Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

Instead of guessing, it's better to just arrest the other party and question them directly.

Just as the two were talking, the Abyss Apostle also noticed them.

He showed utter hostility toward the two humans who had trespassed and launched an attack immediately.

Jiang Bai cast a shield around Hu Tao and jumped out of their original hiding place. Bai Yuan quickly transformed into a gun, and golden bullets shot out from the muzzle.

The bullet was incredibly fast, but this Abyss Apostle was clearly a veteran of countless battles. Seeing that it couldn't dodge, a thick ice shield quickly condensed in front of it.

The ice shield, ten centimeters thick, shattered upon contact, sending shards of ice flying everywhere.

At the same time, Jiang Bai, enveloped in a layer of wind element, moved with the lightness of a swallow, his figure transforming into a stream of light, appearing behind this abyss apostle.

He held the principle of persuading others with reason high above his head, and the sharp spikes on it, though worn smooth, still gleamed coldly.

A look of terror appeared in the Abyss Apostle's eyes. Just as the spiked club was about to smash into his head, he vanished from his spot and reappeared, panting, in another location.

Clearly, this teleportation-like technique took a toll on him.

Missing his first strike, Jiang Bai quickly changed direction, using reason to clash against the short sword made of solid ice, sparking tiny sparks.

"How did this guy become so skilled?"

Hu Tao squatted on the horizontal stone threshold, watching with some surprise as Jiang Bai fought with the Abyss Apostle below.

She could tell that the Abyss Apostle below was quite powerful, but Jiang Bai was completely dominating it.

If it weren't for the desire to capture it alive, this Abyss Apostle would probably already be dead.

After exchanging more than a dozen blows, the Abyss Apostle realized the difference in strength between the two, tore open a spatial passage, and turned to run away.

The square instrument at his waist vibrated. Jiang Bai glanced at it and saw that the pointer was pointing straight at the torn spatial rift that led to an unknown destination.

Without time to think, Jiang Bai picked up Hu Tao and rushed into the spatial passage before it closed.

Not long after Jiang Bai and Hu Tao left, the entire palace seemed to be affected by radio interference, and with a couple of crackling sounds like an old-fashioned television with a bad signal, it disappeared into space as if it had never existed.

And that invisible interference completely disappeared with the disappearance of the palace.

Deep underground, at an unknown depth, Daines Reb stood before a massive, silvery-white ancient tree.

This ancient tree was so enormous that its outstretched branches seemed to connect heaven and earth.

Daines Reeb stood before the enormous, silvery-white ancient tree, feeling as insignificant as an ant.

However, even though it is so enormous, it is only a small branch of the ancient silver tree that supports the entire earth vein.

Dain picked up a branch that had just fallen from the ancient tree, closed her eyes, and immersed herself in it.

As a "Gatherer," he knew all the things he shouldn't have known, but ultimately, a person's brain capacity is limited.

Consequently, he will forget many things. This forgetting is subconscious. Unless a certain key point is touched, he may not even realize that he has forgotten something.

He filters and selects the content he needs amidst the chaotic flow of information, while simultaneously maintaining his anchor point to avoid being overwhelmed by this endless torrent of information.

"So, after Barbatos, Morax also gave his own Heart of God..." he murmured.

"Ok?"

He suddenly opened his eyes, seemingly out of nowhere.

The next moment, he reached out and touched the huge, silvery-white ancient tree, and his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

Jiang Bai thought he would be teleported somewhere, but what appeared before him was an endless starry sky.

It was as if he was standing in the starry sky, with Hu Tao, whom he was carrying, running towards him.

"Where is this place?"

Hu Tao broke free from his embrace and stomped her feet in the starry sky.

Beneath their feet seemed to be an invisible ground, and when they stepped on it, ripples spread out like water.

"I don't know, that Abyss Apostle has also disappeared."

Jiang Bai was completely bewildered. He had followed the Abyss Apostle in, but couldn't find a trace of it anywhere.

He looked at the Four Directions Mirror, whose pointers were spinning wildly as if they were broken.

Looking at the starry sky around them, which resembled snowflakes, Hu Tao clicked her tongue in amazement. "How strange. I thought we were going to enter the Abyss, or the lair of the Abyss Cult, but it turns out to be a starry sky..."

Chapter 318 Memory Recovery

"Standing here like this isn't a solution. Let's look around."

Jiang Bai was also surprised to suddenly find himself in a starry sky, but since things had come to this, he could only take it one step at a time.

"Ah."

This space was very strange, with no sense of direction. Jiang Bai felt that he had walked a long way, but the scenery around him had not changed at all.

It gave him the illusion that he was standing still.

"Master, this place is really eerie..."

He was about to speak to Hu Tao beside him, but in the blink of an eye, Hu Tao disappeared, leaving only his solitary figure in the vast space.

Jiang Bai was startled and shouted anxiously, "Master! Hu Tao! Where are you! Can you hear me?"

"Hehehehe..."

A voice suddenly rang in his ear.

The voice was neither male nor female, but carried a soul-stirring vibration, as if it resounded directly in the mind, or vibrated in the space itself, making it exceptionally mysterious.

"Who goes there!"

Jiang Bai's vigilance instantly spiked, but looking around, he could see nothing but the unchanging starry sky.

"Outsider from the abyss, your... reflection in the illusory sky, is... isolated from the outside..."

“Those without destiny… come before me… and tell me… your… mission…”

Two cryptic sentences rang out, but they seemed to be interrupted by something, so Jiang Bai couldn't understand what the voice was trying to say at all.

But he had a gut feeling that the reason he was here was because of this voice!

The other party wanted him to hear these things, so he appeared here.

He could understand the outsider from the abyss; perhaps it meant that he came from the abyss, but what exactly was the abyss?

Although Jiang Bai often heard Catherine talk about "towards the stars and the abyss," he still had no idea what the abyss actually was.

He was completely baffled by the phrase "false heaven" that followed, and he also found the line about "people without destiny" utterly incomprehensible.

He doesn't believe in fate.

Fate is something that is always in our own hands.

"Who are you? What do you mean? What has come before you? Where are you?"

Jiang Bai asked a series of questions, but the other party did not answer him.

"When the loom of fate begins to weave destiny, we will meet again..."

"What the hell? What are those missing words?" Jiang Bai was even more confused, but the voice seemed to have disappeared, giving him no further response.

Jiang Bai was very agitated. He had suddenly been separated from the hall master and then suddenly heard a few inexplicable words.

He really wanted to find this pretentious guy and teach him a lesson.

Jiang Bai cursed, not caring whether the other person could hear him or not.

"What kind of riddle-solving person is this! Can't you just talk things out properly?! Meeting you?! If I don't beat you up when we meet, I'm not Jiang Bai!"

He didn't take these strange remarks seriously; for him, finding Walnut was the most important thing right now.

"Master! Walnut!"

He walked along shouting loudly, trying to get some response.

Not long after the sound disappeared, the surrounding starry sky gradually became blurry, and the originally bright stars seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, turning gray and hazy.

The entire space was no longer bright; all that could be seen were patches of gray mist, creating a sense of oppression.

Jiang Bai noticed the change, but the more he noticed it, the more ominous his premonition became, and the greater his worries grew.

"Hu Tao! Can you hear me?"

Da-da-da-da

He ran through this almost infinite space, creating large ripples on the ground.

Before I knew it, the ripples had coalesced into a reflection, as if I were standing on a mirror. Whatever the person outside the mirror did, the person in the mirror would do the same.

However, the same face, but the attire in the mirror is completely different from Jiang Bai's appearance abroad.

In the mirror, Jiang Bai was wearing a simple and neat combat uniform. The uniform had no superfluous decorations and aimed to perfectly cover the body, providing protection without hindering movement.

The expression on the person's face in the mirror was completely different from that of Jiang Bai outside the mirror.

Although the person in the mirror was making the same shouting gestures and running as fast as before, the expression on their face was indifferent, their eyes devoid of any light, as if they had no interest in anything and had an almost mechanical numbness.

It's just like when I first woke up in Jiangbai.

In addition, there is also vigilance.

The person in the mirror seemed to be constantly on guard. Even while running, they were prepared to face any danger that might arise at any moment.

If someone unfamiliar with the situation saw this, they might think it was two different people.

The only similarity between the two is probably the arm guards Bai Yuan wears.

Jiang Bai didn't notice anything unusual; he was only anxious.

Hu Tao was already seriously injured and was now in an extremely weak state. He really didn't want to think about what would happen if he encountered any danger!

After running for a while, Jiang Bai, panting heavily, rested on his knees. Suddenly, his gaze met that of his reflection.

As their eyes met, time seemed to pass in an instant, yet also in an eternity, as if a valve of memory had been opened, and countless memories rushed in.

Jiang Bai stared blankly at his familiar yet unfamiliar self below, then covered his head.

Countless images flashed through his mind, and a deathly silence spread along with his memories. Veins bulged on his forehead, and the excruciating pain in his brain made his expression particularly ferocious. He couldn't help but let out a low growl.

He collapsed to the ground, clutching his head, the world spinning around him.

The starry sky, the reflections, everything shattered like glass.

"Jiang Bai!"

Just as he was about to faint, he heard a familiar voice.

The voice was filled with joy, and it was all too familiar.

Jiang Bai looked up and saw the familiar figure running towards him. His ferocious expression gradually disappeared, replaced by a sense of relief.

He collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, his entire body completely soaked in cold sweat.

"You just suddenly disappeared! You scared me to death!"

Hu Tao saw Jiang Bai suddenly, just as he had suddenly disappeared.

Even though they were some distance apart, she recognized Jiang Bai at a glance.

She ran all the way here, and then suddenly stopped before stepping on Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai lay on the ground, his face as pale as paper, radiating an aura of death, looking utterly lifeless.

Hu Tao's heart jumped instantly; clearly, something she didn't know had happened.

"What's wrong with you? What happened?"

Jiang Bai didn't even have the strength to lift a finger at this moment. He didn't answer her question, his gaze was blank and unfocused.

Chapter 319 It's so good to have met you

Seeing that he didn't react, Hu Tao became even more worried. She waved her hand in front of his eyes, and when he still didn't react, she pried open his eyelids to check.

Even so, Jiang Bai remained lying still, not even moving his eyes.

Hu Tao reached out and touched his forehead; it was terribly cold.

Why is it so cold?