(Chapter 22)

Shyrveen stands up from the ground and lay down on the bed while staring at the ceiling.

'... Even though I know that you can hear this, but I think you're still hiding something from me, Irveen...'

Then he processed all of the information that he gathered and summarized that, now, there are three of him;

The 'bad' him, the remnants of the powerful being in his universe that tried to use the improper reincarnation process.

The 'good' him, which was the original soul from the Samsara Realm that has been cleansed to live another life as the real 'Shyrveen Yñiguez'.

And the 'neutral' him, that was born from the body and mind's decision to operate the emptied mortal vessel, using the experiences and memories of the past.

Even though he wants to deny this, but most of the things and his questions got answered by Irveen now, and clicks and connected every random pieces in his mind.

But for now, he put them on the side in his mind, and focused at the Soul Shards of the intruder's soul that containing his power.

'Eh?... Then... Wait... There's something that I can tell but I can't say... Ugh... What was it...'

Something popped up but no matter how tried to recall the thing, something is preventing him to remember it.

'Is this your doing Irveen?... Either it is good or bad for me... I need to know... But... That would waste my time for now... Better recalling the first quadruple nightmare for the first hint...'

Shyrveen remembered that the first nightmare was, he was having fun with his father while allowing him to drink with him, their fun took almost half an hour and the voice of his mother was resounded to the house that his father should stop letting his son drink since he was still underage.

That soon agreed by his father and stands up, but at that very moment, the bottle his father he was holding, shattered it on the table and stabs to his neck.

The eyes of the once joyful father turn hateful while grinding the shattered glass of the bottle on his neck while saying.

'I don't have a son like you... Ptui!'

Then his father stands up and left him bleed to death in the living room and soon that he realized that he was in the second nightmare.

That nightmare was too fast for him since the moment he went to the kitchen seeing his mother chopping a weird-looking redfish, and once he blinked his eyes, he's is the one who's his mother is chopping onto.

Seeing his mother looking at him with hatred and rage. No words, no voice, no sound except for the chopping sound to his neck can be heard by him till he lost consciousness.

And made him woke up to the third nightmare that he was inside the pool, swimming in the middle area with red liquid that soon he tasted and realized that it was blood.

Then he felt something pulled his two feet and pulled him down to be drowned to death.

And he found himself standing on the alley, that he remembered that it was a short cut to the school of his younger twin siblings.

He shook his head that time, the wind was so cold but still decided to took the path only to encounter his siblings that running towards him. He opens his arms widely to hug them since he was seeing their smile and expecting to hug him happily.

But only to be confused and why there was a pain on his stomach and how a sudden knife appeared.

He looked at his siblings that soon realized that their smiles were not happy ones, but for psychopaths and soon widen his eyes seeing their mouths open so widely and changed into the monster that ate them that triggered him to be remembered, and heard them saying.

'Thank you Lord for the food for this day...'

Before he completely and made sure that he woke up on his bed at his apartment when he was in the Philippines, back in his reality while sweating profusely...

Shyrveen slaps his cheeks slightly to get out of that nightmare.

'Geno Points really enhancing one's body, mind, and soul eh?... I remembered them so well now if I tried to recall it compared from the past that they were blurred...'

After calming down his mind and to relax that he needs to solve and find the hints that Irveen said that inside his quadruple nightmares.

He soon solved the first location of the Soul Shard.

'Ethereal Loch... The weird fish has a resemblance to the Crimson Iron-Bone Fish but only to be in the size of normal milkfish... Pool should be the lake, and the cracks on the table from shattering the bottle should be indicating that there's a path underwater?... But... Was with the fourth nightmare then?...'

Shyrveen stop his mind thinking about this and thought the rational thing first, to solve the very first problem.

'... How will I search for that path if that lake is still full of those Mutant fishes?... I should gain Geno Points first while planning this thing...'

After the whole day racking his brain, he got an answer but it will take time since the lake was so big for him to search a single crack that is right or else he might be killed by drowning or by those Mutant fishes.

Next day.

He's doing his usual disguised when Han Sen appeared and noticed something about him.

"Oh, morning brother Sen, why depressed?"

Han Sen looked at him with a wry smile and answered after releasing a deep sigh.

"... Who would thought that Qin Xuan was the new stationmaster, and she was in planet Roca too!? Did my luck really plummeted to the lowest after getting that black stone?..."

Then Shyrveen acted shocked and playfully said as just he remembered.

"Err... I didn't mention Qin Xuan for being one? I got to know from the people inside the gang that calling her stationmaster now, that she recently assigned to the newly vacant position of the old stationmaster in one of the three teleport stations in Roca planet..."

Han Sen facepalmed and hold Shyrveen's both shoulder with his begging eyes.

"Brother... Care to tell me anything that related to the planet where I'm living at?... She just threatened me this morning saying! Eherm!... 'You think I'll just send you to the police? It's not that easy. I can't beat you up here, but in God's Sanctuary, it will be a different story. You are going there right? I'll wait for you.'... See!?... And I'm totally fucked up because as the stationmaster, Qin Xuan would know my whereabouts very well on the planet..."

Han Sen tried to imitate Qin Xuan's voice and repeated what she said to him before he followed her teleporting in God's Sanctuary and sighed again.

"I want to be amused by that... Just cheer up, maybe she was your the only one."

Said by Shyrveen that finished his disguising at the same time, that Han Sen got shivered after hearing it.

"... That's not a nice joke, brother Shyr... And where are you going now?"

"Back to the lake, I need to check the place again since something is puzzling me there. Maybe some luck of mine was laying there and I need to get it."

"... How nice... Can I join you? Lemme leech you off this time..."

"Hahaha! Sure."

Both of them went outside.

As they were near the entrance of the shelter, they saw Son of Heaven and his gang standing outside the shelter chatting.

Since both of them already had plans today, they weren't interested in meeting up with them and went the other way. However, Luo Tianyang called Han Sen from behind.

"Ass Freak, come here! And bring your friend too!"

Reluctantly, Han Sen had to turn around toward Luo Tianyang, perplexed.

"I'm calling you. Come here with your friend and you both will get lucky." Luo Tianyang waved to them, and smiling maliciously to Han Sen.

"There is no need. We're not strong. We can only deal with ordinary creatures and can't even fight primitive creatures. I am afraid we cannot help you." Han Sen knew it was never good when Luo Tianyang called him.

"Cut the crap! Do you want a beating? I said come!" Luo Tianyang gazed at Han Sen with his face dark.

Han Sen felt a hand on his shoulder and heard Luo Tianyang again.

"See, your friend is much easy to understand me than you!"

Then left them to have a talk with the few thugs that they paid to come along.

But Han Sen didn't say any more while busy at translating the old morse code for him by the hands of Shyrveen on his shoulder, that soon he got his plan and soon whispered with a determination within his eyes.

'Alright.'

Soon, they are marching towards the mountain, and they're in the very back and only following them silently but talking with morse code secretly with each other.

They saw Luo Tianyang and others casually killed the creatures they encountered along the way, and gave the meat to the hired people casually, which made everyone quite happy.

The group had been going for six or seven days, and the gang still had no intention of stopping. On the eighth day, they halted at a mountain pass.

They rested and camped for the day and crossed the mountain pass in the morning and soon saw the gap in the canyon so deep and dark that no one could see the bottom.

Everyone knows that it was their time to do their jobs while risking with their lives and lit their torches up.

"Why are you going so slowly, bitches? Do you still want the rest of the money?"

Luo Tianyang hit a few people in the back and shouted.

The thugs could only speed up going down.

Han Sen and Shyrveen were among them. It was not too difficult to walk down, and nothing happened along the way until they reached the bottom. The thugs were relieved and started to talk and laugh again.

It was very dark at the bottom of the gap, and the group had to rely on the torches. There was an underground river running through the huge space.

"Cross the river and go into the cave on the other side."

Luo Tianyang pointed his whip to the other side.

"Luo, I cannot swim. This river is too wide."

Said a young man who had been recruited.

"Who told you to swim? We have inflatable boats. Just row across."

Luo Tianyang opened the parcel on the back of his mount, and there were indeed inflatable boats in there. After the inflated the boats, each one could sit four to five people.

Soon, the time to cross the river arrived and both of them were included in the rowing boats, but Shyrveen started to do a morse code saying.

'Careful. Big one. Under. Timing. Plan.'

Han Sen nodded and soon as what they expected, his heart sank as he saw the giant snake popping out of the water less than six feet from their boat, its mouth moving towards the boat while its fangs showing at them threateningly.

They both jump without remorse and Shyrveen pulled out his blue feathered arrow and melded into with Mutant Arrow and reach out for Han Sen to grab his hand after summoning his Sacred-Blood Armor.

They both practiced Jadeskin and so, they can see underwater a little bit and Han Sen saw the silhouette of the hand reached out to him and without thinking, he grabs his hand but only to be shocked for a second.

His sight became so cleared as if he brought a powerful flashlight and can see anything in the underwater like it was broad daylight.

But felt the grip on his wrist by Shyrveen tightens and understand what he said.

'3 minutes. Fast. Talk. Later.'

Then Han Sen felt that he was like a merman and the underwater is his domain, or territory now. But he let the feeling passed in his mind and swam across the river with Shyrveen at his side.

Then Shyrveen willed the Ordinary Camouflage to cover them both but wince after feeling the unexpected pain that the same level when he was meddling with the Mutant Beast Soul and coded Han Sen again to hurry that was stunned again for a second in midway underwater.

'30 seconds. Hide. Big rock. Faster. Painful.'

And Han Sen seriously sermon himself after knowing the time given by Shyrveen so suddenly and the 'Painful' at the last...