Awakening and Explanations (Thanks to Evil Soybean Man for the Superfan Certification)
Lu Yuan didn't pay any attention to it. Instead, he raised his hand and touched his face. His cheeks were still burning with pain. He had no idea how many slaps he had received while he was unconscious.
A rustling sound came from beside Lu Yuan. It was clear that Frey had also woken up. She rubbed her eyes and propped herself up from another Sofa. A few strands of snow-white hair hung messily in front of her forehead, her face was also flushed, and she was still a little dazed. She and Lu Yuan looked at the Lantern Knight standing between the two of them in a daze.
Lu Yuan then realized where he was. He was walking on a red and gold carpet, and the steam pipes on the wall were warm. In the corner of the room was still the book corner filled with books. He and Frey were now lying on the two leather Sofa in the outer rest area. They were no longer in the oval room where the Pathway Mutation Potion was kept.
It's obvious that after the two got into trouble, the Lantern Knight must have moved them out of that room immediately. That potion could drag someone away once, and it could drag them away a second time, so the farther away from it, the better.
The Lantern Knight watched as the two men opened their eyes and sat up, then let out a long sigh of relief, his somewhat serious expression finally relaxing a little.
"It's good that you two are awake. What happened just now really shocked me."
Lu Yuan, however, had no time to reply, as he immediately began checking his belongings.
The Time Bestower on his chest was now quietly growing within the Flesh of his chest, and the Authority deep within his left eye had returned to its original position. The Worm of Knowledge was still entrenched beneath the Authority, sleeping soundly without a care in the world, clearly unaware of what had just happened, and completely oblivious to its master's life-or-death struggle in another world.
Lu Yuan checked his sanity again. Sanity [102.5/200], and the experience of Sanity V remained at 60.5/200, with the upper limit not dropping back to the original 140.
The things he obtained in the Land of the Dead Silence did indeed manifest in reality after he left, which made Lu Yuan feel a little happy. It seems that the Land of the Dead Silence is indeed a good place, and it can probably serve as an experience pack for him until he reaches the Sixth Order.
I'll go again when I have time, and I'll bring Oden along. Let's see if those Heretic still dare to be arrogant in front of me. As long as that Taboo doesn't appear, Oden will cripple them all, and I'll finish them off. Wow, just thinking about it makes me happy.
Meanwhile, inside Lu Yuan's left leg, Oden had retreated back into the shell of the Drowner, cursing incessantly.
"Damn it, my hands and feet haven't even warmed up yet, and they've turned into a cloud of mist again! Oh dear, I can't live like this anymore, what am I going to do?"
Listening to Oden's complaints, Lu Yuan couldn't help but purse his lips and silently replied in his mind, "I'll probably go to the Land of the Dead Silence again later, and I'll take you with me then."
"Oh, okay, okay, it's settled then."
Oden agreed quickly, clearly having been waiting for Lu Yuan to say that.
He had actually realized that the Sea of Knowledge must have left some kind of mark on that world. If the Land of the Dead Silence was indeed a Forbidden Land that had not yet been discovered, then it was very likely that it did not have a true master. So how could the Sea of Knowledge have let this place go?
The thought of having another body and holding his scepter again made Oden grin from ear to ear inside the Drowner's shell.
The Lantern Knight did not rush to ask questions. He first looked up at the lamp on the wall used for Sanity Check. The light was a steady white, indicating that both of their sanity was now very close to being stable.
But it was precisely this stability that made the Lantern Knight somewhat uneasy, because from the moment the two were in trouble until now, the lantern had been shining white without even flickering. It was the same color when the two were dragged away, and it was still the same color when they woke up.
The Lantern Knight was somewhat skeptical of the result it gave, so he picked up the small lantern at his waist again and slowly circled around the two of them. The light inside the lantern shone steadily without flickering. The Lantern Knight stared at it for a while before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
The Lantern Knight frowned again as he looked at the two people rubbing their heads. He asked Frey first.
"Frey, what exactly happened between you two this time?"
Frey covered her head and stood there stunned for a long time, opening and closing her mouth, but she couldn't say anything coherent.
She first looked at the Lantern Knight with some confusion, then turned to look at Lu Yuan. The moment her gaze fell on Lu Yuan, she suddenly felt an inexplicable urge to lean against him.
Frey was startled by her own thought, and her face flushed instantly, but fortunately, her face was already red to begin with.
She couldn't understand why she had such thoughts. What was even stranger was that the feeling she had towards Lu Yuan when they first met—not exactly hostility, but more of a sense of unfamiliarity—had now largely dissipated, replaced by an inexplicable sense of closeness.
"I don't know," Frey scratched her head, looking a little confused. "I don't remember anything."
The Lantern Knight wasn't too surprised by this, because Frey had been in the same state when she woke up last time, having completely forgotten what happened that night. He guessed that she had been affected by something again this time.
It seems the danger level of that strange place needs to be raised even further.
The Lantern Knight then turned to look at Lu Yuan, who had already mentally rehearsed his words.
He was holding his head, his face showing the same bewilderment as Frey's, and he spoke haltingly.
"I'm not entirely sure either, but it seems I was indeed transported to another world, a somewhat desolate world. There, I think I encountered some people..." Lu Yuan frowned, pausing for a long while before continuing, "Among them seemed to be the Blue Knight. She appeared to have suffered some serious injuries. That's all I remember."
Seeing Lu Yuan's appearance, the Lantern Knight couldn't help but sigh and reached out to rub his forehead.
"Oh, it's alright."
But as soon as he finished speaking, his hand stopped on Lu Yuan's forehead, and his expression gradually became serious.
"Wait, what the heck is Blue Knight?"
The Lantern Knight pressed Lu Yuan for more questions, but Lu Yuan still seemed unable to recall anything, only saying that he seemed to have encountered the Blue Knight, and that she seemed to be in great danger, and that she had said something about asking for help.