"Just once. Try it just once. Once is all..."
Xiu Yuan gently stroked the mask, a fierce struggle raging within him.
He wanted to use the mask's power again, but he feared he would be unable to withstand the backlash.
But if he did not try...
He would regret it.
He did not know whether his guess was right or wrong, but he leaned toward it being right.
The system would not be kind enough to find him a place just to rest.
This place had to serve some other purpose.
For over a hundred years, Xiu Yuan had failed to discover what this place was for. This time, he seemed to have an answer, but proving it would require using the mask's power.
"Should I use it... What if I'm wrong? What if I lose control..."
"Should I kill myself?"
"But... I promised them I'd go back..."
"If I don't kill myself, I'll lose control completely. I'll destroy everything."
"What should I do..."
Xiu Yuan rose anxiously and paced back and forth, restless and afraid, his inner struggle growing fierce.
He thought, searching for a better solution.
"My mission... My mission is to participate in the Archon War. Does participating count as completing it? Or do I have to wait until the Archon War ends?"
"If it's the former, I've already completed my mission. That means it wouldn't matter even if I killed myself. I'd go back."
"No, if it's the former, that would be far too easy. The Archon War started very early on. If all I had to do was participate, I'd have completed the mission at the very beginning."
"In that case, it's most likely the latter..."
*"If I have to wait until the Archon War ends to complete it, then killing myself or dying would