"From now on, we'll help nourish you once every day," Ye Chuxue said softly.
"You'll get better little by little."
Su Ming looked at them, his heart stirring slightly. "Thank you for all your effort," he said quietly.
"There's no need to be so polite with us." Luo Yiyi smiled, tenderness in her eyes.
"We're... companions, after all."
As Su Ming looked at her smile, a hazy image suddenly flashed through his mind.
Many years ago, someone seemed to have smiled at him like that, too.
Just as gentle, just as radiant.
Su Ming suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and casually averted his gaze.
He lightly brushed his fingertips over his Storage Ring and took out two objects.
A battered notebook with yellowed, curling pages, and a lustrous, milky-white crescent-shaped jade pendant.
They were the ancient objects he had found in the secret chamber of the underground laboratory during the raid on the abnormalities' core stronghold.
"These were recovered from the secret chamber in the core stronghold."
Su Ming set the objects on the table, his voice calm.
"The owner of this notebook once suffered from the same symptoms I have."
Luo Yiyi and Ye Chuxue exchanged a glance, then both leaned closer.
The notebook's cover was so worn that its writing was illegible. The slightest force would crumble it.
Su Ming carefully opened the first few pages and pointed to the scrawled writing.
"He called this condition void syndrome. The body gradually vanishes, and memories gradually fade. It's exactly what's happening to me."
Ye Chuxue softly read the words on the page.
"I strayed into the depths of the Ruins Realm, became tainted by the breath of the void, and thus contracted void syndrome."
"I sought renowned physicians throughout the myriad worlds, but all were helpless."