"Self-check complete, all systems normal, the lander is ready to detach." With the voice from the communication channel, the four of them, who had resecured themselves to their seats, took a deep breath and looked out the side window. At this moment in their field of view, the starry space outside the window was filled with distorted blood-red. Of course, this wasn’t because the entire universe had turned red but rather because they had approached the transparent planet. Now, all the starlight that passed through this transparent planet had its ’color’ altered. This also meant that the strength the planet could emit might have already surpassed their prior estimates. "Does this mean we’re also within the range of the blood sun?" Jie An looked at the blood-colored starlight outside the window, glanced at the cellphone that he had unpacked and secured onto his seat, and laughed, "Will they call us later so we can directly see what’s behind this transparent planet?" "That’s probably a bit difficult," Li Cheng turned his head and shook it, "According to the intelligence sent by Rodan before we boarded the ship, everyone who received the call was not stronger than ’E-class’, and the vast majority were ordinary people. Obviously, the ’abductor’ most likely had a ’filter’." "Targeting the easy targets," Jie An shook his head, "Bullies the weak but fears the strong." "There might also be a reason to purposely avoid encountering powerful Transcendents and creating ’accidents’." Li Cheng pondered and nodded. While listening to the two’s discussion, He Ao gazed at the red starlight outside the window. This time, their enemy seemed more powerful than before, but also more cautious and careful. In the midst of talking, the entire passenger cabin jolted slightly. It was the sound of the lander detaching. Everyone’s gaze returned to the window. Although they couldn’t see the invisible planet outside, theoretically a massive world a thousand kilometers in diameter, by watching the moving glows, everyone knew that they were probably getting closer and closer to the invisible planet. The lander was equipped with some small propulsion devices capable of minor trajectory adjustments. In the absence of gravity exhibited by the transparent planet, these devices would send the lander toward the space near the ’surface’ of the transparent planet. If landing was confirmed as possible, they would land; if not, they would prompt the lander to return to orbit as planned. Goya’s music had long been shut off, the narrow cabin turned completely silent, echoing the quietness of the universe outside the window, reflected in this cramped space. The communication link remained steady, with only slight interference. It seemed that the transparent planet’s resurgence was slower than expected, and the anticipated electromagnetic storm hadn’t occurred, leaving the whole world eerily silent. "It seems we’re quite lucky this time." Jie An looked at everything outside the window, expressing his thoughts. Li Cheng, gazing outside beside him, slowly spoke up. And He Ao remained silent, quietly watching the red glows outside. The Coffin Puppet reached this part of space before any of them. But at this moment, the puppet had yet to find a way to enter the transparent planet. Perhaps, they needed to get even closer. He Ao’s actual body scanned the surroundings. At that moment, the three people were standing in positions forming a triangle around the cylindrical platform. He Ao was closest to the platform, Komo was the farthest, and Kavina was directly opposite He Ao, completely within his field of vision. The green light from the lantern enveloped the three people, forming a hemispherical area of brilliance, while beyond the lantern’s luminance lay complete and unseeable darkness. He Ao’s gaze returned to the front, where his hand was now very close to the rotating statue on the platform. A faintly discernible sensation of distortion seemed to emanate from the statue. Kavina spoke softly as she watched He Ao’s hand hover before the statue, "Be careful, that statue might not be so safe." "But this is the only way to quickly resolve the situation here. As long as it’s an Extraordinary Item, there should be a possibility to control it." He Ao sighed and finally lowered his finger, making contact with the statue. Almost the instant his finger touched the statue, the twisted contamination exploded violently. Countless distorted fantasies filled He Ao’s mind in the blink of an eye, overwhelming his thoughts. His skin started to turn a vivid red, and blood began to stream from his eyes. Kavina and Komo, seeing what was happening, immediately rushed forward. Kavina, being stronger and faster, almost instantly reached in front of He Ao. Then she turned her head to look at the statue, grasping the lantern with one hand while reaching out with the other to touch He Ao’s wrist, seemingly attempting to ’pull’ He Ao’s hand away from the spreading statue. Leaning close to He Ao, with her back to Komo, the corners of her mouth that were tinged with panic slowly curved upward. She glanced at He Ao’s blank, dazed face and began to speak in a fine whisper, audible only to them both, "Your Angelic-Tier item belongs to me now." In that instant, their skins touched. Looking at the hand that should have been touching the statue, it suddenly flipped and seized her own wrist. Kavina’s smile froze on her face. She immediately tried to turn away to escape, but her entire body was immobilized in a flash. Meanwhile, the previously stupefied He Ao turned around calmly, activating Super Memory, his other hand reaching out to grab the lantern from her hand and pulling hard. The green lantern was nearly wrenched from Kavina’s grasp in an instant. Seeing this, Kavina grimaced and sharply cried out, "Release!" The entire green lantern exploded, and a terrifying force burst forth from its center. At the same time, Kavina unleashed her formidable strength. As He Ao was hit by the explosion, she broke free from his control and quickly retreated backward. Simultaneously, He Ao gripped the lantern handle and swiftly moved back. Komo had not yet reacted when he was grabbed by He Ao and flung backward. Brilliant radiance once again poured from the dome above, illuminating the entire round hall. Komo cut through the air and crashed to the floor. He Ao, after retreating several steps, steadied himself and lifted his hand to look at his palm. The handle and body of the lantern were completely destroyed in the recent fight, leaving in his palm a floating mass of black ’ashes’ wrapped in the pervading green light, emitting an eerie hue. This was the core of that green lantern, and also the true "core" of the castle. However, this core was currently being "interfered" with by the surrounding green glow, preventing him from directly controlling this item. At this moment, the pervasive and disordered memories also emerged in He Ao’s mind. That "forgotten" thing, as the green lantern shattered, finally began to vaguely emerge in He Ao’s mind. The name of that thing was the "Tablet of the Eye of Truth". Kavina stood up, her pitch-black gaze filled with barely concealed surprise, "You couldn’t possibly suspect my identity, you should trust me completely!" "Could it be because I have ample experience being backstabbed by teammates?" He Ao shrugged, pinching the ashes wrapped in radiance in his hand, and pulled out a black broad sword from the Pirate Treasure Box. A subdued orange-grey halo flickered in his eyes, the layers upon layers of power from the Eye of Truth surged into his body, and the covered-up true memories gradually started to surface. He Ao was not extensively activating the power of the Eye of Truth, he was simply driving the power of the Eye of Truth, "uncovering" another force that was cloaked over him. With such a level of stimulation, the Eye of Truth hidden behind him would not reveal itself. Kavina’s abilities must be related to memory, as she had completely inserted her existence into He Ao’s memories, obscuring He Ao’s original memories, and blurring his memory cognition in a short time. In fact, the memories implanted in his mind by Kavina had not dissipated up to this moment. The power of the Eye of Truth that He Ao was now activating was only helping him unveil the hidden memories. At this moment, there were actually two completely different sets of memories existing in He Ao’s mind at the same time, causing some cognitive dissonance, but it wouldn’t be a big problem in a short term, and it was still within the range he could bear. Actually, until the obscured memories were fully unveiled, he couldn’t be entirely certain that the memories in his mind were false, nor could he distinguish whether "Kavina" was indeed his "teammate." But this did not prevent him from feeling discomfort, and the core source of this discomfort was the "suppressed" memories about the Eye of Truth. Kavina’s ability was most likely not powerful enough to affect the Angelic Tier power of the Eye of Truth; she could only affect He Ao’s memories of the Eye of Truth. But the power of the Eye of Truth would not disappear just because He Ao "lost his memory"; his field of view was still influenced by the Eye of Truth, allowing him to see things ordinary people couldn’t. This caused a kind of cognitive discrepancy, where He Ao knew his vision was different from before but couldn’t remember why he had such a vision. The moment this cognitive contradiction emerged, He Ao actually knew that his consciousness had been affected. After all, he had abundant experience with abilities that affect consciousness, which were not unusual in the Copy World, such as the Dream Weaver’s ability to weave dreams, the Mysterious Person’s ability in Jess’s copy to make people "forget appearances." However, this didn’t mean Kavina’s ability was weak—if He Ao hadn’t obtained the Eye of Truth, without such a blatant cognitive discrepancy to alert him of the influence, he wouldn’t have discovered the issue with himself so quickly. And the Eye of Truth was also the reason Kavina had to personally come "close" to him. One, it could be because she noticed the existence of the Eye of Truth and became greedy. Two, because the memories of He Ao related to the Eye of Truth, as an extension related to the Angel-grade Item, were most likely to break through Kavina’s memory "cover." So Kavina had to come close to He Ao personally, carrying the lantern to boost her own strength in order to suppress He Ao’s memories, and waited for an opportunity to deal with him. Her ability was very effective. After He Ao’s memories were "implanted," he initially did not realize Kavina might not be his teammate. But Kavina wasn’t a very good "actor." Perhaps her abilities made it too easy to gain the trust of others, or maybe she feared the uncertainty of delay, but she often acted with undue haste, inadvertently revealing her "hidden intentions." So He Ao deliberately tested her a few times, like when Kavina wanted to move closer to him from behind, he killed the monster beside Komo, naturally allowing Komo to wedge himself between the two of them. Through repeated tests, Kavina gradually became irritable and even proactively wanted He Ao to "rescue" her during the siege of the hunched figures, to tie him up. Of course, their skirmish was all intangible, and under the circumstances of that time, it seemed like a reasonable choice. Although Kavina’s acting was slightly lacking, she wasn’t foolish and hadn’t made any fundamental mistakes, so in the end, He Ao couldn’t be completely certain that his "teammate" had other motives. So he conducted an experiment. The greatest help Kavina could provide was the ability to illuminate the darkness with the glow of her lantern, which made her very "important" in this dark world. But in fact, the castle itself had light; it only appeared to have fallen into darkness due to an "enemy attack." So, changing the train of thought, if Kavina was related to the people in this castle, then could this darkness be deliberately created to highlight her "importance"? In the darkness, people would naturally gather under the light, and Kavina didn’t have to do anything to have people cluster under the shine of her lantern. The more dangerous it was, the more they had to gather around Kavina. Therefore, He Ao deliberately did the opposite. Taking advantage of the brief cover of the dark shadow walls while fighting the hunchbacked figures, he left the illuminated area of the lantern in a very short time, stepping on the edge of the lantern’s glow and entering the darkness. Even after entering the darkness, Kavina’s abilities hadn’t vanished, but the memories regarding the Eye of Truth in He Ao’s mind began to loosen. Although he didn’t immediately remember the "Eye of Truth," he recalled he might possess an "Angelic-tier" Extraordinary Item. And that piece of information was already important enough. One, Kavina’s lantern indeed had some influence on him and was likely the cause of his confusion at the time. Two, the lantern capable of suppressing memories related to Angels must have a high Positional Grade and strength. From this, he had two guesses: first, Kavina was probably a "bad person," and second, the lantern might actually be the core of the entire castle. After all, it was unlikely for an area with an overall strength not exceeding Angelic Tier to have two high-grade Extraordinary Items at the same time. And the situation of He Ao briefly disappearing from sight, along with the strength he showed during the battle, seemed to have given Kavina a hint. She no longer approached He Ao actively and even deliberately kept a distance from him. She might not believe that He Ao had guessed she was problematic, but she was cautious enough. If He Ao suddenly lashed out at that time, she would likely have been able to escape. So, after the stone door was pushed open, the roles of the two shifted, with He Ao becoming the one wanting to close the distance, instead of Kavina. And the "statue" finally placed on the platform was the "turning point" of everything. In Kavina’s plan, she intended to use the pollution within the statue to control He Ao momentarily and then seize the Eye of Truth from him. But He Ao sensed the pollution emanating from the statue as soon as he entered and quickly figured out Kavina’s plan. He had some resistance to pollution, so it was the perfect opportunity to turn the tables on her. However, he still hesitated as he approached the statue, allowing Kavina to become more certain that the pollution was effective and ultimately feeling secure enough to approach him. "You’ve been playing me all along?" Kavina seemed to also catch on at this moment, as she watched He Ao, her eyes scanning the black ashes in his hand, her gaze icy cold. "I was just going along with you," He Ao said with a smile, lifting the black broadsword in his hand. He had indeed been playing along with Kavina’s "role-playing," only adding a bit of his own interpretation. The green light on the black ashes looked like some sort of forceful interference power, presumably Kavina’s last resort. Given time, He Ao would likely be able to resolve it, but obviously, Kavina wasn’t going to afford him that time. At that moment, Komo, who had just been thrown to the ground in the explosion, got up dazedly and looked toward Kavina. He then turned his puzzled gaze to He Ao. His mind held memories of Kavina; in his "memories," this Kavina was supposed to be "He Ao’s" person. Why had the two, who were just chatting and laughing, suddenly turned against each other? It seemed he had become the person who witnessed everything from the beginning but knew nothing. Finally, he turned back, blankly staring into the void in front of him.