Xu Yi said nothing more for a long while. He simply kept walking forward, one step at a time.
Indeed, although he could speak, that did not mean he could speak freely.
He had to focus more of his conviction on the mask.
Zhong Xueran had long since resigned herself to death. She did not think there was anything frightening about dying. She just... had a few regrets.
She regretted that, after knowing Xu Yi for so long, she had only now barely glimpsed another side of him.
Yet just as she saw that other side of Xu Yi, they were about to die.
And... she felt she had let down Xu Yi's final desperate effort.
Even though none of it made any difference.
Countless fragmented memories flashed through Zhong Xueran's mind.
In the past, she had never wanted to think about those scenes.
Her origins, and the reason she had entered this Game, were different from everyone else's.
[Three Pure Ones Bell], [Single Pure Bell].
The former was a Permanent Item, while the latter was a single-use item.
Their functions were exactly the same.
Though everyone found that somewhat strange, they did not know the reason.
Only Zhong Xueran herself knew... the [Three Pure Ones Bell] was a supernatural legacy within the Zhong Family's bloodline.
And the [Single Pure Bell] was the cursed fate the Zhong Family could never sever.
She was different from everyone else. Her family would have sent her into this Game themselves, but she had taken the initiative and entered ahead of time.
Every descendant of the Zhong Family would carry on this fate.
The only difference was that those before her had left descendants for the Zhong Family before entering the Ghost Story World.
But this time, she had refused the marriage her mother