allonlinenovel Chapter 195 The 'Matryoshka Doll' Failure
Chapter 195 The 'Matryoshka Doll' Failure
Yan Huai frowned, leaning against a mountain in an odd posture, his front slightly avoiding Zhang Qiling.
Zhang Qiling glanced down at him and knew perfectly well why he was reacting this way, but precisely because she knew, she didn't know what to say.
It's hard not to suspect that the octopus tentacles were intentional...
Zhang Qiling hesitated, his calm demeanor masking a hint of inner turmoil. He wanted to laugh, but was also troubled by a pang of conscience.
In the end, he looked away and gazed at the taimen that had replaced Yan Huai and was now completely 'ravaged' by the octopus tentacles.
Besides the cut surface of the Black Gold Ancient Sword, the tentacles also bore burn marks that Yan Huai and Zhang Qiling had accidentally discovered during their fight.
The active substances in an octopus's body enable its cells to divide and regenerate rapidly, and this one is especially enormous...
The fact that it can still be so active in a non-seawater environment after more than a century demonstrates its remarkable vitality and regenerative ability; calling it a mutation would be an understatement.
However, this seemingly flawless octopus has irreparable burn marks on its tentacles. Either the octopus is vengeful, taking the burn marks as a reminder of revenge and refusing to heal; or the fire that left these burn marks was no ordinary fire.
Zhang Qiling leaned towards the latter, after all, he had witnessed two kinds of strangely powerful fire since he met Yan Huai.
The Wang family's Phoenix Fire, and Yan Huai's sealed Unquenchable Flame...
Yan Huai has regained his memory. If he had been here before, he wouldn't have left without telling him. So it can only be the Wang family.
Thinking of this, Zhang Qiling subconsciously looked at Yan Huai—the other man's expression was now unreadable, and he even nodded slightly at him when Zhang Qiling looked over. They were thinking the same thing.
However, these are all just speculations. To verify them, we need to find a way to get rid of this octopus. Why not control it to confirm the speculation?
Yan Huai scoffed inwardly. Putting aside how that tentacle had offended him, why should he let it live in order to prevent future troubles and give the world consciousness another reason to harm those around him?
The burn marks on the tentacles proved that this octopus was not invulnerable, so he burned them again.
Yan Huai's gaze swept over the mountain of clothes piled up in his Buddhist bead space—ordinary fire might not harm this octopus, but what if it was an unquenchable, raging fire?
Zhang Qiling's diving searchlight had long been swallowed by the octopus. Before the beam of light disappeared, it only briefly swept across the nearby darkness, yet it still cast a huge shadow on the stone platform of the water burial tomb, which contained the stone coffin...
But barring any unforeseen circumstances, Yan Huai and Zhang Qiling will not need that stone platform.
So, an unexpected thing happened...
When Zhang Qiling, using the searchlight that Yan Huai noncommittally tossed to him, witnessed Yan Huai not only failing to incorporate the octopus into the Buddhist bead space as planned, but also clutching his head with a ferocious expression as the octopus swallowed him, his heart clenched and he swung his knife at him.
why?
He, who had never been in contact with the space before, can now enter and exit skillfully. Why couldn't Yan Huai, as the owner of the space, enter?
With water-repelling beads on his body, Zhang Qiling's movements were no different from those on land, even more so, displaying a reckless abandon. Yet, even so, the blade failed to touch the octopus in the slightest. He was knocked away by tentacles attacking from the side. Unlike Yan Huai, he was just an ordinary person...
(Note: The 'matryoshka doll' plan refers to 1. Yan Huai putting the octopus into the Buddhist bead space, 2. and incidentally setting a fire in the Buddhist bead space. Without enough water to extinguish the fire, it's only a matter of time before the mutated octopus is burned to ashes, 3. Yan Huai can then enter the replication space with Zhang Qiling's help to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.)
(Note: After reading many readers' comments, I must admit that my writing style has its flaws, and I also have issues with handling emotions when adopting the perspectives of Yan Huai, Zhang Qiling, or other characters. This is my first time officially writing fan fiction, and I will do my best to make up for these shortcomings. I also hope that my dear readers can be understanding. I will continue to work hard.)
As for the issue of stopping updates, it's not that Lao Gui (Old Ghost) doesn't want to update, but rather that he's struggling with how to update. Some comments have had a significant impact on Lao Gui, and he's increasingly doubting his own ideas. In addition, after stopping updates, it's difficult to connect the plot without any gaps, which forces Lao Gui, a perfectionist, to repeatedly conceive from the beginning, thus wasting a lot of time.
It's a vicious cycle, and who knows how many more times it will repeat itself.
But I sincerely thank every little darling who follows me and this work. I will definitely continue updating this book. Currently, I've only updated to chapter 195. Please give me some time to revisit and rethink this work—this is the last time. I hope you'll like the final result.