Although he had guessed it beforehand, when Bai Zhi actually stepped through the doorway and saw the scene beyond it, he could not help but freeze for a moment.
Beyond the iron door lay a chaotic Void. The ground beneath their feet felt as though they were standing in empty space.
Before them floated several pale white brains.
The brains were white and moist, their grooves spreading across their surfaces, with even the blood vessels clearly visible. They were also contracting rhythmically, as if they were still functioning.
For some reason, when Xiao Xiao Bai saw those floating brains, her expression suddenly turned exceptionally ugly. In the end, however, she said nothing.
"Stop looking. Because of the retiming, all the ingredients that were stored here before have disappeared."
Xiao Xiao Bai looked expressionlessly at the floating brains before them.
"Really? I thought they had been moved somewhere else."
Bai Zhi looked regretful.
"...The brains in front of us are not ingredients. They cannot be eaten."
"I know. It is not like I have a hobby of eating that stuff. What kind of person do you take me for?"
"If you were not taking out a grill, charcoal, and seasonings right now, that statement would be more convincing."
"I never said I was going to grill these."
Curling his lip, Bai Zhi pulled two small Stools out of his Inventory.
"These brains🧠 clearly do not look healthy. It is not like I am Hannibal..."
"...They have been fixed at a specific point in time. Unless this place is discovered and destroyed, our minds will not be affected."
Xiao Xiao Bai spoke indifferently.
"Under these circumstances, no matter what kind of torment we suffer, we absolutely cannot collapse or fall."
"Not that you will not, but that you cannot, right?"
After taking