Ji Yan and [Blood Shadow Wedding Dress] both involuntarily held their breath at that moment.
It seemed they were both afraid that something might go wrong.
But in truth, one human and one eerie had known the answer from the very beginning...
At such a tense moment, Ji Yan suddenly said something entirely out of place. "Come to think of it, ever since we entered the '000' cage, you haven't said a word."
"You haven't even controlled the body. You handed all authority over it back to me. Why are you acting so strangely?"
[Blood Shadow Wedding Dress] froze for a moment.
Naturally, Ji Yan was speaking to [Nameless Eerie].
Yet [Nameless Eerie] seemed to have fallen asleep, offering no response at all.
At that moment, every second spent inspecting the [Key] felt especially long...
"First layer, verification successful."
[Mummified Eerie] suddenly spoke.
Then, the [Door] behind them opened by 20%, revealing a crack—
"Second layer, verification successful."
Rumble—
The [Door] opened another 20%. By then, it was nearly halfway open!
Ji Yan stared intently beyond the [Door]. A powerful feeling stirred within him, yet it was as though separated by a thin membrane, impossible to grasp...
Suddenly, a massive disturbance erupted behind him!
Ji Yan turned around and saw that a large amount of "Crimson Order" had already seeped into the "000" cage. He could even hear "Future Ji Yan" groaning in greater and greater agony...
"Third layer..."
At the same time, [Nameless Eerie] verified the final layer, but its voice suddenly changed. "Verification failed!"
"Incorrect key."
"Intruder identity requires re-verification. Provisionally classified as 'intruder' and detained!"
As the mechanical voice fell silent, murderous eerie energy overflowed from [Mummified Eerie]. A layer of black energy also spread across the [Fortune Mask] on its face.
It was the sign of