[Transdimensional · Crimson has sent you a friend request. Accept?]
An unfamiliar friend request appeared on the Virtual Light Screen, catching Yu Yuan off guard.
But he quickly turned to Dawnlight.
"Crimson?"
When Dawnlight nodded with a smile, Yu Yuan seemed to understand.
He looked at Dawnlight in astonishment.
He clearly remembered an article describing Dawnlight's fall. It had mentioned Crimson, too.
Back then, it had said Crimson might have been involved in Dawnlight's fall.
Now it was clear their relationship was far from ordinary.
There was a deeper secret behind it.
With Dawnlight's confirmation, Yu Yuan accepted the friend request.
A message arrived from her at once.
[Transdimensional · Crimson: Let's meet...]
At the same time, Greenfield sent him a message too...
In the central region of the Rational Wilderness stood a bottomless abyss.
Looking down from above, one could just make out a crimson door at its deepest point.
That was where the gateway between the Civilization Ladder and the New World stood.
Dense Spiritual Energy swirled and gathered in the abyss, growing ever more violent.
Deep within the Crimson Abyss stood a castle, like a fortress guarding the passage between the New World and the Civilization Ladder.
Now three new guests had arrived at that castle.
Yu Yuan entered with Dawnlight and Greenfield and saw three people waiting inside.
Three people, to be precise.
Two of them were old friends.
Star Disciple and Old Dog looked nothing like their usual selves. They stood quietly behind a woman.
She was tall, with short crimson hair and a stern face.
Though she merely stood there, Yu Yuan felt a force that was both scorching and icy. Her aura was intensely aggressive.
So was her gaze. It swept over Yu Yuan inch by inch, as though she meant to see