The small room fell quiet for a while. Yu Sheng and Baili Qing sank into thought at the same time. Although Huli and Eileen still didn't fully understand the situation, they could tell from Yu Sheng's reaction that things seemed complicated, so neither dared speak carelessly.
After quite some time, Yu Sheng raised his head again. His gaze fell on the "identification document" on the screen. After staring at it for several seconds, he looked away and turned his attention to the "operation record" in front of him.
"Can we determine which one of them it was?"
"The name and the key identification number have been erased. They can't be restored, and we can't tell whether that was intentional," Baili Qing said. "We can only determine that it was one of the twelve team members who carried out the Deep Dive mission seventy years ago... Perhaps we should rule out the two who successfully returned to the real world?"
She suddenly paused, then frowned and gently shook her head. "No... According to the records, the two Deep Divers who returned to the real world most likely only returned physically. Their souls should still have been trapped in the 'Fairy Tale' Otherworld... just like the other ten."
Yu Sheng said nothing. His thoughts were a mess. Countless speculations and strands of clues formed from known information surged through his mind like a whirlpool. One theory after another kept surfacing, only to be repeatedly overturned by obvious contradictions or unexplainable gaps.
After a long while, his brows drew into a deep frown. At last, he hesitantly broke the silence. "Do you remember what we discussed earlier? The twelve Deep Divers from back then... The place they reached shouldn't have been the Black Forest. But I picked up this 'piece of paper' in