With her bare feet, Kareta followed in the middle of the line, continuing to walk step by step towards the unknown.

In the dark and confused atmosphere, the pale and shallow skin of her feet was wrapped in a gray color, and under the glow of phosphorescent green ghost fire, it refracted a bleak blue light.

There are some rugged roads under your feet, and sharp and hard stones are like blades, abruptly lined up all over the road, like a real knife mountain. Carette stepped on it, but she didn't feel any pain at all.

It seemed as if her heart had been hollowed out by something, and Kareta had completely lost her mind at this point. As she walked, she searched carefully in the hollow of her heart, but she never knew what she was looking for.

In her mind were vague people and pasts, real or imaginary, Carreta couldn't tell if they were imaginary. Her memories are like pearls with broken threads, and no matter how hard she tries, she can never reconnect the fragments.

What exactly have I lost...... What exactly are you looking for......

Kareta kept asking herself, but she couldn't find an answer.

Her world, like the one she saw before her, was as dark and gloomy as it was, and there was no glimmer of hope at all.

She finally stopped looking, became quiet, and was single-mindedly preoccupied with moving forward. She was accustomed to following the crowd in the procession, repeating a simple but hopeless exercise: walking.

In the dark night sky where she couldn't see it, the voice of the boy she had been talking to just now fell silent. But even so, the owner of the voice seemed to be hiding in some corner of the darkness, not showing up, but always keeping an eye on her movements, for fear that she would break away from the procession.

Two hundred meters ahead, there is a black hole 100 meters wide, bottomless.

The procession gradually reached the edge of the black hole, but it still had no intention of stopping.

Everyone in the team was still walking silently, ignoring the impending danger.

The team got closer and closer to the black hole, and the first person at the head of the team finally stepped on the edge of the black hole with one foot. Unaware of the danger that lay ahead, he lifted his other foot in the void......

In an instant, his body lost its balance, and he fell headless towards the bottomless hole without looking back. And he had no fear at all, but naturally spread his arms, like a baby born in his arms, extremely pious, extremely happy to throw himself into the arms of his mother, and like a phoenix bird that has always been nirvana, spread its wings of freedom, soaring towards the gate of rebirth—

Like this, the second person, the third person......

The procession was still on the move, and people kept falling into the black hole. The number of people in front of Carette dwindled, and her footsteps grew closer to the bottomless pit.

"Karete ......"

Behind her, there was a sudden call, and the male voice was soft, soft.

Who is it? Who is shouting, and whose name is being called......

Carette heard the voice clearly, not the same child's voice she had just spoken to. Despite his doubts, he ignored them.

Having lost all her memory, she couldn't remember who she was at the moment, and she had no impression of the owner of this voice.

She continued to walk her way expressionlessly, moving closer to the bottomless black hole in front of her.

"Karete!"

It was the same voice again, loud behind her. This time, the tone was noticeably several degrees higher than just now.

Who is it?...... Carreta ...... Whose name is that......

Carette paused slightly. But this time, I suddenly felt a pain in the soles of my feet. She looked in unbearable pain and involuntarily continued walking.

"It's me, look back at me!"

Fifty meters away, she was about to step on the edge of the black hole, repeating the fate of those who had preceded her. At this moment, the majestic voice just now sounded again, and it sounded obviously more anxious than the previous two times.

Who is it...... Who is that voice...... Who the hell is he shouting......

Karete's pace was much slower, and she suddenly felt the urge to turn her head and take a good look at the obsessive male voice.

Underneath him, the pain in his feet became more and more intense.

A very strange thought came to her mind, and she realized that this particular pain was a punishment for her. Only by getting rid of the distracting thoughts in our hearts and going to the end wholeheartedly will we end all painful suffering.

Carreta had no choice but to give up the idea of turning her head to look and continue to walk without distractions.

"Karete, please look back at me! Quick! Turn back! Turn back—"

The voice became more anxious. In the exclamation, she mentioned "turning back" several times, and it seemed that the action of "turning back" had extremely great significance to her or him.

Kareth froze.

The world in front of her had changed, and just as his cry fell, a blue color appeared in her field of vision.

Blue mountains, blue shallow water, blue trees and flowers. Wisps of clear spring-like colors seemed to be a strong but warm force, instantly defeating the desolate black of this unnamed world, destroying the terrifying stone bridge and dispersing the oppressive dust.

This sacred color was like a gentle drop of water, pouring out Karet's already empty heart in an instant, filling in an important gap.

This is...... This place...... It's familiar——

Carette stopped in amazement, staring blankly at everything in front of her.

My heart is constantly searching, looking for that extremely important memory. She was desperate to find the answer, but she didn't know where to look.

"Karete, turn back! Only by turning back can you find a way out!"

The voice behind her was so anxious that it seemed to be about to cry, and once again gave her some kind of hint.

This time, Carreta was genuinely moved by the voice. It was this move that prompted her to turn her body slowly, wanting to turn around and take a serious look at this persistent man.

Underneath him, the intense foot pain felt unbearable.

On her left shoulder, the burning pain continued to torment her, causing her to suffer. Not only that, but her body that was as light as smoke just now suddenly seemed to be injected with lead, and a strange but invisible force unconsciously restrained her, making her unable to act according to her own wishes.

"Karete! turn back! quick! turn back desperately—"

It was his encouragement, eager and full of infinite affection.

Carreta ...... Is that my name?...... Is he calling me?

Karette was finally awakened by his voice, and a burning desire to break the obstruction prompted her to do as he pleaded, desperately using all her strength to fight against the power that bound her for a while.

"Come on, Karete! Turn around! Look, look at me!"

In my ears, the anxious male voice continued.

Around, many different blue spots are dazzling, and the color is getting fuller and fuller, like blue lights that instantly carry enough electricity. The shimmer of light flowed, projecting onto Karet's body, filling her with decisive power.

Her body finally broke the confinement and turned backwards as she wished.

Directly behind, there was a long line that had no tail at all. For she had suddenly stopped walking, and so did the others behind her. At this moment, the long line that could not see the head and tail was shrouded in that gentle blue light, silently stopping.

And next to this procession, a few dozen meters away from Karetta, stood a man.

Black hair, black eyes, and a black costume. Regardless of appearance and body shape, his handsomeness and uprightness are impeccable. On his handsome face, there was always a melancholy and anxious expression, and in the dark eyes, there was a slight sparkling light.

The moment her gaze met, Kareta realized that the person who kept shouting behind her just now was him!

Seeing that she finally turned back against all odds, the man was pleasantly surprised.

"God of Darkness, as a Titan, you are not afraid of being punished if you insist on going your own way and not obeying the way of heaven!"

On the horizon, the boy's voice from before bubbled again, and the momentum of the sharp words seemed to be boundless anger.

Kareta shuddered.

God of Darkness?...... Who is it......

She looked at him in confusion, reminiscing. There is always a figure in every distorted picture, and while the light and dark are communicating, she can never see his face clearly.

Is that him...... That figure, is it the one in front of him......

At the moment when she was asking herself, he strode straight forward and rushed towards her.

The still procession suddenly boiled like boiling water. The people who looked serene just now seemed to be under silent control, and suddenly showed hideous faces, one by one with teeth and claws, and the roar continued to rush towards the handsome man. Some grabbed his arms, some hugged his thighs, some held his waist and some bit his neck and back, all trying their best to thwart his attempts to rush over.

"No! don't—"

Careta got the courage out of nowhere, and at the same moment she pulled her legs and ran towards him. From the time she saw his true face, she had an inexplicable sense of affection for him, and she didn't want him to be hurt by those strange people.

"Get out of here! Get out of the way...... Karete—"

The man in black didn't respond to the boy's voice, and he swung his fists to fight the people who were besieging him, struggling to get closer to Karete.

She realized that she was the one he had been calling all along! Karet, that was her name—

The pain in her shoulder was even stronger, as if the pain of being about to dismember her had spread all over her, and she never gave up the desire to get close to him.

Some of the people in the team gathered around her, and they grabbed her by the body and forcibly pushed her towards the deep hole behind her.