Blue Jade

Plague Suppression Tower, sixth floor.

A vast expanse of deep blue completely swallowed Mo Ling's vision.

The moment he stepped through that dazzling gate, he arrived in this land of deep blue.

Within the blue radiance stood a frail skeleton.

Above the skeleton's head flickered a green name—Blue Jade.

"Is this our teammate?" the Joyful One beside him asked curiously.

"It seems to be in quite a bit of trouble..."

Beyond the deep blue, in the direction the skeleton was staring, everything had already become profound darkness. The edge of that darkness was still eroding the blue light, spreading outward without end.

Scattered, mottled points of light floated within the darkness—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, every color imaginable. They struggled to hold on, resisting the darkness's invasion.

"Is that... the Light Plague?"

Staring into the profound darkness, Mo Ling could not make out the Light Plague's size either.

Once everything became pitch-black, there was no way to distinguish where its edge lay. Naturally, there was no way to estimate its volume.

Mo Ling slowly walked to Blue Jade's side and touched this "old friend" he had never met before.

"You came," the skeleton said hoarsely.

"I came," Mo Ling replied softly.

Though they had never met, Mo Ling already knew it incomparably well.

It was as if he were facing an acquaintance, with no secrets between them.

"Bronze gave you a hard time, didn't it? It was always so unreasonable..."

"It was fine."

Mo Ling did not consider it harassment. Instead, he felt it had merely been a test.

Although that test concerned only "luck," luck was also one of the most important things.

Bronze firmly believed in rhythm, so it was surely obsessed with things like fate as well. It was only natural for it to do something