"wake up!"

A low voice sounded in the pendant's spiritual space.

The huddled soul was awakened by the shock. Gu Shen did not give "Hong Zhong" any time to react. The moment he spoke, the blazing fire surged up, covering and drowning the soul...

Hypnosis is completed in an instant.

In Gu Shen's heart, this cross pendant is a highly rated sealed item.

Being able to retain the "spirit of the deceased", this ability has gone beyond the scope of normal sealed objects, and it is no exaggeration to call it a "divine object".

Therefore, from the moment he immersed himself in the pendant space, Gu Shen gathered all his energy.

but……

The whole process went smoothly beyond imagination.

The curled-up soul stretched out, "Hong Zhong's" facial features were blank, and a wisp of fire slowly burned between the soul villain's eyebrows... This guy's spirit has been completely controlled by Gu Shen.

All it takes is one thought to erase it.

"Is this complete hypnosis?"

Gu Shen was also a little surprised.

He originally thought that this pendant was a back-up left by "Hong Zhong" for him. If he encountered an accident, it could preserve his soul. But now, it seems that this is not the case...

"May I have your name?"

"Hongzhong, flood of floods, heartfelt."

"Your identity."

"A member of the Second Team of the Survey Corps, he was the temporary captain of the 38th Maze Mission at that time."

Gu Shen tried to ask a few simple questions, and Hong Zhong's soul answered them, indicating that he still retained the memories of his life.

"What kind of sealed artifact is this?"

For the next question, Gu Shen went straight to the point.

"..."

silence.

A long silence.

The pale soul raised its head and looked at Gu Shen in confusion, his eyes full of emptiness and confusion.

Obviously, this question stumped him.

Gu Shen frowned: "How did you get here?"

There was another moment of dead silence.

This is also a "super class" problem.

Although this single soul can answer questions under hypnosis, it does not seem to have high intelligence.

"I……"

Hong Zhong's voice was hoarse and he said intermittently: "I don't know... I should have died, but thanks to 'it', I seem to have grasped the last glimmer of hope in life."

A fire burns between the brows.

Gu Shen felt the mental state of the soul... Hong Zhong's memory was slightly damaged and his cognition was impaired. He was in a half-life and half-death state. He didn't know that he only had his soul left, and he didn't know what Gu Shen was doing.

What place do you mean by "here"?

"Do you recognize this thing?"

Gu Shen raised his palm.

He used his mental power to condense the virtual image of the "cross pendant" and placed it in the sky above his palm.

"Of course I recognize it...it was 'it' that saved me!" Under hypnosis, Hong Zhong's voice became excited for a moment, and then became low again, murmuring: "'it' saved me more than once..."

"what is it?"

The pale soul, feeling the burning flame between his brows, murmured: "If you asked for its name, there should be no answer. I picked up this pendant in the [Old World], and I called it 'Goddess of Destiny'

's asylum'..."

Blazing Fire has completed its attachment to the soul of "Hong Zhong".

A large number of turbulent memories surged out of the flames.

Gu Shen stopped asking.

He watched these memories silently...

Many years ago, Hong Zhong went on a mission to the fortress. That was a long time ago, and Zhong Yuan had not yet been transferred to the second team as captain.

During that mission, the entire Explorer team was wiped out.

Except him.

The reason is simple...he picked up this "Cross Pendant" in the [Old World].

Hong Zhong accidentally wore this pendant. On the verge of death, he was lucky enough to avoid several large black holes along the way, and successfully touched the [Gate] that could cross a long distance and return directly to the fortress, completing an incredible journey.

... Gu Shen felt a little complicated when he watched this memory, because what Hong Zhong experienced back then was actually somewhat similar to his own self not long ago.

That incident certainly attracted the attention of the Beizhou military.

It's just that Hong Zhong's strength was low back then, and his profile was completely reasonable... No one paid attention to him, and Beizhou's senior officials thought this guy was just a lucky guy.

Facts have proved that Hong Zhong's luck is far beyond everyone's imagination.

Hong Zhong would wear the pendant in every mission he went on. This cross pendant took him out of danger countless times...and in the following years, he began to slowly explore and try to master the power within the pendant.

With this "adventure", he became an elite member of the Second Team of the Survey Corps, and could serve as the captain of difficult missions such as the "Maze Mission".

However, Hong Zhong has always been very careful.

He guarded his "luck" carefully, and he didn't tell anyone about the existence of this pendant...

He is not a careerist.

He knew he had picked up something remarkable, but he just wanted to live longer.

This guy's memory is easy to read.

And it's very ironic.

I am afraid that at this moment, no one in Beizhou will believe that "Hong Zhong", who fell from the altar as a hero and was reviled by countless people, has such a simple inner thought: after getting such a god-level sealed object, he did not even think about it.

With this power, he became a member of the Survey Corps

Chang... Hong Zhong's plan for his life is extremely simple. With the power in this sealed object, he will lead his good brothers on missions in the legion to live peacefully until retirement, then enjoy his old age, and finally before his death,

Submit this sealed artifact to the higher-ups of the legion.

The idea is really simple.

So it is destined to be broken——

This time... the development of the maze mission directly shattered Hong Zhong's dream.

This pendant has always given Hong Zhong the right guidance in the past... But this time there was an "accident". After Golden Spike Flower's dream unfolded, the instrument that detects the extraordinary source of matter would falsely sound.

The team was faced with decision-making difficulties at that time.

As for Hong Zhong's "pendant", he hoped that he would retreat... Hong Zhong hesitated for the first time. The experience of the Survey Corps told him that retreating would encounter a "black hole". This was also the first time that he failed to act according to the guidance of the "pendant"

.

So next, his spirit was dragged into the "Golden Floss Dreamland"!

There, he saw an oasis and travelers from afar.

He saw the greatest hope for human exploration for six hundred years...

Finally, I saw the huge snake shadow covering the world.

When he woke up, he had already left the [Maze], holding the unsheathed sword tightly in his hand. The blade was stained with hot, fresh blood... There were no wounds on his body, and the blood on the knife could only be his teammates'.

Because there is an extra bloody energy core on his body, which is the backup energy to support his return to the giant wall of the castle.

Hong Zhong took a second to realize what was happening in the [Maze].

The pendant is not what I guessed, it just provides slight "guidance".

This is a very hard seal.

Even though his spirit was bewitched, the pendant still activated the "immortal" effect. It controlled his body and completed the escape from the "mortal realm" in the maze... and killed his teammates and took out the energy core.

, is also a necessary part of escape. What Hong Zhong couldn't do, this pendant helped him complete it.

If you want to survive, escaping the maze is not enough.

There must also be enough energy…

So in the heavy snow, Hong Zhong regained his consciousness and looked at his bloody hands, and he could only choose to "return home".
To be continued...