There was nothing for Yi Chen to choose between Jin and the others.
Since Jin's main trait, "Red Lotus," had resonated, she would naturally choose this direction.
After waving goodbye, Regan and Jin each set off on their own paths, leaving Yi Chen alone where he stood.
He could either follow the Dead Egg laid by Little Pei or find a path for himself.
Yi Chen held the Dead Egg in one hand and supported himself against the sand with the other, doing his best to drive the plants' roots deep enough into the ground. Unfortunately, the plant with the Diseased Trait failed to sense anything.
Little Grape, standing on his shoulder, failed to provoke any environmental response whether he danced, glared, or spat.
"Perhaps this really was fate's arrangement. I'll follow this egg."
Just as Yi Chen was preparing to follow the egg, Lorien's voice came from within him:
'Who would've thought you would choose to split up so quickly? Since that's the case, why don't we spend a little time separating?'
'All right.'
Returning to the relatively safe temple,
Yi Chen had tied the umbilical cord around his neck in advance. After climbing for a while and crawling through the passage, he arrived in the Old World. The Black Umbilical Cord had basically recovered.
As the Gentleman's Attire came undone... buzz!
A Moon Mark surfaced on the right half of his body. At the same time, a faint moon membrane enveloped Yi Chen from head to toe, isolating his flesh from the corrosive effects of the Old World.
'Hang in there. I'm starting!'
'Go ahead...'
A burst of intense moonlight flashed before his eyes, and the right half of his body was instantly stripped of its connection to him.
His flesh slowly split along the body's centerline.
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