Jiang Qiao listened in silence.
He knew something about the Return Journey Research Institute. Even his Fate Weaver talent was connected to the organization, seemingly a follow-up to the Life Replacement Technique.
Still.
He made no mention of it and merely smiled. "That organization certainly has lofty ambitions."
"It certainly does."
"After all, it carries on our homeland's legacy."
Yang Ling smiled too.
Neither spoke again as they continued deeper inside. They passed through several halls, spotting Evil Spirit corpses and traces of battle along the way. These had clearly been left by the outsiders who had entered ahead of them.
"These halls change periodically."
Jiang Qiao said, "Come back after a while, and we won't find these same halls."
"It's a bit like a randomly generated game map that refreshes."
"That's pretty common." Yang Ling laughed. "Sometimes I wonder whether we've transmigrated into a game. Our so-called homeland, the so-called Supernatural World—maybe they're nothing but illusions."
"Even our memories might be fake."
"Just a set of data."
"We think we're in control of our choices and actions."
"But perhaps there's a player controlling us."
Yang Ling was certainly no stranger to games.
He had played games in his homeland, in the Supernatural World while it was still normal, and on Blue Star. As Tianyu's Great Elder, he also knew that some of the revived villages under Tianyu's control had games.
The ancient village was said to be a settlement from Blue Star.
But Yang Ling had actually first come to the underworld from the Small World, then gone to the Supernatural World... Back then, the Supernatural World had still been a normal world. Later, after the Great Cataclysm, he had gone to Blue Star.
Finally, he had returned to the Supernatural World.
Jiang Qiao had asked him about it.