Darkness.

After an interminable stretch of darkness that seemed endless, Lin Yu awoke once more.

He looked blankly at his intact body, then reached out to touch his neck.

It was whole, smooth, devoid of any wounds.

Sitting up from the ground again, Lin Yu instinctively surveyed his surroundings.

It was still a stark white room, but this time, he heard no sound.

"Why do you insist on keeping me alive?"

Lin Yu's voice was low, yet he asked hysterically.

There was no response.

The room remained unchanged.

He walked towards the room's wall, and as he reached out to touch it, the entire wall dissolved like dispersing mist.

Lin Yu stared, dumbfounded, at this scene.

This was the first time he had seen the room disappear.

But.....

How could such a room exist in reality?

Mountain City...

What kind of place is this?

Lin Yu took a deep breath, realizing he was still on the outskirts of that village.

But upon closer inspection, he found the village seemed somewhat different.

Its scale had grown larger...

Almost as if, in the time of his death, years had quietly slipped away.

Lin Yu stared intently at the distant village, lips tightly closed, his footsteps hushed.

He wasn't sure what he was afraid of, or wary of.

After all, even in the worst scenario, it would only mean death.

Yet, he was afraid.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yu steadied his wildly pounding heart and continued forward.

The closer he got to the village, the more intense its "reality" felt to him.

Smoke rises, roosters crow, dogs bark, voices converse, aromas of food, the breeze brushing his skin...

Every sense of his body told him the same thing.

This was a real village, a peaceful, serene, happy village.

But Lin Yu didn't believe it.

He had no idea how he arrived here, so he refused to believe anything he saw.

This was just Mountain City's plot.

No matter how enticing and sweet the exterior of a conspiracy was, its dark core could never change.

Lin Yu's heartbeat suddenly calmed down.

It was as if an anchor had sunk into the sea of his heart, fastening the ship firmly amid the storm.

So, who cares?

If they created such a world here...

Why not just take a look?

Lin Yu strode towards the village, and after crossing the small river at the entrance, instinctively searched for the sign that used to stand there.

But soon, he found the sign had vanished.

"What are you looking for?"

Just as he puzzledly scanned around, a voice sounded from behind him.

Lin Yu turned to see a barefoot child speaking.

The child was small, somewhat frail, but seemed relatively healthy.

"I'm looking for... the sign."

Lin Yu replied instinctively.

"A sign? What's that?"

The child looked at Lin Yu, puzzled.

"Where did you come from? Why haven't I seen you in the village?"

"I... don't you know where I came from?"

Lin Yu's gaze grew sharp.

He was a Holy Blood raised in the wasteland, with no mercy for any enemies.

Even if it was a child.

The child seemed startled by his gaze, and retreated two steps before speaking:

"I don't know where you come from!"

"Don't look for me! I'm still small!"

The child exclaimed while running away.

As his shout fell, a woman emerged from a wooden hut and hugged the child.

From afar, Lin Yu saw the child pointing towards him and talking to the woman.

For a moment, he even found it slightly amusing.

These people surely knew where he came from, right?

Just like last time, the village had even prepared a place for him to stay.

However, they acted as if they knew nothing, pretending that their theatrics would convince him...

Lin Yu shook his head as he stepped forward and spoke to the woman:

"There's no need to act anymore."

"I won't stay in this village."

"Tell me, where is Mountain City?"

"I need to go to Mountain City."

"You want to go to Mountain City?"

The woman looked at Lin Yu, dumbfounded, her surprise seeming genuine.

Lin Yu frowned.

"What, can't I go?"

"Well... yes, you can..."

The woman stammered:

"But Mountain City... has long ceased to exist..."

As she spoke, Lin Yu was instantly stunned.

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean Mountain City doesn't exist anymore?"

"That... That was hundreds of years ago... Mountain City... has long been destroyed!"

Destroyed??

Hundreds of years??

Lin Yu's muscles tensed up.

Had he... been asleep for hundreds of years??

But how could that be?!

The time from the last death to revival should not be long, because he distinctly remembered that voice telling him, "The Huaxia Army is advancing on Mountain City."

A month?

Perhaps at most a year!

The Huaxia Army wouldn't drag on too long; they couldn't let an enemy like Mountain City exist, wouldn't just wait forever!

But now.....

Has Mountain City already been destroyed?

Then why wasn't he... rescued?

Was it done by the Huaxia Army??

Lin Yu stared directly at the woman, asking sternly:

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