Demon Lord 3

I unexpectedly gained quite a bit. I also realized something: if we absorb a large amount, our Qi Sea will overflow, and we'll definitely advance, but we'll also be exhausted, and this space-time will rapidly collapse. We've also found an exit. Defeating these people wasn't the end for us. I didn't expect everything to become so unbelievable when we first arrived here. I thought everything was under control, but it's become so out of control. Now it feels like we're being manipulated again. We've had enough of being led around by the nose, but now it's back to the old ways. It seems like nothing is going our way. Every step we take is a mistake. Every blow is a blow to us, a blow to our pride, a blow to our egos, a blow that's almost gone. It's wearing our skin down until it's almost gone. After learning the truth, I didn't get mad, but rather calmed down. I believe that if I get mad, but can't change things here, it might just become a huge burden. If we weren't burdened right now, perhaps this matter would be easier to handle. I sat cross-legged and pondered quietly, feeling that something was amiss. Our current timeline was increasingly resembling our normal one. If I were to return to reality and encounter my real self, what would I do? Would that real me still be myself? I've been living as someone else, so if I were to return, would I still be myself? What would happen if our two identities met? If I were to see myself as someone else, would I still have a soul, or would everyone in this world be soulless? Which is correct? Which is wrong? I didn't know either. I could only ponder, but I couldn't come up with anything. No one disturbed me, just watched. Later, we arrived at our accommodation and didn't think much about it. We cleaned up the mess and started the next day's journey. We returned to this accommodation, a temporary resting place, and also the halfway point of our drive. We parked the goods and fell asleep. But unexpectedly, this time we encountered something unexpected. The goods disappeared. We tried to chase them, but found that they had escaped our consciousness. What's going on? Is there anyone here who can tell fortunes? Couldn't they have figured this out? Or is there some creature many times more powerful than us causing trouble here? Why are they doing this? Have we offended them in some way? I didn't know anything. I looked around but didn't see anything unusual. I just glanced at my companions, who also shook their heads, indicating they didn't know either. Everything around me was truly quiet, and I couldn't make any sense. I continued to ponder, and here I discovered an important question: what would happen if we met our previous selves? This question lingered in my mind, unable to find an answer, like an eternal mystery. I asked myself over and over again in my mind. If we met our previous selves, we would have two possible answers. One is to follow our previous selves back to our previous home and continue our lives as normal. Perhaps then we would find the true answer. The other possibility is that by then, we would have failed this mission. If we failed, we might die here. But if we returned, we would be scolded. I never wanted to experience that feeling again. After all, being ridiculed and looked down upon by my father was the biggest mistake of my life. In fact, to put it bluntly, if you want to be respected by others, you must first respect yourself. Only when you work harder can you improve your abilities faster. When your abilities improve, others will have no reason to look down on you. I understand this truth, so I have been able to survive here for so long. Otherwise, we would have been swallowed up by the consciousness here, thinking that we were getting closer to the truth, but found that we were getting further and further away from the truth.