Chapter 152: The Choice

“Is there any meaning?” Zhou Ling retorted to Lü Yang.

“There certainly is meaning. I wished to see Yi Ya one last time before I died.” Lü Yang looked very calmly at Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling locked eyes with Lü Yang for quite some time. Finally, she nodded. “Fine. I will grant you this. In this kind of confrontational Mysterious Domain, if one side wants to use a special Mysterious Tool, they must get the other side’s agreement. I can summon the Interstitial Space for you now. While I am summoning it, you will get a notification sound. You just need to confirm it.”

“Summon it,” Lü Yang said with a nod to Zhou Ling.

“My Interstitial Space contains many super weapons. If you agree to my summoning, do not regret it…” Zhou Ling warned Lü Yang.

“Do weapons hold any meaning for us?” Lü Yang asked Zhou Ling in return.

Zhou Ling stared at Lü Yang for a long while before nodding again. “Indeed, they do not. I am starting the summoning. Confirm it when you get the notification.”

“Summon it,” Lü Yang said, closing his eyes.

Zhou Ling stretched out her hands. She gave Lü Yang another look, then focused her attention. Soon, a sparkling cube appeared not far in front of her. It slowly grew larger, until it was the size of a small house.

Then, the cube became transparent. Through its outer walls, the scene inside could be seen clearly…

The cube was divided into several sections. Some were transparent, others were closed off. One section was arranged like a standard hotel room. Yi Ya sat on the edge of the bed, a confused look on her face, as if wondering where she was.

In another compartment, a Torrential Rain raged. An Underground Pit appeared inside it. On the walls of the Underground Pit, five electrical switches were lined up neatly.

Both the standard hotel room where Yi Ya was and the Underground Pit in the other compartment were miniature versions. It was clear this Interstitial Space could be big or small, changing according to its owner’s will.

The victims of the Death Livestream were never in the Real world. They were inside an Interstitial Space overlapping the real world. How could the police in the human world solve such cases?

This Woman was truly powerful. Who knew what kind of bizarre and dangerous Mysterious Domains she had experienced to obtain such an incredible Mysterious Tool.

Her wisdom was perhaps honed through these perilous Mysterious Domains. Of course, it was also possible she was born with exceptionally high intelligence, and experiencing these Mysterious Domains was the exact kind of stimulating life she desired.

A question arose… From the beginning until the end, Lü Yang never received any notification sound about his opponent summoning a Mysterious Tool, as Zhou Ling had said he would. Without the notification sound, he naturally did not confirm anything… Yet, the Interstitial Space was summoned anyway.

“Xiao Ya…” Lü Yang looked at Yi Ya inside the cube. His fists clenched, then unclenched, unclenched, then clenched again. His face was full of concern.

Yi Ya clearly could not see anything outside. She just sat there, still looking confused, like she had forgotten something but couldn’t remember what.

“You have seen her now? You can die without regret?” Zhou Ling asked Lü Yang. She felt an indescribable irritation in her heart.

“Life and death are fated. I will follow your wishes,” Lü Yang replied faintly to Zhou Ling, his eyes still fixed on Yi Ya inside the cube.

“You are a very smart person. Your analytical skills are strong. How do you think I will make you die?” Zhou Ling gave a cold laugh.

“This? It’s simple… You will make me enter the electrical pit in the Interstitial Space. You will push the switches up one by one, making me take Xiao Ya’s place, slowly electrocuted to death inside.” Lü Yang smiled at Zhou Ling, then looked back at Yi Ya in the cube.

Didn’t Liu Yin say the Death Killer made him jump into a sulfuric acid pool? By that logic…

“Very good! Very clever! I know you are not afraid of death. You very much want to heroically sacrifice yourself for your loved one now, is that it?” Zhou Ling’s heart grew even more agitated.

“No, I am very afraid of death. I do not want to die. If you hadn’t targeted us for no reason, I would have wanted to live a good life, protecting Xiao Ya, holding her hand, accompanying her to watch the sunrise and sunset every day, seeing her live a happy and joyful life.” Lü Yang refuted Zhou Ling’s words.

“Don’t try to move me! Your love disgusts me!” Zhou Ling was clearly becoming hysterical.

“Disgust, because there is no love in your heart. So you can never obtain true love.” Lü Yang smiled.

“Is that so? True love? Nonsense! Let me tell you about your and Xiao Ya’s future! Let me tell you what true love is, and what disgust is!”

“You died here for her today. Out of respect for you, and my promise to you, I will give Xiao Ya a Path of Survival. Then, you are mercilessly erased by the Mysterious Domain. And her? She continues to live just fine in the world.”

“You sacrificed your life to save her, yet she doesn’t even remember that someone like you existed. A few years later, she gets married. She sleeps in the same bed with another man. Every day, that man kisses her and touches her, touches her and kisses her. That man strips off her clothes and presses her down underneath him, using a hundred different positions, shoving his ugly male organ into your dear Xiao Ya’s mouth, vagina, and anus, shooting piles of dirty filth into her body!”

“That man, while enjoying himself, won’t express any gratitude to someone as noble as you. Even if he knew of your existence, everything you once did, he would just call you an idiot! Is this your so-called true love? You gave everything for your loved one. Is this the ending you wanted? Hahahahahaha… So pitiful! So ridiculous! So disgusting!” Zhou Ling seemed to already see that scene, laughing wildly with extreme smugness.

“You are insane…” Lü Yang looked at Zhou Ling and sighed.

“I’m insane? Am I wrong? All of this will happen very soon! And it’s all caused by you! If you hadn’t designed this life-or-death confrontational Mysterious Domain, I could have sealed you inside the Interstitial Space until a few years later when you witnessed that scene with your own eyes! Let’s see which one of us goes insane then!” Zhou Ling screamed at Lü Yang.

Lü Yang fell silent.

“Speak! What does silence mean? Didn’t you want to sacrifice your life for her? Didn’t you say I can’t get true love? Did you get it? Do you really want to send your Xiao Ya into another man’s bed? Is this the true love you want!? Speak!” Zhou Ling grew even more frantic.

“Send me in. Release Xiao Ya,” Lü Yang spoke, his expression as calm as ever.

“You despicable man!” Zhou Ling was overcome with rage and began yelling curses at Lü Yang.

“I understand. All men in the world are despicable men in your eyes. It doesn’t matter if they are loyal to feelings or not. Xiao Ling, I can’t figure it out. What kind of feelings are you actually searching for?” Liu Yin, who had been silent all this time, spoke up. He looked at Zhou Ling with a puzzled expression.

“None of your business!” Zhou Ling rushed over and started punching and kicking Liu Yin on the ground, as if he were a sandbag.

Liu Yin was kicked until he coughed up blood. But he neither resisted nor tried to dodge.

“You, tell me, this Mysterious Domain doesn’t necessarily have to be life-or-death, right? You don’t absolutely want to kill me, do you? Tell me, what is the Path of Survival in this Mysterious Domain? As long as you promise to be with me from now on, I will release your Xiao Ya.” After venting her anger on Liu Yin, Zhou Ling rushed back in front of Lü Yang.

“Xiao Ling, do you really know what love is? To love someone is not to torment them, it is to see them happy. Let Xiao Ya and Lü Yang go! You are a smart person. I believe that one day in the future, when you figure it out, you will definitely find the happiness that belongs to you.” Liu Yin, after being thoroughly beaten, spoke again.

“Shut your dog mouth!” Zhou Ling turned and rushed back, delivering another round of punches and kicks to Liu Yin.

“Xiao Ling, it’s not that… every man is as despicable… as you imagine. In this world, there are always… some things… worth protecting… with your life. Open your heart. Stop hating. One day… you will understand.” Liu Yin kept talking to Zhou Ling while being beaten.

“You still dare to speak!?” Zhou Ling delivered several more fierce kicks to Liu Yin.

Liu Yin finally collapsed onto the ground. He spat out a large puddle of bloody foam and didn’t make a sound.

“Send me to the Interstitial Space,” Lü Yang said to Zhou Ling as she turned back towards him.

“Are you really going to do this? You still have a choice now. You can choose to kill me. Even if you can’t save Yi Ya, you at least avenged her. Plus, you could keep your own life.” Seeing that Liu Yin wasn’t moving at all, Zhou Ling finally regained a bit of composure from her frenzy.

“You don’t need to say more. If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn’t have waited until now.” Lü Yang shook his head and walked towards the edge of the cube.

“Don’t expect that after I lock you in the Interstitial Space, I will suddenly feel merciful. I will definitely kill you! Also, do you truly want Yi Ya to end up in another man’s embrace?” Zhou Ling shouted at Lü Yang, her voice filled with resentment.

“What I feel for Yi Ya is not just romantic love. She is my only family… Just like you and your sister Xiao Jing. I would do anything for her, even give my own life. Who she will wear a wedding dress for in the future, who she will tie up her long hair for, that is her happiness. When I see all that, I won’t go insane. I will bless her. I have made my choice. Now it’s your turn.” Lü Yang looked back at Zhou Ling, a smile appearing on his face.

Looking into Lü Yang’s eyes, which were as pure as the sun, moon, and stars, Zhou Ling suddenly reached up and clutched her chest. A mouthful of blood violently sprayed from her mouth. A long time later, Zhou Ling, her face deathly pale, spoke again. “Fine. Since you are so eager to die, I will grant your wish!”

“After you enter that compartment with the Torrential Rain, I will naturally release her from the other compartment. Oh, and a reminder, in the Underground Pit in the rain compartment, one of the five electrical switches has already been pushed up. After you go in, the other four switches will quickly be pushed up too! You don’t have much time left to live!”