Chapter 130 Chapter 128 BE7 Seeking Light

Chapter 130 Chapter 128·BE7·Xunguang

Su Mingan returned to the beginning of the dungeon, and everything was proceeding according to the original process.

[Go to the ancestral hall] This option seems to have always existed. He also met Jasmine at the ancestral hall at night.

But he always felt that it would be dangerous to blindly go to the place where Jasmine was last.

He chose to go with the mayor.

The sunset was as thick as blood, and people's faces seemed to be covered in blood. The night fell little by little, and the light snow fell heavier and heavier.

There was a banquet on the edge of the square. Big fish and meat were placed on a long table. There were more than a dozen benches sitting in a row. People were holding wine glasses as if they were celebrating.

"Bo Li, you just came back. Let's have a meal here." The mayor took him to a seat and told him: "After starting right away, don't run around."

【——I am Boli, a wanderer returning home from a long journey. 】

[I was brought here to attend this banquet. 】

[People look very happy, drinking and drinking, and their faces are warm. 】

[The atmosphere was very festive, and my father also asked me not to leave. 】

[…But should I stay here? Witness everything happening? 】

【……】

Options appear:

[A. Follow the mayor. 】

[B. Stand still and finish the banquet. 】

【C. Go to the ancestral hall. 】

…

Su Ming'an was prepared to pass the level in a few lives. He wanted to try to get to the dark side first.

He left the banquet and followed the mayor.

Mitchell also noticed him. The old man sighed slightly and did not stop him, but allowed him to continue following.

He saw the mayor's destination.

In front of the house stands a wedding sedan. When he pushed the door open and entered, he saw a woman wearing a wedding dress sitting across the curtain and wearing a red hijab.

"……Father?"

He heard a clear female voice, Jasmine's.

...Is Jasmine getting married today?

Su Ming'an felt something was wrong. Jasmine from Trili Town was clearly single, otherwise she wouldn't have asked Bo Li if he would marry her.

"It's me. Jasmine, Bo Li is also back today, just in time to watch you get married." The mayor said in a distant voice.

Su Mingan saw Jasmine raising her hand, as if she wanted to lift the red hijab, but she hesitated.

"Is it true that now that I'm getting married, I can no longer look at other people casually?" Jasmine whispered.

"The gods don't want you to visit other people either." The mayor said, "But Jasmine, you can talk to Bo Li."

The mayor patted Su Ming'an's shoulder and whispered: "Jasmine is getting married today... You haven't seen her yet, so talk to her first. When the auspicious time comes, your brother will carry her into the sedan. .”

The mayor turned and went out.

Su Mingan looked at Jasmine through the curtain.

"...Brother Bori?"

"Jasmine, it's me." Su Mingan said, and the scene in front of her was frozen again.

【——I am Boli, a wanderer returning home from a long journey. 】

[I followed my father to come here, where Jasmine got married. 】

[Jasmine is her father’s adopted daughter. She is getting married today. 】

[The happy event today...is actually her. 】

[How should I persuade her to leave here? 】

[If I am powerless and cannot change the overall situation, then can I at least save one person and let her see the dawn? 】

Options gradually emerge.

【A."Jasmine, you are beautiful today."】

[B. "Moli, is it your wish to get married?"]

[C. "Jasmine, run away with me."]

…

Su Mingan originally wanted to choose A.

But "Jasmine's" performance before entering the dungeon reminded him that the word "will" seemed to be quite important to her.

He chose option B.

"Jasmine." He raised his eyes and looked at the thin figure wrapped in festive red. Seeing her expression completely covered by the red hijab, he said in a deep voice: "Marrying...is it your wish?"

Jasmine's body trembled slightly.

"You are still very young." Su Mingan looked at her: "Can you understand what love is like and what it feels like to like someone? Who is the other person and what kind of feelings do you have for him... you Do you know what's going on?"

"I..." Jasmine's voice was trembling: "I, I'm very happy... I don't think there's anything wrong with this marriage..."

Su Mingan was slightly startled.

He originally thought that this was a forced marriage.

But looking at Jasmine’s attitude, she is still willing?

...are you confused? still……

"Jasmine." He emphasized his tone: "Sometimes people cannot distinguish their own feelings. You are born to be shaped by the surrounding environment, so that you may not know what is suitable and what is blind love. You need Only when you go out and take a look can you understand what is suitable for you - the world is still big, you are still very young, and getting married and starting a family is not everything to you."

Jasmine raised her head slightly.

Su Mingan felt that she was watching him.

"Brother Bori." Jasmine seemed to laugh softly: "...You are not very old either."

"I'm different." Su Mingan said, "I'm just asking you."

"I will not regret it." Jasmine's voice was very light but firm: "I will devote all my feelings to him. This is my belief. I will always love him passionately - although these are what my father told me. , but I also think so - I will not regret it, never."

Su Mingan hesitated a little and heard the bell ringing outside the door.

"The auspicious time has come——"

He heard the mayor's call, urging him.

The night was getting darker little by little, and the red candles were flickering in the room.

Jasmine stood up, the jewelry on her body jingled, and the gold ring on her wrist shone with light.

"Boli...brother." Jasmine approached and said, "Send me on the wedding sedan."

Her voice was extremely soft, as clear as glass:

"——I truly love her."

She said this almost piously.

Su Ming'an suddenly realized that he could no longer control his body. He was stepping forward, turned around, and carried her on his back.

Jasmine's body is thin and small, and the fingers exposed on her shoulders are extremely white, as if she has been locked up and has not experienced much sunlight. When he picked her up, he felt like he was picking up a skeleton.

【——I am Boli, a wanderer returning home from a long journey. 】

The system voice sounded in my ears like a narration.

This time, time did not stand still.

[I want to take her away. 】

[But all this requires her cooperation. 】

[My father is waiting outside the door, and the townspeople are waiting in the square. 】

[I can't escape alone, let alone help her escape. 】

[It seems it’s too late tonight. 】

[Perhaps, I will stay here first and look for ways to change the townspeople. I will have another chance in the future...]

…

Then, no options emerged.

Su Ming'an watched as she carried the thin little Jasmine on her back and walked out step by step, down the steps covered with bright red carpets, and towards the wedding sedan waiting at the door under the blood-red lanterns.

He looked at the wedding sedan with its curtain lifted, like a vicious beast with its mouth wide open.

As he walked on the road, he carried the girl on his back and sent her to the mouth of the vicious beast.

He put Jasmine into the sedan and saw the curtain closed.

At the last moment, he saw Jasmine lift her hijab, and her eyes as pure and transparent as the sky and the sea were looking at him.

She is laughing.

Smiling happily.

She may be really happy about this marriage, or she may not know what she will face.

"Get up the sedan——!"

The bearer carried the wedding sedan, and the red silk sedan gradually moved away from him in the snowy night. He immediately wanted to follow, but his body refused to obey.

The mayor on the side looked at him, the dragon-headed crutch glistening with a deep red light under the blood-colored lantern.

"Bo Li." The mayor said with deep eyes, "Don't hinder her happiness."

The mayor's dragon-head crutch was stuck in front of him. This seemed to be a rule and he had no control over his body.

Time seemed to pass for a long time, until the snow loosened and the upright dragon-head crutch fell to the ground, and he was finally able to move.

He quickly turned his head, and the mayor's figure had completely disappeared.

He immediately took steps and ran towards the ancestral hall in his memory.

Along the way, he saw all the fireworks set off and only the leftovers of the banquet.

He saw snow all over the sky... The snowflakes fell on him like goose feathers, and the ice water almost covered his whole body.

He even saw the red silk cloth abandoned in front of the door, the weaver girls disappeared, the magpie-like chirping disappeared, and there was only the sound of him running on the snow in the night.

In the square, only the red lanterns in front of each house were still on, swaying like a pair of wolf eyes.

"——Worship the heaven and the earth!"

Such shouts rang out from somewhere, along with a burst of prayers.

It was like hearing the prayers of the townspeople when they were exiled when they first arrived in Triri Town. The voice had a dark tone. While running in the snowy night, he heard the prayers of people on both sides joined together and passed from house to house.

The entire Trilli was enveloped in this burst of prayers.

"——Two obeisances, Gaotang!"

The voice continued.

The sunset has completely faded.

Night covered the town like a pot lid.

He suddenly heard the suona. The high-pitched and melodious suona was so penetrating that it filled half of the town. It made all the mottled past events buried in this town melodious. It sounded like it was playing joy, but also like a sharp and piercing sound. wailing.

——Both happy and sad.

"——Husband and wife, greetings!"

The voice continued.

He ran all the way to the ancestral hall in his memory. The moment he stepped into the street, he heard a hoarse shout from the townspeople:

…

"—May Trilli be given a new lease of life!"

…

Su Ming'an rushed to the ancestral hall. He saw some rich and powerful townspeople outside the door, who seemed to want to stop him.

He immediately shifted in space, broke into the ancestral hall, and saw the scene in front of him——

The gorgeous, bright red wedding dress was completely lifted off, and the streamers swaying at the tail of the dress were like the tail feathers of a flamingo dragging fire, like sparks that shook off the wedding dress in an instant.

The murmurs of the people in the village seemed to penetrate the damp and cold walls, and the snowflakes outside the window hit his face like a slap.

——He saw Jasmine.

——Jasmine is lying in the coffin.

Her wedding dress was like fire, her jewelry was precious, and the gold ring around her neck was shining with beautiful golden light.

Four wooden thorns penetrated her limbs, and there was still a smile on her face.

This smile looked a little bitter under the flickering red candle.

There is writing on her hand, written in her blood. It is a piece of vermilion, which is particularly bright on the dark coffin:

[Is this really my belief? 】

Below, there is a line of small words, and the blood stains are getting lighter and lighter, as if she has no strength anymore:

…

【Pori. 】

【I regret. 】

…

Su Mingan stood there, looking at the words, and the door behind him was kicked open.

"Bo Li boy! Come out quickly! Don't disturb Lord God's bride——!" The townspeople came over and tried to pull him away.

Su Ming'an didn't say anything. He turned his head and looked at these crazy townspeople.

——Jasmine is dead.

She was dead and weightless.

She was crucified on her wedding night because she was to be the bride of what Trilli called "the Lord God."

Jasmine regretted it. She had looked forward to marrying her favorite god, but she didn't realize until she died that this might not be love.

But this ridiculous god...he has never seen it once before.

Is He really God? He is the omnipotent god who protects the world and saves all people from water and fire. Or... the evil god who seduces the townspeople, leads them to kill each other, exile themselves, and takes the lives of innocent girls?

Su Mingan stood there, facing the crazy townspeople.

He heard Bo Li's narration voice again:

【——I am Boli, a wanderer returning home from a long journey. 】

【She is dead. 】

[I still couldn't save her. 】

[She died very ridiculously... She died so heavily and yet so lightly. 】

[The townspeople repeated this behavior, thinking that this way the werewolves would not appear. 】

[——God, what are you thinking about? 】

[The people you protect are killing each other. 】

[The girl who loves you blindly, her life will wither like a flower. 】

[Your town of Trilee lives like a tomb. Your believers are like a group of blindly struggling grave keepers. 】

…

[I shouldn’t have come back, I can’t save anyone, I can’t change anything. 】

[We are not pilgrims with strong faith. 】

[We are just ghosts who do not want to leave our homeland. 】

[We burn ourselves like fire, burning up all our lives and emotions, just for the little warmth given by the gods. 】

[...In this hot land surrounded by faith, the warmth comes from the burning of ourselves. 】

[But among the embers. 】

…

【——Is there really the light we are looking for? 】

…

The system prompt sounds:

[You have completed the S-level mission·Before Dawn]

[Task evaluation: B+]

【……】

…

Su Ming'an looked at the girl who died in the coffin, her wedding dress as red as blood, and sighed slightly.

——It’s still a step too late.

He raised his hand,

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