"Yes, yes, it's impossible for Jiang Bai to do such a thing!" Paimeng also tried to comfort her.
Hu Tao took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down, "The top priority is to find Mandrill. If you find him, you will know what happened."
"Zhongli, did you sense where Mandrill was just now?" Paimeng looked at Zhongli.
Zhongli raised his hand, and a talisman lit up and flew towards the depths of the cave.
"Just follow it."
Several people followed the talisman all the way inside. The original maze was like nothing under the guidance of the talisman. Finally, the talisman stopped in front of a stone wall.
"There is no way." Pamon spread his hands.
Ye Lan checked it carefully and said, "There is a hidden seal here, wait a moment."
Breaking the formation, a new path appears.
As soon as he stepped into it, the original road behind him suddenly disappeared, and the passage returned to the shape of a stone wall.
"Huh? Where's the way we came?"
Yidou was ready to go back and take a look, but bumped into a stone wall.
"Hiss~" He covered his forehead and kicked the stone wall hard, but the stone wall did not move at all.
Zhongli shook his head gently, "It's useless, we have arrived in a new space."
"New space?" Jiu Qinren looked at the knowledgeable Mr. Keqing, waiting for the other party's answer.
"Well, this underground should be a special space formed by multiple overlapping spaces. Let's try calling Mandrill here again."
Paimon heard what he was told and did as he was told. Not long after, Mandrill's illusory voice reappeared, and this figure was much clearer than before.
His Mandrill was obviously in poor condition.
"Mandrill, you should be able to come here now." Zhongli said softly.
Mandrill nodded, and soon, holding his spear, he appeared in front of everyone in a rather embarrassed manner.
Kong quickly supported him and looked at the blood marks on his body with some distress.
"Why is it hurt so badly?"
Mandrill didn't pay attention to his injuries and looked at Zhongli, not daring to raise his head.
"Sorry, it was my fault for not protecting Jiang Bai."
Zhongli felt helpless, "You are not at fault, and there is no need to apologize to me."
Mandrill remained silent.
It was Jiang Bai who came down with him, but he lost Jiang Bai. He couldn't pass his level.
Yidou couldn't stand Mandrill's appearance, "Brother, you're so seriously injured, you'd better take some medicine first, but don't faint in a moment. Even if you faint, you have to tell us what happened first." Why did you faint again?"
"Boss!" Jiu Qiren warned with his eyes.
Yi Dou frowned, squatted down in a corner, and went to play by himself.
"Treat the wound first, don't rush for a while." Hutao helped Mandrill sit down, but he was surprisingly calm.
If Jiang Bai really attacked Mandrill and injured Mandrill like this, it means that Jiang Bai's condition is much better than Mandrill.
"Let me bandage you. I have passed the medical certificate. I also brought food and water. Let's take a rest."
Kuki-nin took out bandages, food and water.
It obviously feels like I haven't been in this space for long, but I feel very tired and need a proper rest.
When he heard about eating, Paimon, who was originally feeling tired and panicked, suddenly became full of energy.
"something delicious?"
"Sometimes the fruit will fall."
Several people sat on the ground, resting and replenishing their energy.
Kurumi and Kuki-nin bandaged Mandrill's wounds.
After taking off his coat and wiping away the blood staining his body, the mandrill wound was completely exposed.
Those were sharp knife wounds, some of which even hurt the heart, showing no mercy.
Hu Tao stared at these wounds, his expression darkening.
"In the end what happened?"
She really couldn't figure out what happened to make Jiang Bai deal such a heavy blow to Mandrill.
"Jiang Bai and I separated when we entered this space. Then I came to the space where he was, but he was nowhere to be seen. I continued to go deeper, but he suddenly appeared in front of me..."
"Then what?" Hu Tao asked nervously.
"He is very different from usual. I don't get any response when I talk to him. When he sees me, it's like seeing an enemy..."
Mandrill recalled the appearance of Jiang Bai he saw.
That Jiang Bai was in a mess, exuding a decadent and crazy aura, and his eyes were lifeless. If they didn't look exactly the same, he would have thought they were two people.
"I don't know what happened, so I can only passively avoid it, but he has no intention of holding back..."
One side had a lot of worries, and the other side had a deadly attack, so Mandrill could only passively accept his attacks.
However, Jiang Bai's fighting style was as if he was risking his life, and he didn't care about his injuries at all.
"How could this happen?" Hutao was puzzled.
Zhongli thought for a moment and came up with a guess.
"I think it's because of this space that what you encountered is not the real Jiang Bai."
There are many explanations for what that actually is.
Maybe it's the thoughts in my heart projected by the strong desire intercepted by this space, maybe it's the silhouette of the past intercepted from the long river of time, maybe it's the filth turned into by the siltation of the earth's veins...
Perhaps, all three of the above are combined.
Mandrill nodded slightly, "This space is very strange. As the wounds increase, I feel that my soul is getting weaker."
This space seemed to be using that "Jiang Bai" to swallow his power.
"Where is Jiang Bai?" Hu Tao was a little uneasy.
Mandrill met Jiang Bai, so did Jiang Bai also meet a similar Mandrill?
Mandrill shook his head, "When the idea of helping me find Jiang Bai becomes stronger, that [Jiang Bai] will appear in front of my eyes."
"Doesn't that mean that as long as I really, really want to find him, then I can see the Jiang Bai you mentioned?"
Hu Tao no longer suppresses the overly strong desire to find Jiang Bai.
As if sensing her wish, a figure quietly appeared in the dark corner.
Hu Tao was stunned.
That was a person she was very familiar with, but he looked so strange.
He was wearing a set of scarred robes, his hair was disheveled, his skin was as pale as paper, his eyes were sunken, and there was no brilliance in his pupils, showing deep exhaustion and decadence.
He held Bai Yuan in his hand and looked over with murderous intent.
His appearance was completely different from the person she remembered, but it reminded her of their first meeting.
At that time, Jiang Bai was rescued and placed on the shore wearing such clothes. His skin was the same pale, but he had his eyes closed at that time, without any breath of life.
Hu Tao looked at those eyes, they were so similar, yet so completely different.
Is this what he looked like before he lost his memory...
Walnut's nose feels sour.
She thought she already knew Jiang Bai very well, but now it seemed that it was far from enough.
She couldn't imagine what happened to make the brilliant Jiang Bai look like this without any light in his eyes.
(End of chapter)
