Qiu Sixteen closed her eyes in the bizarre space, feeling the whistling wind roaring in her ears.

This situation had already continued for several minutes. In this space, Qiu Sixteen knew that theoretically there was no upper limit to her movement speed.

After all, what was moving was the space itself and not her, so her physical body didn’t need to endure the backlash brought on by high-speed movement.

But moving at such a fast speed for several minutes… where exactly would she end up?

Qiu Sixteen couldn’t help but tighten her grip on the small “door” in her hand. This “door” was her only support in this unknown, infinite space.

She knew it would be very difficult to return to the space where her teammates were. Neither her “conviction” nor “time” would allow her any possibility of escape.

The fact that she could move normally here was already rare. If she ultimately stopped “in front of the door most important to Xuanwu,” then it meant she might be able to help the team kill Xuanwu here.

Once Xuanwu died, she was destined to be buried along with him.

A person who died inside Xuanwu’s body… what qualification would they have to enter the next cycle?

Just thinking about this, the anger in Qiu Sixteen’s mind would continuously decrease, replaced only by sadness.

“Let me burn…” Qiu Sixteen murmured with her eyes closed. “I want to remember all of this…”

Another few minutes passed, and the wind in Qiu Sixteen’s ears gradually weakened, soon coming to a stop.

It seemed this endless journey had finally reached its destination.

Qiu Sixteen slowly opened her eyes and looked at the space before her that was both strange and familiar.

Right before her eyes was a “door”—a real “door” with old wooden grain texture and a nearly rusted doorknob.

“You’ve arrived?” Bai Jiu’s ethereal voice came from the other side of the door. “You were silent for so long that you really scared me. I was worried about disturbing your conviction, so I didn’t dare make a sound until now.”

“It should be fine…” Qiu Sixteen said softly, holding the “door.” “Everything should be normal with me now… There’s also a ‘door’ in front of me.”

“Put away the door in your hand. If something happens, don’t be rash—listen to my arrangements,” Bai Jiu said. “Before you go in, first see what’s inside the door.”

“Alright… Jiu Jie, I understand. Don’t worry.” Qiu Sixteen nodded, then took a deep breath and slowly reached out her hand toward the “door” in front of her.

But just as she extended her hand, she discovered that the back of her right hand was glowing with a faint red light.

Qiu Sixteen felt this was somewhat strange. She reached out with her other hand to scratch the back of her hand, but found nothing unusual about it. It was more like some red light was shining on it, making both her hands appear faintly red in this pitch-black space.

Thinking of this, Qiu Sixteen lowered her head to look at her body, only to see a strange red light shining from behind her, also making her body appear faintly red.

No matter how she looked at it, this red color seemed familiar, as if it were the “Red of Finality.” This was an eerie color that only appeared in that blood-red land. But she had already moved in a certain direction for about ten minutes—why would this red color still be illuminating her body?

She slowly twisted her body in the void space and looked behind her.

About ten meters away from her was another strangely shaped “door” that looked like a vertical crack more than two meters long and half a meter wide.

Wisps of red light were leaking out from that crack, making one feel very uneasy.

Inside that crack was redder than the “Red of Finality,” and from within came the intermittent whimpering sounds of beasts, as if it led to true hell.

Qiu Sixteen froze in place for quite a while, surprisingly not knowing what exactly she was about to face.

“Sixteen, what’s wrong…?” Bai Jiu’s voice came from Qiu Sixteen’s palm. “Is there something inside that door?”

“No… Jiu Jie…” Qiu Sixteen said hesitantly, “I haven’t entered the door yet, but there’s something strange here…”

“Strange…?”

“I’ve discovered something very bizarre.” Qiu Sixteen raised the “door” in her hand, then flipped the view around to point at the crack, asking with a slightly cautious voice, “Jiu Jie, do you know what that is?”

Bai Jiu held Jiang Shi’s eye and looked for a long time, but due to the limited viewing angle and the excessively dim lighting, she couldn’t make out at all what mysteries lay within the blood-red crack before her eyes.

“Sixteen… this thing isn’t quite normal. I suggest ignoring it,” Bai Jiu said to Jiang Shi’s eye.

“But Jiu Jie…” Qiu Sixteen seemed to have formed her own idea. “Isn’t it possible that I’m the last and only person who can explore this space? This door is right here. If I just take one look, there shouldn’t be any problem.”

“But…”

“Jiu Jie, I’ve been thinking about how to tell you all what I’ve discovered. The situation is perfect right now—everything I see can be conveyed to you, so watch carefully. Every door here should hide secrets we haven’t discovered yet…”

“Wait a moment…” Bai Jiu shouted anxiously to Jiang Shi’s eye, only to find that Qiu Sixteen had already begun slowly moving toward that red crack.

Bai Jiu had a feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn’t specifically say what was off.

The only thought in her mind was that “one should not challenge the unknown.”

Qiu Sixteen slowly moved to the front of the crimson crack. Just peering inside for a moment made her scalp tingle and the hair on the back of her neck stand on end.

Both sadness and anger vanished completely at this moment, replaced only by fear.

Although Qiu Sixteen wasn’t clear what exactly she was seeing, she just felt a deep sense of dread.

The thing revealing its form inside the door was enormous and was currently pulsating.

“Damn…” She swallowed, and Bai Jiu’s voice kept coming from the “door” in her hand.

“Sixteen… once you’ve seen it clearly, that’s enough. Don’t walk into any other doors!”

“Don’t worry, Jiu Jie… I won’t go in…” Qiu Sixteen took a deep breath. “But I want to see more clearly…”

Qiu Sixteen slowly reached her hand into the space between the crack, then grabbed hold of the crack’s wall and applied a bit of force. Sure enough, she tore off a fragment, making the crack even larger.

She lowered her head to look at the fragment in her hand and discovered that this small piece, which was like a wall fragment, was actually also a tiny “door.” Its texture was very soft, feeling like a ball of cotton in her hand. One side was the pitch-black starry sky, and the other side was a crimson world.

She slowly opened her hand, and the fragment, as if losing gravity, slowly fell toward the bottomless abyss beneath her feet.