Pristine Darkness

Chapter 55

We finally find out what happens to our Scooby Gang. If you thought the previous chapter was heart-wrenching (and nail-bitingly suspenseful), wait till you read this one. I was in tears by the end of the chapter . . . so much pain and sorrow, and that conversation between Bo Jinyan and Fu Ziyu . . . sob.

Warning! From Ch 53 to Ch 56 (end of Volume 1), the story will feature descriptions of violence and injuries, some of them graphic.

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Translator: shl

Editor/ Proofreader: Anks

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In truth, if Bo Jinyan had been even one second later, Jian Yao might no longer exist in this world.

His cell phone cast a feeble light in the gloom. Despite the red-hot pain in his eyes, Bo Jinyan could definitely sense a hazy layer rising to envelop his eyes.

Then he ran to the pillar and saw that his wife was suspended by a rope tied to the pillar.

However, the rope had obviously been severed by someone wielding a knife, and only a few threads remained, which were almost about to give way. Jian Yao was suspended at least 15 metres above the concrete floor. If she were to fall, she would only escape death by the skin of her teeth.

Bo Jinyan felt as if his heart was in the grip of a viciously evil force. He grabbed the rope, exerted his strength to pull it downwards and tied it firmly to the pillar once more.

Jian Yao's current appearance also became apparent to him. Her clothes were torn, and she was covered in blood and dust. A thick strip of cloth covered her eyes, and her face was smeared with tears.

""Jinyan . . . Jinyan . . ." she sobbed.

By this time, Bo Jinyan could no longer see clearly, but his voice was as tranquil as water. "Don't be afraid, I'm going to let you down now. . ."

He was unable to finish his sentence.

Below his feet, exactly where he was standing, came the sudden, sharp sound of something shattering and crumbling. In the instant that both of them looked at each other, his body was already plummeting.

"Jinyan!" Jian Yao exclaimed.

The only answer she received was a loud bang.

Something had struck the ground.

Then, silence.

"Jinyan . . . Jinyan?" Jian Yao hung suspended in the air, but she suddenly felt as if she were in a vast wilderness. An incredible sense of dread, as dark as night, descended upon her in a flash. Everything went black in front of her eyes and she fainted.

In this warehouse, this dark, secret room, silence was finally restored.

She is in the air, he is on the ground.

He said that she was a little bird, soaring freely above him.

And, he was a tree, whose roots were deeply buried in the darkness underground.

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Bo Jinyan raised his head exceedingly slowly. Sharp daggers of pain were cleaving through his head and body. He could feel the blood gushing from the back of his head. He slowly crawled forward a little, wanting to get away from the cloying reek of blood. He had never liked his own blood.

However, it seemed to be futile. There was blood all around him, and he could not crawl out of it.

His vision, by now, was completely blurred. Through a damp haze of blood, he could only vaguely make out Jian Yao's figure, still suspended above him, totally silent. He unconsciously tried to stretch out his hand to reach her, only to find that he could not move it.