The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

But in this deathly silent environment, there is not absolute silence.

All I could hear was that strange "thump-thump-thump" pulsating sound coming from my ears!

"Thump—"

The sound was extremely muffled, like striking a huge war drum through a thick cement wall.

Gu Xu stood on the edge of darkness, not daring to move forward rashly.

The pulsating sound seemed to carry a certain resonant frequency.

With each sound, an extremely subtle ripple spreads through the surrounding space.

Even the old heart in Gu Xu's chest inexplicably felt something.

"She certainly has quite a temper."

Gu Xu sneered.

The creature inside clearly sensed this uninvited guest.

Furthermore, the beating sound was getting faster and faster.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

My heart, which used to beat once every ten seconds or so, suddenly accelerated and became a violent, pounding beat.

Each tremor caused the surrounding darkness to churn violently.

The voice conveyed not only power, but also extreme anxiety and fanaticism.

It was as if something was about to burst forth from the ground!

Gu Xu let his hands hang down naturally, and the black mist of the Calamity Domain around him began to involuntarily overflow from his body.

The dark gold patterns on its back glowed faintly, as if the wings of the past were ready to unfurl at any moment.

He was prepared to face any ancient beast capable of destroying the world.

However, the anticipated physical tearing and collision did not occur.

The next moment, an extremely strange sound came from the depths of the darkness.

The sound was neither a beast's roar nor an angry bellow.

It sounded like a long and extremely sharp sigh.

It bypassed the auditory system and exploded in Gu Xu's mind.

This sound made Gu Xu raise an eyebrow.

Psychological attack?

Before he could draw a conclusion from his analysis, the previously dense and impenetrable darkness vanished without warning!

It felt like someone had suddenly ripped the black cloth off my head.

Gu Xu was surprised to find that everything in front of him had become bright!

Without any process of light source rising, that pure white, intense light directly filled the entire space.

It was so white it was blinding, so white it made people uneasy.

"Holy crap..."

Gu Xu subconsciously wanted to squint his eyes.

Before he could figure out what was going on...

An overwhelming sense of exhaustion crashed down on me like a tsunami.

My head gradually felt heavy.

Gu Xu swayed slightly, uttering broken words: "What...what...is...this...?"

You should know that, having regained his former body, he had almost forgotten how to write the word "tired".

How could I possibly feel drowsy?

But that feeling was so real.

Thinking becomes as sluggish as a rusty gear, and every thought requires a great deal of effort to turn.

My eyelids felt like they were weighed down by a thousand-pound weight, drooping uncontrollably.

It was as if the next second would be the moment she closed her eyes and fell into an eternal, irreversible slumber.

"Trying to hypnotize me..."

Gu Xu bit his lip hard, trying to clear his head.

Unfortunately, even the sensation of pain is quickly erased in this light.

His vision was about to be completely swallowed by darkness as his eyelids closed, but just as Gu Xu was about to close his eyes, a figure appeared in front of him.

The figure slowly emerged from the blinding white light.

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps.

Gradually, it became clearer in Gu Xu's blurry vision.

Long, straight legs, a smart military uniform, and military boots on her feet.

Her long, slightly messy yet highly distinctive red hair.

Gu Xu's heart skipped a beat at that moment.

Even if his mind was a complete mess at that moment.

But he still recognized the person at a glance.

And that person was none other than Su Qiong!

"Sister Qiong?"

Gu Xu's throat was dry, and the sound he made was so soft that even he could barely hear it.

The Su Qiong before me was no different from usual.

Even a very inconspicuous tear on the shoulder of that military jacket was clearly visible in the strong light.

Gu Xu's mind works very slowly.

He wondered, how did Su Qiong end up here?

This is the deepest part of the Izumo Secret Realm.

There's no way Su Qiong could get in.

Moreover, even if she did come, she would never appear in this way.

Gu Xu had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

This unease felt like a tiny thorn pricking the depths of his already stalled mind.

He wanted to pull out this thorn and loudly question who the person in front of him really was.

However, he couldn't open his mouth.

The fatigue piled up layer by layer, constantly robbing him of control over his body.

Su Qiong did not speak.

She stood a few meters away, quietly watching him.

The usually decisive and efficient leader of the legion was now as quiet as a painting.

What's even more awkward is her expression.

She was smiling.

It wasn't a cold laugh, nor was it a mocking laugh.

Instead, it was an extremely gentle and tolerant smile.

Gu Xu swore that he had never seen Su Qiong smile like that in all the time he had known her.

This smile might be normal on other people's faces, but on Su Qiong's face, it has an indescribable eeriness.

It's like a perfectly fitting mask, without any flaws.

"you……"

Gu Xu tried to back away, but his legs seemed rooted to the ground and he couldn't move an inch.

Su Qiong moved.

She took a step and walked towards Gu Xu.

There were no footsteps, and the surroundings remained deathly silent.

Only Gu Xu's own heartbeat echoed in his ears, dull and slow.

As she drew closer, the intense drowsiness intensified.

The scene before Gu Xu's eyes began to blur.

He saw Su Qiong's lips move slightly, as if she were saying something, but he couldn't hear any sound.

He could only feel the rise and fall of her breath.

The surrounding white light will then flicker.

This intense feeling of being detached made him very uncomfortable.

"No...this is absolutely wrong..."

Gu Xu's subconscious was frantically calling the police.

He's not stupid.

Even if she is slow-witted, this is nothing to Su Qiong.

Reason told him that now was the time to unleash his old wings and smash this fake into a pulp.

However, my body simply wouldn't cooperate.

Moreover, as Su Qiong drew closer, the warm and relaxed atmosphere grew stronger.

It's like someone who has been wandering for a long time suddenly returning home, where a soft bed is waiting for him, and a familiar person is watching over him.

"Take a nap."

A thought suddenly popped into Gu Xu's mind.

In an instant, this idea began to grow wildly like weeds.

At that moment, a new change occurred within the white light.

Su Qiong did not come alone.

Beside her, in that blinding pure white, where there had been nothing before, ripples began to spread like water.

One figure after another emerged silently, like portraits gradually developing on a photograph.