The experiences we'd been through had left us all hanging by a thread. It was a struggle to survive, leaving everyone exhausted both physically and mentally.
Once we were sure it was safe, most people collapsed into sleep.
Liu Mang also fell asleep, but he had nothing but nightmares, dreaming of Aguna and the giant python called Blue King.
In his dreams, the giant snake swallowed Lu Mengyao, Sister Lin, and the Snake Mother one by one, while he could only watch helplessly, unable to stop it.
Suddenly, Liu Mang woke up in a fright, soaked in cold sweat.
Seeing that Lu Mengyao, Sister Lin, and the Snake Mother were lying beside him brought him some relief.
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Liu Mang quietly got up and walked to a spot a little farther away.
They had ended up in this peril because of Aguna, but wasn't it also because of himself, Liu Mang?
If only he had been stronger—strong enough to obliterate Aguna and that python—they wouldn't have been close to dying.
