“You’re finally here.”

A man in a white robe was floating in the sky. His robe was decorated with many swirling marks with golden patterns, and he emitted a dim light.

A multi-layered rotating golden formation was constructed under the man's feet, allowing him to float in the air.

Behind him is a black and white mural.

Painted on the mural were all kinds of ordinary humans, probably at least several thousand of them, ranging from babies in swaddling clothes to octogenarians.

Different people have different postures; some are working, some are lying down to rest, some are eating, some are hunting, and some are even having sex.

They all have a very strange feature, that is, their faces are not depicted, and their crowns are open as if they were opened.

A glowing line appeared from the opening of the sky, connecting everyone's head to the yin-yang fish in the center of the mural.

The Yin-Yang fish was rotating clockwise. In addition to its own rotation, the fish eyes of opposite colors inside were rotating counterclockwise.

As the light came on, Ning Yu felt a tremor in her heart, as if something had started to work.

“Leon, you controlled me to trick my sister here!”

Ning Xuan raised her head and stared at Leon in the sky with hatred. At this moment, she was finally no longer under Leon's control. This might also be related to Leon's true identity being revealed.

"Your sister?"

The man was floating in the sky. He heard Ning Xuan's words in a flat tone, but even in such a flat tone, one could feel an obvious contempt and compassion.

It's like seeing an ant struggling in boiling water. You feel contempt for its disappearing life from the bottom of your heart, but also a hint of false sympathy.

"Your mission is complete, and you will return to your origin."

As the man finished his words, white smoke began to rise from the prosthetic arm that Ning Xuan had cut off.

The prosthetic arm actually began to disappear from one end, turning into countless particles and dissipating into the air, just like the white snow on the ground touching the sun.

The ice and snow melted.

Ning Xuan looked at her arm that fell to the ground, and her pupils suddenly trembled, as if she was slowly recalling something.

"To reward you for successfully bringing the key to the root, I will tell you the truth."

Leon looked down at him, and now he could finally see his appearance clearly. He looked completely different from the handsome man in the photos he had seen before.

Now he is thin, with sunken eye sockets. His eyes are full of calmness, but one feels that there is a deep obsession hidden in them.

There seemed to be endless distress on his face, as if some problem had been bothering him.

Such a face would make people feel like vomiting just by looking at it.

“Shut up!”

Ning Yu knew that if Leon continued talking, Ning Xuan would collapse on the spot.

Her figure suddenly bounced up from the ground, raising a large cloud of dust. A blood kite appeared in her hand, her body spun, and she raised her sword to slash.

The blood-red lightning was like a catastrophe rising from the ground, violently hitting Leon, trying to stop him from saying next.

"Quiet."

Leon raised his hand, and the barrier under his feet suddenly expanded, turning into one golden seal after another, blocking Ning Yu one by one.

But Ning Yu was like an unstoppable meteor, rushing forward and smashing all the barriers, and in a breath he was next to Leon.

The blood kite glowed reddishly, it was thirsty for the man's blood and wanted his life.

“Swish!”

It pierced into Leon's chest without any hindrance, and the process was so smooth that Ning Yu found it incredible.

“Hahahahahahahaha.”

Leon seemed to have no reaction at all, he just laughed muffledly, as if Ning Yu's knife was just a joke to him.

"It's interesting that you've also fallen into such a meaningless bond."

"Humans are so interesting. I really want to observe them more."

He took off the hood of his white cloak and looked at Ning Yu with murderous eyes.

“That’s why I love humans.”

Ning Yu suddenly realized that something was wrong. The blood kite that pierced her chest did not send out the warm current that activated [Burning Embrace]. This meant that the Leon in front of her was not a living creature with flesh and blood.

It was at this moment that Leon's body suddenly exploded, becoming part of the golden barrier under his feet, and then suddenly wrapped around Ning Yu's body.

As the barrier touched her body, Ning Yu instantly calmed down. She was instantly trapped in the sky by the barrier.

This 'Lyon' was a trap from the start.

The rocks on the ground suddenly twisted, followed by a teeth-grinding sound, and Leon's body suddenly rose from the ground, as if it had grown out of the soil.

He stood in front of Ning Xuan.

"You helped me complete even this most important step."

"You deserve a reward."

His voice was sometimes far away and sometimes near, just like he existed in every corner here at this moment.

Ning Yu suddenly noticed that the entire space seemed to be distorted and unreal. If you look closely, you can see strange ripples on the walls from time to time.

This is already the interior of some kind of large barrier.

"All the stories about you are just made up by me."

"You are just a replica I created using your sister's information."

Leon spoke slowly, and Ning Xuan's eyes trembled even more violently, and her only remaining arm began to shake.

"'Go find your sister', that's the hint I'm giving you."

"You will only look for your sister again and again. This is the reason for your existence."

"You have nothing else."

"The emotions you are born with, the memories you have, are all your wishful thinking."

"In fact, I can make countless things like you."

Ning Xuan's arm trembled as she reached into her bosom and took out the pocket watch that had stopped working. She had even forgotten when it stopped.

Opening the pocket watch, a family portrait was revealed inside. In the photo, two beautiful silver-haired little girls, Ning Yu and Ning Xuan, were smiling at the camera.

Scene after scene flashed through her mind, memories of her childhood with her sister, and things her sister had promised her.

"This is impossible, you are lying!!!"

She screamed hysterically, as if she wanted to vent all her emotions.