Everyone lay down on the Legend devices and began their descent.
They all closed their eyes, feeling their consciousness slowly drift away.
Everyone had experienced this feeling to some degree, so there was nothing surprising about it anymore.
But Du Yu felt that something was strange. In all his descents into Legends, he had never felt anything like this. It was as though a powerful force had sucked him away, sending him drifting somewhere far, far away.
When he opened his eyes again, he had indeed not entered the Legend. Instead, he had arrived at Time's cavern.
"Perfect..." Du Yu bit his lip lightly. "Let me ask you a question first! That'll make my 'plan' even more certain!"
Du Yu walked up with practiced ease and knocked on the door. It opened.
Just like last time, Time sat motionless in the same spot.
Seeing Du Yu enter, he raised his eyes slightly for a glance, then lowered his head again.
"Hey, I'm here to ask a question," Du Yu said.
"Ask away."
Du Yu was about to speak, but found himself in a quandary. His heart was full of questions, yet he could only ask one. What question could open a breakthrough straightaway?
"Why aren't you speaking? What do you want to ask?" Time's hoarse, grating voice drifted out slowly.
After pondering for a long while, Du Yu finally asked, "Why does Sage want to kill me?"
Time lowered his head slightly. After a long silence, he said, "Ask something else."
"Why?!" Du Yu was puzzled. "You can't answer that question?!"
"No. For certain personal reasons, I don't want to answer it." Time chuckled. "After all, I'm under no obligation to do everything you ask. If I don't want to answer certain questions, you can't force me."
"Oh? Is that