Lonely Evaporation

If someone was thinking of you, who would throw themselves headlong into the Abyss?

Not many people possessed the unwavering conviction to devote themselves to all humanity, nor could many wholeheartedly sacrifice themselves for humanity's future.

If one had attachments, one would not charge ahead without hesitation.

As long as the light behind them still shone, they would linger at the edge of darkness. Most of those who made it beneath the abyssal opening had no attachments left.

Only with no worries behind them could they stride forward.

Hu Le was the same. At such a young age, he had lost anyone who cared about him, and he had no one left to care about. That was why he had followed the Exploration Team, step by step, into Dream City.

"Team Leader..." Hu Le softly called out to the Team Leader before him.

"What is it?"

The Team Leader had also noticed that something was off with him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Do you think there is still any need for us to go back?"

At that question, the Team Leader's pupils trembled, and a lost look of panic appeared on his face.

Though he was much older than Hu Le, he seemed not to know how to answer this question either.

He thought for a moment and sighed. "We are going back not for ourselves, but for those in Dream City who are being missed by others."

Hearing that, Hu Le lowered his head.

"Still for other people?"

He muttered softly, his tone carrying a trace of resentment.

They had come to Dream City for others, researched robots for others, and now they were escaping Dream City for others...

This group of theirs seemed to have been giving all along, as if they had never done