her mother's situation becoming more and more critical, and the next moment her mother would be stabbed in the chest, Wang Xia could only cry out in despair.

Even after witnessing this scene countless times, Wang Xia still couldn't stop herself from crying.

Just when she thought this cycle would end with her watching her mother die again, a hand suddenly appeared on her shoulder, patting her shoulder comfortingly.

Wang Xia looked blankly and found that someone had appeared beside her, someone she knew very well—Uesugi Aoyama.

"Uesugi." Wang Xia murmured.

Suddenly seeing Aoyama, who shouldn't have been there, made Wang Xia momentarily dazed.

"I'll take care of it!" Aoyama patted Wang Xia's shoulder and smiled, comforting her.

Then, Aoyama reached out and grabbed the gun on the table.

In Wang Xia's incredulous gaze, Aoyama picked up the gun.

Aoyama then aimed the gun at the female assassin.

"No!" The female assassin, who was about to stab Wang Xia's mother in the chest, seemed to notice Aoyama's presence and screamed.

In an instant, the illusion that had seemed like a 3D movie was invaded by Aoyama, an impossible intruder.

Then Aoyama fired.

The gunshot rang out, and the bullet hit the female assassin's forehead accurately.

The female assassin's eyes filled with disbelief as she slowly fell backward, landing with a thud.

Wang Xia stared blankly at the scene, slowly raising her hands to cover her face, including her mouth and nose.

Large tears flowed like a broken dam, faster than before, but these were tears of joy.

The joy of suddenly seeing hope after endless despair is something that those who haven't experienced it can never understand.

Wang Xia's mother, covered in wounds, gasped for breath but immediately came to her younger self's side, hugging her still crying daughter.

"Xia, Mom is fine, Mom is fine! Everything is over." Wang Xia's mother murmured.

Watching this scene and hearing these words, the adult Wang Xia couldn't help but smile, but her tears flowed even more.

She trembled and reached out to touch her mother, but her hand passed through her mother's body, touching nothing.

But Wang Xia was already very satisfied.

"Mom, I love you! And thank you." Even though she knew her mother couldn't hear her, Wang Xia still said it.

Then Wang Xia felt her consciousness becoming increasingly blurred.

Finally, Wang Xia lost consciousness and fell to the side.

Aoyama stepped forward, catching her and holding her in her arms.

At the same time, everything around them shattered like glass.

Aoyama's interference with the illusion had already made it unstable, and now it was completely shattered.

Thus, Aoyama and Wang Xia's figures disappeared from the illusion.

In reality, inside the Labyrinth Crystal.

As Aoyama's consciousness returned to her body, she saw Wang Xia, whose consciousness had also returned but was in a coma, falling backward.

So Aoyama reached out, caught her, and held her in her arms, walking out of the Labyrinth Crystal with her.

Once out of the Labyrinth Crystal, Wang Xia, who was no longer affected by it, finally woke up.

Seeing Aoyama still holding her, Wang Xia was stunned for a moment, then remembered everything that had happened in the illusion.

"Thank you! Thank you for saving Mom, even though I know it wasn't real! But I still want to thank you for letting me have a beautiful dream." Wang Xia said.

"You're welcome! Some things are in the past, and people always have to look forward, don't they?" Aoyama comforted her.

"Yes, life is always about looking forward!" Wang Xia smiled, but her smile was somewhat forced.

But Aoyama knew that such things couldn't be let go so easily, so she didn't say anything more about it.

"Can you move now?" Aoyama asked.

"Yes, put me down!" Wang Xia said, her face slightly red.

Aoyama put Wang Xia down, and the two of them carefully examined their surroundings.

"What is this place?" Wang Xia said, looking at the huge stone pillar not far away, which seemed like a skyscraper.

"That's what I should be asking you. After all, this is all your doing." Aoyama looked at Wang Xia and said.

"I just wanted to summon a demon and trade for some magical knowledge! Who knew it would turn out like this." Wang Xia looked at the vortex not far away, thinking about how she had just completed the summoning spell when she was suddenly sucked into the vortex and fell into a large piece of black crystal, feeling a wave of fear.

"Summon a demon? Which demon did you want to summon?" Aoyama asked.

"The seventy-two pillars of Solomon! Any one of them would do." Wang Xia replied.

"No wonder. In that case, this should be the space where Solomon sealed the seventy-two pillars of demons." Aoyama nodded and said.

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