The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

A wise man knows when to yield; he has always been pragmatic and never tries to be tough when faced with someone stronger.

"That's what I heard from the first spatial ability user I met."

Gu Ran's heart stirred.

At that time, spatial ability users had not yet settled in Suzaku City. If the information was passed down from the spatial ability user that Dracula encountered, then the timing is appropriate.

Dracula: "What I heard was: 'Spatial abilities can be anchored.' Although it's not the same as what you said, 'Spatial ability users are coordinates,' the meaning is similar, and they sound somewhat alike."

Can spatial abilities be anchored?

Who is anchored, and what is it anchored to?

A flood of questions immediately arose in Gu Ran's mind.

This statement is separate from "spatial ability users are coordinates," and they are not related, but rather they are related as inheritance and development.

"Under what circumstances did you hear those words?" Gu Ran asked in a deep voice.

Dracula recalled for a moment and said, "It seems that when he was thinking about something, he suddenly became very happy, as if he had figured something out. I still have some impression of that joy. It was sincere and heartfelt, as if he had figured out a problem that he hadn't been able to figure out for many years."

In that sense, it does seem to be the origin of the spatial ability users in Suzaku City.

After all, only when one has figured out something important will one solemnly pass it down to one's "descendants".

But what is the significance of passing down this saying?

It seems Dracula really does know a lot...

There are some issues that Gu Ran himself hasn't figured out yet, so he can't bring himself to voice all his questions for the time being; he still needs to understand and organize them.

If he's killed now, and then he comes up with new questions to ask Dracula, then he'll have no one to ask.

If Dracula were alive, given the current trend of the human world and the Abyss merging, the human world and the Abyss would eventually connect.

In the years to come, there will be more and more passages between the two worlds, making it much easier for him to come to the Abyss.

In that case, he could keep asking Dracula, and he wouldn't dare refuse.

Besides this reason, Gu Ran had another strange feeling.

Dracula was used as a guinea pig and yet he has survived to this day, spanning nearly two thousand years. Is it really just a coincidence, or was Dracula just lucky?

Killing Dracula would bring everything to a halt, while keeping him alive would leave room for further investigation.

A thought quickly flashed through Gu Ran's mind, and she made her decision.

"Okay, you can go."

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Dracula was somewhat incredulous: "I can leave now? Does that mean you're letting me go?"

Gu Ran's tone turned cold: "That's right, I'll spare your life this time. Don't you want to leave?"

"I'm leaving now, I'm leaving right away!"

Overjoyed, Dracula immediately turned around and transformed into a swarm of blood-red bats, flying away.

At first, Dracula was cautious and wary, fearing that Gu Ran was just teasing him and was lying to him.

So he kept a sliver of his mind on Gu Ran's back, fearing a sneak attack. He even deliberately took a detour, changing his route into various zigzag patterns.

However, after flying for a while, he realized that Gu Ran had not caught up with him or intended to ambush him, so he immediately sped up and flew away.

"Now try opening a spatial portal," Gu Ran said, turning to Lilith.

Lilith did as instructed, somewhat puzzled.

Gu Ran reached his hand outside the door, felt around for a moment, and said, "The coordinates are disordered; it still doesn't seem to have changed."

Although he no longer possesses spatial abilities, he still retains his sensitivity to spatial coordinates. As long as he approaches a spatial portal like this, he can at least sense whether the coordinates are disordered.

"It seems we can't reach your destination using a portal; we'll have to go there ourselves."

Gu Ran didn't mind too much, and took the opportunity to gather some information about the Abyss.

There is still too little information about the Abyss in the human world, and the Abyss is actually about the same, even though the "people" of the two worlds have known about each other for almost two thousand years.

Because demons generally do not have the habit of recording history, only a few demon races insist on it.

"Still not recovered? Such power..."

Lilith's expression was rather unpleasant.

She had only suspected it before, but now she was almost certain that the being who tampered with her portal was "Lord Overlord"!

304. Pandora's Box Ruins! A Secret Move: The Central Temple! (4k)

Modifying the coordinates of a spatial portal is not an easy task.

Only those with spatial abilities can do this.

"Spatial abilities beyond spatial superpowers? Interesting."

Gu Ran became interested in the ruler of this abyss.

"I wonder how it compares to the spatial abilities of spatial ability users."

He will most likely have some interaction with the "ruler" of this abyss next, and I'll have to see what he's made of then.

Outside the light screen.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

On one hand, they were shocked that even those demon generals couldn't withstand a single move from Gu Ran; on the other hand, they were processing the information they had just received.

"What exactly is this Lord of the Abyss? I've never heard of him before. How can he command all the demon generals? Doesn't that mean the entire Abyss is under His control? If He so desires, He can gather the entire Abyss to attack the human world?"

"There are such beings in the abyss? That's terrifying. I wonder if Gu Ran can defeat them? If Gu Ran can't handle them, then no one in the entire human world should be able to."

"Did Gu Ran manage to deal with the 'Lord of the Abyss' after that? If he did, that would be great. If he didn't, then our human world will always have such a threat."

Everyone was talking about it.

Surprisingly, some people hoped that Gu Ran had already solved the problem at that time. Although they were only a minority and no one agreed with them, many people had subtle glances at them.

They clearly had similar thoughts, but were too embarrassed to say them aloud.

They are now Gu Ran's enemies, yet they are pinning their hopes on Gu Ran, their enemy, to solve their problems?

Even if it's just pinning one's hopes on the Gu Ran of the past, it has to be said that it seems somewhat ridiculous.

But it's also very realistic.

Through the light screen, they learned about Gu Ran's past and had developed sufficient "trust" in him.

They knew that Gu Ran's strength was unparalleled; there was no one in the Human Alliance who could compare to him.

But the more they understood this, the deeper their doubts became.

So, how did they manage to successfully capture Meteor City, enter and conquer the Meteor Building, and trap Gu Ran, given how powerful he is?

This doubt was mixed with fear and unease.

Moreover, Gu Ran had obtained more than one of these triangular crystal cones, which were the cores of the Ark.

Although, upon closer examination, the functions of each Ark Core seem to be somewhat different, Lin Fan's might be primarily for killing, thus possessing greater power in battle and capable of trapping and killing Gu Ran, which seems plausible.

However, the fear and anxiety in the hearts of many of them continued to grow.

Therefore, many people have a very conflicted feeling towards Gu Ran. They hope that Gu Ran can solve problems for humanity and protect them in the past, but they also hope that Gu Ran is not actually that powerful and that trapping and killing Gu Ran will not lead to any accidents.

The screen then flickered, drawing everyone's attention once again.

Perhaps the journey to the Pandora's Box ruins wasn't so important, because the next scene showed that Gu Ran and his group had arrived at a ruin.

This is a very peculiar site.

The entire space looks like a world where countless mirrors are stacked and merged.

"Gu Ran, how did we get in here?" Lilith seemed a little confused.

Gu Ran's face was solemn as he looked around: "It's a spatial fold. The place we just entered is where the space is folded. So it looks like we've only walked for a short while, but in reality, we've traveled a very long distance."

"Of course, besides spatial folding, there is also spatial expansion. If we encounter a situation of spatial expansion, we will encounter the opposite situation. Even if we travel for a long time, the actual distance is not far."

“You see, the space here seems to be made up of countless ‘mirrors,’ but in fact each ‘mirror’ is an independent small space. They fold and converge together to form this unique space.”

The confusion in Lilith's eyes deepened.

She had never heard of or seen anything like spatial folding, spatial expansion, or this peculiar independent space before.

However, Lilith quickly recovered her composure.

Although she gradually became somewhat reliant on Gu Ran's judgment after being with him, she was still, in the end, the Demon General Lilith.

Gu Ran, oblivious to Lilith's thoughts, gave her instructions without turning his head:

"Be careful. Follow me from now on and don't go the wrong way. If you take a wrong step, you may enter an independent space. Nobody knows what's inside these independent spaces. They may be safe, or they may be full of spatial turbulence that could sweep you away and make you lose your way in the void."

Lilith felt a chill run down her spine.

Even though she didn't know much about space and only used spatial artifacts, she was aware of the threat posed by spatial turbulence.

For a powerful person like her, spatial turbulence itself does not pose a direct threat, but it is easy to be swept up by it and carried away by the spatial turbulence.