"May I presume to ask you to prove just how safe this place is?"
Surrounded by Blood Vine, Su Bai addressed the unknown Strange Creature watching them.
"The humans who once came here said that you have seen azure skies, land covered in grass and flowers, clear lakes, and beautiful seas reflecting the color of the sky. New life is born in your world every day, and people share precious bonds of family, friendship, and love..."
"It" did not answer Su Bai directly, but suddenly began talking to itself.
As its murmuring tone softened again, Blood Butterfly spotted a humanoid figure in a nurse's uniform emerging from a crack in the wall. Perhaps because "its" power could not affect Blood Butterfly, which had little awareness and no intelligence, all Su Bai "saw" was a humanoid figure without any facial features.
"Do you know? This place was once just as beautiful."
"How is that possible!" Even with his voice lowered, Chi Yan could not hide his astonishment. "A place like this, like hell..."
"This was once a beautiful and tenacious world. Even if the entire world collapsed and shattered, fresh green shoots would grow again in the cracks among civilization's ruins. New life would bring fresh vitality, and new civilizations would take shape again with the passage of time."
"Civilizations were born, one after another, and civilizations collapsed and shattered, one after another. This world is already covered in scars. Humans, if you have seen the world outside, then you know that the land out there can no longer nurture any new life. The vitality of the entire world has been exhausted. The whole world is moving against 'life,' heading toward death."
"What is more terrifying is that death is not the end of this world... Beyond death lies an even