Chapter 1807
1807 New Future, New Catastrophe
“You heard me.”
Su Mulian’s expression was like that of a delirious lunatic but also like a saint who was offering sacrifices.
She was obviously tied up and curled up in a corner, but she spoke in the tone of a supreme judge. “You and Lu Siya are destined to destroy Dragon City in the near future!”
“Wait a minute!”
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Lu Siya could not help but ask, “I’ve been accused of countless crimes by all kinds of people, but it’s the first time I’ve been accused of such a serious crime as ‘destroying Dragon City.’
“May I ask, since it’s ‘in the near future,’ what makes you so sure, Ms. Mulian?”
“I saw it. No, to be more precise, I experienced it myself.”
Su Mulian said, “In countless nightmares, I personally experienced the terrible future that you caused!”
Meng Chao and Lu Siya were silent.
However, the reason for their silence was completely different.
“You… You dreamed of it?”
Lu Siya could not believe it. “Just because you dreamed that I would destroy Dragon City, you’ve carefully been planning to kill me? T-That doesn’t sound like a mature and rational decision!”
“I know that what I’ve been doing looks crazy, but if you had the same experience as me, if the most realistic nightmares consumed you for countless nights, and you died repeatedly in the apocalyptic fire, I swear that you would make the same choice as I have!
On Su Mulian’s calm face, there was a fear that she had never shown even when she was suffering the most painful injuries. She said in a trembling voice, “No, I’m sure that it wasn’t just a nightmare but a future, a real future. Nevertheless, I saw it in advance for some inexplicable reason!”
“You’re really…”
Lu Siya could not help laughing.
However, when she saw Meng Chao’s extremely serious expression, her smile froze.
“Continue.”
Meng Chao furrowed his brows and enunciated each word clearly. “Ms. Mulian, please tell me the whole story, from the beginning to the end, no matter how big or small the details are.
Su Mulian’s eyes bloomed with a ray of hope.
She took a deep breath, organized her thoughts, and said, “Do you still remember the first time we met? I was shocked when I heard your names.”
Meng Chao and Lu Siya exchanged glances.
The two of them nodded at the same time.
Their first encounter with Su Mulian had been in the depths of the Lair, when Leprosy Village and the Golden Tooth Gang were about to start a war.
At that time, they fought side by side with Su Mulian and worked together to save Leprosy Billage and even the entire Lair.
In the beginning, Su Mulian was full of trust and gratitude toward them.
However, after hearing their names, her attitude changed instantly. She was filled with an instinctive fear that came from the depths of her being.
This fear was even greater than the fear she had for the Supernatural Entity, Vortex, which had been wreaking havoc in the Lair.
Back then, Meng Chao had indeed found it strange.
However, after that, all kinds of conflicts and wars came one after another. Training, planning, and fighting took up all his time and thinking space, leaving him no time to care about this insignificant thing.
“It’s because that wasn’t our first time meeting, or rather, that wasn’t my first time hearing your names.”
Su Mulian murmured, “In that horrible dream that has occurred countless times, I have long known that your power and strength would be a hundred times stronger than they are today. In that Dragon City, you were no longer pawns but the civilization’s high and mighty leaders!”
“Ms. Mulian, can you describe it more clearly? What kind of nightmare was it? And when did it start?”
Meng Chao’s expression was extremely serious, even a little ferocious.
“I-I don’t know. My memories are a bit jumbled. I can’t even tell whether it was an actual nightmare or future information that was injected into my brain by a certain mysterious force.”
Su Mulian looked stunned and continued, “It should be a few years ago, or even earlier, when I began to have a strange dream.
“At first, the weird dream was like all other dreams, mottled and fuzzy. No matter how clear and real the dream got, it would dissipate, and the storm would clear.
“I’ve already forgotten what the dream was like.
“I only remember an extremely impactful and colorful scene.
“In the scene, ten thousand fireballs exploded above Dragon City as if ten thousand suns had fallen from the sky. The flames that they spurted out were like burning waterfalls, drowning the entire city in a sea of fire that was rolling, roaring, and expanding.
“The entire Dragon City—the glittering skyscrapers in the central business district, the pleasant villas where the rich and the strongest live, and the messy, narrow, and cramped Lair—were all blown apart and carbonized into powder by the blast of the explosion.
“The people living in the city turned into twisted smoke in an instant too and returned to the eternal nothingness with their last screams.
“This nightmare was too real and too scary.
“Every time I woke up from a nightmare, my heart would feel like it was going to tear my chest apart and run away. I would gasp for breath for more than ten minutes in a bed soaked in sweat before I could slightly calm down.
“If it were a mere nightmare, perhaps I wouldn’t be in such despair.
“However, at some point in time, new scenes and information appeared in the constantly repeating nightmare.
“I seemed to dream of Dragon City before it was destroyed by the flames of the apocalypse. I went to the day before it was destroyed, a month, a year, or even a few years ago, and I watched Dragon City, the home of all our people, walk step by step into the abyss of eternal damnation.”
“Can you see Dragon City’s future?”
Su Mulian’s expression was too genuine. When she said “ten thousand suns fell from the sky,” Lu Siya seemed to feel her flesh and bone marrow burn.
She gradually became serious as she confirmed in a solemn tone, “I can’t see the future of others. I can only see my own future from my own perspective,” Su Mulian said.
“Nonetheless, it’s the same. At the end of this future, I, along with everyone, will be burned to ashes by the raging flames.”
“Interesting.”
Lu Siya’s eyes gradually shone with an unpredictable light. She asked with interest, “What will become of you in the future? Also, you said that Meng Chao and I would be the leaders of Dragon City civilization. What do you mean? Do I or Meng Chao become the chairman of the Survival Committee?”