"Cough, cough..."
Inside the tightly locked treehouse, the girl in a wedding gown was choking on thick smoke, barely able to breathe.
She tried to pull the door open, but the latch had been nailed shut and would not budge.
In a moment of carelessness, a sharp splinter pierced her fingertip, drawing crimson blood.
Tingyun curled up helplessly by the door and murmured:
"Chu Mu, where are you?"
Although the flames had not reached this place yet, the dense smoke from the fire could easily deprive a person of oxygen.
Under these conditions, even breathing became difficult. Strength drained from the body, and consciousness grew hazy.
In her daze, Tingyun seemed to hear a familiar voice:
"Wake up, Tingyun!"
Chu Mu was here!
Tingyun opened her eyes wide in disbelief, looked at the boy before her, and said:
"Chu Mu!"
Then tears spilled from her eyes:
"You really came."
"How could I ever abandon you?" Chu Mu sighed. "Let's get out of here first. Give me your hand."
Tingyun looked around. The door and windows were still tightly shut, as though Chu Mu had simply appeared inside the room.
But Tingyun said nothing. She nodded and reached out to take Chu Mu's hand.
Their fingers intertwined.
Chu Mu then activated the power of the Path of the Eyeless.
During his enhancement on Deep Blue Star, he had not only acquired the Red Sun, but also strengthened his Path power.
He could create a larger black-and-white fictional space and teleport within it.
Most importantly, he could pull other people into that space.
That was why, when the warp accident happened, he had tried so desperately to grab Kafka's hand.
Unfortunately, he had failed, and that delay had also cost him the chance to take refuge in the fictional space.
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