Cheng Yu's expression remained unchanged. The other party had helped him destroy Xiao Ge Ruan, an avatar of the world will, and had even addressed him as an Otherworldly Visitor.
They seemed to be an ally.
Cheng Yu asked softly,
"Who are you...?"
The voice continued,
"By humanity's definition, I am Alaya-vijnana."
As it spoke, a being of light with a human face appeared before Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu's brow twitched. Alaya-vijnana-he couldn't have been more familiar with it.
The collective subconscious of all primates, humanity's strongest guardian.
That explained why it had helped him.
At the same time, a bold idea occurred to Cheng Yu. Xiao Ge Ruan's Sea of Dreamlands had also drawn on the human subconscious-the so-called dream power.
Had its purpose been to imprison Alaya-vijnana?
Cheng Yu looked at the being of light and asked,
"Then why have you appeared here?"
Alaya-vijnana replied,
"You freed me, visitor from another world."
Before Cheng Yu could ask another question, Alaya-vijnana continued,
"Seventy years ago, the world will suddenly lost control. It went mad, muttering about some great being, and manifested itself in all things. Then the world changed.
"Entities known as Weirds appeared, and humans began dying in vast numbers. As the collective subconscious of all primates, I also suffered devastating damage.
"Then the world will split itself into thirteen. Each of its avatars had its own name, though I do not know what those names mean.
"I wanted to stop it, but I was powerless. The mass deaths of humans had left me too weak.
"So before it could deal with me, I poured most of my power and consciousness into a human body.
"That human's name was...
"Kong Qixiao.
"Unfortunately, I failed. I could not defeat its avatars. Before its avatar Xiao Ge Ruan built a