Hate
by M1zushiThey followed Xu Shuangshuang to Main City’s center behind the church as the sunset fell.
If An Yu remembered correctly, this was supposed to be the site of the tallest office building in the city. But now, in its place, stood a towering plaster column, its surface carved with spiraling koi fish that seemed to reach endlessly toward the sky.
The foul stench rising from beneath the column filled the air around them—it was right under their feet.
There was no need to dig. An Yu pressed his foot down and grinded slightly against the ground. The stone bricks, which should have been hard, felt soft as if he were stepping on someone’s face beneath the thin stone slab.
As dusk settled, a group of women suddenly appeared in the empty city. They were all young, like Xu Shuangshuang, and their well-dressed appearance revealed their identities as residents of the Main City. They converged from all directions, forming a circle and slowly closing in on the column.
The murmuring grew louder and more intense. An’s body began to tremble as if retreating uncontrollably.
As An was about to back into the column behind him, An Yu reached out and grabbed him.
“Don’t back down.” He glanced around at the approaching crowd and said softly, “Your will isn’t as weak as you think. Don’t give in so easily.” As he spoke, he finally spotted Zhu Tao and Ning in the crowd, and from another direction, Chao Wu, with her flowing rose-colored hair, was also approaching.
After entering this inner space, they had all followed different people, arriving at the same place at sunset.
Suddenly, the Central Church bells rang out—a sign of the Main City’s nightly prayers.
The towering column behind them suddenly lit up, casting a blood-red glow that illuminated the night. The red light shone on the believers’ faces, and under their excited and devout gazes, circles of women began to appear, floating around the column.
These women, like the koi fish engraved on the prayer coins, were linked together head to tail, their eyes closed, spiraling upwards like fish swimming in water, their movements stirring up invisible whirlpools around the column.
An Yu looked up—the women higher up on the column began to sprout scales and fish tails. Further up, they were no different from the naked corpses buried underground, their lower halves fully transformed into fish tails.
By now, Xu Shuangshuang had already joined the praying crowd. She stood in the innermost circle, gazing up at the column with a hopeful smile.
They chanted in unison: “For better reproduction, for more stable survival, for women to shoulder their natural responsibilities.”
“Please, God, grant me a child with high genetic entropy, let it reside in the Main City, and let it create a greater value for humanity.”
“This life is insignificant. Body and spirit, love and desires, all can be sacrificed for the future generations.”
Chao Wu squeezed through the crowd, frowning. “This is ridiculous. The women of the Main City actually think like this?”
Zhu Tao pondered, “Maybe it’s just a small thought, but it’s amplified here.”
Amidst the endless, repetitive prayers, An finally slowly raised his head and stared at the column that radiated red light.
The believers floating around the column swam in his eyes, and his lips began to move. Although no sound came out, his eyes gradually grew vacant.
Ning quickly pushed through the crowd, running towards them. “An!”
—Just as he reached out to grab An, An had already closed his eyes, his toes lightly touching the ground as he floated up to join the last woman in the air.
One after another, the innermost worshipers also began to float towards the column. Xu Shuangshuang, after chanting the final verse, closed her eyes and merged with the line of believers spiraling upwards.
As more people joined the column, the eerie murmuring grew even louder.
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The strange red light almost touched Ning’s hair, but a calm aura suddenly surrounded him. One by one, blue morpho butterflies flew out from his sleeves, flickering with luminous spots in the air. Ning smiled behind the misty halo he created, and a few blue butterflies flew up, landing on An’s lips, their wings fluttering.
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Chao Wu extended her rose-colored hair and supported An’s body as he gently floated back to the ground.
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Moments later, they all returned to the column.
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Chao Wu was an aberrant with giant seaweed-like hair—her long hair could quickly proliferate and form a strong net.
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An Yu, however, said, “The source of the murmuring is up there. The higher you go, the more severe the mental pollution you’ll face.”
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Zhu Tao suddenly frowned. “Why do I have a bad feeling… Have you awakened a new power?”
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Before he could take it off, An Yu had already reached out and touched the strange column behind him.
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With a slight movement of An Yu’s fingers, the jar instantly reappeared in his palm from a few meters away.
So obedient, yet so resistant.
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“Don’t move; it should be very peaceful inside,” An Yu said as he hung the jar around his neck, letting it dangle in front of him.
After a while, the jar finally quieted down.
Ning stared at him blankly.
Zhu Tao and Chao Wu were also dumbfounded.
Only An Yu lightly curved his lips, seemingly satisfied with the effects of his ability.
Commander was right—the switch had been pressed, and he could gradually awaken through learning and exploration. The stimulus from the aberration might help a little, but the root still lay in his self-control.
“You’re a bit… scary,” Chao Wu said, clutching her hair tightly.
“Although I’ve seen you be more terrifying before, but—” Zhu Tao swallowed, “It’s hard to say which is more frightening, the you from then or now.”
An Yu looked at Ning and explained, “A confined space will bring calmness, and even if he’s mentally poluted, he can’t circle around the carved pillar anymore. By the way, space folding shouldn’t interfere with your telepathic connection, right?”
“Space… folding?” Ning was stunned for a long while. “It shouldn’t…”
“Does he have anything to say?” An Yu asked. “I put some soundproofing paper in the jar. Does it work?”
“He said…” Ning paused, “It’s effective. But…”
“But?”
Ning sighed. “He will never go on your missions again.”
“He said he hates you.”
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[An (written by Ning) (1/3)]
[Hate]
Grape
told An that, in most cases, An Yu is someone with a low profile who avoids social interaction and uses all kinds of honorifics.
An felt that Grape must have deceived him, or rather, An Yu deceived Grape.
He believes An Yu is a selfish, arrogant, and unruly person who does whatever he wants.
Although he does use all kinds of honorifics…
Originally, An disliked everyone equally except for me.
But An Yu is an exception—he is the most disliked by An.
After their first mission collaboration, although An would follow again whenever An Yu needed him, he still refused to change his opinion of An Yu.
He also couldn’t understand the other aberrants’ admiration for An Yu.
Especially Jiang Xiao, who, whenever interviewed about being captured by An Yu and hung as a collar in his chest, he said he’d rather sever all ties with this world.
M1zushi: you know pokeballs logic? mc can make ppl enter a “pokeball” (in this case, a jam jar) and uses the pokeball as a pendant
imagine our 3d world is a piece of paper, when you take two diagonal corners of paper and fold them to the center of the paper, you’ll create a “tiny cave” which is what an yu does with two points in the space dimension
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