"She was my companion a very, very long time ago."
"We already knew each other before I fell into silence, and we worked together a few times."
She deliberately left him in suspense, her gaze lingering on Shen Yi for a moment before she went on.
"Go meet him. Perhaps... he will give you no small amount of insight."
Shen Yi raised his brows slightly.
"Insight?"
"About what?"
"Well..."
"It's hard for me to say."
"To me, the two of you are actually both rather strange. You're just a little more exaggerated."
Lilith did not answer directly.
"He might be able to see things that even I can't clearly perceive about myself."
"After all, he and I... as well as most Authority holders we knew in the past, are not quite the same."
Lilith's words undoubtedly piqued everyone's curiosity.
Someone capable of setting up a temporary stopping place in a place like Beyond the World could not be simple either.
Without saying anything more, Lilith gave Shen Yi a rough reference point, and Winnie and Xilos followed close behind.
They once again moved through this Bubble Forest woven from countless deaths and rebirths.
Only this time, their target was much clearer.
Within the streaming tunnel of spatial traversal, the scenery was not pure darkness or mottled colors, but some kind of more abstract, more "essential" image.
Countless indescribable fragments swept rapidly past Shen Yi and the others.
Within the streaming tunnel of spatial traversal, the scenery was not pure darkness or brilliant colors.
It was a more abstract, more essential image.
The images flying through the tunnel were not matter, but more like faded memories, twisted geometric shapes, abruptly cut-off fragments of melody.
Or material residue giving off cold or scorching auras.
Shen Yi could clearly sense the existence of