Hearing Lu Ban's words, Hongye sniffed.

She was silent for a moment before she continued speaking.

“That’s exactly what you are.”

The night wind blew her hair, shaking it gently, making Lu Ban think of fire.

"She knows that, too."

Hongye looked towards the villa in the center of the island.

"Wait, you know where Amber is?"

Lu Ban asked when he saw this.

"Um."

Hongye nodded slightly and pointed in that direction.

"The black monster we just saw was the work of Amber."

"she?"

Lu Ban was a little surprised.

Because according to Hongye, Amber must have also regained her original memories.

And she even gained some extraordinary powers.

It was obvious that those black monsters had existed on this island for a long time. At least Lu Ban saw those monsters on the beach during the day.

The origin of the white monster is unknown.

If Amber regains her memories, where do her super powers come from and what is she going to do with these monsters?

Those black monsters did not harm Lu Ban before, but helped them escape from the villa. If this was really made of amber, it would make sense.

"She knew everything earlier than I did. Even your arrival here might be due to her efforts."

Hongye said.

"Her efforts?"

Lu Ban fell silent.

If Amber really knew all this a long time ago, then what she did was to destroy Lu Ban's originally stable reality.

It can be predicted that if this continues, Amber will control these monsters, kill everyone around Lu Ban, and eventually end her own life, allowing Lu Ban to return to reality.

Thinking about it this way, Amber had already made the decision from the very beginning.

"Although I want to live and continue to immerse myself in dreams, it seems that illusions are just illusions after all."

Hongye said softly.

"But at least it's enough for me to have such a life in the end."

She raised her eyes and looked at Lu Ban.

From Hongye's eyes, Lu Ban already knew the answer.

Hongye finally chose the same thing as Trist.

If Trist used the push of fate to make himself determined, then Hongye truly determined his own thoughts because of Lu Ban's choice.

Lu Ban did not choose to kill Hongye, and because of this, Hongye chose to die.

"Everything I experienced was real, wasn't it?"

Hongye looked at Lu Ban and asked.

"Yes."

Lu Ban nodded.

The red leaves smile.

She raised her hand and quickly passed something in her hand across her neck.

On the white neck, bright red blood surged, quickly dyeing Hongye's skirt red.

Lu Ban saw that it was a piece of glass, which might have been taken away when escaping from the villa.

Hongye fell down with a thud. She leaned against the side of the boat and knelt down. The hand holding the glass could not hold it, and she instinctively covered her cut throat.

Blood was spreading from the wound. Hongye tried to cover the wound with both hands. Tears flowed from her eyes. She tried to struggle with her legs, but the strength was quickly draining away from her body.

Lu Ban stretched out his hand and covered Hongye's hand. The temperature made Hongye relax a little. Blood spurted onto Lu Ban's body, but he didn't care.

Her pupils began to dilate, and her strength in struggling became weaker and weaker, until finally, she stopped moving.

Only the lips opened and closed, as if saying something.

Lu Ban leaned close to listen.

He heard Hongye's last words.

"Well, I promise you."

Lu Ban replied.

But the girl no longer had any breath.

Lu Ban saw Hongye’s lifeless eyes. He didn’t know whether Hongye, who had spent more than ten years as an ordinary girl in this world, could be considered happy.

But Lu Ban knew that Hongye and Trist were doing the same thing.

Lu Ban also knew very well that Xia and Amber would definitely do the same thing after regaining their memories.

That's the price.

This is the price that must be paid to return to the real world and face the "Dark Man" whose mission is to create chaos.

"…What did you do?"

Xiaya's voice came from behind Lu Ban. He turned around and saw Xiaya looking at him in disbelief.

Obviously, Xia doesn't know everything yet. In her opinion, Hongye is dead, and Lu Ban is covered in blood. There are no monsters around. Hongye's wounds are cuts caused by glass fragments, and Hongye has no reason to commit suicide.

Then there is only one answer.

"You killed her?"

Shia questioned.

"No, she chose to die."

Lu Ban replied, he closed Hongye's eyes and stood up.

"It's hard for me to explain this to you, but..."

Before he could finish his words, the whole ship began to shake violently.

Lu Ban saw that white monsters were constantly emerging from the water under the boat.

They were like fish waiting to be fed, constantly hitting the hull, causing the ship to move away from the island.

Lu Ban quickly understood their purpose, which was to force Lu Ban to leave the island, prevent other monsters controlled by Amber from killing Xia, and force him to complete the final step.

Bang——

Those white monsters covered the hull with their mouthparts with fine teeth. Soon, cracks appeared on the steel, water flooded into the cabin, and the ship began to capsize.

"This way."

Lu Ban stretched out his hand towards Xia.

When Xiaya saw Lu Ban's hand, she was a little hesitant. She didn't know whether she should trust Lu Ban.

There was another violent shaking, and both of them could hardly stand. Xia could only grab Lu Ban's bloody hand.

The fishing boat began to sink gradually, and they ran on the deck and came to the side of the ship near the dock.

Lu Kan let Xia jump first. He saw the girl land lightly on the dock before he jumped.

“…It hurts a little.”

Perhaps because the boat's capsize was more serious, Lu Ban felt a pain in his ankle when he landed and almost sprained it.

Looking back, Lu Ban saw the fishing boat slowly sinking, and Hongye's body on the boat fell down, slid into the water, and was submerged by the deep blue sea.

On the shore, white monsters kept surging up. They climbed onto the dock, the moored boats, and the street lights, and surrounded Xia and Lu Ban.

Xia subconsciously held Lu Ban's hand tightly. Although she still had doubts in her heart, these monsters were obviously the bigger enemies at the moment.

Just as the group of white monsters surrounded the two people, with countless eyeballs and sharp mouthparts waiting to feast on them, the monsters' movements suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, these monsters retreated little by little, away from Xia and Lu Ban.

It was as if there was something even more hideous and terrifying behind these two people.

Lu Ban and Xia Ya turned around and saw that from the direction they were driving from, those black monsters with tentacles were continuously occupying the streets.

In the middle of the road, countless black monsters were like quicksand, carrying a petite figure and moving towards Lu Ban and Xia.

Lu Ban saw that it was amber.