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Chapter 958: 774: If I Could Do It All Over Again_3

Chapter 958: Chapter 774: If I Could Do It All Over Again_3

The swarm of monsters blocked the door, writhing and surging, compressing Pei Sheng’s space to less than one square meter—they suddenly stopped maintaining the safe distance they had before.

But the creatures closest to him were melting, their pale bodies dissolving into pools of black water.

Pei Sheng moved cautiously forward.

Everywhere his hand touched the sticky substance, it began to dissolve.

He had thought these things were being destroyed by the halo of light, but when he looked down, he saw the black water squirming and rejoining the bodies of other monsters.

Glurp, glurp…

As he got closer to the doorway, Pei Sheng found himself completely engulfed by the writhing, surging mass of monsters.

Soon after, a squelching, grotesque sound reached his ears.

“These damn things are so disgusting!”

Pei Sheng couldn’t help but cry out in frustration toward the outside.

“Hurry up, stop whining.”

“Waaaahhh…”

With one hand braced against the wall to creep forward and another extended to cautiously probe his way, Pei Sheng was constantly plunging himself deeper into the revolting, sticky mass.

His entire field of vision was suffocatingly dark. Although he could breathe normally, there was a constant underlying sensation as if he might suffocate and die in this oppressive blackness.

All of a sudden, he felt his outstretched hand being grabbed by something, and in an instant, an enormous force yanked him forward!

Pei Sheng immediately felt like a victim stuck in a tar pit, being pulled by an inexperienced rescuer who abruptly dragged him without any caution.

The thick tar clung stubbornly to his body, and the force pulling him was so strong that his entire arm felt like it was about to be torn from its socket.

“Shit! Be gentle!”

“Gentler! My arm!”

“MY ARM! AAAH!”

Pei Sheng let out an agitated howl.

Just as he thought his arm was about to snap, the next moment, his entire body was suddenly pulled free.

The world around him burst wide open!

It was a complete and utter release—both physically and mentally, as if all shackles had been broken, leaving behind a liberating sense of ease and relief.

Even his breathing felt infinitely clearer.

Coming back to his senses, Pei Sheng quickly lifted his head and saw that familiar, consistently calm face of the young man before him—a face so steady it brought a sense of reassurance.

“Waaaahhh… Bro, you’re my literal savior! Please save me!”

Pei Sheng let out a wail and threw himself into the man’s arms.

Xu Shuo, who stood firm and unmoving, lowered his head to look at him.

Then, he suddenly spoke: “Do you know what it was that trapped you?”

Still clinging tightly to him, Pei Sheng didn’t even lift his head and shook it furiously.

Xu Shuo said softly, “That thing causes mental instability, leading to hallucinations and auditory delusions. For instance, when you are in despair, it might make you think there’s someone outside the door rescuing you. But in reality, it’s just leading you into another abyss. You think you’ve escaped, but you’re actually trapped in an illusion. Because this illusion stems from your own cognitive understanding, it feels utterly real to you.”

Pei Sheng: “…”

Pei Sheng: “…”

Pei Sheng instantly scrambled away from him!

In the two seconds he spent thinking, Pei Sheng remembered that he had indeed encountered something like this—he thought he was at the door, but in truth, he had long since stepped into the arena.

So these cognitive illusions were actually possible!

Realizing this, Pei Sheng nervously grabbed at the jade pendant on his chest and stared tensely at the young man before him.

“So… what the hell are you?”

Unbothered by Pei Sheng’s sudden retreat, Xu Shuo chuckled lightly.

“Human.”

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