I will burn books and slay gods.

The moment Chen Ye's finger touched the bubble, it burst open, enveloping the entire space.

In an instant, the space was plunged into darkness once again, pitch black.

Only Chen Ye's body remained suspended in space. Chen Ye, whose eyes were tightly closed, slowly opened them.

Those enormous memory bubbles transformed into hundreds of smaller bubbles, surrounding Chen Ye.

Suddenly, before Chen Ye could react, those memory bubbles rushed towards him and entered his body.

At that moment, my consciousness seemed to clear instantly, and my memories were strung together to form a complete picture.

The countless bubbles of memories surging towards Chen Ye were endless.

This was extremely distressing for Chen Ye; the sheer volume of information was overwhelming his consciousness!

A series of complete memories surfaced in Chen Ye's mind and played out like a theatrical performance.

Chen Ye saw the originally fragmented memories presented before him.

The first act is the moment of my birth!

Inside a container filled with a strange, gelatinous liquid, Chen Ye slowly opened his eyes like a baby, seeing the world for the first time.

Before Chen Ye stood a group of mysterious people wearing gas masks, watching him as if he were a work of art.

Time flew by, and two-year-old Chen Ye was asked to do experiments by those mysterious people and several other test subjects.

Some people can't hold on and are abandoned early on.

It wasn't until the day Chen Ye turned ten that an explosion swept through the entire laboratory, causing the device that had been trapping Chen Ye to malfunction, giving him the opportunity to escape.

Chen Ye crawled along the laboratory's sewer.

The night was dark, and Chen Ye emerged from the sewer, feeling lost.

I don't know where to go or how to survive.

It was already winter, and the weather was cold. Chen Ye, dressed in tattered clothes, couldn't stand it for long and collapsed on the roadside, unconscious.

After that, his memories became chaotic, as if the remaining memories no longer allowed Chen Ye to examine them further.

With a burst of intense white light, the memories that were just before Chen Ye vanished without a trace.

Just then, an extremely wide river appeared before Chen Ye's eyes.

The surroundings were dim and desolate, with no living creatures, only a few withered trees swaying in the wind.

Chen Ye looked around, wondering where he was, when a voice filled with sobs called out.

"Child, come here, come to your mother."

Chen Ye froze, "Mom?!"

Chen Ye was shocked and couldn't believe it. But he steadied himself and chose not to believe it.

The shouts could only be heard, but no one was seen appearing.

Chen Ye wasn't sure if this was true; perhaps it was just a deception, a way to lure himself into it.

Chen Ye's eyes were firm, and he looked around again, but the voice came again!

"Child, come here, come to your mother."

"..."

The sound was very clear. Hearing it for the first time might have been a hallucination, but hearing it repeatedly made Chen Ye suspicious.

But Chen Ye recalled his own background again. He didn't have a mother; he was just an experimental subject created by those mysterious people.

"Who are you?" Chen Ye shouted blindly.

As Chen Ye's shouts faded, the strange voice cried out again.

"Child, it's me. Don't you recognize me?"

The continuous shouts even made Chen Ye, who was determined, waver.

"Perhaps, I do have a mother," Chen Ye muttered to himself, his eyes becoming vacant.

It's unclear whether it's because this strange space is slowly influencing Chen Ye's mind, or because this space isn't actually a trial space.

It came from a strange place and brought Chen Ye here in another way, causing Chen Ye to fall into self-doubt.

As Chen Ye became increasingly numb, his steps began to turn in the direction from which the sound was coming from.

The footsteps began to slowly move in that direction, and in front of Chen Ye was indeed a river with no end in sight, surging in an extremely turbulent manner.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind Chen Ye: "Chen Ye, wake up!"

In an instant, Chen Ye, whose eyes had been vacant, came back to his senses. He turned around and looked back, but there was nothing there. It was this voice that had awakened him.

Upon hearing the voice, Chen Ye knew it was Lin Su's voice.

But this shout was indeed the cry from the deepest part of Chen Ye's consciousness, pulling him back to reality.

The shouts from the other side of the river seemed to indicate that they had realized their actions had failed.

A sharp, piercing sound suddenly erupted, assaulting Chen Ye's eardrums and rendering him unable to stand. He could only cover his ears with his hands.

The sound didn't last long and soon stopped.

Seeing that the sharp sound had disappeared, Chen Ye released his hands and cautiously checked the surrounding situation.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ye suddenly felt a strong pulling sensation, as if trying to drag him out of this strange space!

Chen Ye had no choice but to submit to their will.

In an instant, Chen Ye's vision seemed to show the scene from when he was teleported from the real world to the 'White Tower'.

When Chen Ye opened his eyes again, he was back in the capsule in the martial arts training ground where he had been.

As the hatch slowly opened, Chen Ye felt unusually tired for some reason.

The moment she stepped out and landed, her legs inexplicably went weak, and Lin Su realized something was wrong.

They quickly helped Chen Ye up, and Wang Xiaoming also came to Chen Ye's side, helping him up along with Lin Su to prevent him from falling.

The elderly gentleman beside him explained, "Don't worry, this is normal. Because the capsule is in a sealed space, Chen Ye experienced a brief feeling of weightlessness and hasn't realized it yet."

With the help of Lin Su and the other person, Chen Ye gradually regained strength in his legs and was able to stand up on his own again.

At this moment, Tang Shouyi, who was standing next to the instrument, pointed to the data displayed on the instrument and said, "Teacher, Chen Ye's data is quite good."

When the old man heard Tang Shouyi say this, he also came to the data display on the instrument and looked at it.

After staring at the data table on the instrument for a while, the old man smiled.

"Just as that old man said," the old man said. "Your physical indicators are only one step away from the Ignition Realm. You will break through soon."

Having stood up again, Chen Ye asked the question that had been troubling him.

"Sir," Chen Ye said, "I still don't know your name?"

The old man smiled and said, "I am the head of the martial arts training ground. My name is Wu Long. I am also one of the senior officers of 'White Pagoda'."

Chen Ye didn't show much shock, as he had already guessed it.

"And another thing, haven't you been wanting to ask who this old guy I'm talking about is?" Wu Long asked.

Chen Ye nodded.

"It belongs to your Morning Star," Wu Long said. "It's a ruler."

"Instructor of the Ruler!" Chen Ye exclaimed in shock.

"This old guy, this nickname, does it make you think he's some kind of guy?" Wu Long laughed.

Chen Ye nodded again.

"Guichi, I haven't seen her in a long time. She used to be a troublemaker, even more mischievous than the boys..." Wu Long introduced.

Lin Su and Wang Xiaoming, who were standing behind Chen Ye, were whispering to each other.

All that could be seen was the unstoppable smile on his face.

"There aren't many people who can get Guichi to approve of this kid," Wu Long said. "You kid, don't let Guichi's appreciation go to waste."

"Yes," Chen Ye said.

Wu Long peeked at the other two people behind Chen Ye and said, "You two must be Lin Su and Wang Xiaoming."

The two, who had been whispering to each other, stopped talking abruptly upon hearing their names and looked at Wu Long with determined eyes.

"Don't be so tense," Wu Long said. "Relax."

Just then, Wu Long's communicator suddenly rang.

Wu Long glanced at it and said speechlessly, "Who would text me at a time like this?"

Wu Long took out the communicator and opened the message mode.

"Lord Wu, something has happened again in Fuluo Town!" came the anxious voice on the other end of the communicator.

Wu Long replied, "Okay, I understand."

Chen Ye then asked, "Isn't 'White Tower' a conceptual city? How come there are other residents?"

"This is a long story," Wu Long explained. "'White Tower' city was originally a concept transformation of a mine in the real world, incorporating the miners who originally made a living from the mine back into the conceptual world of 'White Tower'."

"And Fuluo Town, which we just visited, is one of them."

"In this town of Fuluo, things like this have been happening frequently over the past few months," Tang Shouyi said. "We still haven't figured out what's going on, and it remains unresolved."

Just then, Wu Long looked at Chen Ye and walked up to him.

"Kid, do you want to take on this role?" Wu Long asked. "Perhaps you can solve this problem."

Chen Ye looked at Wu Long, his face furrowed. "I wonder, Master Wu, why do you have so much faith in my abilities?"

Wu Long smiled and said, "That's just how I feel. If I were to explain why... there's no reason. I just think so."

Wu Long saw through it but didn't say anything, instead glancing at Chen Ye, wanting to see what Chen Ye would choose.

Chen Ye himself understood the meaning behind it; Wu Long probably just wanted to test his abilities.

Chen Ye didn't explain or bother to understand the meaning behind it; he simply looked at Wu Long and nodded.

Afterwards, Chen Ye bid farewell to Wu Long and Tang Shouyi, and led Lin Su and Wang Xiaoming away from the martial arts training ground.

"Teacher, do you think he will take on this role?" Tang Shouyi asked.

Wu Long simply smiled and said, "It's hard to say, maybe, perhaps, he will."

Wu Long then left, leaving Tang Shouyi alone.

Tang Shouyi didn't understand, but he also understood.

Both of them had their own thoughts, but neither of them voiced them.