"Was this really a form of protection, rather than a restraint?"
During the time he had been cooperating with the institute's experiments, Mo Ling had been thinking about this question.
When he had first awakened, he had always regarded the Cube as a cage that bound him. But as time passed, Mo Ling increasingly felt that the Cube was far more useful than he had imagined.
The combination of its various abilities was like an all-purpose Relic, granting him strength in every aspect. The only price was that he could not leave that metal space.
At certain times, even that price could be offset. He could take human form and walk freely outside.
"Could this really be considered a price?"
Compared to those powerful abilities, such a price seemed almost negligible.
"What exactly did I experience in the Abyss to become like this?"
Even now, Mo Ling still could not recall anything. His memories continued to drift through a vague chaos. Sometimes, incomprehensible fragments surfaced; at other times, seeing certain things gave him a hazy sense of déjà vu. It was as if something had always been guiding him, yet he could never fully understand it...
"I want to go out and take a look."
His desire to see this world clearly had grown deeper and deeper. Mo Ling knew that staying in the institute would not solve his problems, so he submitted a request to Director Wang to "go outside and have a look."
He wanted to experience this world on his own, following those vague directions in his memories and searching for the truth about himself.
Faced with this somewhat "excessive" request, Director Wang did not reject it immediately. Instead, he wore a thoughtful expression. After considering it for a while, he replied, "I'll help you submit an