With the sound of clouds falling down, the surrounding scene suddenly changed.

The overwhelming fog instantly covered everything that Bai Zhi's eyes could reach.

The humid air surrounded her, and before she could react, the surrounding scenery had changed drastically.

The desolate villages and rugged mountain roads all disappeared, and replaced by dark, wet and cold black stone walls.

This...where is this?

Dungeon?

Bai Zhi looked around in confusion, just about to look for Ji Yue's figure, but his eyes suddenly attracted the attention of a huge iron cage in front of him.

A dirty boy was sitting in an iron cage with his back facing Bai Zhi.

His clothes were torn and his spine exposed to the air were raised, looking pitifully thin.

He is the only one in this dungeon.

Even so, his limbs were still heavily chained, as if not a thin little boy but a ferocious beast being held.

That's...

There was a sound in my heart that was about to come out and kept shouting. Bai Zhi raised his legs and couldn't help but walk over.

Her steps were not light, and she was even a little rushed.

The boy did not react until she stood in front of the cage.

“…Ji Yue?”

Bai Zhi murmured.

The boy sitting in the cage heard her voice and turned his face slightly.

Dark eyes and a clear face.

Even though it looks much more immature, this is undoubtedly Ji Yue.

Is this what Yun Yin said about "Back to your own world"?

He set this trap to stimulate Ji Yue, make the out-of-control Ji Yue lose his mind and thus fall into his own illusion?

The boy's face was covered with blood stains, but this still did not damage his beauty.

He glanced at Bai Zhi quietly, then withdrew his gaze.

He didn't seem to know her at all.

"Do you know my name?"

The boy's tender and clear voice rang in the silent dungeon.

“…I certainly know.”

Bai Zhi stared at him with heartache through the iron cage.

He really doesn't know her anymore.

Even though he knew that everything here was just an illusion and that no matter what he did, Bai Zhi still wanted to open the cage and rescue Ji Yue.

Has he been living in this place since he was born?

"It must be that old guy Yunyin told you?"

The boy sneered, his eyes full of sarcasm, "It's really strange that he could hear this name from someone else's mouth."

What's the meaning?

Bai Zhi didn't have time to think about it, and immediately reminded the boy urgently.

"Ji Yue, wake up quickly. These are all illusions, they are fake! This is a trap set by Yunyin. You wake up quickly and you can't fall into it!"

However, the boy did not react at all and just looked at her suspiciously.

“The trap of clouds?

What trap?”

Bai Zhi suddenly felt desperate.

Jiang Xianxue said that as long as the owner of the illusion realizes that everything in front of him is an illusion, the illusion will disappear.

Now she can't awaken Ji Yue's consciousness. Is it because he was too immersed in it or because he believed from the bottom of his heart that no one would save him?

Before Bai Zhi could continue to try, the door of the dungeon was suddenly opened.

A burly man walked in, holding a thick whip in his hand.

The whip looked very hard and there were many fine and dense iron thorns on it.

Bai Zhi suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Hey, little beast, my injury was recovered last time... huh?"

The man's eyes suddenly fell on Bai Zhi.

"Where is the little girl?"

Bai Zhi gritted his teeth, raised his legs and swept the man's waist and abdomen.

Then the man swung the long whip, and the whip was like a flexible snake, instantly wrapped around his white calves-

"……hiss!"

The spike pierced into Bai Chi's flesh, and she took a breath and her body fell down.

The boy watched coldly in the cage, his cold expression was exactly the same as that of the boy Jiyue.

"Although I don't know where you came out..." The man grinned, opened the iron cage, and threw Bai Zhi in, "But not much more, just go to die with the little beast!"

The man stood by the cage and raised his whip high—

Seeing that the whip was about to fall on Xiao Jiyue, Bai Zhi immediately rushed to him without any hesitation.

The whip instantly fell on Bai Zhi's back.

The man waved the whip in his hand frantically, and threw it on Bai Zhi's body and made a crackling sound, as harsh as firecrackers.

Bai Zhi endured the pain to protect the boy, and looked at him with a little wide open eyes in surprise.

"It's quite resistant to pumping."

I don’t know how long it took, but the man finally got tired.

He threw away the whip and said viciously to the two in the cages, "I'll go and take a break first, and I'll deal with you in the evening."

The man closed the cage and left, and only Bai Zhi and Xiao Jiyue were left in the dungeon.

Bai Zhi breathed a deep breath and then let go of the boy in his arms.

Her back was already covered in blood. Although she was so painful that she was almost fainting during the middle, when she saw Ji Yue's body was still fine, she gritted her teeth and held it down again.

This small injury is nothing, and compared with the injuries Ji Yue has suffered, it is nothing at all.

When Bai Zhi thought of this, his eyes felt sore and he almost burst into tears again.

"You're going to cry?"

Xiao Jiyue asked suddenly.

"No..." Bai Zhi shook his head and said with a sob, "I just... I just didn't expect it to hurt so much..."

"It will hurt so much by being whipped."

Xiao Jiyue looked at her with a foolish look, "Just hide aside, why should I block the whip for me?"

Bai Zhi sniffed and said for granted: "Because you are Ji Yue."

Xiao Jiyue was a little confused: "What?"

"Because you are Ji Yue, the person I like... so I want to protect you."

Bai Zhi looked at the other party's dirty little face, couldn't help but raise his hand and gently wiped his cheek, "It's that simple."

Ji Yue was suddenly stunned.

This is the first time he has heard such words since he was born.

The strange woman who suddenly appeared gently called his name, hugged him gently, and said gently that she wanted to protect him.

...Is she a monster?

The boy was stunned for a moment and suddenly spoke: "Did Yunyin ask you to say that?"

Otherwise he would not think of any reason for a person to say these words and do these things to him.

"How could I listen to him?"

Bai Zhi frowned in disgust, and then stared at Ji Yue steadily.

"I wanted to do this myself."

She suddenly held Xiao Jiyue's hand, the temperature in her palm made the boy tremble, and the chains between her wrists made a shattering sound.
To be continued...