I Use Illusions To Control The Whole World Chapter 46

Ye Fanyu didn’t care about any of that—as long as the dumplings were in his hands, they were his.

“Yang Dongqing,” Su Mu ordered, and the already frustrated Yang Dongqing immediately rushed forward to snatch them. Ye Fanyu was caught off guard, not expecting Yang Dongqing to suddenly strike, and quickly dodged back.

At that moment, Tingting hurriedly waved her hands, her little face turning red with anxiety, “Don’t fight, Tingting doesn’t like fighting. If you want dumplings, I’ll give them to you.”

Yang Dongqing hesitated, his face showing reluctance. Ye Fanyu growled angrily, “Put away your unnecessary sympathy. We’re people! And her? She’s a creature from the Nightmare World—she might even be a Nightmare Creature!”

“Don’t argue, Tingting doesn’t want the dumplings anymore.” Tingting grew even more anxious. Her kind heart didn’t want to see anyone fighting.

“Did you hear that? She said herself she doesn’t want them.” Ye Fanyu suppressed his anger and spoke in a low voice.

Yang Dongqing eventually unclenched his fists. He knew even if he snatched the dumplings, it would only make Tingting more upset.

Once the small conflict had settled, Ye Fanyu picked up the dumplings and called Li Qiang over to eat. Yesterday’s eight dumplings had been far from enough for someone who hadn’t eaten in three days.

“You eat first. I’ll give you two this time,” Ye Fanyu said coldly.

Ye Fanyu looked closely and realized it was indeed one less. He turned to Tingting, “Why is there one less? Did you eat it, or hide it?”

Tingting shook her little head, “I didn’t eat it, and I didn’t hide it. Grandma only made eleven.”

Ye Fanyu stared at her for a moment, then said nothing more and continued eating dumplings with Li Qiang.

Yang Dongqing no longer paid attention to Ye Fanyu and instead turned to Su Mu, asking, “What happened after you left?”

Su Mu didn’t intend to hide anything and said directly, “Just as I suspected, the shadow isn’t unbeatable. All you have to do is close your eyes, hold its hand, and keep walking. When daylight comes, you can return from the darkness.”

Yang Dongqing was stunned, “That simple?”

“It’s simple for me, but not necessarily for you.”

Yang Dongqing’s expression instantly darkened, “What do you mean by that?”

“Nothing. In the darkness, there are all kinds of voices trying to tempt you to open your eyes. If you do, you’ll become completely lost and eventually turn into one of those monster-like villagers.”

Yang Dongqing sneered and curled his lips, “So it’s just keeping your eyes shut. What’s so hard about that? If I know the voices are fake, I obviously won’t open them.”

“Mm, you’re right.”

A flash of anger crossed Yang Dongqing’s face. He felt looked down on, but had no evidence.

Although Ye Fanyu was eating on the side, he had already perked up his ears to listen.

At this point, Su Mu shifted the topic, “While in the darkness, I also learned some things—about Tingting.” The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the Novᴇ(l)Fɪre .ɴᴇt

He glanced at Tingting, but saw that the little girl had run back to the Bedroom to comb her doll’s hair again.

Su Mu slowly shared what he had seen and heard in the darkness, mainly the voices related to Tingting.

Five minutes later, Yang Dongqing’s face had twisted with fury, veins bulging on his tightly clenched fists.

“Animals! These animals! Damn it!!”

Right now, his chest was filled with an unprecedented rage. Even his skin seemed to shimmer with a faint metallic hue. He wanted to kill someone—he couldn’t hold it back.

In contrast to his fury, Ye Fanyu’s face lit up with excitement, “That’s great!”

“What did you say!?” Yang Dongqing glared at him like an enraged lion.

“No, don’t misunderstand. What I mean is, based on what Mr. Su described, Tingting is very likely the source of this Nightmare. In other words, this place is Tingting’s Nightmare!”

Ye Fanyu’s earlier gloom had vanished, replaced with excitement, because he had found a way to break this Nightmare. Compared to survival, a few arguments meant nothing.

He spoke excitedly, “This is my third time entering the Nightmare World. I’ve got some experience with Nightmares. As strange as they are, they always follow a pattern. For example, if someone watches a zombie movie before bed, they’re very likely to Dream about zombies. The same logic applies here.

In other words, the Dream World is a reflection of reality!

What Mr. Su just said made everything click. Why do these monster villagers only appear during the day? Because in reality, Tingting was mostly bullied by villagers during the daytime. In Tingting’s eyes, villagers are villagers. They appear in the day and rest at night. Think about it. What did Tingting say when she went out looking for her sister? She called the villagers ‘bad people,’ not ‘monsters.’ That was already odd.

This place is Tingting’s Nightmare, so everything the villagers do follows Tingting’s logic. Tingting’s grandma told her to hide in the house—so the house is safe. That’s why the villagers can’t enter.

I bet it’s the same in reality. No matter how much the villagers bullied Tingting, they never dared to break in by force.

The villagers changing their appearance and using tricks to lure people out matches the reality—someone must’ve tempted Tingting with a lollipop to get her out of the house. It probably happened more than once. That’s why, in Tingting’s eyes, villagers always use sweet words to trick her into opening the door.”

Ye Fanyu grew more and more excited, not noticing that Yang Dongqing’s face had become darker and darker.

“And also! In the Time Silhouette, the village chief’s son called Tingting an idiot. I thought it was just a passing insult, but Tingting really is mentally challenged! The reason she still acts like a little girl is because her mind is still that young. After all, people with mental disabilities often have the intelligence of a child…”

“That’s enough!” Yang Dongqing roared in fury. He couldn’t bear to hear Ye Fanyu call Tingting an ‘idiot’ again and again.

A kind-hearted girl with an intellectual disability who had done nothing wrong—yet she was treated like this. She loved dumplings more than anything, but chose to go hungry just to offer them to her dead Grandma. Even now, when Ye Fanyu tried to take them from her, she wasn’t worried about herself going hungry—she only feared they’d fight…

Ye Fanyu’s smile slowly faded, “Mr. Yang, I understand how you feel. You sympathize with Tingting’s situation. But don’t forget, this is the Nightmare World. The real Tingting has long been dead. The Tingting here, strictly speaking, is also a Nightmare Creature.”

Yang Dongqing’s chest heaved violently, his fury having nowhere to go. He knew Ye Fanyu was right, but that only made him angrier, more stifled.

Ye Fanyu looked toward Su Mu, “Mr. Su, I know you’re rational. With your intelligence, I’m sure you’ve already figured this out too. So the next step is simple.

As long as we work together to eliminate the source of the Nightmare—in other words… kill Tingting—this Nightmare will be broken.”