"That's right... a few days, maybe just soon, or maybe we have to wait until tomorrow."

"Whatever the case, it's going to happen within these few days."

"We've already made an appearance, would we break our word?"

"If we were to break our word, would there be any reason to draw your attention?"

Tian Bufan's voice spread slowly.

Before that voice could reply, Lin Yi started having some thoughts, which rippled through his mind like ripples in a pond.

What does Young Master Tian mean by this...?

"In any case, it's happening within these few days," "Maybe just soon, or maybe we have to wait until tomorrow"...

"Break our word," what word are we breaking?

Why is it not mentioned at all in the plan?

Does our operation have some sort of "sub-mission"?

As Lin Yi pondered on, he heard the voice continue: [Alright... I trust you... I have always trusted you... You know this, right?]

Tian Bufan said, "Hmm, of course, but we have some matters to settle, so we must leave now."

[Alright, then... do you want to take that thing now?]

"You keep it... right now you need it more than us." Tian Bufan said, "But, we do need to borrow something from you..."

[What do you need? Just speak directly.]

"You've caused quite a stir just now. If we just leave like this, the 'Night Watchman' will surely notice."

[The Night Watchman... those fellows are loyal... what you said makes sense. So, do you want me to cover you with breath?]

"That's right. Ideally, you could give me a piece of bone, nothing too demanding, just a section of spine below the ribs." Tian Bufan said.

[You really are not holding back.]

"You have no use for it, right?"

[I sense your scheme is vast... Over the years, have you been laying out your plan?]

Tian Bufan slowly said, "I'm not very clear myself. You should know, that fellow loves to gamble... and this time, we plan to have you join us in a big gamble."

[A big gamble... it's indeed fitting for the Heavenly Elder's style... but he's quite cunning, he will surely keep chips for a comeback. What about us? If we fail... what about us?]

"You all... have failed many, many times already."

[...]

[I understand now...]

[Alright then, let's gamble it all...]

In the Deep Well, there's suddenly a crisp yet dull "crack." The next moment, Grey Mist surges, and a section of pure white, bamboo-like bone slowly floats into the void.

[I've given it to you, but with your current state, how are you going to take it?]

"If you're being helpful, go all the way and deliver it to our layer. Don't be both sneaky and stingy." Tian Bufan criticized, "Whether you want to test something or not, the wasted...is your time."

[...]

[Alright...]

The next moment, that bone became illusory.

Tian Bufan said to Lin Yi, "Old Lin, that section of the spine is now integrated with the layer. Use your will to grasp it."

"Oh!" Lin Yi tried to grasp it, and to his surprise, he succeeded magically.

Immediately after, he felt that section of spine become like a membrane, covering his will, like a protective charm at the map level.

"Alright, we shall leave now." Tian Bufan said.

[Go on, I will wait for you.]

Tian Bufan spoke no more, but in his heart, he said to Lin Yi, "Alright, let's go, Old Lin, don't daze off, let's go."

Lin Yi quickly snapped out of it, drifting upward like a specter.

After Lin Yi left, the Deep Well returned to calm.

Under the churning Grey Mist, murmurs mixed with water waves, slowly propelling forth.

[Finally, the time to completely conclude has arrived...]

...

Above the Deep Well, the viscous black liquid could not spread upward, and spiral stairs began to appear on the stone wall. This was the Fibonacci sequence stairs below the Bell Tower.

Only when the darkness below had fully descended into the Abyss, and the mist accumulated like heavy cotton, did Lin Yi finally speak after a period of silence, "Young Master Tian... the being below the Deep Well, that corpse, did you, no, did we... ever know 'it'?"

"Hmm." Tian Bufan admitted directly.

He naturally had no reason to deny it because the earlier conversation could not be faked.

"It is the 'Original Apostles,' how did we come to know it?" Lin Yi asked in confusion.

Tian Bufan said, "Firstly, that corpse is indeed a part of the 'Original Apostles,' but it doesn't mean that it's the entire corpse..."

"Strictly speaking, it is the remaining indestructible obsession of that corpse, which died long before human civilization truly arose."

"Its obsession permeated dimensions... and we came to know it on the time dimension of infinite dreams. Then, we made a pact with it."

Tian Bufan's explanation was still full of mystique, but Lin Yi had no way to insist, so he could only curiously ask, "What kind of pact? Is it related to our 'sub-mission'?"

"'Sub-mission'?" Tian Bufan chuckled, "Hehe... consider it a task on a sub-line."

"So, I tell you, at the time we made the pact, it was considered our 'ally.'"

"And the reason I wanted you to take this path is to see what its thoughts are at this point in time."

"Luckily, from that time till now, it has remained consistent, so there's no issue with this piece."

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