"Brother, do you know my parents? I... I won't suddenly disappear like that other man just did, will I?" Wang Tiezhu suddenly asked Wang Yu, stammering.
"I do know your parents, and even your older brother. I actually lived in Wang Family Village. Just call me Brother Wang. As for whether you'll disappear like that man, I'll need to ask you a few questions before I can tell." Looking at the boy's familiar features, Wang Yu replied kindly.
"So you've been to Wang Family Village too, Brother Wang! That's wonderful. Ask me anything you like. I'll answer every question," the boy exclaimed with delight, thumping his chest in assurance as though he had found a straw to cling to for dear life.
Helena stood beside them, smiling without speaking.
"Tiezhu, do you remember how you got to that pitch-black place?" Wang Yu began with the question that concerned him most.
"I'm not really sure. I only remember sleeping in a room, and when I woke up, I was there." The dark space inside the Game Pod had clearly left Wang Tiezhu deeply shaken. His face paled at Wang Yu's mention of it.
"What room were you sleeping in? Your home in Wang Family Village?" Wang Yu frowned and asked again.
"No, I've been sleeping in a stone room lately." Wang Tiezhu shook his head repeatedly.
"A stone room? Do you mean the stone room on the cliff?" Wang Yu was startled and hastily pressed further.
"How did you know, Brother Wang? That place is so strange. I clearly remember helping my parents cultivate wasteland in Wang Family Village, but somehow I suddenly appeared there.
"The stone room was empty, and I lived there all alone. I didn't dare wander around. Whenever I got hungry or thirsty, I just ate a