"Why, not, take, things, is, don't, like, them?"

Lin Ye didn't speak, instead communicating with the other party by carving runes onto the white epidermis.

This was the system's translation ability. While communicating with the other party, Lin Ye could write text the other party could understand.

Although this ability seemed rather unremarkable, it was actually an extremely powerful auxiliary ability.

Communication is the channel, power is the foundation.

"Can I take them?"

Lin Ye pushed the white epidermis back through the crack. He didn't sense the situation outside; courtesy and respect are the foundation of communication.

"Can, but don't, take dangerous, things."

The white epidermis was quickly pushed back.

"Alright, thank you."

Lin Ye stood up and walked deeper into the Storage Room. There was a collection there he had been somewhat curious about earlier.

It was a red book stored inside a transparent container, also the only book in the entire Storage Room.

This made Lin Ye very curious about what was written inside.

Just as Lin Ye reached his hand toward the container, something tugged on his sleeve. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

A piece of white epidermis was handed over from behind, with new runes written on it.

"This, is, very, dan, gerous."

Lin Ye took the white epidermis and used his mental energy to carve runes onto it.

"Then, please recommend an item for me, an item that isn't so dangerous."

Lin Ye handed the white epidermis toward his back. The other party took it and soon handed it back to Lin Ye.

A very crude directional map was drawn on the white epidermis.

The map depicted some very obvious landmark collections. Lin Ye overlapped those landmark collections with the map in his mind and quickly found the item the other party recommended.

It was a grayish-white bony item sealed within a container, looking like a section of hollow bone pipe.

Lin Ye felt a heavy concentration of rule power on this item.

This thing looked far more dangerous than that book.

"Is this really okay? I feel rule power on it."

Lin Ye handed the white epidermis toward his back.

"Can't, feel, it, is, dangerous."

The white epidermis was quickly handed back.

"...Oh, I see. How should I obtain this collection?"

Lin Ye glanced at the vast majority of collections in the Storage Room from which he couldn't sense any rule power, silently handing the white epidermis back.

"Just, take, it."

Taking the white epidermis, Lin Ye reached his hand toward the container. The rule power did not prevent him from touching the container, and he smoothly placed the container into his loot space.

"Thanks, that will do. Can I go look elsewhere?"

Lin Ye handed the white epidermis behind him.

"Can, you, want, find what?"

The white epidermis returned to Lin Ye's hand. He hadn't expected the other party to be so accommodating.

"I want something related to the master of this place, is that okay?"

Lin Ye did not hide his purpose. If the other party was unwilling, he could temporarily abandon this goal.

"Can, you, want, what?"

The other party's reply was very straightforward.

"Uh, anything? Is there something like a diary?"

Lin Ye was somewhat caught off guard. He thought even if the other party wasn't angry, they would at least tell him to leave here quickly.

"I, don't, write, diary. I can, give, you, a piece, of my, body."

After seeing the runes on the white epidermis, Lin Ye's train of thought short-circuited for half a second. Previously, he had always believed this was the territory of that Abyssal Evil God, but that was just his conjecture, not necessarily accurate.

But if this wasn't the territory of that Abyssal Evil God, why were those tendrils so polite to him?

Perhaps this place is just related to that Abyssal Evil God.

Perhaps Little Ye had been here.

Perhaps this is the territory of one of his old acquaintances.

...

There were far too many possible reasons; Lin Ye couldn't figure it out clearly for a moment.

While thinking, Lin Ye didn't stop communicating with the master of this place. He wrote his question on the white epidermis.

"Thank you. Have you always been the master here?"

The white epidermis quickly returned to Lin Ye's hand, but this time, two pieces of white epidermis were handed over.

One of the white epidermis pieces was tied with some red filaments, looking like a wrapped gift.

Lin Ye first placed the other party's gift into his loot space, then looked at the other piece of white epidermis.

"Not, always. You, want, His, things?"

The white epidermis returned to Lin Ye's hand. He still couldn't be sure if the 'He' the other party mentioned was that deity.

"That's right, is it okay?"

Lin Ye handed the white epidermis back.

After a period of time, that piece of white epidermis returned to Lin Ye's hand.

"I, am, not, sure. You, can go, try."

Soon, Lin Ye received another somewhat abstract directional map, but he recognized at a glance that the target location was deep within another tidy corridor.

"Thank you. Can I go over now?"

Lin Ye could be teleported back by the black box at any time, so he had to hurry.

"Can."

Lin Ye handed the white epidermis back behind him, then slowly turned around. There was nothing behind him.

The master of this place had moved behind him again, and he couldn't detect the other's movement at all.

Lin Ye quickly left the Storage Room and entered another spotless corridor through the hall.

This time, no abnormalities appeared around him. Lin Ye very smoothly reached the end of the corridor, where there was a seemingly very ordinary red door.

The door opened automatically, revealing a seemingly very ordinary study.

Compared to the Storage Room, this study was quite cramped, less than fifty square meters.

Lin Ye entered the study. The door closed automatically. The high-backed chair inserted into the desk moved to a position where one could sit, seemingly indicating that Lin Ye should sit on it.

The desk was empty, and the bookshelf beside it was filled with books with red spines.

These books were arranged by color, gradually shifting from light red to a deep red almost black.

Lin Ye took the white epidermis; it read:

"You, want to, sit, down?"

"What happens after sitting down?"

Lin Ye wasn't sure if he should sit either. This was likely the private seat of some deity. Although he had once sat upright on a divine seat, that was an action permitted by the other party, and this might not even be that deity's seat.

"I, also, don't, know. I don't have, the qualification, to sit here."

Lin Ye tried to communicate with Little Red through the divine seat, but perhaps influenced by the black box, he couldn't establish contact with Little Red.

Hesitating for several seconds, Lin Ye finally sat on the high-backed chair.

The moment he sat on the chair, Lin Ye's senses completely vanished. He seemed to receive some information beyond limits, but that information quickly disappeared, not leaving a single trace behind.

After a very long time, Lin Ye regained his senses, but he completely forgot what had just happened.