Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

Su Yang put the Lost Ring back on, passed through the room, and arrived at a spacious underground space. The space was shrouded in mist, and he could only hear the sound of water and sizzling. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw a bright area ahead, as if there were raging fires burning. A waterfall cascaded down from the top of the cave and gathered in a depression in the corner.

Just as Su Yang was marveling at the wonders of nature, a woman with silver hair and silver eyes, dressed entirely in white, materialized and stood before him, gracefully bowing. Her ethereal and familiar voice rang out:

"Meet the master."

Su Yang was startled, but remembering that Die'er was also materialized from the ring, he calmed down considerably. However, the sudden appearance of such a "living person" triggered Su Yang's social anxiety, and he stammered, "You, what's your name? What's your name?"

"Master, I do not yet have a name, and I have not recognized a master since my birth," the woman replied gracefully.

Su Yang fell silent for a moment, then said truthfully, "I...I don't know what to say to you."

"Master, would you like to give me a name first?" After hearing this, the woman quickly guided the conversation, asking Su Yang to name her.

This stumped Su Yang. His only experience with naming things was choosing game names. Giving a name to someone that could be considered a person was quite difficult for him. After hesitating for a while, Su Yang finally managed to say a name with difficulty: "I'll call you, I'll call you Linglong."

Upon hearing this, as if wanting to chat with Su Yang more, Linglong immediately asked, "Linglong remembers the name bestowed upon me by Master, but seeing that Master has pondered for a long time, there must be an origin to this name?"

Seeing Linglong press for answers, Su Yang answered without hesitation, as if his social anxiety had been cured: "Mist is inherently ethereal and has a hazy feel, so let's take the character 'Long' (胧). You are a product of heaven and earth, naturally absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so let's take the character 'Ling' (灵). Put them together and let's call you Linglong (灵胧)." As soon as he finished speaking, Su Yang realized he had said too much, so he immediately shut up and walked forward, silently calling for Die'er to come and save the day.

Die'er answered the call and the three walked side by side. Die'er talked to Linglong about the trials and the Mysterious Island along the way, while Su Yang watched them, feeling uneasy.

"Ah, how pitiful. Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs. Since heaven and earth have given birth to you, they have also deprived you of your freedom, making you like tools to be used by people."

Just then, Die'er spoke up, reminding him, "Hey, Su Yang, what are you thinking about? Why don't you listen to Long'er's story about the Lost Island and the trials?"

Su Yang snapped out of his daze, looked at Ling Long, and listened to the intelligence.

It turns out that the key to the last trial was whether Su Yang possessed the mindset of multiple illusions, and whether the bottle was broken was the standard for passing the trial. If the bottle was broken again, the trial would fail; otherwise, the trial would succeed. The bottle was also a constraint on Linglong's spiritual body. As long as the Lost Ring was put into the bottle, it would be considered a successful recognition of its master.

This Lost Island wasn't always like it is today. During the Dragon Clan's rule over the continent, Lost Island was almost identical to the Outer Island, except it had a volcano. For unknown reasons, the volcano erupted, and the lava, upon contact with the island's rivers, released large amounts of steam. Over the years, the sky above Lost Island gradually became shrouded in volcanic ash and mist. But this wasn't the key reason why Lost Island never saw the sun. The source of the river was the "Lost Lake," the sacred site of the island's elves. The continuous flow of lake water into the river, combined with the mist produced by the constantly erupting volcanic lava, perpetually shrouded Lost Island. Eventually, this caused all the elves to transform into mist elves. Since mist elves cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, they gathered at the sacred Lost Lake and, through sacrifice, activated an elemental magic array, covering Lost Island and the surrounding hundred miles with a thick mist. Although many of their people were sacrificed, a suitable environment for survival was created, and thus, Lost Island's original appearance was formed.

Later, as the dragons waged wars and explored, the Lost Island and the Outer Island were discovered by the dragons. The Lost Island also became one of the bases for the villainous dragons to conduct cruel experiments. As a result, countless ferocious beasts appeared on the island, which eventually became the Lost Island that the humans on the continent feared. During this process, the Mist Elf, who had no intention of participating in the war, had already created a thick fog in its habitat to protect itself from invasion with an illusion.

After learning this information, Su Yang understood and couldn't help but think to himself, "From the perspective of the original world, the creation of the Mysterious Island was basically caused by a group of genetically mutated elves and animals."

“But I have a question.” Su Yang gathered his thoughts and asked, “The Mist Elf’s sacred place is called the Land of Lingering, which I have been to. Is the Lost Lake the same place as the Land of Lingering?”

Seeing Su Yang's question, Linglong slowly answered, "It's not a place. The place we are in now is the original Lost Lake. After the Blood Sacrifice activated the great formation, the ecology of the Lost Lake deteriorated day by day. The Blood Sacrifice polluted the Lost Lake. After the Mist Elves discovered this problem, they immediately severed ties with the Lost Lake and re-established the Holy Land of Lingering. They took away the Holy Tree that originally grew in the Lost Lake—the Rootless Tree—and left a team of Mist Elves to monitor this place. After discovering my appearance, they brought me to the Holy Land of Lingering and revered me as a sacred object."

"It seems everyone has their own difficulties. The mist elves just want a place to survive; they haven't done anything wrong," Su Yang thought to himself after hearing this. But then, remembering that he still didn't know how to leave, he asked:

"How...how can we get out of here?"

“Master, please come with me.” With that, Linglong led Su Yang and Die’er to the depression below the waterfall. Pointing to the waterfall above, she said, “That was the core of the original Lost Lake, but it has shrunk beyond recognition. This pool connects to the pool around the high ground where you fell. You can get out through here.”

"It must be very far. What if Su Yang can't hold his breath underwater?" Die'er asked first.

“This…” Linglong was somewhat troubled.

"It's alright, I can use the Qi element to wrap myself up." Su Yang quickly came up with a solution. He then activated his bracelet, condensing the Qi element spheres around himself to form three rings of air, completely enveloping himself. He then resolutely jumped into the pool.

A dozen minutes later, bubbles began to rise from the original circular waterway, and Su Yang emerged from the water, successfully leaving the Lost Lake and returning to the surface.

Su Yang did not return to the shelter immediately. Instead, he explored the last unexplored area. During the exploration, he gradually overcame the communication barrier with Ling Long through frequent exchanges. He also discovered a few surviving Ice Crystal Wolves. Su Yang let them go, as a way of doing good for himself, since he had almost wiped out their entire clan. After packing his luggage and calming his mind, Su Yang headed towards the shelter.