Strange Core

A familiar appearance.

A white cheongsam, long sleeves, and a few locks of hair coiled up on either side of her head.

Yet the exposed skin was covered in traces left by Honkai Energy. Some parts had even split open with purple cracks, and the violet glow of Honkai Energy shone through them.

Perhaps because of the Honkai Energy, although the body before Xu Yanwu was a corpse, it had not decayed or dispersed over the thousands of years.

But seeing the corpse only brought Xu Yanwu even greater sorrow.

"Cang Xuan..."

Ignoring everything else, Xu Yanwu staggered forward and finally dropped to his knees before the corpse, allowing himself to see it more clearly.

It was exactly the same as in his memories...

Aside from the traces of Honkai Energy erosion, Cang Xuan looked as though she were merely asleep, just as she had when she vanished all those years ago.

"Why is only Cang Xuan here? Where are Danzhu and Ji Lin?!"

Xu Yanwu wanted to search for the other bodies, but Cang Xuan's corpse before him made it impossible for him to leave.

"No... I should put Cang Xuan's body away first..."

Xu Yanwu reached out, intending to lift the corpse into his arms, but his hand stopped just before touching it.

Xu Yanwu no longer dared to touch the corpse.

Though Cang Xuan's body still looked as it had back then, time had not failed to leave its marks upon it.

Inside, it had long since been eroded beyond recognition by Honkai Energy.

Xu Yanwu was afraid that a single touch would cause Cang Xuan's body to collapse.

"I'm sorry..."

Xu Yanwu did not want to cry, but before Cang Xuan's corpse, he could not stop his nose from stinging.

"Cang Xuan, Danzhu... I came too