Chapter 452: Change (2)

Yet Han Yuan felt there was something strange about the garden.

Vibrant!

The colors were too vibrant!

It was as if the saturation had been cranked to the maximum.

It made Han Yuan feel like he was inside an oil painting.

Han Yuan knew he was now deep within Yan Qingyu’s consciousness.

In other words, the scenes here were all formed by Yan Qingyu’s subconscious.

Either Yan Qingyu, deep in her heart, simply liked such intense colors.

Or she had been influenced by something.

Han Yuan considered Yan Qingyu’s personality and her usual demeanor.

He felt the second possibility was more likely.

Han Yuan had entered the depths of a person’s consciousness twice before, so he was quite familiar with the process.

He knew he now had to find Yan Qingyu’s consciousness.

Just as Han Yuan was thinking of leaving, he suddenly heard a series of calls.

“Han Yuan!”

“Han Yuan!”

“I’m over here!”

Stunned, Han Yuan turned around and saw that the carp in the pond were calling out to him.

Red carp, green carp, purple carp…

These carp continuously leaped from the water, calling his name.

“Miss Yan?”

Han Yuan asked tentatively.

“It’s me!”

“My consciousness is trapped inside these carp! Hurry and get me out!”

“Or else, I’m going to be eaten!”

The carp spoke, their voices fraught with anxiety.

Han Yuan wasn’t worried in the slightest. He asked quietly, “Who wants to eat you all?”

He would never make a move without understanding the full situation.

“I don’t know… My consciousness is just trapped inside these carp.”

“Every night after dark, a figure in white comes and tries to scoop us out.”

“There used to be several carp here, but now only half of us are left…”

The brightly colored carp chattered away.

Han Yuan pondered for a moment.

He asked, “Then how can I get you out?”

The vibrant carp replied hastily, “Kill that freak in white who comes to get us!”

“I have a feeling that as soon as that freak is dead, my consciousness will be able to break free from these carp bodies.”

“You should hide in the pond first. When the freak in white appears, launch a sneak attack!”

The vibrant carp kept offering Han Yuan suggestions.

“Is that so…”

“But I’m hungry!”

“How about I eat you all first, and then go deal with that freak in white?”

Han Yuan said with a wide grin.

The next moment.

His entire arm transformed into a thick, pitch-black Dragon Claw and shot out toward the pond.

At that same moment, the vibrant carp underwent a bizarre transformation.

Their heads morphed into ferocious human faces, monstrously savage. Their bodies swelled rapidly as they grew arms and hands, leaping from the pond to tear and bite at Han Yuan.

But these bizarre carp were far too fragile before Han Yuan’s Dragon Claw.

With a single swipe of his claw, the bizarre carp were instantly torn to pieces and scattered across the pond.

The blood of these bizarre carp was multi-colored, splashing across the water’s surface like paint and emitting a foul, fishy stench.

In no time, Han Yuan had completely wiped out the bizarre carp.

‘Looks like Yan Qingyu’s consciousness has truly been contaminated by something.’

‘If she was really contaminated by the Source Seed Shredded Meat that night… then it can’t be just Yan Qingyu.’

Han Yuan muttered to himself, his brow furrowed.

Ling Yunzi was an Abnormal Person at the Peak of Primordial Spirit, a Half-Step Void Breaker. Liang Ze was also at Half-Step Nirvana.

The two of them were incredibly powerful and might be immune to contamination from the Source Seed Shredded Meat.

But the others might not be so lucky.

If even Yan Qingyu was afflicted, there was no telling what happened to the others.

‘I should check other places first.’

Han Yuan followed the garden path and walked away.

The estate was huge, and Han Yuan felt like he was in a maze.

Corridors, courtyards, rooms, passageways…

After walking for some time, even Han Yuan began to feel like he was lost.

Moreover, the colors of the buildings were just as vivid and bizarre, making Han Yuan feel deeply uneasy.

‘I’ve been walking for so long… and I still haven’t found Yan Qingyu…’

‘Where could her consciousness be hiding?’

‘Could it be that her consciousness sensed danger and is deliberately hiding, not letting anyone find it?’

‘That must be why she’s so terrified…’

Han Yuan analyzed the situation.

He felt his analysis was likely correct.

But if that were the case, finding Yan Qingyu’s consciousness would be much more difficult.

Just then, Han Yuan realized that while he had been lost in thought, the sky had grown dark.

Han Yuan looked up and saw the sky had turned a dark, murky purple, churning with an eerie energy.

In an instant, the atmosphere of the once vast and empty estate became utterly bizarre and terrifying.

Han Yuan heard inexplicable, eerie sounds.

It sounded as if many people were crying and wailing…

‘No wonder Yan Qingyu said she has nightmares every night…’

‘Each dream is an instance of the Source Seed Shredded Meat’s bizarre power contaminating her…’

Han Yuan recalled what Yan Qingyu had told him earlier and became lost in thought.

‘The carp said a freak in white would appear at night… I wonder if they were lying…’

Han Yuan mulled over the bizarre carps’ words.

Just then, he seemed to sense something. His expression flickered, and he shot off toward the deeper parts of the estate.

…

As the sky darkened, the bizarre estate was plunged into complete darkness.

Yan Qingyu hid in the corner of a room, shivering uncontrollably.

‘Night has fallen again…’

‘Those filthy things are about to appear again.’

The thought of what she had endured these past few days made Yan Qingyu shudder.

She didn’t know why she was here.

She only remembered that this estate was supposed to be the place where she grew up.

But the faces from her memories never appeared in this estate anymore.

The place was like a maze she could never escape.

And once night fell, strange things would emerge.

Yan Qingyu could feel their malice directed at her.

If she were ever caught by these strange things, she would be doomed to eternal damnation.

So, for all these days, Yan Qingyu had been constantly fleeing their pursuit.

‘Please don’t let them find me.’

Yan Qingyu prayed.

But after a moment, she suddenly heard a knock on the door.

At the same time, an indescribable malice began to spread, ravaging the room.

A chill instantly ran down Yan Qingyu’s spine.

She knew the monster had found her!

‘Run!’

Yan Qingyu didn’t hesitate for a second.

After all these days, she had grown used to dealing with these bizarre entities.

She scrambled to her feet, intending to open the window and vault out.

CREAK!

The moment Yan Qingyu opened the window, a massive eye suddenly appeared in her view.

It was a freak in white clothes whose head was a single, bloodshot eye. The moment it saw Yan Qingyu, it blinked.

SQUELCH!

Without hesitation, Yan Qingyu’s longsword glinted with a cold light as she stabbed out at top speed, piercing straight through the massive eyeball.

The next moment.

The eyeball exploded like a punctured balloon!

BANG!

Flesh and blood flew everywhere.

But Yan Qingyu had no time to worry about that; she vaulted through the window and fled.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The moment she leaped over the wall, several freaks in white gave chase.

The appearances of these freaks were all utterly horrifying.

There was the eyeball freak from before, one with a gaping mouth, and another with a long neck…

Exuding a bizarre and sinister aura, these freaks frantically chased after Yan Qingyu.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Yan Qingyu swung her longsword, forcing the freaks back.

But just then, a freak with a human body and the head of a vibrant carp appeared in the courtyard.

The dozen or so feelers on its carp head began to grow wildly, lashing out to grab Yan Qingyu.

“Star Rain!”

Yan Qingyu let out a low cry, unleashing an ultimate technique.

SWISH!

Her longsword suddenly erupted with mysterious flecks of light, blooming with a brilliance like that of the stars.

The dozen or so feelers were instantly minced by the sword light.

But the next moment.

Yan Qingyu froze.

She saw more carp-headed freaks charging out, one after another.