High up in the White Tower, Ji Xuan, the adjutant of the Royal Guard, sat behind his desk, wearing thick glasses, reviewing a large amount of documents sent from all over the place.

Roy came in hurriedly, holding a large stack of old documents.

"What's wrong?" Ji Xuan raised his head from behind the virtual screen and pushed his glasses.

"Has Lao Lu not come down yet?" Roy asked him anxiously, as he had something to ask Luther.

"Not yet." Ji Xuan smiled, "Didn't His Majesty summon your Special Research Department's Director Lin Yuan today? Lao Lu is accompanying him up there."

Roy hugged the pile of information tightly, paced absentmindedly for a while, and sat down on the sofa opposite.

Ji Xuan also? Not looking at him, typing rapidly behind the virtual screen.

This is the office of the commander of the Royal Guard. Virtual sunlight shines from the suspended ceiling, and there is an indoor garden outside the door with flowing water and the sound of birds.

The time seemed very peaceful. In such a white tower, there was nothing to worry about.

Sitting behind his desk, Ji Xuan works diligently and responsibly, low-key and quietly.

Roy sat there, rubbing his fingers nervously.

"Really? Did something happen?" Ji Xuan poked his head out from behind the screen and asked politely.

He has always been a low-key, considerate and reassuring person.

"I have something I want to show Lao Lu." Roy said, "I hope he can report it to His Majesty for me."

Everyone knows that Ji Xuan is Luther's right-hand man, and Ji Xuan helps to handle most of Luther's affairs.

It’s no big deal to say a few words in front of Ji Xuan.

"It's very strange, something is not right. I think I should tell His Majesty about this as soon as possible so that His Majesty can make the decision." Roy muttered to himself.

He worked in the most relaxed and leisurely Special Research Department in the empire, and always lived a refined and elegant life.

But now his hair was disheveled and his clothes were not very neat, as if he had been troubled by something for days.

“Those records are… so strange.”

Ji Xuan glanced at him, then looked away, seemingly not caring much about what he said. He just stood up and poured him a glass of water.

Roy wiped his face, realizing that he had lost his composure. After thanking him, he picked up the water cup and took a sip.

At this moment, a tall black-haired sentry walked in from outside the house.

The man had a handsome face, was tall and had long legs, and moved swiftly. It was hard not to attract attention wherever he went.

Roy had an impression of him. He was the special sentinel who protected Lin Yuan on his way to the Land of No Pupils. His name seemed to be Ni Ji.

He saw Ni Ji walk to Ji Xuan's side and bend down to listen to what Ji Xuan said.

Roy calmed down and looked down at the glass in his hand. The water in the handmade glass gradually became calm, reflecting the figures of the two sentinels opposite him.

Strange, can the water reflect people like this? Roy thought in confusion as he looked at the rippling water.

In fact, at this moment, in front of Roy, Ji Xuan and Ni Ji stood in front of him at some point.

A blue flame appeared in Ji Xuan's left eye behind the lens.

Behind him, a huge blue butterfly was slowly spreading the left half of its wings.

Ji Xuan stretched out his arm, pressed Roy's eyebrows with his hand, and held Ni Ji's hand with his other hand.

If you look closely, he at this moment looks very much like Fujilu from the Land of No Pupils.

Half of the body showed the characteristics of a guide, extending a spiritual body like butterfly wings, while the other half was no different from usual.

"You go in. I'll open his barrier." Ji Xuan said, and the blue light in his left eye suddenly lit up.

At this moment, Roy sat on the sofa in a daze, letting Ji Xuan hold his brows, seemingly unaware of everything around him.

Ni Ji entered Roy's mental picture.

That is a small manor built on the hillside.

There were flowers in the yard, and a large banyan tree with drooping roots. The building behind the banyan tree was a retro and elegant one with a long corridor.

It is very similar to the old building of the Research Department.

Next to Ni Ji stood Ji Xuan's spirit body, only half of it. Half of the blue butterfly wings were flapping slowly in the air.

"Hurry up, I'm not a complete guide and can't hold on for long." Ji Xuan said beside Ni Ji.

Ni Ji walked towards the yard and passed through the courtyard where flowers bloomed.

He saw Roy, Lin Yuan's direct superior in the Research Department, sitting under the banyan tree in the courtyard, drinking tea and reading materials.

Ni Ji came to his side, bent down and asked him, "What did you find?"

Roy in the mental picture seemed to be confused by something and did not mind the sudden appearance of Ni Ji. After hearing Ni Ji's words, he reached out and clicked on the virtual screen in front of him.

"It's very strange." He stared at the screen with dull eyes. "I checked all the confidential files, and the records for this year are all blank. It seems that the seniors did not go to any contaminated areas for research during this period."

"But that's impossible. In my memory, they must have gone out."

He stood up and walked into the building. Ni Ji followed his steps and walked quietly beside him.

Roy arrived at the data room. It was a huge warehouse with piles of handwritten records.

Roy dug out a very old file bag from among countless documents.

"I have been searching here for a long time and found a document that has no archived records."

He pulled out the stack of handwritten notes, stroked it gently, and then gently opened it.

"Although it is not signed, I cannot mistake the handwriting. It is the notes of Mr. Lin."

The Mr. Lin he mentioned is Lin Yuan's mother, Lin Lan'er.

Roy read the information page by page.

What is this? His mental picture. Under Ni Ji's suggestion, he unconsciously repeated what he had done in his memory.

Ni Ji stood beside him, his eyes moving slightly as he looked at the pages of handwriting that were lost many years ago.

That is the investigation report handwritten by Lin Yuan's mother, Lin Lan'er.

Each line of handwriting is clear and the records are very detailed.

That year, their research team entered the Land of No Pupils and went deep into the underground city.

They encountered a very powerful enemy and accidentally entered an underground maze while fleeing, where they saw many murals.

The murals show the origin of the contaminated zone and the mutants, as well as the reasons for the appearance and evolution of the Sentinels and Guides.

Each and every event was carefully recorded on paper by sentry Lin Lan'er. All of them were earth-shattering events that overturned current human cognition.

More importantly, they found a magical and ancient box in the temple of the Pupilless Land.

It is a treasure passed down from ancient times. No one knows who created it. Its usage is mysterious and can reveal the truth about the world. It is called the "Box of Truth."

When Ni Ji saw the record about the box, his pupils shrank.

If there is anyone in this world who has seen the true appearance of the Box of Truth, he is one of them.

He had seen this seemingly inconspicuous box on the golden beach and on the murals in the Land of No Pupils.

He also knew that the box was now in Lin Yuan's hands.

In the notes, Lin Lan'er's records became messy in the later period, and her handwriting began to become hurried and sloppy.

On the last page she wrote:

"Something is wrong. It seems someone is watching us."

"I want to go to the origin of everything, Contaminated Area No. 5, and take a look."

"Find the wreck of the Mary."

"If this is what I thought, I should have hidden the Box of Truth."

"Where can I hide to be truly safe..."

There is no further content, covered by a mess of lines and children's scribbles.

It looked like a young child had scribbled all over the place with a paintbrush.

Ni Ji frowned and was deep in thought. Roy, who was standing beside him, slowly raised his head and his eyes fell on him for the first time.

"Who... are you? Why are you here?" Roy's voice was unclear and his eyes were fixed on Ni Ji.

[Come out quickly, he will react soon] Ji Xuan's voice rang out.

In the sky, the huge blue butterfly wings began to flap, and dots of blue light scattered in the air.

…

Roy came back to his senses and found that he had been in a trance for a while. It was like he took a nap.

The scenery around me remained the same, the glass of water was still in my hand, and the surface of the water was rippling slightly.

Behind the desk not far away, Ji Xuan was still sitting there, with a sentry standing beside him, and the two were talking in low voices.

Noticing his gaze, the two of them looked over at him, then lowered their heads as if they didn't care, and continued talking about their own things.

Roy felt that he was really too tired and thinking too much during this period of time, so he was in a trance in broad daylight.

He put down his water cup, picked up the pile of documents, stood up and said goodbye.

"I'm going to go back first. When Lao Lu comes back, ask him to contact me."

Ji Xuan poked his head out from behind the virtual screen, nodded at him, and said with a smile, "Okay. I'll tell him."

After Roy from the Research Department left.

Ji Xuan heaved a long sigh of relief, took off his glasses, and pinched his brows. Obviously, the invasion just now was a heavy burden for him.

Ni Ji looked at him, waiting for him to tell her.

He was certain that Ji Xuan was a sentinel with the spiritual body of a sentinel. His combat capability was not very high, but he was thoughtful, considerate, and had a very high IQ. He was a deputy captain that everyone trusted.

But just now, he revealed a shocking secret to Ni Ji. He actually also possessed some incomplete guiding abilities.

These days, Ni Ji and Ji Xuan have been very close, and Ni Ji knows what confidential and dangerous things they are planning in private.

But today, what Ji Xuan revealed to himself was his trump card, something that he would never easily reveal to others.

"There's nothing to be surprised." Ji Xuan wiped his glasses and put them back on.

"First, I must know what he found out. Second, I want to show you my utmost sincerity."

He raised his head and looked at Ni Ji seriously.

Instead of speaking, he took out a piece of paper from the drawer and began to write silently.

"It's very dangerous in the White Tower. Any conversation may be heard by 'her'."

"Not only here, but the entire Kyoto is under her control."

"What we are doing is too dangerous. We may be sacrificed at any time."

"You are someone I trust, and I want you to know more and understand more."

"If one day, I die, you can take my place."

Ji Xuan's pen stopped on the paper. He looked at the words and felt as if he had died once a long time ago.

Ji Xuan has a twin brother. The two look very similar and have been close since childhood. They are almost always together.

After the age of six, the two separated on the same day.

That day, the overload of senses and the expansion of mental power brought intense pain. The two children struggled in deep pain, and after waking up, they found that the elder brother had transformed into a sentinel, while the younger brother had become a rare guide.

"I don't want to go to that white tower. I don't want to leave my brother's side and grow up in that hellish place." The younger brother held Ji Xuan's hand and begged, "Brother, help me."

"I don't want to grow up and marry a random stranger. I don't want to be trapped in the courtyard of those noble families for the rest of my life. Absolutely not."

At that time, Ji Xuan did not understand what consequences this absolute "no" would bring.

Being young, he was soft-hearted for a moment and pretended to be his younger brother to take the physical examination.

After the secret was concealed, the two boys were secretly delighted for a while, thinking that they had succeeded. They didn't have to go to the White Tower, and they could still live happily together.

After only a few years of freedom, the wild-grown animals finally showed signs of turning into adult leaders.

The White Tower will impose severe punishment on those who conceal the information and fail to report it.

The people from Kyoto forcibly aroused his passion for sex, and he could not control himself and gave himself to a sentinel from Kyoto.

At that time, all of them, including Ji Xuan, thought that there was nothing that could be done and they could only accept their fate.

After the Sentinel and the Guide combine, they will naturally develop a physical and psychological dependence on each other, which is almost difficult to voluntarily sever. Since you have already followed the Sentinel, you have no choice but to accept it.

At that time, Ji Xuan was taking refuge in Luther's house. He watched his brother follow those people to Kyoto through the crack of the door with red eyes.

But soon he returned to his side, unharmed but covered in blood, someone else's blood.

"I killed them all and made them die ugly." The face that looked exactly like his own said with a smile.

"I can't survive anymore. From now on, I'll let it stay in my brother's mental picture."

The huge blue butterfly - the guide's spirit body spread its blue wings and flew into Ji Xuan's mental picture, just like the game they often played when they were children.

It was impossible to stay here for long.

No matter whether it is a sentinel or a guide, once the body dies, the spirit will have no place to rest and will dissipate into the void.

But for some reason, after the other twin was executed, his spirit, the blue butterfly, has been quietly living in Ji Xuan's mental picture.

This gave Ji Xuan half the ability to be a leader.

"You can't go to see the Queen, brother. Stay away from the White Tower."

These were the last words Ji Xuan's younger brother said to him before he was executed.

But he did not listen. He concealed his appearance, came to Kyoto with Luther, entered the White Tower, and kept moving under the Queen's nose, living in the most dangerous place.

Ji Xuan paused and wrote on the paper,

"This world is not right, and someone will change it eventually."

Finally, he added that entrustment on the paper, the last words his closest relative had told him.

"You can't go to see the Queen. Don't let her notice you."

…

Lin Yuan took the elevator to the top floor, and just like last time, Luther from the Royal Guard was waiting for her there.

She followed Luther up the long white staircase and arrived at the palace on the top of the tower, where she met His Majesty for the second time.

The queen standing in front of the window turned around and gave her a gentle smile.