Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch 53 - Gunshot

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

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The jingubang trembled in Zhou Sheng's grip, growing longer and extending to the other side of the cliff before expanding to form a cylindrical bridge for the two of them to walk over.

"Be careful." Zhou Sheng said absentmindedly. He was thinking about how to obtain Chen Yekai's permission to summon over the dragon and soldiers that were on standby outside the Golden Crow Wheel.

Along the way, he tried all different manner of approaches, including but not limited to telling Chen Yekai that he has a dragon and asking him to imagine the dragon appearing in his dream. But ultimately, his efforts were in vain. There must be some other conditions that haven't been met......Zhou Sheng thought.

"You and Yu Hao......have known each other for a long time?" Chen Yekai asked tentatively as he stepped onto the jingubang.

"No." Zhou Sheng roughly explained how he had rescued Yu Hao.

Chen Yekai answered, "Just as I suspected then."

Zhou Sheng thought that Chen Yekai must have made countless deductions before inquiring about the truth - and this would have included Yu Hao's self-destructive tendencies in the past.

Chen Yekai came to an abrupt stop.

Standing in the middle of the jingubang bridge with nothing around to support them, Zhou Sheng keenly sensed that something was imminently rushing towards them from the bottomless abyss!

"Run!" Zhou Sheng shouted decisively.

But just a short moment later, hundreds of shrieking eyes and mouths shot out from within the unfathomable abyss, and the mouths were even spitting out sharp knives. Chen Yekai and Zhou Sheng quickened their pace, but Zhou Sheng roared, "Dodge!"

Chen Yekai and Zhou Sheng staggered to the side, narrowly avoiding the crisscrossing bladestorm that grazed past them by hanging from the edge of the jingubang bridge.

An enormous black shadow emerged from the bottomless abyss and transformed into a humanoid form; its two eyes were as wide as basketballs, and it was yelling in English. It lunged towards them.

"What's that?!" Zhou Sheng shouted.

Chen Yekai, "......"

Zhou Sheng, "Kaikai!"

While holding onto the jingubang bridge, Chen Yekai's arm was cut by a sharp knife, and fresh blood immediately gushed from the wound; his grip loosened and he almost fell into the bottomless abyss before Zhou Sheng seized his shirt collar with his right hand. He arduously held on to the jingubang bridge using the crook of his left arm.

"That's......" Chen Yekai stared, transfixed on the black shadow, "Solimai......it's him, it was him who posted our video......"

Zhou Sheng shouted, "This is a dream! Don't be afraid of him!"

Chen Yekai was shocked out of his stupor by Zhou Sheng's shout and instantly sobered up. He drew a gun from behind his back and fired three shots at the black shadow. Within the blares of gunfire, the black figure wailed in anguish and collapsed; it disintegrated into a mass of black smoke only to once again converge on the other side. Immediately afterwards, even more floating mouths loomed. Sharp knives emerged from the gaping mouths and shot towards the two of them.

"Aim for the eyes!" Zhou Sheng was grabbing the jingubang bridge with one hand while he held Chen Yekai with the other. He exerted some strength and hoisted up Chen Yekai, who turned over and hung from the jingubang bridge as well.