Zheng Zhi stared blankly at the pitch-black image on his phone screen. Then, unwilling to accept it, he opened his photo album, only to find that several of his most recent photos were all the same.
"This isn't right..." he muttered in bewilderment. "I clearly took the pictures. That place was a hall, and outside the hall were ruins and a tower, and there was also a pitch-black..."
He had only muttered halfway through when Yu Sheng suddenly reacted. "Wait! What did you say was there?"
Zheng Zhi came to his senses at once. He looked up at the several pairs of eyes focused on him, quickly composed himself, and began recounting everything he had seen in that strange, dim space as he recalled it.
To be honest, Yu Sheng had remained fairly calm while listening to Zheng Zhi describe the tower—until Zheng Zhi mentioned that pitch-black "celestial body." Only then did his expression suddenly change.
The Black Star!?
Although Zheng Zhi's final memories were somewhat blurry, and his impression of that Dark Celestial Body was mixed with many hallucinations caused by mental contamination, what he described was clearly the "Black Star." In his memories, the Black Star hung high at the end of the Endless Tower, surrounded by countless bizarre remains...
That instantly reminded Yu Sheng of the description Baili Qing had mentioned: "In the Year of Drifting Petals, the Dark Star overlaps with the dome, and the Othergod descends along the boundary bridge..."
Even Little Red Riding Hood was stunned. She looked at Zheng Zhi across from her with an odd expression. "...Just where did you run off to?"
"I dunno!" Zheng Zhi spread his hands innocently. "I only remember seeing a black thread floating above the ground before I fell in. The kind Eileen usually uses... I'd