"REMEMBER!"
"REMEMBER!"
"REMEMBER!"
Millions of voices echoed in Fang Xuan's mind as he slowly opened his eyes.
He found himself in a very dark place, lying on a wet surface covered in black liquid.
In front of him, there was nothing but emptiness. The darkness was so intense that he couldn't even see his own body.
He tried to move, but there was no response. He was paralyzed from head to toe.
'Wh-Where am I?' he asked, his voice trembling.
Anyone would be terrified in a situation like this. It felt like a nightmare within a nightmare.
Compared to what he had experienced before, this felt far worse.
The feeling of isolation was overwhelming. Even death was way better to being trapped in eternal darkness.
The last thing he remembered was losing consciousness while waiting to be beheaded.
'Am I dead? Is this the afterlife?' he muttered to himself.
He began to believe that he had died and was now in hell because of all the sins he had committed.
It was ironic, but possible, given how he had brutally killed those innocent people.
DRIP!
DRIP!
DRIP!
He heard a dripping sound. At first, it was slow and quiet, but it quickly grew louder, like heavy rain.
Then, in the pitch-black around him, millions of small green eyes blinked open at once.
Their gaze locked onto him, and a chorus of tortured cries filled the air.
The voices was filled with anger and pain, as if accusing him of something terrible.
Fang Xuan's heart pounded as the cries grew louder, more desperate with each second. The eyes crept closer.
His belief that he was really dead grew stronger. It felt like this was his own personal hell, where he would have to suffer forever.
"What... what do you want from me?" he whispered, his voice shaky.
"AVENGE US!"
"AVENGE US!"
"AVENGE US!"
The cries didn't stop. Instead, they became a deafening roar, filling his mind with confusion and fear.
The black liquid beneath him started to ripple, slowly rising as if something was moving under the surface.
"Avenge me from what? I don't understand what you're talking about!" he roared, feeling like his mind was about to snap from fear.
He was desperate to escape, but he couldn't move.
As the eyes got closer, he felt like he was about to die.
Suddenly, the black liquid behind him exploded, and a figure wrapped around him from behind.
"Calm down, I'll protect you," a calm sweet female voice said.
It sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he'd heard it before.
A warm feeling spread through him, and a bright light burst from within, filling everything around him and pushing away the darkness.
"Be strong, my s…" the voice echoed in his mind, like a soothing melody.
"WAIT!" Fang Xuan screamed, suddenly jolting awake.
His chest throbbed painfully, and he felt dizzy.
He clutched his chest, desperately trying to catch his breath.
The nightmare had felt all too real, leaving him shaken and disoriented.