Chapter 586 - 345: This is Purity

Chapter 586: Chapter 345: This is Purity

’Next, all I have to do is wait to go back...’

’Back from the Future Preview.’

’Then, I’ll interrogate An Su about the Deep Land.’

’It seems An Su knows a lot. It’s just a shame I can’t get any information out of it right now...’

The airport announcements kept playing.

Lu Cang took out his phone and exchanged a few pleasantries with his parents.

’But... I can’t be deceived by this illusion.’

’Attachment is just attachment, after all.’

The restroom Lu Cang had smashed with a punch yesterday was now under maintenance.

’It’s been a while since I’ve scrolled through short videos...’

He just lay there lazily on the seat, scrolling through his phone.

’Thinking back on it, why did I enter the rift between the Void and the Physical Realm without a moment’s hesitation? Normally, when faced with such an unknown and dangerous place, I would have at least hesitated for a while and thought it over carefully.’

’I would have weighed the pros and cons before even considering whether to go in.’

’It seems I was influenced by something.’

’The Deep Land seems very dangerous, too.’

’Once you’re in, there’s no clear way out.’

’And being here in the Deep Land, I’ve felt this constant sense of disconnect... a disconnect between this mundane Earth and the vast world I came from.’

’That other world feels like a dream I had while dozing off at the airport.’

’Once I wake up...’

’Everything will have been nothing but an illusion in a dream.’

’If it weren’t for the Combat Skills I still possess and my Spirituality that remains, I might have truly believed it was all just a hazy dream.’

’Even An Su has fallen completely silent.’

"The time... should be almost up."

Because he couldn’t feel the existence of his Talent, Lu Cang had no way to actively trigger it and end the Future Preview.

This was different from being killed and undergoing Reincarnation. After Reincarnation, Lu Cang could still feel his Talent’s influence... but here in the Deep Land, he couldn’t feel anything at all.

Lu Cang chose not to commit suicide to return.

Because he was worried about something else.

...

「Moonfall Island」

Lu Cang opened his eyes.

’Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness has become so strange...’

’Why is there a boundary between the Void and the Physical Realm in her Sea of Consciousness? And why is there a fissure within that boundary? But when I enter it, the fissure is completely empty. There’s nothing there at all.’

Lu Cang shook his head, wondering what Lu Luwei was hiding.

Lu Cang looked into his own Sea of Consciousness.

Within the dark, murky Sea of Consciousness, An Su was smiling at him.

"An Su, what’s going through your head?"

"Do you think I’ve been contaminated?"

Lu Cang gazed at the dark, murky waters around him but felt no discomfort.

"Oh..."

"Maybe I have been."

Lu Cang paused, staring into his pitch-black, empty Sea of Consciousness.

His Sea of Consciousness definitely wasn’t like this before.

But after he exited Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness—after he’d peeked into that empty fissure between the Void and the Physical Realm and then retreated—it became like this.

Lu Cang now had a good idea where the Source of Lu Luwei’s contamination was.

And now, he had been tainted as well.

’Whatever.’

’I’m in a Future Preview anyway. After twenty-four hours, everything will go back to normal.’

’This is a good opportunity to experience what Spiritual Contamination actually feels like.’

Lu Cang stared blankly for a moment.

At this moment, Lu Luwei’s eyes were still rolled back. Lu Cang had directly attacked her Sea of Consciousness with his Tier Six Spiritual Element Beyond Magic, and her brain was still in a shutdown state.

The Sea of Consciousness is an extremely fragile place.

A Spiritual Attack inside the Sea of Consciousness is dozens, even hundreds of times more effective than under normal circumstances.

Lu Cang felt his inner thoughts changing...

It was true. He felt fewer emotions, and many things that had seemed important before now felt insignificant.

’Thinking about it... do I really need to avoid being contaminated?’

The thought couldn’t help but surface in Lu Cang’s mind.

’Do the morals and principles I abide by have any meaning?’

’These morals and principles are nothing but restrictions holding me back from getting stronger. Only by becoming a truly High-Level powerhouse do I earn the right to do as I please.’

’Otherwise, I’ll have to live in fear no matter what I do.’

’All that friendship, gratitude, camaraderie, kinship, kindness, justice...’

’Is any of it meaningful?’

Lu Cang suddenly understood how Meiser felt.

’Contamination... why must it be called contamination?’

’This should be a form of purity.’

’A purity that abandons all external things, seeking only true power.’

’Before this, I always called this contamination. What was I thinking? A person of power should have the mindset to abandon everything in pursuit of strength.’

’Lu Luwei, Iz, Kumironi—they should all be tools for me to use.’

’When necessary, I just need to feign the appropriate emotions.’

’Do I... really want to return to my state before this purity?’

’Once the Future Preview ends, I’ll revert to my former self. With my previous, weak personality, I’ll inevitably fear becoming pure, call it contamination, and turn into a coward.’

’I can’t let that happen. I must maintain this powerful state.’

Lu Cang’s gaze grew deep and cold.

’That’s right...’

’The Forgetfulness Technique.’

’I’ll make myself forget and leave a message for my future self.’

Lu Cang took out a sheet of Fire-Written Paper and wrote a message on it.

Explore the depths of Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness. Within the boundary between the Void and the Physical Realm, find a fissure. The real answer is there.

It can also cure Lu Luwei’s Spiritual Contamination.

But after the cure, I will forget.

Lu Cang left the message, and then... he performed a Memory Meltdown. He completely erased his own memories from the moment he returned from Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness.

He left only the memory of this one sheet of Fire-Written Paper.

Then, with a thought, Lu Cang directly activated the reversal of Future Preview.

Future Preview—End.

HUMMM—

Lu Cang’s consciousness passed through Lu Luwei’s body and entered her Sea of Consciousness.

At the same time, a "memory" returned to his mind.

Lu Cang looked off into the distance.

Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness, and in a distant place, the strange thing hidden within it...

’A way to eradicate Lu Luwei’s Spiritual Contamination is hidden in a fissure within the boundary between the Void and the Physical Realm?’

’This is... wonderful.’

’It seems Lu Luwei can be saved.’

As for his self from the preview, Lu Cang didn’t doubt him.

After all, why would he lie to himself?

Besides, everything he had seen in the preview had been perfectly fine.

If he couldn’t even trust himself, then he would never be able to believe anything he saw using Future Preview again.

’Alright.’

’Then what I have to do next is clear. First, knock Lu Luwei unconscious, then go to the place the message directed me to.’

’After that, I just need to enter the fissure in the boundary between the Void and the Physical Realm.’

Inside Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness, Lu Cang couldn’t contact An Su. After all, this was Lu Luwei’s Sea of Consciousness, not his own.

...

「Earth」

The Future Preview hadn’t ended.

Lu Cang boarded the plane, sat in his assigned seat, and gazed out the window at the vast sea of clouds.

Lu Cang was certain that a full day had now passed.

The worst-case scenario had happened.

His Future Preview Talent hadn’t taken effect. He was left behind on Earth...