Dan Heng stopped and responded:
"Lady Tribios, it's me—Dan Heng, Yan Huan's companion." He tried to communicate with these lingering remnants of memory.
Strangely enough, they really could speak with Dan Heng, as though they had crossed the boundaries of time and space.
"Dan Heng?" Tine pondered.
"Nice to meet you."
Trianne smiled and kindly reminded him:
"Even though we don't know you, a terrible battle is about to break out here. You should hurry somewhere safe!"
Tine nodded as well, pointing deeper down the passage.
"Hysilens... um, Duke Jianqi is not far ahead. The evacuation is nearly complete. Go quickly, or you may not make it in time."
"Understood." Dan Heng nodded, going along with them. "I'll go find her now. Thank you."
Before long, as though a signal had been cut off, the three little remnants slowly scattered into the wind, as if they had never appeared at all.
Dan Heng looked toward where they had stood, his gaze contemplative.
"Whom does this memory truly belong to...?"
Dan Feng calmly analyzed the matter beside him. "There are two possibilities."
"It belongs either to Huang Di, or to the Yan Huan you have been desperately searching for."
He paused, then added:
"But the latter is exceedingly unlikely."
"If he had truly taken part in that battle, he could have had the battlefield cleared within the time it took to drink a cup of tea."
"Indeed." Dan Heng agreed with the assessment.
"Setting Evernight aside."
"According to Mr. Screwllum's intelligence, someone else vanished alongside Yan Huan within the Genesis Vortex Heart."
He recalled the last Demigod.
"I should still have a chance to contact her."
Dan Heng looked around, sensing the faint moisture in the air. "Let's find a water source first..."
The two searched through the intricate interior of