The grogginess gradually faded, and the swaying he had sensed earlier stopped. Have we arrived?
Lin Jin's consciousness began to return.
I think I was sitting in a chair when I fell asleep. How did I end up lying down?
Lin Jin tried to open his eyes.
But then-boom!
Without any warning, light-blinding light-filled his entire field of vision in an instant. Lin Jin snapped his eyes shut, waiting for them to adjust.
Squinting, Lin Jin saw brilliant light everywhere, filling every corner. It was something he would almost never encounter in the dark Wilderness.
He seemed to be on an island floating in the air, surrounded by dazzling curtains of light.
Lin Jin struggled to remember.
All he remembered was apparently falling asleep while riding the Stag. When he opened his eyes again, he had found himself here.
There are only two possibilities. Either I'm dreaming, or I'm dead.
Under certain circumstances, the latter might even be a little better than the former.
"Hmph. I can't say I'm surprised." Lin Jin sighed, grumbling.
This sight was not unfamiliar to Lin Jin. Quite the opposite-he knew it very well.
In the world of bugs, any mention of light inevitably led back to that being.
The first light, the forgotten light, the Light That Veils the Eyes: Radiance.
The source of the Infection, the being who had ruled Hallownest before the Wyrm's arrival.
She was also a problem he could not avoid on this journey, one he would have to face.
She advocated unity of thought. Unfortunately, tempted by the diversity the Wyrm offered, her followers had abandoned her one after another.
"You're here, aren't you? Come out and talk. What do you want with me?"
Lin Jin shouted toward the sun amid the distant clouds. Then, as though answering him,