Chapter 1176
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Chapter 1176 Domination
Wu Quan came to his senses and frantically crawled out of the ruins to rescue the others in the small dormitory.
Finally, when the frail Wu Quan gritted his teeth and carried the heavy Old Liu to the open ground, he was already drenched in sweat. Without taking time to rest, he quickly checked the vital signs of the other children.
In the fire scene, there were four children in total, two ten-year-olds, one three-year-old, and one four-year-old.
Of these four children, two survived and two died.
Strangely, the older children, Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng, didn’t survive this disaster, while the three-year-old and four-year-old children lived.
Wu Quan pried open Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng’s mouths and found their oral and nasal cavities filled with smoke and dust. He had seen this kind of death when he was with the begging gang – they had been suffocated to death by thick smoke in the fire.
Wu Quan’s gaze then swept over the faces of the two surviving children, and he saw that each had a damp towel covering their face.
Children of this age wouldn’t know this kind of knowledge. If Wu Quan wasn’t mistaken, this must have been done by Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng in their panic after the fire broke out. In that life-or-death moment, they had chosen to prioritize protecting the lives of their younger siblings.
Old Liu must have rushed into the small dormitory after the fire started, inhaling the least amount of smoke, so he also survived, though temporarily unconscious.
Ashes danced in the dim courtyard air as Wu Quan silently looked at the bodies of Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng, and the unconscious Shen Qingzhu and Old Liu nearby, his fists tightly clenched.
In his mind, he recalled the scene of Shen Qingzhu fighting desperately against the fire, and his final hoarse yet hopeful words.
But in the end, Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng still died…
He could already imagine what expression Shen Qingzhu would have when he woke up and saw their bodies.
Wu Quan knew his brother Qingzhu too well. He would definitely hate himself for not extinguishing the fire sooner, for not returning home in time. He would stubbornly take all the blame upon himself and live in endless self-reproach and regret.
Thinking of this, this eleven-year-old child’s eyes filled with deep sadness and guilt.
He was going to disappoint Shen Qingzhu.
“If only… you could come back to life.”
Wu Quan hugged his knees, helplessly crouching on the ground, staring at the two bodies and muttering to himself.
Thump—!
A soft sound came from Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng’s chests.
Wu Quan was startled.
As if sensing something, he looked down at his own hands, and a faint glow appeared in his eyes.
Can I… control them?
This thought suddenly appeared in his mind.
Wu Quan tentatively reached out his hand and waved gently at the two bodies. The two hearts that had stopped beating actually started to beat again under the power of [Emperor’s Dominion]!
As the hearts began to beat, blood quickly flowed through the bodies. The darkness in Wu Quan’s eyes grew deeper, and his control over the two bodies became more precise.
Heart control, lung function control, kidney function, spleen function, stomach function…
Wu Quan slowly stood up. His hands waved in the air like a conductor directing the bodies. The two cold corpses actually began to show signs of life.
This wasn’t corpse manipulation, but rather controlling all their organs to make these “dead” bodies come alive again. Their heartbeats, pulses, and blood pressure all gradually approached normal levels under his control.
The only drawback was that no matter how close these two bodies came to normal people, their spirits and consciousness were already dead. They were just “living corpses.”
Their gazes remained hollow and lifeless.
However, these things could be changed through some small organs.
Under Wu Quan’s dominion, their empty eyes began to shine with vitality, and their facial muscles twitched continuously, seemingly controlling different expressions.
A few minutes later, Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng had completely “come back to life” and stood quietly before him.
A gleam of joy appeared in Wu Quan’s eyes.
“Ah… oh… you… Wu, Wu Quan… I am Li Xiao… yan…”
“I’m not… hurt… I’m fine.”
“Brother Qingzhu… don’t worry.”
“Wu Quan, dinner’s ready!”
“Why are you calling him? He’s just a block of wood. If he wants to be alone, just let him be alone.”
Wu Quan controlled their mouths and vocal cords. After each attempt, their speech and actions became more like everyday life, until finally, there was no trace of abnormality.
Wu Quan let out a long breath, his gaze falling on the unconscious Shen Qingzhu. After a moment, the corner of his mouth curved into a pure smile.
“Brother Qingzhu,” he murmured,
“You saved everyone…”
…
Lin Qiye suddenly opened his eyes!
At the same time, Wu Quan, sitting beside him, also opened his eyes.
The [Memory Worm] quickly retracted into the darkness behind Wu Quan. The two stared at each other in silence.
“So that’s it, that’s it…” In Lin Qiye’s mind, everything connected, and he suddenly understood,
“From the beginning, Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng were controlled by you?
Your [Emperor’s Dominion] only works within three kilometers, so even when you went to school, you could only go to the middle school closest to the orphanage. Once you left that range, Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng in the orphanage would immediately turn back into corpses, scaring Director Liu and the other children…
No wonder you were willing to kill the entire Li family rather than move, no wonder your first request after I caught you was to see Director Liu.
Only by getting Director Liu away from the orphanage could Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng leave there, always keeping a safe distance from you in the shadows, preventing them from losing control and turning back into corpses…”
Lin Qiye looked at Wu Quan with complex emotions in his eyes,
“So… for these four years, you’ve been playing the roles of three people?”
“It’s not that difficult,” Wu Quan slowly said. “Although it was challenging at first, and I would often lose connection with them, it got easier over time.”
Wu Quan looked down at his hands, seemingly still processing the memories he had seen in Lin Qiye’s mind, his expression somewhat dazed.
The memory fragment Lin Qiye had shared with him was from finding Shen Qingzhu in hell to everyone leaving, but even this small segment had a tremendous impact on Wu Quan.
Wu Quan closed his eyes, lay back on the leather sofa, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled…
His body, tense until now, finally relaxed completely, and a heavy weight lifted from his heart.
The corner of his mouth curved into a faint smile.
Brother Qingzhu wasn’t dead, so he would definitely come back… They would meet again someday.
Knowing this made even being locked in a dark prison worthwhile.
