Oh no, I have become a character in the card pool?

Chapter 104 Are you still looking for the same me as before?

Walk down from the pure white tower.

Because the stairwell is extended with the image of stars and connected to each other by space, the distance does not conform to a simple physical definition.

So even though Rowena's steps were short, it didn't take long.

However, after Lin Xuan judged that they should have reached a fairly low floor, the witch with flowing silver hair walking in front still did not stop her petite back.

She continued walking forward.

Downwards, towards the depths where all sounds have been completely extinguished and deathly silent for thousands of years.

——Continue to move forward towards the bottom of the tower, which is as quiet and deep as the abyss.

"Lin Xuan, be careful."

The ethereal voice of the fox-eared girl sounded softly in Lin Xuan's mind.

She said calmly, "The aura around here reminds me of the Yellow Spring in the Demonic Underworld."

“Although I have never been here, this uncomfortable feeling belongs to the atmosphere of a collapsed world.”

"No matter where in time or space, it is equally disgusting."

In the past game plots, Lin Xuan did not bring more than a dozen contracted spirits with him every time he went on an expedition.

Putting aside the conflicting relationship between the favorability levels, just with each girl taking turns, he would be completely drained in just a few rounds.

As for a stay-at-home spirit like Fox, she had never been to the [Demon's Abyss Realm] once in the past hundred years.

But even so.
As she has a close relationship with Huang Quan, it is almost instinctive for her to judge the weirdness of the surrounding environment.

Through the connection technique with the spirit master.

In the spiritual space, Xing Jian Jingli said indifferently: "However, compared to what I know about Huang Quan."

"The 'space-time core' around here is incomplete. It's as if it was forcibly torn and pulled away from the main body."

"But even after thousands of years, it doesn't seem to be completely dead."

"Still squirming disgustingly, waiting for the day of resuscitation."

After hearing this, Lin Xuan suddenly realized where his familiarity with the surroundings came from.

Not long ago, he swung his sword to cut off the eternal night.

I've felt the same sense of urgency.

——I see. So, the fragments of the [Abyss] that were able to create the independent space of the Starry White Tower were actually buried under the White Tower?

As we walked further down, the silence around us became quieter and quieter. The lights couldn't shine very far, and there was a sense of oppression.

If we say that the stars above the white tower symbolize the achievements of Rowena as a legend, they were once as bright and dazzling as the stars.

Then here below.
It was probably closely related to the other half of her life, the "guilt" of casting.

Dark, deep, and beyond the reach of light.

"I don't recommend you go any further."

The fox-eared girl's light golden eyes calmly glanced at the black-veiled witch who did not look back, and she spoke lightly through the connection of the mind.

"After all, this is not my home ground. My demonic power will be restricted by the 'laws' here."

"Especially with this Yellow Spring-like energy, disturbed by some remnant of the world's core - I can't guarantee that I can protect your life in the first place."

She did not exaggerate her abilities out of pride, but stated the objective facts straightforwardly.

There was a pause.

Xing Jian Jingli continued.

"Besides, you can probably guess it in your heart."

This monster who had lived for tens of thousands of years spoke in a tone without any human emotion as she spoke coldly about a cruel fact.

"The witch who appears before us now, is she still the witch you summoned and met a hundred years ago, Lovina Reilonata?"

"No one can explain this matter clearly."

The authority of the Star-Seeing Mirror can illuminate the mind and reflect the color of the soul like a mirror.

So the moment she saw the petite young witch in her field of vision - she only took a glance and discerned a certain hidden "truth".

And at this moment.

The opponent first showed murderous intent towards Lin Xuan, but after being stopped, he once again brought the two of them into his home court.

If Lin Xuan trusted her unilaterally because of the memories of their past interactions and did not take any precautions.

This would be fatally dangerous.

So after a brief silence, Xingjian Jingli was thinking about whether she should continue to tell the facts that she "saw".

——Even if it may be cruel, you must make the other party mentally prepared.

"No, don't worry."

Lin Xuan spoke, but neither agreed nor denied.

He kept a calm expression as he looked at Rowena who was walking quietly in front of him.

He just replied calmly, "I know."

Hearing this, Xing Jian Jingli stopped talking and nodded slightly.

She just silently moved a little closer to the boy.

This way, she can take action more easily when there is danger.

Thus, the three people's journey downward returned to peace.

And it's very fast.

The destination has been arrived.

The reason why I know this is not because Rowena stopped and started to introduce something.
It was because Lin Xuan himself saw "that thing" that was out of tune with the surrounding environment.

That is.

a corpse.

Her long silver-white hair fell like silk, reflecting a heartbreakingly beautiful silver light under the dim lamp hanging beside the stairs.

Her delicate face had drooping eyes and her slender body was leaning against the wall, with a peaceful and quiet expression as if she was taking a nap.

She slept quietly with her head lowered, seemingly without suffering any pain, as if she was actively rushing towards death.

Give people the feeling.

It was as if a gentle kiss could wake the girl from her long sleep. Lin Xuan recognized the gauze evening dress that the dead girl was wearing, as well as the wide, soft black witch hat that hung diagonally.

Even in death she is still beautiful.

The eternal witch, a seeker of truth, even the withering of life cannot take away her temperament.

"Lovina Reilonata".

——Or rather, at the bottom of the tower in front of the three people, a large number of corpses of girls with long silver hair were stacked on both sides, sleeping peacefully.

"The vast majority of them have maintained their youthful appearance because most of them were forced to change the carrier of their souls after suffering backlash while researching forbidden techniques."

The young witch stopped.

Her sky-blue eyes looked at the "herself" piled up in large numbers at the bottom of the tower, her face calm and expressionless.

The young voice said calmly, "After all, it involves reviving dead souls and rewinding past time, which is a forbidden technique that goes against the laws of nature."

"It is only natural that a price of this magnitude needs to be paid."

Just a quick glance.

There are at least three or four hundred of them. Just like a large number of dolls abandoned here, they are peacefully welcoming their eternal sleep.

"Generally speaking, after suffering a backlash, the body will most likely be severely damaged beyond repair, and it will not be possible to retain such an intact body."

"But since the souls have been transferred, it shouldn't be difficult to simply repair dead objects."

"Besides, the materials for each of the remains here are mine. As the operating core of the Star White Tower, placing them here can also help stabilize it."

Lovina spoke in a flat tone, as if she was introducing the museum's collections, and as if what she was talking about had nothing to do with her.

She turned around and glanced at the two people behind her, as if she was prepared to be questioned.

But unexpectedly, Lin Xuan didn't say anything, but just nodded calmly.

And it is relatively rare.

After seeing this horrifying scene, Xingjian Jingli just remained expressionless and did not comment in her usual ethereal tone.

".Then let's keep going."

The young silver-haired witch was silent for a moment, then she nodded and continued walking down.

After passing through the remains of a large number of girls who were sleeping in the corners and could no longer open their eyes, the three of them came to the deeper part of the White Tower.

It is also the real bottom layer.

Here, the strange purple pattern like the [Abyss] is arranged in the center as the core of the magic circle, spreading all the way to the surrounding walls.

And at the center of this core hub.

——There lay a silver-haired girl, about seventeen years old. She was wearing a familiar black gauze hollow evening dress and looked no different from most of the previous remains.

But Lin Xuan was stunned.

Looking at the "Lovina" in front of him, he felt his mind slightly touched, and realized something almost instinctively.

"From your expression, I think you've already guessed it."

The young witch walked over to him, and Rowena also looked at the girl lying in the middle.

She said, "Yes, this is the original, the very beginning of me."

"Summoned as a 'contracted spirit', with a spirit body constructed to be immortal, it should not be subject to any wear and tear of time."

"However, in order to be able to freely use the power of the Abyss without inheriting the world's constraints of the 'Crown of the Demon King'."

"I don't. She used herself as a medium and gave up most of the privileges granted by the spirit contract."

"He sacrificed himself and transferred his soul to the 'material' created by magic, creating this Star White Tower that can stretch time as far as possible to infinity."

Lovina said in a calm tone.

Deep in the bottom of the pure white tower, in a space filled with only silence and darkness, a young voice tells a sealed story.

She glanced slightly to the other side. There was a girl who looked similar to the current Lovina, but much younger.

At this time, she was also lying in a magic circle, curled up with her petite body.

But she didn't look dead. Her chest was rising and falling very slowly as her young face was sleeping.

"And this new body is the 'spare material' I created a long time ago."

Luo Weina turned around and looked at Lin Xuan.

A plain opening.

"If I die unexpectedly, my soul will be immediately transferred to 'her' and undergo a certain degree of wear and tear."

"It could be memory, it could be life span, or it could be something else."

She had taken off her witch hat at some point, and her long silver hair fell softly, looking more human than before.

Perhaps this was to help distinguish between himself and the corpses on the ground.

There is a famous thinking paradox.

It's called the Ship of Theseus.

It describes a ship that has been sailing for a long time and constantly replaces its damaged parts until all its parts have been replaced.

So at this point, is it still the same ship that sailed at the beginning?
The silver-haired little witch raised her head and looked calmly at the boy.

She began, "So, even though your soul data looks exactly the same as what I recorded, you came back to life through a different method."

"If I don't confirm it again with my own hands, I can't be sure that you are what I paid for."

"No, I can't be sure whether you are the subject that she wanted to succeed at such a heavy price five thousand years ago."

Pause your voice briefly.

The witch calmly placed her hands, which were covered with black silk sleeves, flat on her chest.

“It’s like I’m asking you now.”

"Can you guarantee with absolute certainty that you have come here through untold hardships, and even nearly been killed by me, in order to retrieve the soul-contracted spirit named [Lovina Reilonata]?"

"——Are you sure that the person you are talking about is me in front of you?"

I took a day off and adjusted my work and rest schedule back to normal. I still have full attendance this month. The author takes leave about twice a month.

I just didn’t have the habit of throwing away my leave stamp before, so I will give it to you when I ask for leave next time.

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