The Mysterious Fourth Person

"I don't remember. When that pillar of light descended, I lost consciousness, but..." Cao Yuan paused, speaking with some uncertainty. "I felt like, in that instant, something seemed to run out of my body..."

An Qingyu fell into serious thought.

Using a Forbidden Ruin here would attract the lock-on of that mysterious gaze and result in death. If he had guessed correctly, that crimson pillar of light was the divine punishment used here to kill Forbidden Ruin wielders. Logically, once that pillar descended, Cao Yuan should have been reduced to ashes.

But why had he not only survived, but even severely wounded or killed several Oracle Envoys?

An Qingyu knew very well what an extremely dangerous wanted criminal represented. For Cao Yuan to become a wanted criminal of that level meant that his existence had become a genuine threat to this country...

What exactly had happened during the time he had lost consciousness?

"Jiang Er, search the database within the Pure Land and see if there's any footage from Hachimantai City two years ago." After pondering for a moment, An Qingyu spoke to Jiang Er beside him.

"Okay."

Jiang Er nodded, her figure merging into the electronic screen as she began searching through the database.

"What about you? How did you get here step by step and take control of the entire Pure Land?" Cao Yuan asked curiously.

An Qingyu smiled faintly. "After Jiang Er and I drifted here, we first conducted some simple experiments on the rules governing Forbidden Ruins here. Unexpectedly, that drew the pursuit of the Oracle Envoys, but with Jiang Er's abilities, we escaped quite easily.

"Later, I spent a week learning the language here. Then I took 200,000 yen to the casinos. After bankrupting four casinos in a row, I casually wiped out a few