"Sorry for leaving something like this to you alone."
Cang Xuan spoke to Fu Hua with a hint of apology.
"No, you don't need to apologize, Cang Xuan. This is my duty, and our shared vision."
Fu Hua spoke, and her answer made Cang Xuan smile.
"Just the answer I expected from you..."
Cang Xuan handed the scroll in her hand to Chi Yuan beside her and said to her,
"Put the scroll away..."
Once the scroll reached Fu Hua's hands, Otto let out a sigh of relief. "Ha... Things will be simple from here. Record the code on the scroll and begin the analysis immediately."
As the scroll came into Fu Hua's hands, the surrounding beach gradually began to fade away.
And Cang Xuan standing before Fu Hua no longer seemed... like merely a memory.
"I'm sorry, my friend. The road ahead... you must walk it alone from now on."
At that moment, Fu Hua recalled a memory buried deep within her mind.
It was something she had only learned after the Chi You disaster, and it was also something concerning... herself.
The connection between the Fireseed Project she had carried out and the reason Chi You had been born.
"No... Cang Xuan, I should be the one apologizing..."
After everything around them vanished, Otto had already recorded the data on the scroll. Once he finished, the scroll disappeared from Fu Hua's hands as well.
The surrounding space turned into a purple Inner World.
"..."
Within the Inner World, Fu Hua suddenly asked, "After leaving here, will I really forget everything that just happened?"
Otto spoke with a trace of regret. "I'm afraid so, my friend. I did not lie to you. Just as I said before, once you awaken, what happened here will feel like a dream... You