She sat in the cage, gasping slightly, while Xiao Jiyue beside her was still holding her chin to look at her.

"Give up."

He whispered, "I can't escape."

“We will never be able to leave here.”

——He said “we.”

Bai Zhi suddenly stagnated slightly, and something gradually became clear in her mind.

She only wanted to leave this illusion, but forgot that the owner of this illusion was Ji Yue.

Maybe... maybe she made a mistake from the beginning?

Maybe it’s not that they can’t escape, but that Ji Yue doesn’t want them to escape.

He was deeply trapped in this desperate illusion and could not wake up.

He returned to his childhood self and stubbornly believed that he could not escape from the dungeon and could not leave this terrible place.

But he was afraid of loneliness, so he kept Bai Zhi.

He wanted to trap Bai Zhi here, and wanted Bai Zhi to accompany him forever and fall into this endless nightmare.

"I see……"

After thinking through all this, Bai Zhi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

At some point, the blood in the dungeon had already spread to Bai Zhi's calves.

At first glance, they seemed to be in a cold pool of blood.

Is this Ji Yue’s nightmare?

Is this the Vorhi Tower in his memory?

Bai Zhi stared at the boy in front of him, suddenly stretched out his hands and pulled him into his arms.

Her breath was too soft and her hug was particularly warm, so Ji Yue did not push her away immediately, but instead asked hesitantly.

"……what are you up to?"

"Accompany you."

"……What?"

Ji Yue's eyes widened slightly.

In the darkness, Bai Zhi slowly hugged him tightly and murmured softly in his ear.

“If this is the result of your choice, then I will be with you.

Whether it is reality or dream, heaven or hell... I will be with you."

Ji Yue didn't want to wake up, so she accompanied him to sink and destroy him together.

Ji Yue regained her obsession, so she accompanied him to realize it together.

As long as Ji Yue is by her side, she feels extremely happy.

The girl gently hugged the boy, with the curve of the corners of her lips slightly rising.

Looking at her satisfied expression, a strong desire gradually surged in Ji Yue's heart.

——I want to survive.

——I want to be with her.

Not in such a place of despair and pain, but in some bright and warm place.

He felt something in his heart breaking out, and at the same time, he heard the dungeon making a crisp sound like shattering glass.

A strange gap suddenly appeared behind Bai Zhi.

Immediately afterwards, a faint light shone in through the gap.

Ji Yue blinked in surprise: "Azhi..."

Before he could finish speaking, the light suddenly illuminated the entire dungeon-
Chapter completed!