Getting Ready to Run
That thing was buried very deep, and the surrounding greenery seemed to have been Contamination by it. If it weren't for the Sea of Knowledge reflecting Frey's phantom image, Lu Yuan probably would never have seen it.
Lu Yuan dared not be careless. He mobilized his Sea of Knowledge, carefully enveloping the mass of color, and gradually tried to gather it towards the center.
The light brown Contamination was restless. The moment it was touched by the seawater, it instinctively shrank into the depths of Frey's green core. Several thin strands of color even spread towards the surrounding rationality, refusing to let go. Lu Yuan could only slow down his movements, peeling it off strand by strand and gathering it back together.
In the end, that mass of Contamination was kneaded into a ball inch by inch, and then forcibly kneaded into a line by the Sea of Knowledge, with the other end of that line still firmly stuck in the depths of the phantom.
Lu Yuan held his breath and slowly pulled the line outward.
Within the illusory image, with each inch the line was pulled out, the Frey on Lu Yuan's back trembled slightly.
Lu Yuan n't tell if it hurt a lot, so he had no choice but to slow down his movements. He was afraid that if he wasn't careful, he would break Frey's composure, which would be terrible. What was supposed to be a rescue might turn into a direct kill, and Frey would only become Meimei's experience points.
At this moment, the Authority deep within Lu Yuan's left eye also felt slightly hot, and a layer of fine sweat had already seeped onto his forehead.
Finally, the last section of light brown Contamination broke free from Frey's phantom. The tangled thread twisted a few times in the sea of Sea of Knowledge, and the next moment, the surrounding words surged up and swallowed it all in the blink of an eye.
After losing that patch of light brown Contamination, the rationality in Frey's phantom became noticeably clearer, the Contamination green circle lit up again, the core became purer, and the little bits of red and blue became clearer, quietly intertwining together.
Lu Yuan's method indirectly purified Frey's rationality.
Frey herself was completely unaware of any of this. From the moment she arrived in this world, she had no idea that she had been chosen by it, nor that she had become someone the Holy Sovereign was watching. She had no idea how long that thing had been inside her body.
So when she was being undressed, Frey felt a warm sensation all over her body, as if she were being gently wrapped in something soft. She felt an indescribable comfort, and even her somewhat chaotic mind calmed down a bit.
She felt a void, as if something had been ripped out of her heart, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.
She simply buried her face in Lu Yuan's shoulder without thinking.
Deep within the Sea of Knowledge, the phantom representing Frey slowly dispersed, transforming once more into countless words.
Lu Yuan turned his gaze to Frey once again, and Gray-White Text appeared on the screen.
[Target detected: Frey (Student of the North Campus of the Knight Academy) (Transcendence Knowledge Path) (Consciousness Entity)]
[A human with considerable knowledge of potions.]
As Lu Yuan looked at the two lines of text, he finally let out a long, slow breath.
Those things connected to the Seed have been completely cleared away at this moment, and Frey before her eyes is now back to how she was when she first entered this world, untouched by any Contamination.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan knew that Frey should be alright.
Following Frey's introduction, another line of Gray-White Text popped up.
[Sanity: -3...102.5/200]
Even with only 3 points deducted, Lu Yuan couldn't help but smile. This Deprivation technique was indeed effective at removing the strange things from the body.
Lu Yuan raised his head and looked at the still churning, colorful seawater above him. He had already made up his mind: it was time to turn it off.
The reason is simple: first, the world is constantly rejecting him.
That Taboo was indeed powerful, but He did not completely control this world; the Gray Mist that surged back and forth at the edge of the battlefield was the best proof of that.
At this moment, Lu Yuan could clearly feel that it wasn't just that Taboo that was rejecting him; the world itself was also rejecting him. An invisible force was pushing him outward from all directions, and that force was relentless and growing stronger. He had to leave immediately.
Secondly, Lu Yuan had no idea what would happen after the Sea of Knowledge forcibly carved out the Land of the Dead Silence. This sea had forced its way in using him as Anchor Point, and he had no idea what it would leave behind or what it would attract. Since he had already done what he needed to do, there was no need to linger any longer.
Third, Lu Yuan noticed that deep within the Sea of Knowledge, those black characters seemed to be stirring restlessly.
It hadn't surfaced yet, but Lu Yuan could feel that familiar restlessness. During the battle at Bronze City, they clung to the gap and wouldn't let go, almost preventing the opening from ever closing again.
That thing was completely uncontrollable, and Lu Yuan didn't want to release it again in the Land of the Dead Silence. He didn't even dare to think about what would happen if it were released, so he had to close the Rift first.
Of course, Lu Yuan still felt a little regretful deep down.
He really wanted to follow the direction the Bone Controller had fled, fight his way to the lair of these Heretic, and wipe out the entire Bloodred Tower along with all the Heretic inside. Each Fifth Order was worth 50 points, and with Heretic in that Great Tower combined, he estimated that even if he didn't reach Sanity VI, he wouldn't be too far off.
But Lu Yuan ultimately did not do so, because he knew very well that he had already killed a Heretic Grand Leader and forcibly tore a small piece of Flesh from that Taboo. If he were to attack again at this time, if that Taboo was not truly asleep, or not truly dead, then He would definitely rise up and fight him to the death, absolutely.
Because Lu Yuan's behavior was no longer just about taking advantage of others; he was essentially planning to treat the Taboo House as his own backyard.
Lu Yuan was also well aware that with his current strength, or rather, with the seawater of the Sea of Knowledge squeezed out of the gap, he was far from being able to contend with a complete Taboo. Just now, that figure had only cast down a wisp of consciousness, and it had already become stalemate with this branch of the Sea of Knowledge.
If they really angered the main party, none of them would be able to escape, so Lu Yuan wasn't going to take that risk; there was plenty of time later.
The reason why we say there is still plenty of time is simple: the Sea of Knowledge has already left its Anchor Point in this Land of the Dead Silence.
Lu Yuan could sense that as this seawater carved through this world, something had firmly anchored itself here. Even if it was closed for now, the Sea of Knowledge could still return to this world along this Anchor Point in the future; this was just a temporary departure.