Time's words came as a complete shock to me.
I never would have imagined that Yuan old man was someone who had already died.
A dead man had been resurrected at the very moment before his death, then granted eternal life through frozen time, becoming the guide of Yuan Valley and Guixu.
A guide, not a guardian, because Yuan Valley and Guixu needed no one's protection at all. It possessed the power of its own laws, and those laws had the power to erase everything.
Because it could be the beginning of all things, or their final end.
It could erase you at the source, or send you directly to the end of your life.
That was the terrifying nature of Yuan Valley and Guixu.
Most terrifying of all was Time, standing right here. This thing that looked like a little girl was definitely not a real person, merely a personification of time.
Time sighed. "Yuan old man, if you court death, no one can stop you. If you truly want to die, I won't stop you either."
I looked at Yuan old man. "So you know how to leave this Dreamscape. Think it over carefully. Would you rather die, or continue being a guide?"
I knew Yuan old man had to be struggling terribly inside.
He could either remain a Living Dead like this, or truly die.
It was an extremely difficult choice for him, which was why he had agreed to help the other party construct this Dreamscape.
After a long while, he sighed. "Fine. I'll send you out."
But Time continued to press him. "What about you? Are you willing to go back?"
Yuan old man's face was full of bitterness. "I don't want to die. As long as I live, there may one day be a