The Crazed Little Darling: Pampered by the Possesive Commander!-Chapter 312: He’s Trapped in the Dream

But humans are different.

They are greedy and lustful, arrogant and jealous, but at the same time, they are generous and kind, humble yet forthright.

These qualities and personalities do not appear singularly in someone.

They often converge in one person.

The hooligan who often collects protection fees in the alley might also stand up for small vendors chased by city enforcers.

The social media influencer who often flaunts wealth online might also secretly donate anonymously to the poor people on remote planets.

The normally cowardly, greedy, and selfish man might also step forward with courage when his wife is kidnapped, willing to trade his life for hers.

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During those years in the Federation, Cheng Qingye witnessed too many such incidents, yet he still couldn’t understand why humans behaved this way.

If it were him, he would never act out of indignation for others, nor would he donate his earnings, let alone exchange his life for another Insect’s life.

Perhaps precisely because he didn’t understand, Cheng Qingye wanted to become the king of humans.

Being able to control such complex beings greatly satisfied his desire for control.

He had been striving for this goal, and perhaps, he wouldn’t have to wait much longer to succeed.

Cheng Qingye curled the corners of his mouth, roughly realizing it was because Lu Shinian hesitated for a minute and missed the chance to return to save his sister, she decided to dismantle this entire dreamscape.

Anyway, his desire for control was satisfied, so as for everything else, it no longer mattered.

Just as Cheng Qingye was about to withdraw his spiritual power and dissolve the dreamscape, a sudden change occurred.

The Insect Race army abruptly appeared.

The air faintly exuded a sweet scent.

That was...

Su Ruan’s spiritual power.

No Insect can resist Su Ruan’s spiritual power.

Cheng Qingye was no exception.

His body wobbled as he began to fall, his Spiritual Sea instinctively reaching out to seize Su Ruan’s spiritual power.

The Insect Race in the dreamscape went mad, charging straight towards Su Ruan on the city wall.

Lu Shinian’s eyes narrowed, about to kill those Insects, but saw Su Ruan fall from the city wall, quickly swallowed by the Insects.

Lu Shinian reacted swiftly, slaying those Insects, but ultimately, only retrieving her lifeless body.

He came.

But nothing changed.

The body in his arms was cold, devoid of warmth.

Her clothes were bloodstained, faintly revealing lacerated skin.

Her skin and flesh were torn open, hideous and terrifying.

Lu Shinian lowered his gaze; his dark eyes unfocused, devoid of emotion.

He just quietly held her, letting time pass by.

The sun rises and sets, sets and rises again.

Time passed unbelievably fast.

In mid-air, Su Ruan’s body was but a silhouette.

Beside her was Cheng Qingye, intoxicated.

"Sister, you... uh... restrain your spiritual power," Cheng Qingye said with difficulty.

Su Ruan didn’t withdraw her spiritual power, merely said, "Third brother, you should go out and rest."

"I can control this dreamscape."

She didn’t enter this dream so many times for nothing.

Cheng Qingye looked at Su Ruan with mild bitterness, "Sister, are you blaming me?"

He always knew his sister was smart, but he never imagined that in just a few instances, she could already control the dreamscape.

The father was right, humans are truly intelligent beings.

His sister, who merged the genes of Insects and humans, was even smarter.

"No." Su Ruan shook her head, her gaze fixed steadily on Lu Shinian, "Didn’t you say you couldn’t bear my spiritual power, third brother?"

"But to maintain this dreamscape, I must use my spiritual power."

Cheng Qingye said softly, "I can help you maintain it too."

Su Ruan shook her head, "I’ll do it myself."

"You don’t know what happened afterward."

"Hmm?" Cheng Qingye struggled to support himself, absorbing Su Ruan’s spiritual power while asking, "Did something interesting happen afterward?"

He reached this Federation half a year after his sister’s death, and during that half year, he wasn’t clear about what transpired.

He only knew Lu Shinian killed many Insects and many humans too.

The most miserable was that Shen Shi, who was reportedly whipped and mutilated many times.

In just half a year, Lu Shinian turned from the revered First Commander to a universally feared tyrant.

Cheng Qingye thought as he recounted what he knew.

Unexpectedly, Su Ruan said, "I know."

"Hmm? You know?" Cheng Qingye was taken aback, "How do you know?"

"In my past life, after my death, my soul awakened half a month later, and since then, I followed him closely."

Su Ruan’s gaze deepened as she looked at Lu Shinian, her voice soft and quiet.

"I witnessed all his madness."

Cheng Qingye’s expression grew more surprised.

"You actually stayed by his side all along."

"But how is that possible?"

Su Ruan did not answer Cheng Qingye.

Cheng Qingye was indeed curious, and moreover, he couldn’t tolerate anything beyond his control and prediction, so he suppressed his craving for Su Ruan’s spiritual power, persisting.

In the dreamscape, after countless days and nights had passed, the unmoving Lu Shinian finally moved.

He took out a knife, sharp and glinting with a cold edge.

The tip of the knife aimed directly at Su Ruan’s heart.

No blood sprayed out, only the dried body told the tale of a person once being alive.

The blade cut through her bones and flesh, faintly emitting a slicing sound.

Cheng Qingye frowned, "What is he doing? Why is he destroying your body?"

Humans care the most about the integrity of the body, what was Lu Shinian doing?

Su Ruan fixed her gaze on Lu Shinian, still without a response.

Lu Shinian broke open her heart, cutting through that already decayed heart.

Revealing a crystal-clear Insect Crystal inside.

Yes, an Insect Crystal.

The Insect Crystal of the Insects is actually in their head, but Su Ruan had both Insect and human genes.

Thus, she was different from the Insects.

Her Insect Crystal, the source of all her power, was hidden within her heart.

That Insect Crystal was taken out by Lu Shinian, crystal clear, with a faint pink hue, impeccably clean and stunningly beautiful.

Lu Shinian held the Insect Crystal in his palm, his gaze gradually growing resolute.

He had waited a long, long time, waiting for this terrifying dreamscape to dissipate on its own.

But it didn’t; the dreamscape still existed, and he seemed trapped within it.

In this dream, he was the only one.

Time seemed to pass rapidly, yet also agonizingly slowly.

His longing for her grew, he wished to awaken from this dreamscape, to embrace and kiss her, to confess his maddened love to her.

But, the dreamscape seemed as though it wouldn’t disappear.

He no longer wanted to wait.

He needed to find a way to shatter this dreamscape himself.

He recalled that during the previous collapse of the dreamscape, the Insect Crystal in his palm was scalding, as if it intended to destroy everything.