Yeon-woo remembered his unconscious, where he’d encountered the Monkey King’s exuviae. It had been a world of thick blackness. Although it was part of his soul, Yeon-woo felt more threatened than comfortable at the thought of it. The Monkey King’s exuviae had said it was dangerous as well.

He didn’t know how the Monkey King’s exuviae and Summer Queen managed to stay there. If it were him, his ego might have been destroyed by now. The blackness at its depths—the abyss or void the Crawling Chaos had tried to explore—was the place that even the Monkey King’s exuviae had said not to visit. But that was the darkness?

“I see.” However, Yeon-woo wasn’t too surprised. In fact, he had been expecting it somewhat. It was understandable why the Monkey King’s exuviae, despite being clever enough to seal the Crawling Chaos, would be reluctant to approach a place like that.

Still, there was something he didn’t quite get: how did it get inside him, and why was Jeong-woo’s soul there?

「I see you’re beginning to have some suspicions. Have you heard of something called “group subconscious”?」 Kalatus already guessed what Yeon-woo was wondering...