In the deepest part of the darkness, what Lin Sen saw was a completely black and white world.
Everything has lost its bright luster.
Standing on the streets of the city, you can't see a single light in the buildings that reach into the sky in front of you.
Lin Sen wore a hood and stood in the rain looking up at the sky. He could only see strange gray clouds surging like flowing water.
Where is this?
Lin Sen thought and thought.
Suddenly a voice came from behind.
"Brother, why are you here?"
Lin Sen turned around when he heard this and saw Lin Xue wearing a red skirt and holding a dark umbrella standing on the other side of the street.
The red was bright and dazzling, making all pedestrians look at it. Their empty eyes were lit up the moment they came into contact with the red dress. They no longer even looked at the road under their feet, and they no longer walked in a hurry.
When Lin Sen crossed the street, many people stopped. They began to look at the world around them and each other, and then smiled stiffly.
But the world is still silent, and the distance between them is still out of reach.
"Xue'er? Where is this?" Lin Sen asked.
Lin Xue: "This is Erube. You don't recognize it, do you?"
Lin Sen was surprised because Lin Xue's answer was very natural.
He looked up again and looked around. The strangeness was still there. How could there be any vitality of Alub in the black and white time?
So Lin Sen lowered his head and was about to ask.
But found...
Lin Xue is missing?
In other words... when Lin Sen checked her surroundings again, she walked away.
"Hey! Xue'er, wait for me!" Lin Sen saw the red dress walking towards the underground passage, and he hurriedly chased after her.
But Lin Xue didn't look back. She put away her dark umbrella and gradually disappeared into the crowd.
When Lin Sen chased him to the entrance of the passage, Lin Xue had already disappeared without a trace.
‘Where is this?’ Lin Sen tried hard to remember, and he was sure that this was definitely not Erub.
…
Returning to the street and walking aimlessly along the pedestrian bridge, Lin Sen could no longer find anyone with as bright a color as Lin Xue.
Everyone was wearing black clothes, and half of their faces were exposed by the light, while the other half were buried deep in the shadows.
After they got on the bus, they stood firm and lowered their heads without squinting. It felt like a group of robots had chosen to take a temporary hibernation while waiting for no purpose.
After walking like this for about an hour, Lin Sen finally arrived at the downstairs of the building.
Surprisingly, there is no road directly leading there, and the only closest place is hanging high in the air.
Lin Sen looked down and saw that the foundation of the building was also embedded in the dark clouds.
‘Isn’t this the ground? How high is this building?’ As he was thinking about it, Lin Sen was suddenly attracted by a dot of red in the distance.
Taking a closer look, it turned out to be Lin Xue who suddenly appeared before and left without saying goodbye.
She was walking in the sea of clouds. Although only her silhouette remained, her red dress was still dazzling.
Lin Xue was walking towards the building, her steps were steady and unhurried.
Lin Sen thought for a moment after seeing this, and then he decided to take a risk. He wanted to catch up with Lin Xue and find out.
But just when Lin Sen was about to climb over, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and then the dazzling white appeared in front of Lin Sen.
"Why are you here?!" Lin Sen couldn't help but be shocked when he saw who was coming.
Dongfang Ruo stopped Lin Sen and let out a long sigh and said, "Fortunately I came in time, otherwise you might really have fallen into the abyss of eternal destruction!"
"Huh?" Lin Sen was a little confused.
Dongfang Ruo looked at the surrounding environment and then said: "Let's go, this is not the place to talk."
As he spoke, he took Lin Sen's hand. As soon as the two of them came into contact, the surrounding space quickly collapsed and shrank inward.
In less than a second, Lin Sen found that he had been brought into a sea of clouds by Dongfang Ruo. Under his feet were milky white square stones floating in the sea of clouds, like piano keys.
"Have you been here?" Lin Sen asked.
Dongfang Ruo let go of his hand and shook his head: "No, but I heard my master talk about it."
"oh?"
"This is the realm of darkness, the world corresponding to infinite light. Here, except for the sky and everything you see, which is different from the world we are familiar with, everything else... is essentially the same.
"Yes." Dongfang Ruo said and walked forward, she took a step, and a dark square stone suddenly appeared in the sea of clouds under her feet.
Lin Sen followed and said, "The Darkest Realm...hiss...how did I get here?"
Dongfang Ruo looked helpless: "Then you have to ask yourself."
‘Ask me?’ Lin Sen thought for a while, and suddenly his heart was shocked. The images that made him feel suffocated were echoing in his mind very clearly at this moment.
'It seems that negative emotions are causing trouble...'
After thinking about it, Lin Sen said: "Sorry..."
Dongfang Ruo shook his head: "There is nothing to be sorry for. We should be the ones to say sorry. If we could have awakened earlier, perhaps this wouldn't have happened today, and you wouldn't have to bear such a heavy burden.
Working hard in an unrelated world.”
Lin Sen paused when he heard the words, and secretly chewed on the words, 'A world that has nothing to do with you for a long time...'
Only then did he finally understand.
After completing the destruction of his own form, the last restraint on Lin Sen's body was finally gone.
Therefore, he is evolving towards a transcendent form of complete liberation, and this evolution process is accompanied by the abandonment of the physical and spiritual "body" of being a human being.
"Thank you." Lin Sen said and quickened his pace, walking ahead of Dongfang Ruo.
Dongfang Ruo was stunned for a moment, and then his anxious heart finally relaxed.
She quickly followed and said: "I'm not blaming you... Although according to our human morality, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, but that is what we expect from you. You can choose to accept it, or of course you can choose anything.
Don’t do anything, after all, you don’t owe the world anything.”
Lin Sen smiled slightly: "You can't think of me as a 'Superman'. My bones, every drop of my blood, and every cell are engraved with the shadow of human beings. How can I be that high-ranking god?"
.”
Dongfang Ruo also laughed after hearing this. She nodded and said, "That's right... I thought too much, so... I should be the one to say sorry."
Lin Sen raised his hand and patted her shoulder: "Don't be so polite. If this continues, there will be no end."
If Dongfang understood, she nodded.
The two of them continued to walk forward quickly, and soon they caught up with Lin Xue, who was wearing a red dress.
Lin Xue stopped and looked at them and said, "Why... why are you following us?"
After Lin Sen and Dongfang Ruo looked at each other, Dongfang Ruo said: "Xue'er, we... don't actually belong here, but we are curious about the current situation and the truth of this world, so... can you help us?"
Lin Xue looked at Dongfang Ruo and asked strangely: "You mean, you come from the world created by infinite light?"
Lin Sen nodded: "Yes, you are still a world star there."
"World superstar?" Lin Xue was slightly startled after hearing this, but then she smiled coldly and said, "Should I be surprised by this?"
Lin Sen was stunned and looked at Dongfang Ruo.
Dongfang Ruo seemed to realize something, but she was not sure.
Lin Xue continued: "Here, I am the ruler of the world, which is much better than a superstar." After saying this, Lin Xue raised her hand, and the stone platform where Lin Sen and Dongfang Ruo were sitting was instantly split into two.
Lin Sen lost his balance and almost fell into the depths of the sea of clouds.
Dongfang Ruo was also startled, but she reacted quickly and transformed into Bai Yue and entered a fighting posture the moment the square stone was disconnected.
but……
Lin Xue was not interested in this. She pushed past the two people blocking her way and continued to walk forward holding an umbrella.
Lin Sen couldn't help but feel anxious. He tried to awaken his power and chased after him.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Lin Sen jumped up, he found that his strength was so insignificant that he couldn't even jump five meters away.
Lin Sen's heart sank, the secret channel was broken!
Upon seeing this, Dongfang Ruo rushed over to rescue him, but as soon as he moved, Bai Yue scattered behind him.
Her power... was also completely taken away!
As a result, the two of them fell into the depths of the sea of clouds, falling towards the realm of eternal destruction.
…
Although Lin Xue heard the sound, she did not look back.
He just held up the dark umbrella and walked slowly towards the building. It wasn't until the sky was completely dark that the building opened a door.
Then Lin Xue put away her umbrella, changed her shoes in front of the entrance and said, "I'm back."
The world inside the door is not a place full of calmness and solemnity like a museum as imagined. It is actually just a small room. When Lin Xue came in, she saw hot meals already laid out on the dining table, and the figures in the kitchen were still there.
While they were busy, two boys in the next bedroom were lying on the floor, reading an antique book.
"I said...I'm back!" Lin Xue repeated.
At this time, the two little kids raised their heads and said in unison: "Oh! Welcome home, Mom!"
Listening to the perfunctory answer, Lin Xue shook her head helplessly, then entered her room and started to change clothes.
The room is not big, with only one double bed, but there is a large window in the room, and the world outside the window is a sea view of the setting sun.
"time to eat!"
Lin Xue came to her senses when she heard the voice. She hurriedly put on her pajamas and came to the dining table.
Just when I was about to sit down, I heard a "Uh-huh!"
Lin Xue blushed and immediately stood up to wash her hands. There was nothing like a mother in her obedient appearance.
But when the dinner started and the family was enjoying themselves, Lin Xue's maturity was fully revealed, her love for her children, her restless little feet playing with her husband under the table...
Every detail is so beautiful.
At night...
After putting the child to sleep, Lin Xue did not return to the bedroom, but went to the study room in the attic as usual.
There, the two frightened strangers had not yet recovered.
…
Lin Sen hadn't felt this kind of desire for life for a long time! Especially when he found that his physical weakness and the fear of falling were so real, he couldn't believe that he was actually going through so much.
I will scream so loudly later...
Dongfang Ruo was similar, but she was more elegant, at least she didn't scream like Lin Sen.
The two of them are now sitting on the small sofa in the study room.
The sofa is not big, so the two of them were right next to each other.
When Lin Xue came in, she was carrying two cups of hot cocoa. When she handed them to Lin Sen and Dongfang Ruo, she didn't forget to ask: "Is it fun?"
Lin Sen was about to say thank you, but after hearing these words, his favorable impression of Lin Xue in front of him dropped back to the freezing point.
Dongfang Ruodao was very upright. She took the hot cocoa and took a sip and said: "It's not fun...it's not fun at all..."
Lin Xue smiled, walked to the desk and sat down. She opened the book she had not finished reading before and said while reading: "It's okay if it's not fun. No one wants to die. The stronger the desire for life, the more you should do it."
I understand this, so... please come back, I don't have what you want to know here."
Lin Sen was holding the hot cocoa. At first, he was not used to the hot touch, but inexplicably, this feeling had disappeared for a long time. Now that it came back to him, he was surprisingly not so repulsed.
It was just Lin Xue's words that made Lin Sen's expression change.
He still remembered the reason why he peered into the darkest place. He was definitely not here to visit his sister in another world, so...
"Xue'er, I..."
"Okay, we understand, but even if we want to leave, we don't know how to go back now." Dongfang Ruo suddenly interrupted Lin Sen. At the same time, she quietly held Lin Sen's hand and squeezed it in his palm.
A pinch.
Lin Sen understood instantly that he shouldn't be so anxious, at least he shouldn't really regard the Lin Xue in front of him as his sister.
Hearing this, Lin Xue put down the book and looked at Lin Sen first, then at Dongfang Ruo.
Finally, he said: "As long as you are peaceful enough, I will send you back. You don't have to worry about this."
Dongfang Ruo smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, then we will..."
"Just stay here tonight, the outside world... is not suitable for you." Lin Xue seemed a little annoyed, she closed the book, then picked up the blanket next to her and walked over.
Just a blanket?
He didn't realize it at first, but when he saw the blanket, Lin Sen realized that the room was really cold.
Dongfang Ruo took it and said, "Um, okay, thank you."
Lin Xue nodded and went downstairs without looking back.
After hearing the door to the room downstairs closed, Lin Sen whispered: "Let's find a way to get out of here?"
Dongfang Ruo said: "Leave here? Why?"
Lin Sen was stunned: "Of course I want to find the answer!"
Dongfang Ruo couldn't help but smile, she covered her mouth and chuckled: "Save it, great hero, didn't you hear what I just said? You have to be calm enough!"
Can……
Lin Sen probably still hasn't completely transformed from the identity of Sailosh to a mortal, and now his mind is still filled with things about time and the end of the world.
Fortunately, Dongfang Ruo has heard about the Dark Realm a long time ago, and now that she has experienced it personally, she has completely integrated into it.
What's more... in such an environment...
How could she be willing to waste it like this?
But seeing that Lin Sen was still unwilling, Dongfang Ruo suddenly changed his mind and immediately picked up a blanket to wrap himself and Lin Sen. Then he leaned on his shoulder and said, "I'll lend you your shoulder."
Lin Sen was a little surprised. Although he had some feelings of admiration for Dongfang Ruo in his heart, Lin Sen was not happy at all when the two were so close to each other like this.
Because he still clearly remembers Wu Huan and Lemidia's situation.
Hui Xinlan's innocent Dongfang Ruo had already seen through Lin Sen's thoughts. She leaned on Lin Sen's shoulder and said: "I know you are anxious, and I also know that every second wasted, Diya and Wu Huan will be in more danger...
…But tonight, just think of it as my willfulness, let’s just settle down and wait quietly for the dawn… After all, sometimes, some things are destined, and if we work too hard, maybe it will be counterproductive?”
The light murmur echoed in his ears, Lin Sen felt the warmth on Dongfang Ruo's cheek, but he didn't feel any peace in his heart.
He sat there in silence for a while and then said: "But I believe more that man can conquer nature."
After saying that, Lin Sen pushed Dongfang Ruo away, stood up and said, "I'm very grateful that you were able to wake me up when I lost my heart, but... we can't sit still and wait for death."
Dongfang Ruo looked at Lin Sen blankly, with a trace of sadness in her clear eyes.
"Okay...I'll go with you!" Dongfang Ruoye picked up the King's Sword again.
Lin Sen nodded, then quietly opened the study door.
After the two of them went down to the attic one after another, Lin Sen, who came to the living room, just stepped in and suddenly felt a chill on his back.
Because he saw three people sitting quietly on the sofa in the living room.
One big and two small.
They sat upright in the darkness, silently, and it felt weird and terrifying...
Dongfang Ruo was also startled when he came over.
Fortunately, Lin Sen responded quickly and covered her mouth to prevent her from screaming.
The two looked at each other, and Lin Sen understood what Dongfang Ruo meant.
'what is that?'
Lin Sen shook his head. He really didn't know...but it was definitely not a human being! Otherwise, who would sit quietly in a room without lights?
So Lin Sen just made a gesture of silence, and quietly walked forward with Dongfang Ruo and the others.
After passing through the living room without incident, Lin Sen only saw a pair of exquisite red high heels at the entrance, and nothing else.
Could it be that?
A horrifying conjecture appeared in Lin Sen's mind.
He quickly opened the door and escaped with Dongfang Ruo.
He thought that the world outside the door should be a sea of clouds, but Lin Sen saw identical houses arranged neatly in a huge space.
Even when Lin Sen raised his head, he suddenly discovered that there was an identical street less than fifty meters away from him. There were also countless houses with exactly the same appearance details. They were like reflections of mirror images, but Lin Sen quickly
Then I discovered that the house above me was also real!
Because the lights in one house are on, but correspondingly, the house below it is indeed dark.
"Where is this?!" Dongfang Ruo asked in shock.
Lin Sen also wanted to know, but he could probably guess what kind of place this was.
Therefore, Lin Sen replied quietly: "A bit like Turaya?"