Relax, I'm not some troublemaker from a role-playing game.

The spreading despair brought a bone-chilling cold; even just by reaching in a little, Bai Xi could feel the immense malevolence emanating from the Child of No Return.

Especially such a massive, invisible child!

Almost the entire manor was filled with malice, which it fought against with its own tiny, insignificant will!

Natis watched Bai Xi's movements, still maintaining that nauseating smile.

"Do you need my help?"

She asked curiously, "Strictly speaking, the transformation isn't complete yet, but you could definitely pull her out with your hands, right?"

"But what's the point?"

"She's the chosen one for this estate," Natis said, puzzled. "Do you understand what that means?"

"This means that in your attempt to save her, you are fighting against the invisible force that has drawn the entire manor into darkness."

"Besides, even if you succeed, it won't make a difference, right? The gravity will still be there, so how are you going to break free from that gravity that keeps pulling her along?"

So, with good intentions, Netis gave a final reminder:

"Besides, there's not enough time, and you're not allowed to go into your dreams to find Serpes anymore."

"Of course, it's also possible that you'll completely lose your mind when you try to pull her out of this situation, and you won't even achieve the most basic goal, right?"

The only response she received was Bai Xi's furious roar, his face ashen:

"roll!"

Natis paused, shrugged helplessly, and let the darkness obediently envelop her, as if serving a creator, and send her into the depths of the manor.

"Well then, I'll keep an eye on you. But first, I need to go see how this good show ends."

Her figure disappeared into the flowing darkness, but Bai Xi ignored her and continued to reach out to Alice in the darkness.

Evil thoughts surged forth once more, tightly binding Bai Xi's will.

It felt as if a thousand knives were scraping Bai Xi's arm, trying to make him back down and tormenting his will.

[Willpower check = 32/75, success on difficulty]

[Willpower check = 81/75, failed]

[Willpower check = 89/75, failed]

[Willpower check = 14/75, extremely difficult to succeed]

[Willpower check = 2/75, Great Success!]

Countless willpower checks nearly filled the screen. His hand retreated again and again in the darkness, yet he struggled forward. Bai Xi felt several times that he was about to lose himself in the darkness.

But with a sudden roar, he stretched his hand forward forcefully, plunging it into the darkness.

Then, he grabbed Alice's hand tightly.

Just like that time when we made friends, he forcibly grabbed the hand of the girl who was sinking into depravity!

Then, with great effort, they pulled the child out of the darkness!

The flowing darkness seemed to be suddenly pierced, and from it, white hair suddenly appeared. Then, Alice's figure was pulled out of the darkness by Bai Xi.

I opened my eyes, still feeling lost.

"Mr. Bai?"

She suddenly spoke, puzzled, feeling the familiar touch, and seemed somewhat lost.

But the next moment, he couldn't help but shrink his body and tremble slightly.

"I feel like I just had a really long dream..."

Bai Xi was speechless. He didn't reply for a long time, but just looked at Alice, sighed softly, squatted down, and patted Alice's back.

But the hand holding Alice's grip tightened more and more.

He sensed it.

I felt the gravity that Natis spoke of.

Even after Alice was pulled out of the darkness, she could still feel the omnipresent gravitational pull, the endless attraction of the entire manor to her.

The unseen child is calling. Yearning to be whole, it calls out to its mother like a broken child, calling out to the being named Alice.

In a way unique to the invisible ones.

It roared and called out with that sharp, piercing, undisguised, terrifying malice:

Come back! Come back!

Let us become one, let us return to wholeness!

And from this, endless tentacles of malice stretched out, pulling Alice with gravity as she fell once more toward the dark, formless child.

Bai Xi remained silent, sharing the burden of this malice with Alice, only gripping her hand even tighter.

He declared his position to the unseen beings.

Get away from her! She doesn't belong to you!

"Mr. Bai?"

Alice grasped Bai Xi's hand but remained silent. Suddenly, she spoke up, "Isn't it tiring to hold on like this?"

"otherwise……"

Seeing Alice's hesitant expression, Bai Xi shook his head and interrupted her directly:

"No need to say anything more."

He said, "We made a promise when we became friends. No matter what, I would save you, I definitely would."

"So, whatever happens has nothing to do with you; it's just my own choice."

As he spoke, he knelt down and gently wiped away the tear from the corner of Alice's dazed eye.

Then, he said seriously:

"I told you, we'll be friends from now on."

Alice stood there, seemingly at a loss. But Bai Xi had already stood up and was looking around.

We absolutely must find a way to leave the manor.

He thought to himself.

The attraction comes from the invisible child formed by the manor, so as long as we leave the manor, there may still be a chance for things to turn around.

He quickly tried to communicate with Jiang Lingyi in the team channel, but only received a helpless reply.

When the manor transformed into the Child of Nothingness, Jiang Lingyi was already trapped inside the Child of Nothingness and was temporarily unable to protect herself.

However, she promised that she would help if she could.

As Bai Xi was pondering a way out, his expression suddenly changed.

"Well, I'm not really keen on breaking this warm moment, but it seems like the situation doesn't quite allow it."

A familiar, flirtatious voice came from behind him. Bai Xi turned around, lost in thought, and saw Stoffey behind him.

He shrugged indifferently, then lowered his head to look at his body, which was now composed of pure black.

He waved his hand again, looked at the manor under his control, and sighed deeply.

"As you can see, it seems that because of the lack of a core, I have been temporarily designated as the core of the manor."

Stoffey shrugged. "It's just a proxy, a proxy, you know? So, it still needs a new master eventually."

As he spoke, he looked at Alice with a helpless expression on his face.

Bai Xi gripped the sword's edge tightly and smiled:

"So, your task now is to bring her back, right?"

"Ah, don't let my words fool you, strictly speaking, the action was already within the module's preset range. I did leave the scene. Blame Nyarlathotep."

Bai Xi chuckled: "Then, don't waste the little goodwill you have left with me!"

In an instant, the sword slashed out, but in the opposite direction, and at that same moment, Stoffey extended his malevolent tendrils!

But Bai Xi had already grabbed Alice, escaped the blockade, and ran away with all his might.

Stoffey could only sigh and follow closely behind Bai Xi, like a shadow.

The chase begins!