Ni Ji held onto the wall and stood up little by little in the narrow and dim alley.

His face looked calm, without any unnecessary expression, but cold sweat was streaming down his forehead like rain.

Before he could even stand up straight, he fell down.

He fell to the ground, barely propped himself up with his arms, held onto the wall, and got up again.

This time, his hands and legs were shaking uncontrollably, and he lost strength and fell down before he could even get up halfway.

Lin Yuan reached out to help him up, his hand stained with hot blood.

Ni Ji closed his eyes and lay there for a while without opening them. "Wait for me for a while, just a little while longer."

His voice sounded a little sad.

He knew better than Lin Yuan that he might not be able to stand up. His body was in too much pain, with broken bones all over his body, which could not be transferred by willpower.

But what can he say?

Blame Lin Yuan for being so foolish and falling back into the trap, trapping both of them here. Blame Lin Yuan for not listening to him and leaving on her own?

He couldn't say such a thing. He didn't want to say it either.

"I actually have an idea." Ni Ji heard the hesitant voice of the guide on the other side.

He suddenly opened his eyes.

Lin Yuan had a solution, which she had thought of on the way here.

But when she was about to say it, she felt a little hesitant.

Lin Yuan is not a person who hesitates. She is decisive in making any decision, no matter it means taking risks, getting hurt, or risking her life. As long as she has thought it through, she will not hesitate.

But this time, what she put on the table was an innocent life that did not belong to her. So she hesitated again and again before finally speaking.

"I have an idea. Maybe we can try it."

The sentry opened his eyes, his gaze clear and serious, and looked at her seriously.

"When I was very young, my father taught me a method." Lin Yuan said, rubbing his fingers back and forth repeatedly, "My father is also a guide. He taught me how to go deep into the mental picture of a sentinel, block her pain, and increase her adrenaline secretion..."

"This way, she won't feel pain or fatigue. She can keep running until she dies."

Lin Yuan saw the sentry's eyes light up.

"That's a good idea," he said confidently.

Lin Yuan paused for a moment, she did not tell Ni Ji. The one who taught her this step by step was her father who was a guide. And that time, she and her father served as sentinels to seal the pain, and it was her mother.

Mother was a strong sentinel. But she died on that snowy night.

"That time, I survived. The sentinel I controlled died in the snow."

When Lin Yuan said this, her tone was very calm, and she was sure that her tone did not have anything special or different.

But why did the sentry sitting opposite her show sadness in his eyes?

Lin Yuan found that he was making progress.

Even from such a distance, without skin or touch, she could read someone's mood just by looking into their eyes.

This is a good thing, she thought calmly.

"That was when you were a kid. We can try again." The sentry sitting in front of her said gently, "This time, maybe both of us can get out alive."

It is clearly a weak and powerless little fish, injured, sitting in a pile of debris. Why does it still give people a feeling of tenderness and strength?

Like a beautiful and gentle princess sitting on the throne in a fairy tale world.

Lin Yuan subconsciously sniffed Ni Ji's blood on his palm. It was just an ordinary smell of blood. Where did he smell the sweet smell he liked just now?

She took out a small towel from her backpack and wiped her palms carefully.

Only when the hand returned to its original whiteness and warmth, without a trace of dirt, did she reach out her hand to the sentry sitting in front of her.

She watched as her palm slowly covered Ni Ji's handsome features.

"Are you sure?" she asked one last time before pressing her hand firmly. "I'm going to go really deep inside you. I've only done this once before, long time ago. I don't know what kind of damage this will cause you."

The sentry's beautiful eyebrows and eyes were covered at this time, and Lin Yuan could only see a part of his pale jaw and thin lips stained with blood.

They couldn't see each other's eyes because of the palm of their hands. This seemed to make many words easier to say.

The thin lips opened slightly, "I want to tell you that before, when I was caught by those monsters, I was actually very scared."

"For people like us, the most feared outcome is falling into the hands of monsters. Unable to live or die, being tortured alive until we kneel down and beg for surrender, allowing ourselves to become monsters like them."

"So, I'm... glad you came back to save me."

"If I die on the way back, it's my own choice. It's probably the best fate for a Sentinel. You don't have to feel sorry for me. Really."

Lin Yuan replied, "Okay."

"Wait a minute, there's one more thing." Ni Ji paused, and the corners of her beautiful mouth smiled, "I haven't formally introduced myself to you yet."

Lin Yuan felt the sentry's eyelashes trembling, brushing lightly against her palm, like the wings of a butterfly, which made her feel a little itchy.

"Hello, my name is Ni Ji." She heard the sentry under his palm say this.

I didn't introduce myself to you properly before. I didn't leave you a polite first impression. This time, I will introduce my name again.

I'd like to get to know you and would like to add your contact information.

Even if it's just to be a friend who may not be with you for long.

"Hello, my name is Lin Yuan." Lin Yuan pressed his hand down, pressing his eyebrows.

She once again entered the sea and entered Ni Ji's spiritual picture.

The clear blue waters embraced her gently. Compared to the forceful invasion last time, this time the sound of the waves was gentle in her ears.

Every bubble in the sea water, every flickering light, seemed to be welcoming her arrival, swaying around her.

Lin Yuan was diving all the way.

Floating freely in the water.

She turned over in the water, and her beautiful skirt appeared, floating in the deep blue sea.

The huge skirt was like a soft jellyfish swimming, its legs gone, its tentacles stretching out and swimming out from under the skirt.

The charming and vast underwater garden appears before your eyes.

Lin Yuan saw the injured killer whale while swimming.

The half-human, half-whale killer whale was lying on the rocks on the seabed. Its tail was badly injured and drooped pitifully on the edge of the reef. He had a face like Ni Ji's.

Hearing the sound of Lin Yuan swimming, he raised his head from the rock and looked up.

Lin Yuan swam over his head, and its tentacles dropped down and gently stroked his injured tail.

This time, no one was waiting to fight her. The killer whale guarding the spiritual vision lowered its head meekly.

Lin Yuan swam deeper, passed those beautiful corals and algae, and went down along the stacked reefs. In the deeper place, there was a castle-like underwater palace in a place with a beautiful luster.

It looked like the beautiful castle where the mermaid princess lived, with agate and coral forming the beams and pillars, the roof emitting the light of clouds and rainbows, and sparkling pearls and gorgeous shells rolling all over the ground at will.

Starfish crawl slowly on the soft sand, colorful little fish swim among them, the flaws in the rocks are shone with strange light, and the silk is illuminated by the light, confusing the eyes of the intruders.

Lin Yuan carefully pushed open the palace door and swam in gently, trying not to touch anything soft and beautiful inside.

Some tiny bubbles rise from the open shell. Many faces belonging to Ni Ji can be seen.

This is the depth of Ni Ji's spiritual landscape, stirring the most secret spiritual world of Sentinel himself.

It can be said that if Lin Yuan wreaked havoc here at this moment, Ni Ji's life would be taken immediately.

He was completely defenseless against himself.

This is it. Lin Yuan stopped at a certain place.

Soft tentacles clung to the palace walls and stone pillars, extending and spreading towards the hidden place where the light was shining brightly.

In the real world, in that messy and narrow alley, Ni Ji stood up.

His legs had just been reattached, and the broken bones weren't even splinted. His body was in a bad condition, and the wounds that hadn't healed were still bleeding.

But the amazing thing was that he didn't feel any pain at all.

All the tiredness and weakness were swept away, and even from the bottom of my heart, a feeling of excitement surged up.

Ni Ji knew that this was because the guide had invaded the seabed of his spirit and controlled his physical condition.

This state of being completely unaffected by pain comes at the cost of overdrawing your body. How long can it last? Very short.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he can leave here, as long as he can get out alive, he is willing to bear any consequences.

"Let's go." He said to Lin Yuan beside him.

A huge killer whale appeared out of nowhere. The small part of its tail was turning into bones.

But it seemed to be unaware of it, its eyes burning with purple flames, and as soon as it appeared, it knocked away several metal-headed mutant guards and rushed straight towards the gate.

At the palace gate, the chaotic scene was not over yet.

The little boy's body became smaller and smaller, and he kept crawling out of the blood and flesh on the ground like a caterpillar.

The guards found nets and started to capture people in a hurry.

The huge whale smashed the door open and rushed out first. A bunch of little boys followed and fled in all directions.

Ni Ji pulled Lin Yuan up, carried the nimble guide on his back, and with a few leaps, he walked out of the gate and disappeared into the distance at the end of the street.

Lin Yuan was lying on Ni Ji's back. The sentinel was very fast, even faster than a bird flying in the air.

As he jumped high in the air, Lin Yuan saw the little boys swarming out from the ground, and also saw the black cat that slipped out in the chaos.

A boy the size of a fist was lying on the black cat's back, his head buried in the hair on its neck.

He has become so small. Lin Yuan thought, this is the price he paid. But he must still be happy.

Ni Ji was running on the undulating rooftops, big fish were swimming in front of them, and above their heads was a fantastic starry sky.

The night wind blowing across my cheeks feels very cold.

This feeling is very similar to that snowy night.

Lin Yuan lay on the sentry's broad back. Running brought him a feeling of weightlessness, and the scenery around him became blurry.

The memories of my childhood are becoming clearer little by little.

That night, it snowed heavily. Amidst the white snow, a blazing fire was burning.

When she came to, her father was gone and her mother was lying in the snow, holding her.

Little Lin Yuan stood up from his mother's body, barefoot, standing in the vast white world.

The gray sky was covered with snow, the ground was desolate, and my mother's body lay at my feet.

Her father closed off her emotions before he died. She stood alone in the snow, wanting to cry but feeling no pain in her heart. She wanted to leave but didn't know where to go.

In the vast jade-like world, there was only one lonely little monster left.

From then on I didn’t know what sadness or joy was.

Ni Ji was running in the night sky.

Lin Yuan closed his eyes and concentrated on the spiritual world.

Faster, she thought, faster.

He? He can't hold on for long.