My Iyashikei Game

Chapter 974: My Destination is You

When he was in the driver's seat, Han Fei finally understood the pressure Zhang Mingli was under. The road had no end in sight. The darkness was like an endless sea. The car light only shone so far. Zhang Mingli had no idea what kind of scary thing he'd meet. He could only rely on the old GPS system.

Loneliness, oppression, and negative emotions slammed into the driver, but Zhang Mingli survived and even got out to help others several times. He insisted on pursuing his love while not being affected by this nightmare world. This was probably why his wife fell in love with him.

The car broke down, and the road became more impossible to navigate. Han Fei had no idea how much further he could go. He didn't consider leaving. He just wanted to complete Zhang Mingli's last wish.

"I want to see what is at the end of this nightmare." The healing persona was triggered to help Han Fei resist the negative emotion. "Teacher Zhang, don't fall asleep. We might reach the end soon!"

In the night, many ghosts targeted the car. Han Fei focused on avoiding all the dangers. Zhang Mingli was injured. Han Fei and Huang Yin couldn't leave the car. "We can't stop. If we do, we'll be trapped here forever."

The danger made sure that Han Fei was focused. He had never felt such pressure from the previous nightmares. With his super senses and instinct, Han Fei avoided several assaults. His palms were sweaty. Han Fei slowed down the car. It was not that he wanted to slow down, but the car had some problems. Zhang Mingli's consciousness blurred, and the car slowed down. The car made many strange noises, like it was about to fall apart. Han Fei and Huang Yin couldn't do much. The nightmare was suspiciously huge, like the destination would never arrive.

They turned a corner, and the destination was still very far away. They crossed a bridge, but the destination didn't get any closer. This was like the last leg of the journey that couldn't be completed.

"Why aren't we there yet? How long is this trip?" Han Fei drove for another hour until the car stopped fully.

No matter how hard he tried, the car wouldn't start again. It died and stopped on the muddy road. The fallen leaves buried the road. Other than Zhang Mingli, no one would know a road existed here.

"Are we going to get down?" Han Fei saw how scarred Big Sin was. When he got down, endless dream dust entered the blood capillaries. However, he had no other choice. Zhang Mingli's car wouldn't move any further. The GPS appeared to be broken as well. They still had one-third of the road to go.

"Brother Huang, stay inside the car. I'll carry Teacher Zhang to finish the rest of the road."

"No!" Huang Yin rejected him. "I'll go with you."

"I have the blessing of an Unmentionable. I won't die even if I leave the car. Listen to me." Han Fei turned to Zhang Mingli. "I don't know you that well, but I've seen what you did along the way. Someone like you shouldn't survive in the nightmare." Zhang Mingli looked at Han Fei with an apology. He raised his hand with difficulty.

"Actually, I lied to you. I don't have 11 girlfriends. I envy your love." Han Fei pushed the door open. When they smelled the human presence, the souls came out of the trees. They had been waiting for Han Fei to exit the car. Once he escaped the protection of the nightmare owner, he would be attacked. Dream dust fell from the night sky. They gathered on Han Fei like poisonous dust.

"Han Fei, shouldn't we wait?" Huang Yin suddenly spoke. He pointed at the GPS. "Did you notice something? The destination... is slowly moving towards us."

"What?"

"When you two were chatting about love, I was bored, so I looked around and noticed the change in the GPS." Huang Yin said confidently. "I know Teacher Zhang wants to get to the destination. I'm curious too, but the car is broken so why don't we wait?"

"Teacher Zhang's life destination is moving, so this proves that the destination is not a location. It could be a person!" Han Fei proposed. Han Fei closed the car door. The ghosts were disappointed. They came out of their hiding places and approached the car. Night swallowed the night. The ghosts crawled on Zhang Mingli's car. The car broke down even more. The system stopped working. A chill crawled through the gap. The music was replaced by biting sounds. Finally, the GPS went black. The car was pitch black. It lost direction, guidance, and target.

Despair festered inside the car. To Han Fei's surprise, Zhang Mingli didn't mutate even if he was touched by despair. There was something inside him that wouldn't mutate, even if it was eaten by despair.

The temperature in the car dropped. The ghost faces on the window slowly approached. The nightmare was like a giant black whirlpool trying to consume all of them. Time went by. Zhang Mingli's body temperature dropped too. It was unclear how long they waited in the dark. It could be a few minutes or an hour. The light in Zhang Mingli's eyes faded. "I probably won't make it to the destination... If the two of you survive, can you do me a favor?"

"Sure."

"I feel like I've died a long time already, but for some reason, I can still see her here. If you can leave this place alive, you have to tell her to stop coming back here. Tell her that I've moved." Zhang Mingli weakened, and his voice lowered. "Her name is Xuan Xiaoxiao. She was another sub-teacher. She was the one who encouraged me to take up morals. However, she kept taking over my time. She'd told the class that I was injured because I was hit by a pig. Then, she'd cook braised pig trotters for me. She named the village dog Mingli, and I named my cat Xiaoxiao. Mingli is not afraid of anyone but Xiaoxiao..."

Zhang Mingli's lips turned purple. The blood on his neck coagulated. He couldn't make much noise, but his arms kept moving. The pupils suddenly sensed a weak ray of light.

Huang Yin and Han Fei turned at the same time. On this abandoned road, a car was heading towards them from the darkness!

The headlight chased away the darkness. Two cars that started from different places finally met each other. The driver was a middle-aged woman. She was anxious, and her face was covered in tears. She was once so happy and optimistic, but she was now drowned in despair. The headlight hit Zhang Mingli. When he saw the woman, his face shifted. Han Fei had never seen that expression before. If he had to describe it, it would be love.

"Mingli!"

Two cars stopped at the abandoned road. When they reunited, the malice in the nightmare dispersed. The woman stumbled out of the car. She rushed to Zhang Mingli's car. She yanked the door open. When she saw Zhang Mingli, she started to cry.

"Why are you so stubborn? I told you not to come to find me. It's too dangerous here..." Zhang Mingli scolded. He didn't mention anything he met on the way. Before he could finish, the woman ran to hug him. A whole life was merely a road trip. You are at the end of the road, so I have to see you. Because I know you want to see me and because I know I love you.

Starlight chased away the dream dust. The giant nightmare slowly crumbled.

Zhang Mingli remembered many things when he hugged his wife. As the owner, he knew more things than Han Fei. Actually, when he saw Han Fei and Huang Yin, he knew his nightmare was about to end, but he didn't harm them.

"Love is precious. It is the thing the monster wants the most. That's why I can't let her take it, and I can't let you become its next target." Zhang Mingli hugged his wife tightly. "Xiaoxiao, you won't have any nightmares anymore."

The nightmare dispersed, and the owner would disappear. Xuan Xiaoxiao would no longer enter this dream. Zhang Mingli said his gentle goodbye.

Perhaps that was why Dream thought Zhang Mingli would do anything to kill Han Fei so that he could continue to see his wife in the nightmare.

"Even though this doesn't sound right, I don't think you two need to separate." Han Fei raised his hands. "If my guess is not wrong, Teacher Zhang got into an accident. He's already dead. That's why you two meet in the nightmare between life and death. However, I have a method that can bring Teacher Zhang out so that you can reunite in Perfect Life."

Teacher Zhang and Teacher Xuan looked at Han Fei. Han Fei would never forget their gazes.

"My persona is very special. I can take ghosts out of the nightmare with me." The fire of greed burned in Han Fei's eyes. The abyss appeared behind me. "Let me give you a new ending."