Darkness.

Endless darkness.

Lin Yu tried to open his eyes wide, but he couldn't see anything.

This feeling terrified him.

It was as if he had returned to the age of six.

When he was first locked in the discipline room, he saw the same darkness.

Fatigue and drowsiness surged up, but he dared not close his eyes.

Because every time he closed his eyes and opened them again, he saw the same unchanging darkness.

The void almost swallowed him; he frantically waved his arms but found he couldn't touch anything.

All senses had ceased to exist, even while breathing, he couldn't feel air filling his lungs.

He couldn't resist the urge to shout, but when he opened his mouth, no sound came out.

So...

Am I dead?

Lin Yu's heartbeat pounded fiercely, but even the "heartbeat" seemed to have become an illusion.

He stared despairingly, silently gazing into the boundless void.

But just at that moment, a gentle voice suddenly echoed in his ear.

"Don't panic."

"Everyone new here is the same as you."

The voice finished, the sound reverberated in the empty space.

Next, in the following second.

Lin Yu suddenly came back to life.

He felt the powerful pressure of the heartbeat pumping blood, felt the real sensation of fabric rubbing against his skin.

As he breathed, air rushed into his lungs, producing a slightly sharp whistle in his nasal cavity.

Meanwhile, the dry air also brought a hint of stinging.

But it was this stinging that made him truly feel his existence.

Am I still alive??

Or have I come back to life again??

But where am I now??

Lin Yu suddenly sat up, and the surrounding lights came on.

He discovered, to his shock, that he was in a completely enclosed white room.

There was no bed beneath him, only the smooth floor.

He had just been lying on the floor... but where did the soft sensation come from?

Is this heaven or a dream?

Lin Yu's mind was in turmoil; he recalled dying in battle against the Mountain City People.

When those red eyes lit up, he struggled desperately in a final fight, but ultimately his body was pierced by large-caliber bullets.

Shattered.

He still remembered that the last image he saw after losing consciousness was his shattered arm, only a strand of flesh connecting the broken bone.

----But now, both of his hands were intact.

Do those Mountain City People... truly possess such capabilities?

Even as a Holy Blood, one wouldn't be able to completely heal from such severe injuries, right??

Lin Yu looked at everything in front of him in shock, and just then, the voice spoke again.

"As you have guessed, you are indeed dead."

"In… a medically significant way."

"But we've resurrected you in a different way."

"We didn't fix your broken arm, we repaired your mind."

The words brought a look of terror to Lin Yu's face.

"Who are you?!"

"How can you... read my thoughts??"

"That's not important."

The voice continued:

"What's important is that you need to adapt to everything you see."

"Adapt to what? What do you want me to adapt to?!"

Lin Yu shouted in question, but the voice remained calm and steady.

"I need you to adapt to this world."

"Then first tell me where I am!"

"Am I still in the Mountain City? Am I underground in the Mountain City??"

Lin Yu looked around, trying to find an exit.

He silently considered that if he could break out, he might still have a chance to take down one or two of the Mountain City People.

If he could get hold of their weapons, chaos could be caused underground.

Even if unable to escape, it would attract their attention, providing aid to any offensive potentially happening on the surface.

Huaxia Army...

They should have arrived by now, right?

They would definitely come.

This thought flashed through his mind, and the next moment, the voice spoke again.

"You trust your friends very much."

"And they are indeed reliable."

"As you have imagined, the offensive on the surface has commenced."

"But unfortunately, they might never be able to penetrate underground."

"Even if they possess nuclear weapons, the result would be the same."

At this moment, Lin Yu's hair stood on end.

"How do you know what I'm thinking??"

He yelled furiously, his voice echoing even in the empty room.

But he didn't receive any answers.

Only a plain, even indifferent remark.

"That's not important."

After a pause, the voice continued:

"You'll understand in the future."

"In the future? When is the future??"

Lin Yu suddenly lay back on the ground, closing his eyes.

"You seem to want me to do something."

"Stop dreaming."

"I won't say anything, nor will I do anything."

"I'll just lie here."

"You can't do anything to me and likewise."

"At worst... just kill me."

It's the only way he could think of.

In this room with no way out, he clearly had no chance to resist.

Yet the voice's owner had granted him "limited freedom."

This proves that he was useful to them.

And to counter them, the best approach is to make "useful" become "useless."

He tightly shut his eyes, counting down from a thousand in his mind, trying to resist that voice's "Mind Reading Technique."

This seemed to actually work.

The voice's owner shifted to a softer, more "tempting" tone.

"Don't you want to take a look?"

"Many times, you all think you are right."

"Just like before that so-called 'Huaxia Army' arrived, you also thought you were right."

"Now, the situation is no different."

"You don't truly understand us, yet stubbornly refuse to accept..."

"If you were right, you wouldn't be hiding here!"

Lin Yu abruptly opened his eyes, and at that moment, he discovered, to his astonishment, a door had appeared on the wall of the originally enclosed room.

That door, from an unknown origin.

But from beyond the door...

Came the warm sunlight.

Lin Yu was stunned.

He instinctively stood up.

And that voice timely echoed.

"In any case, step outside and take a look."

"It won't harm you."

"Even if you don't trust us, once you see everything we have, you're bound to change your perspective."

Lin Yu stood in silence.

After a while, he gritted his teeth and stepped towards the door.

He looked beyond the door.

It was something he had never seen.

It was a sight definitely not belonging to this world.

Villages, trees, sunlight...

People.

Lin Yu instinctively reached out his hand.

And the voice continued to encourage him.

"Go ahead."

"Step forward."

"Welcome to a... new world!"

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