A trace of unease crossed Wu Shaozhen's face. This wasn't a game, after all. Several living, breathing people had suddenly vanished, and any normal person would struggle to accept that. But he quickly pulled himself together. They had come all the way to his home to capture him. Was he supposed to let them go?
Then Wu Shaozhen turned to Zi You, his eyes wide, and asked the question he had been holding back for so long. "Why are you here?"
"Didn't I tell you? We have a contract. Wherever you are, I can be there too," Zi You said teasingly.
"But that's just a game!"
"You already had your suspicions, didn't you? Why do you still think it's just a game?" Zi You said with a shrug.
"All right, take your time figuring it out. I really don't like this place. I'm heading back." With that, Zi You vanished.
Wu Shaozhen sank deep into thought. He had indeed felt that something was off about Oracle for a long time, but he simply hadn't wanted to believe it. Zi You's appearance today had completely overturned his understanding of the world.
He held out his hand and, sure enough, saw a mark on his finger. It was the mark of the Heaven and Earth Ring. It really isn't as simple as a game, he thought.
He stared intently at the mark on his finger. Suddenly, an image appeared before his eyes-an extremely familiar one. It was the space inside the Heaven and Earth Ring. He recognized everything in it, because he had put those things there in the game.
"Could it be...?" Wu Shaozhen's breathing quickened. He focused his mind on a scroll and silently commanded, Take it out.
A moment later, Wu Shaozhen found an ancient-looking scroll in his hand.