No Cause, No Effect

So dark.

The vision transmitted back from the Gigai plunged into an endless darkness in an instant. At the same time, all manner of sensory signals coming from the Gigai vanished as well.

Yet the sliver of consciousness Cang Nan had projected onto the Gigai seemed to drift through that darkness along with it, utterly unable to return.

This left Cang Nan bewildered. After all, his connection to the Gigai had been established through Fullbring. Even if that ancient consciousness had truly seized control of the Gigai from him, the consciousness he had projected should at least have returned to his body as usual.

Just like before, when he...