Shen Yi slowly withdrew his hand and let out a soft breath of stale air, calming the slight fluctuations of power inside him.
He took one last look at the two women beside him.
Though Winnie was weak, her eyes had already regained some of their former intelligence and composure, and she was working hard to adapt to her surroundings. Xilos, meanwhile, straightened her back.
"Then."
Shen Yi's voice broke the brief silence.
"I'll leave this side to you. If anything happens, contact me through this portal at any time."
He pointed at the nearly invisible spatial door.
"I'll deal with the necessary matters on Blue Star as quickly as possible and attempt to sow the Rule Seed. The moment there's any movement here, or on my side, I'll come back at once."
Winnie and Xilos nodded solemnly at the same time.
Without any further words of farewell, Shen Yi took a step forward.
His figure was like a drop of ink dissolving into the surface of water, silently sinking into that nearly invisible spatial portal without stirring the slightest spatial ripple, as if he had belonged there from the very beginning.
After he entered, the portal's radiance completely drew inward, truly becoming no different from the surrounding void. Only that extremely faint, unique fluctuation of rules proved its existence.
On the outskirts of the Forgotten Corridor, the barren and disordered temporary stronghold Alvin had provided returned to silence.
Only the occasional faint hiss of colliding rule turbulence remained, along with Winnie's and Xilos's breathing as it gradually steadied.
Winnie looked toward the direction where Shen Yi had disappeared. A trace of complexity flashed through her golden eyes, then was replaced by resolve.
She sat down cross-legged and began guiding the power of her newly born soul, attempting to resonate