Superhumans of the Dome City-Chapter 1417 - 21: Unfettered Prisoner_2

Yan Qi raised the wine gourd, stared at it for a moment, then laughed wildly: "Then how dare you still have this attitude? Do you know how powerful I am? Once I’m not happy playing and want to close my eyes, your world is fucking doomed!!"

Gongsun Ce stood tiredly, so he simply rubbed a rocking chair and sat down, shaking his head absentmindedly.

"Honestly, Yan Qi, I don’t want to lecture you, I have no right to lecture you." He said, "But you’re over 20, man, can you stop acting like a little brat?"

"Fuck off!"

The rocking chair suddenly disappeared, and Gongsun Ce landed on the ground. He wasn’t angry, just used his hands as a pillow and stretched his legs, lying down just like that.

"I always thought you were good at controlling your emotions, rarely saw you lose temper like this. Is it because of the war?"

"War?" Yan Qi sneered, "Do you know how I lost my eyes?"

"I’m all ears."

"I was born in the 16th year of Jingping, 153 years ago. The whole country was stricken with disaster, conflicts erupted everywhere. People couldn’t eat enough food and started making trouble, couldn’t grow crops and went out to rob. Bandits were everywhere, the court had to send troops to suppress them, but the court was so poor that they couldn’t pay the soldiers, how could those fighting soldiers fill their stomachs?"

"So the more they suppressed, the more bandits there were, fighting intermittently for over six years since the year I was born without any peace." Yan Qi took a sip of wine, "First they drafted strong men, later they requisitioned grain and pay; in the end, they didn’t even bother to pretend, they came straight to rob food. I didn’t want to give it, then a knife came, slashed across and my eyeballs split open, and I couldn’t see anything anymore."

Yan Qi touched the cloth covering his eyes, his fingertips trembling slightly, like those powerless blind men.

"But that was the only food I had. They had something to eat, what about me?" he asked Gongsun Ce, "What should I eat?!

He grabbed the cloth tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hand, his scholarly face filled with anger and resentment, contorted like an evil spirit. He howled madly, his howls reminiscent of a child’s cries from long ago.

"Gone! Robbed! There’s nothing left! What am I supposed to do? What should I do?"

"Rob it back." Gongsun Ce said.

Yan Qi swiftly turned his head, staring at him with nonexistent sight.

"Not enough! I still need to avenge these eyes! So I found a way to follow them, I found their camp. All were soldier thugs, all were hopeless scoundrels. I set the whole camp on fire and guarded the sole exit with a knife, I slaughtered those bastards completely, not leaving a single one!!"

Gongsun Ce imagined that great fire more than a century ago, the raging flames engulfing tall grass that almost set the sky ablaze, the malevolent bandits rolling in pain in the fire, those trying to escape the inferno often had their throats blocked by smoke, kneeling in silence to wail. The blind young man stood afar from that hell, capturing every wail with his sensitive hearing, laughing like a demon.

"Impressive." Gongsun Ce said, "I would do the same if it were me."

"Then I entered Grotto Heaven. The Fan Ding Realm thought I was too fierce, would not tolerate me!" Yan Qi laughed heartily, "I hate, Gongsun! What I hate most is fucking bandit robbers; what I hate most is the war that leaves people in misery. They didn’t just steal my food but destroyed my eyes, after I was blind I couldn’t even draw a picture! I hate this damned world to death!

At least I got into the Imperial Academy Supervisor, gained the Impermanence Skill, I realized I was a genius. I had hope, I had intentions, I decided ruthlessly that I would be a big official, the biggest, and once I became a big figure there would be no more wars, no more miserable folks like me. I alone could quell all the turmoil, I have the power, I can do it!"

He covered his eyes, laughing hoarsely: "But now? I’ve already broken through the realm, I’m a big figure, I know the truth, what can I achieve now?" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Gongson Ce felt a lump in his throat, he now understood Yan Qi’s feelings. This man kept speaking of unrealistic things, dreaming near-fantasy dreams, because those dreams were necessary for him. He hated this absurd world, if he didn’t set some beautiful goals for himself, how could he keep on?

No wonder he always kept his eyes covered, if one day he really saw the real world...he wouldn’t be able to control himself, would he? He’d entirely close those "eyes" in his heart, erase the filthy world without a trace.

Truly a thorough Silent Phase Mage.

The approaching footsteps were pressed lightly, while they spoke, the other students also gathered under the old tree, quietly listening to their friend recount the past. Gongsun Ce wanted to say something, but someone acted first. In the shadows, black and red flames ignited, a woman with black hair and red eyes walked out from Tribulation Flame, eyes filled with sympathy and sorrow.

"Silent King?" Gongsun Ce raised an eyebrow, "You...?"

He felt something was amiss, the Silent King had no reason to be sympathetic to him, her gaze was always on top of the great hall, she was looking at Yan Qi! Gongsun Ce hastily tried to muster strength to intervene, but at that moment, the world became viscous like mud, his movements slowed to a crawl, while the Silent King and Yan Qi still moved like normal people.

He realized what was happening, this was the usual "time stop" phenomenon when the Silent King appeared, and at this moment he was being excluded from the king’s dialogue. The Silent King did not intend to communicate with him, her target was Yan Qi in the virtual history!

"It’s enough, Yan Qi."

The woman with black hair and red eyes stood behind Yan Qi, raising her hand to cover his face.