Read Daily Updated Light Novel, Web Novel, Chinese Novel, Japanese And Korean Novel Online.
Seizing Dreams (Web Novel) - Chapter 86 - Satan
Chapter 86 - Satan
This chapter is updated by NovelFree.ml
Translator(s): Zryuu
Editor(s): Amelea, FistFullOfDollars, and juurensha
Fu Liqun said, “The two of you can leave after graduation, but what about me? Your sis-in-law absolutely can’t let go of her father-daughter relationship. You have a plan B, but I don’t. I need a whole two to three billion before her father would acknowledge me as a son-in-law, but where would I be able to find that much? My Dad asked if I wanted to go to your sis-in-law’s place to visit them in advance. When I heard him say that, I wanted to cry. Won’t we just be sending ourselves to their doorstep to get humiliated?”
Zhou Sheng and Fu Liqun stopped talking once Yu Hao came back. Zhou Sheng said, “Finished chatting?”
Yu Hao, “Un……you guys drank so much? Are you okay?”
Zhou Sheng drank whiskey while Fu Liqun drank gin. Yu Hao noticed that their glasses were almost empty. He observed Zhou Sheng and Fu Liqun’s expressions, Fu Liqun said, “Just one glass, it’s fine. Let’s go, let’s go, and play basketball!”
Yu Hao thought, how are you gonna play basketball after drinking so much? But Fu Liqun actually did take a basketball and began playing a three-person basketball game with Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao on the field. The Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching; the moon was big, round and extremely bright.
“I don’t want to go anymore.” Yu Hao dribbled, “It’s just as you guessed, her real objective is to get Chen Laoshi to help her with a column. I would just be a middleman who runs errands.”
When Fu Liqun heard that, he understood it at once and said, “She wants to have Kaikai as a consultant, but he’s a college lecturer and concerned about shouldering the responsibility, so it’s not convenient for him to step in, right?”
Yu Hao uttered an “un”. Zhou Sheng was baffled, “Go ah, what’s wrong with that?”
“What if he……overthinks it?” Yu Hao said.
Zhou Sheng, “What?”
Fu Liqun, “About what?”
Yu Hao, “……”
Yu Hao stood at a spot, shot, and the ball went in. Zhou Sheng said, “What are you thinking! Do you think he might like you? Yoho, look at how wild you’re being.”
Fu Liqun burst out laughing, and Yu Hao felt incredibly embarrassed for a moment. Zhou Sheng dribbled the ball a few times as he approached, “I really won’t eat any vinegar, just go if you want to.” As he spoke, his agile body turned sideways and passed Yu Hao, but Yu Hao reacted very quickly and stopped him with one move.
“Then I’ll try it out first?” Yu Hao said, “If I can’t do it, I’ll resign. I won’t take her remuneration in the beginning?”
“Un go ba.” Zhou Sheng answered.
Yu Hao did a layup shot and thought, yi, why am I so good at basketball now?
“You guys are going easy on me again!” Yu Hao said.
Zhou Sheng laughed, “When did we go easy on you?” As he spoke, he shot a three-pointer -- it went in. Fu Liqun started calling out with “wuwu”s.
【Is Gege okay?】
When they returned to the dormitory, Yu Hao laid in bed and replied to Xiao Yujun’s message first. Xiao Yujun was still awake. Yu Hao then messaged Zhou Sheng. He could tell that Fu Liqun seemed a little off recently ever since he wasn’t able to contact Cen Shan.
【He’s okay, we’ll talk in the dream.】Zhou Sheng replied.
Yu Hao, “!!!”
Zhou Sheng wore the Golden Crow Wheel, and one of his hands crossed the bedside railings, “Good night.” Then he pressed his hand against Yu Hao’s forehead.
Within an instant, the world was bright, and Yu Hao appeared in his dream.
“Zhou Sheng?” Yu Hao never expected that Zhou Sheng would let him enter the dream tonight without the slightest warning.
Ever since they left Chichén Itzá, he hardly had the chance to properly examine his dream. His dreamscape had undergone tremendous changes: the capital was still a capital, and the Great Wall in the distance was still the Great Wall. However, for as far as the eye could see, gingko trees were now planted everywhere and golden leaves swirled in the air.
There was now a sky-high ferris wheel at the city’s periphery. All the tiles in the city and its streets shone with a faint golden colour; heart-shaped kites flew everywhere in the capital under the blue sky, and the scene looked just as gorgeous as an oil painting in the sunshine.
His totem changed! It rose from within the palace and was now suspended at the top of the palaces. Yu Hao identified it long ago, but he couldn’t understand the form it had taken. It had changed from a silvery white shield into a circular ring and it seemed to resemble a jade pendant that emitted a faint, soft light.
“What’s that?” Yu Hao asked the NPC who stood beside him.
“That’s your totem, master.” A warrior answered.
“I’m not dumb.” Yu Hao didn’t know if he should cry or laugh, “Of course I know that.”
But it was improbable that NPCs in dreams would provide detailed answers. After all, these were all existences formed from his consciousness, so unless he more or less had an answer in mind, he wouldn’t be able to get a conclusive answer from the NPCs.
Yu Hao gazed at his totem for a while and thought, what does Zhou Sheng want to do today? He walked out of the palace and went to the platform where he had once chatted with Zhou Sheng over some tea. There was now another bar with luxurious decorations, with an abundance of good wine spread over the entire bar that looked identical to the ones in Liang Jinmin’s house; there was a dazzling line-up in the wine cabinet as well. Shock was evident in Yu Hao’s eyes. He entered the bar and touched the crystal wine cup that shone like a diamond.
From the platform, the mountain ranges in the distance were visible, as well as the magnificent ferris wheel. It was like living in a fantasy movie.
In the sky, a figure soared past, and an armor-clad Zhou Sheng flew over on his black dragon.
Zhou Sheng landed on the platform, then the black dragon flew away. His metal armour made clinking sounds as he walked. Yu Hao stood behind the bar. Zhou Sheng removed his helmet, casually rested his hand on the table, and with the hand adorned in metal gloves, he snapped his fingers.
“Beauty, a glass of vodka.” Zhou Sheng said lazily, “It's better to have a drink before going into battle.”
Yu Hao laughed. When he turned around and raised a finger, the vodka on the wine cabinet flew out by itself, emitting a frosty vapour. Yu Hao took a crystal cup and poured some vodka for him. Zhou Sheng drank half a cup, and his facial features became somewhat twisted.
“Strong liquor.” Zhou Sheng looked at Yu Hao with a hint of a smile in his eyes.
“How’s the situation on the battlefield?” With a towel in his hand, Yu Hao casually took a cup and began wiping it. Zhou Sheng laughed.
“Stuck in a deadlock.” Zhou Sheng’s handsome smile seemed very intoxicating, “But for my lover, I’ll go all out.”
“Tactics are important for everything.” Yu Hao said, “We can’t rely solely on military force.”
“You’re right.” Zhou Sheng nodded. He looked at Yu Hao’s dreamscape and murmured, “Successive defeats in every battle stem from General’s fear.”
“Why don’t you let your lover help you?” Yu Hao retrieved another cup.
“What do you want to mix?” Zhou Sheng said, “I’ll teach you.”
“Do you know how to make Long Island Iced tea?” Yu Hao said, “I’ve always wanted to try it.”
Zhou Sheng snapped his fingers several times, and four types of alcohol flew out of the wine cabinet. Yu Hao took out an ice bucket. Zhou Sheng’s fingers tapped the wine bottles in turn, a pleasant sound resounding as the metal and glass collided. Yu Hao added the alcohol in order.
“He can’t participate in the brawl.” Zhou Sheng said.
“Why?” Yu Hao said, “Because General you have……a stubborn idea of protecting him?”
Yu Hao looked up from the cocktail and glanced at Zhou Sheng.
“No.” Zhou Sheng intently watched the process of Yu Hao's mixing, “Frankly speaking, it's not really related to that. I wouldn’t be lonely anymore if I fought with him side by side. But……within the impressions of my awareness, he doesn’t have much combat strength against powerful monsters, he can only support me.”
Yu Hao, “Just like when facing Lin Xun, in Kaikai’s perception, Lin Xun doesn’t take me seriously at all, so he also firmly believes that I wouldn’t be able to defeat Lin Xun in the dreamscape.”
“Yes.” Zhou Sheng said, “So my wife’s strength can only act on me directly, not on the final big boss, Satan.”
“Got it, what’s next?” Yu Hao asked.
“Theoretically speaking, this is my own battle.” Zhou Sheng said, “But if he can sit in the spectator’s grandstand, it’ll give me motivation, and courage.”
“I meant the cocktail……” Yu Hao said. He had already mixed all the alcohol and poured it into the cocktail shaker.
Zhou Sheng laughed. He took the cocktail shaker, placed it flat on his palm, then flipped it gently. The cocktail shaker flew up, and Zhou Sheng caught it with his shoulder like how he would catch a soccer ball; using his arm as support, the cocktail shaker knocked into his armour and the metal clanked. Its appearance as it rolled constantly was really captivating.
Yu Hao, “Then what can I do for you?”
Zhou Sheng, “Watch me fight for us.” As he spoke, he placed the cocktail shaker on the bar. Yu Hao put a cup on it, and Zhou Sheng poured the Long Island Iced Tea into the cup.
What should I do? Yu Hao became immersed in his thoughts. But Zhou Sheng gently lifted his chin, crossed the bar, tilted his head slightly, and kissed him. Yu Hao hugged Zhou Sheng’s neck. They can finally do whatever they want in the dream.
“Wanna eat a popsicle?” Zhou Sheng whispered.
Yu Hao looked at Zhou Sheng’s lips, then his gaze shifted to his eyes.
“How would it feel to eat a popsicle in a dream?” Yu Hao said, “Never tried that before.”
The cry of a dragon could be heard in the distance that shook the world. The black dragon soared and circled around the tops of the palaces, facing the totem in the middle with covetous eyes.
The NPCs immediately responded as if they were about to confront a formidable enemy; they rushed towards the totem en masse, each of them armed with weapons, and began to clamour for war as they wanted to drive the black dragon away.
Zhou Sheng flipped over the bar and pushed Yu Hao onto the ground behind it.
“Get them to back down.” Zhou Sheng spoke beside Yu Hao’s ear with a low, magnetic voice.
Yu Hao gently patted Zhou Sheng’s shoulder plate, and it disappeared in an instant, then he patted his breast plate and gauntlets -- Zhou Sheng’s armour disappeared one after another wherever he touched. His bare upper half exposed his strong and lean muscles. That warmth and heartbeat were almost the same as it was in reality.
The NPCs slowly set down their weapons and retreated.
“My wish in reality hasn’t come true yet.” Yu Hao hugged Zhou Sheng and whispered next to his ear, “And now it’s changed to taking action in my dream, you said it yourself that this isn’t good……”
“It’s just practicing in advance, don’t be nervous.” Zhou Sheng pressed down on Yu Hao’s shoulder with one hand and grasped it lightly. Yu Hao’s clothes instantly transformed into a robe that was effortlessly pulled off by Zhou Sheng with a “whoosh”; it flew from the platform and fluttered in the wind.
“What are you looking at?” Yu Hao whispered.
“I really want to eat ah……” Zhou Sheng’s gaze wandered, withdrew, then he looked into Yu Hao’s eyes.
The black dragon remained on the top of the palace; it extended its claws and tried to touch the totem. The totem emitted some flames in gentle retaliation, but didn’t punish it.
(split here)
Yu Hao looked up, Zhou Sheng couldn’t stop kissing him. The entire world seemed to have changed; a strong gale blew, and the leaves from the gingko trees were swept away. The black dragon mount grabbed the totem and crouched over his palace, letting out a roar like a declaration of sovereignty.
The black dragon fiercely clawed the air as it gripped the totem! At the same time, Yu Hao looked down at Zhou Sheng; the brightness of the totem steadily intensified, and then became incredibly hot as if it had turned into another sun. The brilliant white light of the totem and the Golden Crow Wheel suspended in the sky enhanced each others’ beauty, instantly filling Yu Hao’s mind.
The strong light persisted for a very long time, before eventually ebbing away like a retreating tide. Yu Hao was suddenly struck by a thought.
“General?” Yu Hao said.
“One more time.” Zhou Sheng said, “No fighting monsters anymore today, until daybreak.”
Yu Hao’s wings were dragged across the bar. His fair skin, long legs, lithe waist, and lean muscle contours all made him look extremely erotic.
Yu Hao raised his hand and tried his best to grasp the vague thought that had floated through his mind. He covered Zhou Sheng’s cheek with his hand. Zhou Sheng leaned forward to kiss him, but confusion was still evident in his eyes.
“Totem.” Yu Hao said to Zhou Sheng.
“What?” Zhou Sheng sat down cross-legged. He held Yu Hao’s hand with one hand, rubbing their intertwined fingers together. He gazed up at the totem high up in the air, and at this time, the black dragon had flown away contentedly, but continued to stare at Yu Hao’s totem and couldn’t bear to fly too far away.
“My totem became your weapon.” Yu Hao said.
“And it’s also a shield.” Zhou Sheng said, “What’s the matter?”
Yu Hao said, “So, you can bring my strength into the arena! I just can’t partake in the battle, right?”
Zhou Sheng said, “Yeah……”
“Then my NPCs……”
Zhou Sheng, “!!!”
Zhou Sheng suddenly fell silent.
“Have a drink?” Yu Hao asked, then learning from what Zhou Sheng did, snapped his fingers, and a set of clothes appeared. Zhou Sheng snapped his fingers as well, and his armour appeared, reassembled, then covered his body.
“I’ll drink after winning, let’s go!” Zhou Sheng held Yu Hao’s hand and whistled. But that black dragon was still staring at Yu Hao’s totem, seemingly unwilling to part from it.
“Get the fuck down!” Zhou Sheng roared angrily, “It’s time to get down to business!”
So the black dragon could only turn around and fly back to the platform, carry Yu Hao and Zhou Sheng, then pass through the Golden Crow Wheel.
The Golden Crow Wheel platform on Zhou Sheng’s sea of clouds was a radiant and splendid place between the heavens and earth. The rolling clouds had all turned pale blue and numerous clouds drifted around the Golden Crow Wheel, but what shocked Yu Hao even more was the crack in the clouds far from the platform -- it was several miles long!
Sunlight streamed through the crack in the clouds, which brought a brilliant radiance into the world with the arena.
Although the dense layers of clouds had not completely dispersed, there was already a grand ray of sunlight several miles long that shone directly across the roaring seas and passed through the arena. The sea rippled with the golden light from the sky, and the vast arena was well lit.
On the Golden Crow Wheel platform, nearly 2,000 NPC warriors from Yu Hao’s dream world had lined up in a neat formation.
Zhou Sheng, clad in armour, made a quick headcount of the troops, then turned to Yu Hao. Yu Hao had fluttered his wings open and was now suspended in the air as he gazed at the arena’s world on the earth.
“How many enemies are there?” Yu Hao asked.
Zhou Sheng answered, “13, one of them has already been defeated, so 12 remain.”
Yu Hao asked curiously, “What was the first one?”
Zhou Sheng dismissed it with a laugh, leapt up, and hugged Yu Hao.
“We’re going down!” Zhou Sheng said.
The two of them turned into meteors and flew down to the arena. Yu Hao let out a loud cry; once they broke through the sea of clouds, his body changed again and turned into the white fox with wings like the previous time. Zhou Sheng hugged him tight with one hand while he whistled with the other. The black dragon flew over and caught them.
The black dragon descended to the arena, and thunderous cheers could be heard from the audience!
Satan, “You’re back again.”
While he was in Zhou Sheng’s embrace, the little fox studied the 11 black flames behind Satan and tried to deduce what they could represent. Aren’t there way too many monsters here?!
Zhou Sheng said, “I’d like to challenge Medusa again.”
Satan said slowly amidst the roaring cheers, “Your wounds have healed? Seems like you’re in good spirits.”
Zhou Sheng smiled.
Satan added, “But I have to remind you that you can’t invite your companions to fight alongside you in your battles, unless you’re determined to break the rules here.”
The fox watched Satan, but Zhou Sheng said, “He’s not participating; he’s just here to support me, and to supply me with courage and strength. Invite him to the spectators’ grandstand.”
Satan stretched his hand out, and the fox said to Zhou Sheng, “You can do it.”
Zhou Sheng touched the little fox gently, “With you here, of course I can.”
The fox jumped onto Satan’s hand from Zhou Sheng’s shoulder. Within an instant, a bright light burst forth and feathers swirled in the air -- Yu Hao appeared in his angel form within that strong light.
“Welcome, distinguished guest.” Satan was suspended in mid air as he held Yu Hao’s hand and flew towards the VIP stand that faced the arena.
Yu Hao looked back and saw that Zhou Sheng was still standing in the arena; he looked up at the sky; the clouds were surging, and sunlight spilled all over the arena.
As long as there was a ray of sunlight, then there would be hope.
“Please, take a seat.” Satan said politely and seated Yu Hao in a place of honour with a soft cushion that faced the arena. “I think the master of the dreamscape still needs to make some preparations, so please wait a moment.”
Zhou Sheng was in the arena, whispering to his black dragon.
Yu Hao said, “Talking to his own dick does seem pretty strange.”
Satan laughed, “There’s an obvious error in your perception. Bahamut represents his unyielding character and beastly nature, it’s not a concrete representation of his genitals.”
“Oh is that so……” Yu Hao turned to Satan and smiled, “Then what about you?”
Talking about the black dragon was just the opening act, Yu Hao’s real purpose only revealed itself now.
“What do you think?” The corners of Satan’s lips became slightly upturned. He raised an eyebrow, and there was an intense insidiousness in his smile; Yu Hao suddenly felt like he had seen that before -- that smile was too familiar!
“You’re Zhou Sheng too?” Yu Hao said, “You’re his dark self.”
Satan changed his form: his horns gradually faded away, and he turned into a Zhou Sheng who was clad in black armour. A murderous and ridiculing air surrounded him. He sat next to Yu Hao and faced him, then whispered, “That's right. I love you as much as he does, and I love you so much I'm going crazy. I want to imprison you, control you, and make you cry because of your love for me. I want to hurt you, and carefully gnaw on your feelings for me.”
"Is it your negativity towards love?" Yu Hao said, "It's fortunate you're restraining yourself."
"He's the one restraining me." Dark Zhou Sheng sneered, "Or else I would've tortured you into a very miserable state. Little fox, be with me ba, I guarantee that it'll be a whole new experience."
“Like getting SM-ed by you every day?” Yu Hao retorted.
Dark Zhou Sheng began caressing Yu Hao’s wings, but Yu Hao’s halo suddenly appeared and deflected him with a “buzz”.
Dark Zhou Sheng smiled, “You should be a bit more obedient, then you wouldn’t anger me. Don’t look at how patient I’m being now, that’s only because we’re currently in our honeymoon period. It’s hard to say what will happen once it’s over.”
“I like a little spice too.” Yu Hao said, “But if we have to fight endlessly over gaining control in the relationship, then spare me.”
Yu Hao remembered the first time he fought his dark self in the palace with Zhou Sheng’s help.
“Which couple isn’t like that in this world?” Dark Zhou Sheng said.
“Liang Laoshi used to think like that too.” Yu Hao said, “But I believe a relationship should be properly managed.”
Dark Zhou Sheng laughed it off.
“I remember that in other people’s dreamscapes, there’s no rule of not letting others beat you up directly.” Yu Hao said, “We have always just run around wantonly as we pleased.”
“That’s right.” Dark Zhou Sheng’s voice carried a tinge of magnetism, “But that’s only when you ignore the rules. If you want to defeat his inner self by following the prescribed order, then you’ll have to follow my rules. When challenging me, I wouldn’t mind it if the two of you do it together. Of course, you guys could choose to ignore the rules, and I will take all the apostles back. I believe that’s not what you want to see.”
Yu Hao said, “What if the challenge fails?”
Dark Zhou Sheng lifted Yu Hao’s chin and whispered, “By then, I’ll be the one to control you. What do you think of me?”
Yu Hao gazed into Dark Zhou Sheng’s eyes. His eyes were like deep, dark wells, and he could feel Zhou Sheng’s intense, demonic love.
“To be honest, I don’t approve of how he’s treating you right now.” Dark Zhou Sheng said, “He’ll spoil you, and people are always like this: once they get used to how well others treat them, they’ll turned greedy and insatiable, become accustomed to it, and start asking for more. If he can’t give you as much one day, you’ll feel like he doesn’t love you anymore. After the passion fades, the two of you will sink into a quagmire of endless quarrels, and you’ll want to leave him……”
Yu Hao turned Dark Zhou Sheng’s hand over, pressed it against the table, took a dagger out, and stabbed it into the table with a “thud” -- the dagger was nailed down right in between Dark Zhou Sheng’s fingers.
“Behave yourself.” Yu Hao said, “Keep your hands off of me in public. I won’t.”
Dark Zhou Sheng smiled and said slowly, “The Devil and Archangel seem destined to be sworn enemies for life.”
Yu Hao looked in front of the table, “And what’s that?”
There was a circle of light that floated atop the table -- Zhou Sheng stretched his forefinger and middle finger out to touch it, and that light began flowing around his fingers.
“You already have an answer in mind.” Dark Zhou Sheng said.
Totem, that’s Zhou Sheng’s totem. Yu Hao couldn’t help but shift his gaze from the totem to the arena.
Zhou Sheng touched the black dragon’s head, parted from him, then said in a loud voice, “Start ba!”
Yu Hao became nervous. But suddenly, a sound travelled over from afar and rang out close by. Zhou Sheng looked around his surroundings, then looked up at the sky -- the entire conscious world was beginning to twist and blur.
“Zhou Sheng!” Yu Hao realised something, but a white light burst out from where Zhou Sheng was and the ancient Roman arena rapidly disintegrated. A loud sound blared, sweeping across Yu Hao, and then the dream world fell apart.
Yu Hao woke up from the dream and heard an alarm clock ring nonstop on Fu Liqun’s bed that was across from his.
“Why the hell did you set an alarm during the holidays?!” Zhou Sheng blew up and sat up abruptly. Yu Hao suddenly burst out laughing while tossing and turning in bed.
Yet Fu Liqun was the last to wake up. In his groggy state, he got up to turn the alarm clock off and said, “Sorry, I forgot about it.” Then he climbed down the ladder to go to the toilet.
Zhou Sheng was on the verge of exploding from anger, while Yu Hao just looked helpless. Fu Liqun got back onto his bed. It was already bright outside, and sunlight was streaming into their dormitory through the curtains.
Yu Hao had just moved when he immediately sensed something. He quickly lifted the blanket, while Zhou Sheng threw him a pair of underwear from underneath his bed for him to change into. Looks like that one time in his dreamscape led to a conditioned reflex in reality.
Zhou Sheng went to take a bath before he got back onto his bed. Yu Hao went to take a bath too, and after their baths, neither of them felt like sleeping anymore.
Zhou Sheng waved his hand at Yu Hao, and Yu Hao moved closer onto his bed. However, Zhou Sheng slept closer to the outer edge of his bed and pointed next to him, signalling to Yu Hao to come over. Yu Hao looked at Fu Liqun; Fu Liqun had turned over and was facing the wall.
Yu Hao tiptoed over. The single bed in their college’s dormitory was very small, and with the two of them squeezing onto it, they could only hug each other as they slept. No matter where Yu Hao placed one of his hands, it felt uncomfortable, so he turned around and let Zhou Sheng hug him from behind.
The weather was beginning to cool down. Even after taking a bath, Zhou Sheng still had a strong masculine scent and poked Yu Hao from the back. Yu Hao thought this guy really is a beast……once in the day yesterday, shot once in the dream, but his desire was still as strong as ever.
“I can’t sleep anymore after taking a bath.” Zhou Sheng whispered.
“Sleep at night ba.” Yu Hao said in a very soft voice.
“Sorry my babies.” Fu Liqun said without any longing for life.
Zhou Sheng quickly said that it was okay, Yu Hao typed out a row of words on his phone to show Zhou Sheng:【Is Satan the dark you?】
Zhou Sheng let Yu Hao rest his head on one of his arms and freed his other arm:【I don’t know, should be ba? Who else would it be?】
Yu Hao always thought it seemed strange, because that meant that the Zhou Sheng who was hugging him now was both General and Satan. But when he thought about it carefully, he could also somewhat understand it. Although General’s integrity prevails most of the time, there are times when Zhou Sheng could be a bit mean, although he didn’t really know how to explain it.
Translator's Note:
Juurensha: GDI Fu Liqun, did you have to be the guy who forgets to turn his alarm off for the holidays.
Dollars: I need fan arts of the lust dragon eyeball-sexing HaoHao’s totem
