The moment Su Bai finished speaking, the familiar door appeared on the wall behind Wu Heng.
He did not hesitate, striding straight toward it.
His steps never faltered.
To his surprise, what lay beyond the door was not just the memories he had forgotten for one reason or another, but also many moments he still remembered.
As he pushed open door after door, time rolled forward with him. He saw himself when he had first entered the Nightmare World, alone, despairing, and possessing nothing. He saw A Xi and Yao come to his side amid the gloom, and then the Puzzle Pieces who had met and befriended him through chance encounters, endlessly nagging him to "stay alive."
Each memory surged over him like a tide. His footsteps never stopped, and neither did the memories.
Then he pushed open another door, and the scene before him abruptly changed-it was a familiar, heart-wrenching battlefield, where human Players and Strange Creatures fought at close quarters.
This war had yet to arrive in the present world, but it was already seared deep into Su Bai's memories of his previous life.
It was the largest and most devastating battle he had ever experienced.
It was also after that battle that humanity finally shed the naivety of the word "game," cast aside the title of "Player," and truly became warriors.
Back then, Su Bai still had not joined any faction or organization, and continued to roam the Nightmare World alone. But that did not mean he stood by and watched.
No one noticed the figure standing atop the ruins, at a vantage point overlooking the entire battlefield. With the help of a Puzzle Piece capable of concealing him, he summoned one Puzzle Piece after another, quietly reducing the casualties on the human side.
On the battlefield,