Regarding the ferryman's request, Bering had actually made his own decision from the very beginning.

The reason why he told her that his choice was difficult was just to prevent the ferryman from rushing to tie him up further, that's all.

You know, although she was temporarily free from the chains on her body, this was also the work of the ferryman. Bai Ling believed that if she wanted, she could easily sew the chains that she had loosened again.

If this is true, then Bering will have a huge headache.

The feeling before that no part of his body belonged to him was really uncomfortable. It was not only because he was not used to it, but also because in that situation, Bai Ling could not do anything he wanted to do. He could only passively wrap himself in his clothes like a dumpling, with only his five senses able to function normally.

Therefore, Bai Ling did not want to anger the ferryman and let her tie him up again.

He believed that the woman was definitely capable of doing such a thing.

Although she said she had figured it out now, Bai Ling knew very well that she was actually on the verge of collapse.

Just as she told Bai Ling herself, during the long wait and self-doubt, the ferryman's mental will was greatly destroyed and tortured. In this case, the goal of "waiting for the fourth person to arrive" became the only signpost that could support her from further degeneration.

It can be said that she has been waiting for this time until now.

In essence, this can actually be considered a form of self-restraint. It has nothing to do with who the "fourth person" is. The ferryman just hopes to use this target to force himself to stay sane.

But anyway, considering the ferryman's situation, it's not hard to understand why she would have similar thoughts.

You have to know that it has been at least several hundred years since the third person, Hermes, came here. And these hundreds of years are just a "very short process" in the words of the ferryman. You can imagine how long she has wasted and lonely in this place.

As a living being with self-awareness and thinking, it is already admirable that it can still maintain the lowest level of sanity for such a long time.

Unfortunately, what she wanted was completely contrary to Bering's own goals.

So Bering would definitely not agree.

"The ferryman takes the oath so seriously, I'm afraid there is something fishy going on."

Lying on the floor, Bai Ling thought: "It's impossible that she is so naive that she thinks a vow can bind me tightly - even in the real world, a contract is required to sign a contract, not to mention Tartarus, where there are almost no other people and the rules have collapsed."

Although he could try to use his ability to predict the future, who knows whether the oath he made would have an impact on the present after he made it.

Maybe she can use her special ability to restrain herself who made the oath, whether she is in the future or in the present? For such a strong person who is obviously standing at the top of the ecosystem, it is better not to use your own ideas to speculate on their abilities.

This was the most valuable experience Bering had gained after his experience with the Oath Breaker.

So after a moment of silence, Bai Ling said frankly: "Please allow me to think about it."

Listening to Bai Ling's words, the ferryman nodded slightly: "It's okay."

She ruffled Bai Ling's hair: "We have plenty of time anyway."

After saying this, she stood up and looked towards the vast plain in the distance.

This so-called "lowest point of Tartarus" is not a bottomless pit, but more like a piece of land after the tide recedes. There is also soil here, and the color of the soil is pure red, as if blood has been poured into the soil and seeped into every inch of this continent.

Apart from this, the vast plain is undecorated.

There was no sun in the sky, but there was light shining down, allowing Bai Ling to see the surrounding environment. The "sky abyss" that the ferryman had broken through before did not seem to be able to be observed directly, at least at present, Bai Ling had not found any clues about that place.

Absolute desolation and bleakness, this was the initial feeling that this land gave Bering.

After confirming that there were no clues in this place, Bai Ling turned his head and looked at the woman standing next to him.

It was only then that he realized that the ferryman was unexpectedly quite tall.

Because she was sitting before, and Bai Ling was tied up and lying on the ground, it was difficult to see her condition. But now that she stood up, Bai Ling was surprised to find that the woman in front of him was more than two meters tall, and might even be close to two and a half meters.

Normal people are as small as children in front of this guy.

After a silent sigh, Bai Ling asked, "Has it always been like this here?"

Listening to his words, the ferryman looked down at him.

"Of course," she said, "it always has been. It always has been."

Looking at the empty sky in the distance, the ferryman said calmly: "I can no longer remember the time of my birth, but since I came to this place, this land has always been this rich red."

"And if you want to make some changes in the world, you can't do it."

Her eyes showed no trace of sadness or joy: "This world is like a repetitive circle. No matter how magnificent a palace you build with the soil here, after a period of time it will return to its current state - this is an unchanging world. It's as if time has lost its original effect in this world. The law of passage has no effect in this place."

Huh? Hearing this, Bai Ling's ears immediately perked up.

Now he is particularly sensitive to the word "time".

Especially when it comes to something that is very close to the "abyss".

Therefore, his eyes flickered slightly, and then he said nonchalantly: "You mean... time?"

This question was raised after careful consideration by Bai Ling.

On the one hand, it was a test to see if the ferryman had a certain understanding of his abilities; on the other hand, he was looking forward to getting some interesting clues from this guy.

Bai Ling instinctively felt that "time" should not be a secret that the ferryman could not tell, otherwise she would not bring it up now.

Sure enough, the ferryman quickly gave her response: "Yes, time."

Rubbing her nose, she sighed softly: "Since you are someone who can come to Tianyuan, then you should understand what 'time' means to us. It is a shackle and a torture device."

"But this place seems to be missing time," she said. "Time in this place is very strange. Sometimes it may flow very fast with the outside world, and sometimes it may be very, very slow. But no matter what, it will return to the 'origin' in the end."

"One minute here may be one second or one hour in the outside world. But no matter how fast time flows, this world will eventually return to its original state. However, the outside world will not be affected in this way. Therefore, I think this world may have been abandoned by 'time', or perhaps it was created specifically to avoid 'time'."

Looking at the sky, the ferryman said softly: "Perhaps my existence is also the result of someone trying to avoid something."

Bai Ling paid no attention to her last words.

In fact, he had so many thoughts that his brain was about to burst: 'The time law of this place is very strange? It is completely different from the time flow in the outside world? What does this mean? You know, even in the 'Abyss', An Jianxiu's shadow mentioned that there are laws of time. It's just that 'time' has disappeared recently, but this does not mean that time does not flow in the Abyss.'

'However, this world seems to be completely different from other places. What is the reason? Is it because this world is special, or is it because the ferryman is special? If it is the former, then why does such a strange location appear in Tartarus, the place where the landing of the origin failed; but if it is the latter, then what is the identity of the ferryman, and what influence will she have on me? '

The riddles are increasing.

He took a deep breath and then let it out for a long time. With his chest rising and falling, Bai Ling had a rare thought of being thankful: "Fortunately, I didn't try to use my prophetic ability right away."

No matter what the reason is for the failure of the law of time in this place, it does not affect the possibility of some unpredictable results after Bai Ling uses his abilities here.

Whether it is because of the special place or the special ferryman, it may affect the safety of Bai Ling himself. This is not the key point. The key point is that if Bai Ling's body is completely tied to this place, then he will not be able to receive any information from the outside world.

This is the most terrible thing.

Because the passage of time is different, the time that Bering is currently struggling and thinking about may be several months or even several years outside.

Just like the "Lan Ke Man" or "Peach Blossom Spring" in the legend, Bai Ling didn't want to meet Ding Yan and his family's grandchildren when he returned.

...if they could have children in that crazy world.

'Unfortunately, if the passage of time really is different, then I probably don't know how long I've been waiting.'

Feeling the restraint in his limbs, Bai Ling smiled bitterly.

Just when he was about to lie down and wait for the right time.

Suddenly, the ferryman was slightly startled.

Soon, the tall woman stood up again, frowned and said, "Strange..."

"Someone wants to leave the Abyss?" she said. "It's been a long, long time since I've encountered something like this. It's really rare."

"This has never happened before, but my intuition tells me that I must do it..." she murmured to herself.

As he spoke, he left Bai Ling's side and walked into the yellow sand.

After walking a few steps, she seemed to realize something and returned to Bai Ling's side.

She patted Bai Ling's clothes and rubbed his head like a child: "I haven't met anyone for a long time, so I almost forgot about you. This world can go back, and there is no one else here, so I don't have to worry too much about your safety."

"But on the other hand, I'm more worried that your mental state will fluctuate," she said with a hint of sadness, "After all, it's hard for me to solve mental problems, and this place is so terrible..."

She probably really thought so.

It can only be said that because she herself had some mental problems, the ferryman was instinctively afraid that Bai Ling would become like her.

It somewhat implies that one does not want to repeat the same mistakes.

So she hesitated for a moment, then reached out her hand and groped deep in her sleeves.

Soon, a small ball was taken out from the pocket inside the sleeve.

Looking at the small ball, Bai Ling instinctively wanted to step back.

The reason is simple, this little ball looks very... weird.

It's like the balls have been rolled in the mud for several times, then coated with breadcrumbs and fried several times. The balls have a special salty and earthy smell that makes people's stomachs churn.

The ferryman's words later further proved this point.

She grabbed the small ball and stuffed it into Bai Ling's arms: "This is the body of the second person. I took it back from the abyss later and rolled the remaining half of it into this ball."

“Whenever I have free time, I play with the ball,” she said sincerely. “If you feel bored, you can do the same.”

Who would do this?! Looking at this small ball that looked like dirt, Bai Ling felt that he had underestimated the madness of this guy.

He actually used other people's corpses as balls and rubbed them, and he might have been rubbing them for tens of thousands of years...

What kind of weird sexual fetish is this?! After being stuffed with such a little thing, Bai Ling felt that he would have to wash his hands thoroughly when he got home.

On the other side, after the ferryman stuffed this thing into Bailing's hand, no matter how reluctant he was, he had to leave in the end.

"Intercepting those who want to come to the real world from Tianyuan is also part of my mission," she said. "Although this is the first time, my instinct still tells me to take action immediately. I don't know how long I will be away this time. After all, the time here may not work in Tianyuan, but I won't let you wait too long."

After saying this.

She pulled a black weapon from her back.

Bai Ling, who was lying on the ground, looked carefully and saw that what the ferryman was holding was clearly a wide and long black sickle!

Such a sickle is somewhat similar to the "black sickle" in Western Europe, but it is far weirder than the one in Western Europe. Only the shapes are similar, just like one is a grandson and the other is the great-great-great-great-ancestor.

Wielding the sickle, the ferryman easily broke through the space in front of him.

It really is “broken”.

The sickle was like a paper cutter, directly cutting open the seemingly normal space in Bering. It was so simple that it made people wonder how much technical content was involved.

After cutting through this space, the ferryman left no words behind, but stepped directly into the twisted space.

Only after watching that guy leave in front of him did Bai Ling gradually feel relieved.

He could finally let go and tentatively try to use his abilities.

Even if the abnormality is that this world is temporarily lacking the shackles of the ferryman, even if any problems really arise, Bailing is not completely unable to deal with them.

All he could say was that with the ferryman by his side, he would most likely end up fighting one against two...

With a barely perceptible sigh, Bai Ling's consciousness gradually sank, all the way down into the vast ocean.

As his toes touched the rolling white foam, Bailing had to admit that he felt a little relieved after seeing the scene.

Just like what I said to the Oath Breaker before, the existence of the "prophet" is indeed too dependent on the ability of foresight to a certain extent...

Feeling the restraints still existing on him, he frowned slightly: "Even in the sea of ​​consciousness, I can't break free?"

What is the origin of this chain?

In form, it was somewhat similar to the white foam chains in the Sea of ​​Consciousness, but the feeling it gave people was slightly different. At least when the white foam chains were wrapped around him, Bai Ling did not have the feeling that even his limbs did not belong to him.

Moreover, Bai Ling remembered that in the future presented to him by the Oath Breaker, when the past Bai Ling shot himself in the head, a similar white chain seemed to extend from his brain...

It seems that I am more complicated than I originally thought.

With a self-deprecating smile, Bai Ling refocused his attention and lowered his gaze into the gray-black sea.

After a long time, he is finally going to start observing the future.

However, upon seeing this, Bai Ling's eyes couldn't help but become strange.

"You came so quickly?"

This is what Bai Ling thought in his heart after gazing at the vast ocean that was like a mirror.

With this thought in mind, Bering floated back to the surface of the sea.

He didn't dare to look too far, he just needed to know the specific situation.

Returning to the real world, Bai Ling, lying flat on the ground, adjusted his facial expression.

After a burst of extremely rapid facial twitches, Bai Ling's face, which was distorted by pain, finally returned to its previous calm and peaceful state.

very good.

Nodding with satisfaction, Bai Ling moved to the side twice, using his remaining strength to stand up instead of lying on his back on the scarlet picture.

After doing all this, he still looked refreshed.

And it just so happened that next to him, in the world that was originally empty.

A figure suddenly jumped in from outside, and slid in front of Bai Ling with a "swish" sound, as if he was sitting on a seesaw.

Perhaps it was because he didn't control the strength well when he came. If Bai Ling hadn't changed his position in advance, he would have collided with that guy now.

However, due to Bai Ling's foresight, the figure that suddenly came in did not hit Bai Ling, but fell in front of him.

In addition, the opponent was completely defenseless when he fell, and his movement when he touched the ground was a bit awkward, so that the guy now looked like he was kneeling down to him.

Bai Ling endured the other party's kneeling impartially.

"The timing is just right, just when the gatekeeper is leaving this land of nothingness," he said lightly, "It seems that you are still as punctual as always, which is a virtue worthy of praise."

"Starscream."

As he spoke, he smiled at the guy opposite him.