Unless he has a long life left, it is impossible to find him.

He was destined to die on the way to find that cave.

Nothing in the world is eternal.

Not even the first vow.

He took a breath and stared blankly at the silent pool beside him.

He was in a trance.

There seemed to be a voice in the water, an indescribable frequency calling him to leave, and the whole world became blurred and illusory.

Jump down, jump down, it's all over.

No more happiness or pain.

He walked to the lake step by step under the call and temptation of the voice. The water was so clear that it reflected his reflection. He looked so similar to Anze. When the water waves blurred the outline, it seemed that Anze was calling there.

he.

How you are born without knowing anything, how you die without knowing anything.

But a voice suddenly sounded in his ears again. It was his own voice.

"On the top of this sad mountain." The voice said softly: "Please curse me and bless me with your tears."

"...Do not go gentle into that good night."

"Don't go gentle into that good night," he asked, "what does it mean?"

Linzo, the teacher in the Garden of Eden, replied: "Do not accept destruction meekly."

After a brief pause, it changed again.

"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me." He read the poem softly to someone, and they walked a long way together, not knowing what they would encounter ahead.

In that wild place, what was the person who led him walking in the dark night and amidst the sound of the ancient wind thinking?

Facing the treacherous fate of eventual death, does that person have the same despair in his heart? How does he go on?

He lowered his head and realized that he had somehow held the judge's badge in his hand again. The edges of the badge stung his already bloody hand.

The illusive trance receded in an instant, and he took a few steps back.

He thought, what was I doing just now?

There was severe pain in his ankle, and the stone that had just cut his palm hit his ankle again.

He bent down to move the sharp gray stone standing abruptly on the flat ground to prevent it from tripping other creatures, but suddenly he discovered something.

There was a dark charcoal mark on the stone, as if written on a burnt branch—a crooked, ugly arrow pointing to the southeast.

He fell into thinking. With his limited knowledge, there was no creature in the abyss that could draw arrows.

He seemed to have seen this kind of strange gray stone once or twice in other places in the abyss, but he was focused on looking for the cave and didn't pay attention.

He looked around and finally chose to go in the direction indicated by the arrow. After walking for a long time, another gray stone suddenly appeared on the flat ground. Half of it was buried in the soil, and the other half was exposed. There was an arrow on the exposed part.

An Zhe continued walking. Not only were there marks on the gray stones, but sometimes there were marks on tree trunks or bones. Five days later, he found that he had been walking to the south of the abyss, close to the highlands. The environment in the highlands was dry and harsh.

, few monsters will pass by.

But that same day, he couldn't find any other stones.

He stood dazedly under a tree, trying to look around - wondering if he was going the wrong way.

Sudden.

A pebble hit him on the shoulder.

"Lost?" A smiling male voice sounded behind him.

An Zhe turned around, and he heard human voices again.

A tall, slender, black-haired man with handsome features stood next to the tree. He held a gray stone in his right hand, blinked at him and said, "The road sign is here with me, I haven't put it down yet."

Looking at him, An Zhe slowly frowned.

"Tang Lan?" He called out a name.

"Do you recognize me?" The man looked at him with a casual and uninhibited smile: "I have never seen you at the base."

"I haven't seen you before." After confirming the man's appearance again, An Zhe said, "I know Hubbard."

The moment Hubbard finished speaking, the casual smile suddenly disappeared from the man's face.

The author has something to say: We have entered the final stage~
Chapter completed!