Lin Yuan and Ni Ji walked a long way.

The terrain here is too complicated, with pipelines extending in all directions, countless intersections, and floors that go up and down.

With the help of the surveying instrument made by Ni Ji, they walked and stopped. When they were tired, they found a corner, leaned against each other, took turns to fall asleep, and watched over each other.

When she was hungry, she would light a fire and try to cook something hot. Ni Ji had strong survival skills in the wild and her hands were very dexterous, so she could create delicious food as much as possible in such an environment.

After exploring such a dark world for a long time, you will always see only a little dim light and endless passages.

The two people subconsciously moved closer to each other, holding each other's hands tightly every few steps, for fear of being separated in such a world.

They often encounter some strange underground creatures.

Most of them are violent and brutal, and have to be fought. But there are also some who are gentle and intelligent, and can even talk to each other when they meet, and are willing to point them in the direction of the temple.

"Don't go there. The temple is about to collapse. What are you doing there?"

A female mutant with a scary appearance but a gentle voice told them this. She and her family were preparing to take shelter in a higher place.

Ni Ji heard a slight movement while walking forward and made a cautious gesture to Chong Linyuan.

Lin Yuan hesitated and asked, "But? Is it..."

Ni Ji is a sentinel who uses his powerful hearing and vision to identify enemies in dark environments.

Lin Yuan uses his mental power to distinguish living things.

The mutant in the corner gave her a familiar feeling. It was the little mutant that had asked them for snake meat soup and dragged it back for her mother not long ago.

The dim light of the flashlight shone over and saw a large deformed creature lurking at the corner in front of him.

It was several times bigger than the tiny mutant. It looked like it had swallowed something huge. Its entire body was swollen, its skin was puffed up, and it was slowly squirming in a corner.

"Ah, see you two again."

A bloated, huge, thinly skinned aberration moved out from the corner.

An empty iron can was squeezed out from under him and rolled in front of Ni Ji. Ni Ji stepped on it and recognized it as the iron can he used to hold meat soup.

This creature, which had grown several times in size, was the small mutant they had encountered before.

"Although you were kind enough to share this soup with me, Mommy still didn't hold on in the end."

There was a hint of sadness in his tone. He stretched out his long fat arm and touched his abdomen.

If my mother dies, I will inherit her body and nothing will be wasted.

Ni Ji and Lin Yuan remembered what he had said. They kept their mouths shut and didn't ask where his mother had gone. They just felt a chill down their spines.

But the little mutant was oblivious to their emotions.

He seemed happy about the reunion. He was delighted to see these two aliens who had shown him kindness.

"You guys want to look for the temple, right? That place is not easy to find." The little mutant crawled out of the hiding passage, "Come, I'll take you there."

He moved ahead, leading the way, sometimes climbing up the wall, sometimes sticking to the roof.

Although it has grown bigger, its movements are still like those of a cub.

It doesn't walk in a straight line, but likes to climb up and down. Occasionally, it will be distracted by something and will stop and fiddle with it for a while.

Very pure, simple-minded. But some of his actions are very cruel, such as trying to hunt down Ni Ji and Lin Yuan without saying a word, and devouring his dead mother without hesitation.

Although they evolved from humans, it is obvious that they are a completely different race from humans in terms of behavior and ideology.

Ni Ji and Lin Yuan looked at each other, kept a distance from each other, and slowly followed him forward.

The childish voice of the little mutant came from the front, "Brother and sister, you are from the outside world, right? Everyone says that the outside world is scary and humans are terrible. Actually, I think it's not that bad. You two are both good humans."

"Why? Want to go to the temple?" The childish voice said as it crawled, "The temple is not safe right now."

"Is the temple unsafe?" Ni Ji asked.

"We can't feel the god anymore. He's gone. Some say he's dead. People say the temple will collapse soon. It's dangerous."

The giant young mutant was crawling in the dark passage, its tone revealing confusion and worry.

"Maybe I should leave here, too, but I don't know where to go."

He has lived in this world since he was born.

Without eyes, he does not know what light is. This vast underground city is his entire world.

Perhaps it was the collapse he mentioned, and soon the ground of the maze began to shake terribly, dust fell, and the metal pipes creaked in the shaking.

The little mutant fearfully squeezed its huge body into a tiny corner.

While dodging falling objects, Ni Ji reached out his hand and helped him block a piece of metal that fell from the roof.

Even after the dizzying shaking ended, he was still hiding in the corner with his butt sticking up, not daring to come out.

He just stretched out a long, soft arm, grabbed the wall and twisted it to draw a route map.

"It's not too far. Just go forward, turn this way, then this way, then this way, and you'll be there."

There was an aftershock, and a lot of things fell from the roof with a loud noise.

Lin Yuan looked up at the shaking roof, wondering if a landslide might really occur here.

The little aberration screamed and curled up its bloated body even tighter.

He had never experienced an earthquake or a collapse, and he could hardly believe that the iron city that had protected him since he was a child would be on the verge of collapse.

Lin Yuan and Ni Ji prepared to say goodbye to him and hurried to the temple.

"Wait, wait a moment."

The eyeless head protruded from the cave, bald and grotesque.

But after seeing so many deformed ones these days, Lin Yuan felt accustomed to it, and even thought that the naked look was a little cute.

"I, I may not be able to leave here." The little mutant pleaded, his tone was very earnest, "I want to ask you, if I die, can you eat some of my meat?"

Lin Yuan shook his head and refused, "Sorry."

She could feel the deep disappointment and sadness coming from the other party after hearing her rejection.

For them, after death, being eaten by the creatures they like is the continuation of life.

It is extremely painful to have no one to inherit your body.

Swallowing is a way for the creatures here to inherit strength and continue life.

The strong devour the weak, and the dead relatives entrust their bodies to the next generation. In their eyes, this is a matter of course.

However, the concepts shaped by Lin Yuan's living environment since childhood made it impossible for her to accept such a request.

In this shaking, Lin Yuan recalled his previous memories.

When Ni Ji was unconscious, she was brought deep underground by Teng Lu.

An ancient, deformed creature, old and nearly exhausted, crawled out from the ground and tried to devour her body.

"Great! Finally a guide was sent to me, a young guide who is closely related to me by blood." said the huge creature.

Lin Yuan was unwilling to give in, and as a result, their mental powers clashed and they tangled with each other, fighting in a tug-of-war for a long time.

After the earthquake stopped, Lin Yuan and Ni Ji said goodbye to the frightened little mutant, followed his instructions, and finally arrived in front of a huge gate.

I don’t know what special material the door is made of, it is pure white and heavy, and when you touch it with your fingers, beautiful golden murals light up.

Ni Ji pressed the door with both hands, exerted force with his fingers, and pushed the thick white door open with a creaking sound.

They found themselves at last at the temple they had been seeking.

This place is called a temple, but it looks more like a huge research institute.

It was no longer dark inside, and there were dim lights in the corners of the space.

The four walls are white, the floor is white, and the whole space is open, spacious, and scary in its pure whiteness.

Various advanced instruments are placed in the large white house, various cables and steel ropes are hung from the roof, and huge glass-sealed cabins are neatly arranged on the outside.

The glassware was now empty, the yellow-green liquid dried up on the inside of the glass.

Lin Yuan and Ni Ji shook each other's hands and walked into the spacious, silent, white space.

They saw many iron beds.

Thick iron chains were dragging on both sides of the bed, with dried black bloodstains on them.

Obviously, many people have been locked in this cold iron bed and struggled painfully.

Silent and cold iron beds were placed in the pale world, and the air seemed to still be filled with ancient wails.

Ni Ji and Lin Yuan avoided the blood-stained iron beds and walked forward.

Passing through the huge machinery that was as dense as a rainforest, and through the doors of the separated rooms, I saw the huge hole in the floor of the central area.

In the center of this research institute, there is such a deep cave, with electric grids surrounding the entrance.

Standing at the edge of the cave entrance and looking down, there is a jade altar right below. Pale light is projected from here, and there is darkness below. Only the clean surface of the altar is shrouded in the light.

That familiar altar that appeared many times in dreams!

"I've seen it on a mural. People at that time probably fed humans to a monster here, hatched it, and raised it. They used it for human experiments."

As Ni Ji said this, he reached out and grabbed Lin Yuan who was standing beside him.

He held a cold hand.

Ni Ji turned around abruptly.

The person behind him was in a white dress with sparkling eyes. She was held in his hands, but it was not Lin Yuan, but another face.

…

Lin Yuan saw the altar in the underground cave.

The altar was bathed in lamplight and soaked in countless thick blood.

She took two steps back and happened to knock open a partition door behind her.

The small white door creaked open, and Lin Yuan turned around and looked. The small space looked like an office, with white coats hanging on the wall and documents scattered on the floor.

On the ground beneath those thin pieces of paper, there was actually a huge eye. When the eye saw Lin Yuan appear, its blood-red pupils moved, blinked, and moved from the ground to the roof.

Lin Yuan subconsciously reached out to pull Ni Ji who was behind her. There was light here and everything in the world was clearly visible. Ni Ji was just one step behind her.

But she held a strange hand, which was soft and small, icy and cold, and definitely not Ni Ji's hand.

Lin Yuan got goosebumps all over his back and turned around abruptly.

The person holding her was wearing a white dress and looked like Fujilu, but she felt completely different.

“She” was clearly close enough to him to hold hands, yet she seemed very far away. Her white arms seemed to extend infinitely, bending and stretching into the distance.

The space seemed to be distorted, and Lin Yuan saw Ni Ji on the other side of the man.

There was only one person between the two of them, but Ni Ji seemed to become extremely small over there and very far away from him.

He was running towards me, a distance that should have been within my reach in one or two steps at his speed, but it seemed that he could not reach it no matter how hard he ran.

"Don't be surprised. I'm not Fujilu. Or I can't be considered a complete Fujilu." The creature in a white dress, who was both far away and close, said to Lin Yuan, "She didn't want to turn back into a human, so she voluntarily gave her body to me, giving me this opportunity to talk to you."

"Who are you?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Who am I?" The will holding her hand conveyed a certain smile, "I can't answer this question either. Perhaps you can give an answer that belongs to you."

Their palms were clasped together, their skin touched, and the mental powers of both sides collided head-on in the spiritual sea as vast as the universe.

The brilliant spiritual universe is boundless,

The flow of consciousness is like colorful lights.

The colored lights touched and invaded each other.