Chapter 941: Projection

"Why are you so slow? Hurry up, we're going to miss the bus!" Yang Na, dressed in a blue school uniform, said impatiently to Li Huowang as he opened the door.

Spotting Sun Xiaoqin in an apron behind him, Yang Na flashed her a big smile. "Hello, Auntie."

"Nana, are you waiting for Huowang to go to school again? By the way, you'll be starting junior high next year, right? Will you still be at the same school as Huowang?"

"Yes, Auntie, I will."

"You know we're going to be late, so why aren't you running!" Li Huowang pushed her aside forcefully and clattered down the stairs. "Yang Erlang! Hurry up!"

"How dare you push me!" Yang Na braced herself against the banister with one hand, her feet quickly kicking off the steps, and slid down towards Li Huowang below.

Yang Na's entire body slammed heavily into Li Huowang's backpack from behind. Just as he stumbled forward, she firmly gripped his neck with one hand.

The two of them playfully ran to the bus stop, managing not to miss the bus.

Once they found seats, both of them let out a sigh of relief. With unspoken understanding, they pulled items from their backpacks: one a game console, the other a romance novel.

As the bus swayed, the two sat side by side, each immersed in their own world.

However, happy times are always short-lived. By the seventh stop, they reluctantly put away their belongings and prepared to get off.

"Oh my god, you're crying! No way, you actually cried while reading a book, hahaha!"

With reddened eyes, Yang Na looped her right arm around Li Huowang's neck, then expertly raised her right foot and delivered a knee kick to his stomach. "What do you know? This is so touching, and the writing is beautiful. It's about two people who secretly love each other but ultimately miss their chance. It's practically my fifth favorite masterpiece."

Li Huowang stood up, clutching his stomach. "Huh? If they liked each other, why would they miss their chance? Isn't that just two pure idiots?"

After saying this, he quickly added, "I don't want to end up like that when I grow up."

At that moment, their eyes met. The next second, Yang Na blinked, then pointed a finger at Li Huowang's nose. "Oh, so you dare to use bad words! I'm telling the teacher!"

The next moment, Yang Na turned and ran. Li Huowang, who was chasing her, saw the smile on her face at that moment. Her lips curled upward, and faint dimples appeared on her cheeks. Her smile was incredibly beautiful.

This was the first time Li Huowang realized that the girl he had grown up playing with was actually quite pretty.

From then on, Li Huowang began to notice that Yang Na grew more beautiful with age. However, what he could never have imagined was that the moment she appeared most beautiful would be after her death.

Yang Na was dead, her death incredibly tragic. Her body was severed into two pieces. Her beautiful hair fanned out in the cold seawater, a breathtaking sight that simultaneously shattered Li Huowang's heart.

Yang Na was dead, his childhood friend, gone so easily.

"Na...Na..." As Li Huowang opened his mouth in despair, seawater choked his throat, causing him to cough violently.

Clenching the oxygen tube, Li Huowang, tears streaming from his eyes due to coughing, lunged forward and desperately clutched the remaining half of Yang Na's body to his chest.

Feeling Yang Na's cold skin pressed against his, Li Huowang's mind buzzed. Beyond the frantic thumping of his aching heart, the rest of his body seemed to cease to exist.

"No! I don't understand this reality! I don't accept it! I am Jizai, master of confusion and the true and false heavenly laws! I am Siming! I am a god! Anyone I want to live must live!"

With his brain throbbing, Li Huowang recklessly grabbed the swaying "mermaid tail" and tried to force it back into Yang Na's abdominal cavity.

If he could just put it back, she would live! He could fix her, bring her back to life!

But the detached portion was incredibly slippery. Every time Li Huowang tried to grasp it firmly, it would drift away with the ocean current.

Just as he reached out to grab an intestine and wrap it around his arm, a powerful force from behind knocked him several meters away.

Right where Li Huowang had been, a ceramic toilet plummeted from above. If he hadn't been knocked away, it would have struck his head.

It was Wu Qi who saved Li Huowang. She slapped him hard, trying to bring him back to his senses.

Qing Wanglai floated over, glanced at Yang Na's body, then grabbed her by the neck and tossed her aside.

Li Huowang violently pulled the hand wrapped with intestine, dragging the body that had floated away back towards him.

Clinging tightly to Yang Na, Li Huowang turned his hysterical gaze on Qing Wanglai, glaring. His combat knife was already raised. "It's all because of you! All of this is your fault!"

"Is this the time for infighting? Don't forget you still have the power of retrospection!" A sudden voice in his ear made Li Huowang's hand freeze.

His blood-filled brain rapidly cooled, and Li Huowang regained his rationality. He trembled as he looked at Yang Na in his arms, reaching out to caress her snow-white cheek.

"It's okay! It's okay! I'll bring you back! I'll bring you back! As long as I can kill this Siming, I can bring you back!"

Li Huowang finished speaking, then abruptly looked up at the sea surface above. The water was completely chaotic now. The sea churned into a frenzy at an astonishing speed, creating surging, turbulent waves across the entire area.

Looking up from the underwater desert, it felt as though they were suspended upside down in the sky, watching the rolling tsunami on the water's surface below.

Li Huowang quickly kicked his flippers, swimming rapidly towards the surface. As soon as he broke through, an incoming wave slammed into him, disorienting him completely.

After emerging from the water once more, Li Huowang finally saw the projection of Siming. Under a sky as dark as night, towering tsunamis and swirling waterspouts filled everything he saw.

It seemed that Li Huowang was not about to face another Siming, but rather the entire sky and earth itself. It was incomparable to their previous encounter at the factory.

Just then, Qing Wanglai suddenly emerged from the left. He removed his oxygen mask and said to Li Huowang, "In this situation, you can't do anything! No matter what this projection is, its power is far greater than ours!"

"The most sensible choice now is to retreat! Leave this area of the sea!"

Listening to the persuasion in his ear, Li Huowang lowered his head and forcefully kissed Yang Na's forehead, his eyes filled with obsession and determination. "It's okay! No matter what this projection is, I must kill this Siming! I must kill him!"

With that, Li Huowang raised the combat knife in his hand, pointing it directly at the dark clouds above. "Do you hear me? I'm going to kill you! Even if it costs me my life, I'm going to kill you!"

With a crack, a white light flashed, and a silver bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking directly onto the combat knife in Li Huowang's hand.