Chapter 84: The Spatial Ring (The novel is about to be officially released. I hope you will continue to support me! Thank you!)

After kicking aside the corpse, Xiao Hongyu’s eyes brightened as a black box appeared in his hand.

Wang Keyue, having collected her own spoils, returned to Xiao Hongyu’s side with a satisfied smile. She noticed the black box he was toying with and asked curiously, “What’s that in your hand?”

“I’m not sure either. It just fell off that corpse,” Xiao Hongyu replied with an unconcerned smile. His fingers, perhaps inadvertently, brushed against a switch on the box, which snapped open with a click to reveal a ring nestled inside.

“Xiaoyue, this… this is a spatial ring! The one you picked up earlier looks exactly the same! How could he have this ring?!” Xiaobao’s voice echoed in Wang Keyue’s mind.

Wang Keyue glanced at the ring, then at Xiao Hongyu, then back at the ring, and then at Xiao Hongyu again. Suddenly, it seemed she understood something.

“Heh, a ring—how cute. Do you like it, Xiaoyue? If so, it’s yours,” Xiao Hongyu said, closing the box and handing it to her.

Wang Keyue quickly waved her hands in refusal. “Brother Xiao, that won’t do. You can’t just give away a ring like this.”

Seeing her reject the offer, Xiao Hongyu paused and then realized how suspicious it might seem for a man to give a girl a ring for no reason. To a woman, a ring is a precious thing—usually given only in a marriage proposal.

Feeling a little embarrassed by his bluntness, Xiao Hongyu hastened to explain, “Sorry, Xiaoyue, I didn’t mean anything by it. I just thought the ring looked nice, that’s all…”

“Oh, Brother Xiao, you misunderstood me! What I meant is, this isn’t an ordinary ring. It’s a spatial ring!” Wang Keyue explained with a somewhat helpless smile.

“A s-spatial ring?! Are you saying this thing can… store things?” Xiao Hongyu asked incredulously, finding it all rather fantastical.

“Brother Xiao, we’ve already traveled between worlds—what’s left that you wouldn’t believe? Just put it on and try it!” Wang Keyue encouraged him.

Excitement lighting up his face, Xiao Hongyu hurriedly opened the box and slipped the ring onto the index finger of his left hand. Instantly, he felt a sharp prick of pain on his finger, and then, within his consciousness, it was as if a patch of empty land had emerged.

Instinctively, he touched the long blade at his waist—and in that instant, the blade vanished from his hand.

And there, in the empty space within his mind, the vanished long blade had appeared.

He took off the ring, and the patch of land in his mind disappeared. When he put it back on, it reappeared as if by magic.

“This is unbelievable!” Xiao Hongyu exclaimed, like a child with a fascinating new toy, unable to put the ring down.

Watching him, Wang Keyue felt no envy at all—after all, the space within her system was far greater than that of any ring.

Now that the danger had passed, Wang Keyue was ready to return. “Brother Xiao, you’re all set here, so I’ll be going now.”

“Xiaoyue, wait! This ring is really useful—why don’t you take it…” Xiao Hongyu called after her, taking off the ring and holding it out to her. “Don’t get me wrong, I just genuinely want you to have it, nothing else. This world is chaotic, and you’re a girl without much means to protect yourself. If you wear this, it’ll be much safer and more convenient for you.”

To his surprise, Wang Keyue had not expected Xiao Hongyu to offer such a valuable ring so selflessly, without the slightest hesitation. She had to admit, she was touched, even a little moved in that instant.

“No, Brother Xiao, you should keep it. It’s already bound to your DNA—no one else can use it. Besides, I have one already.” She tapped her temple. “My space is here!”

Xiao Hongyu looked at her in astonishment, then broke into a laugh and gave her a thumbs-up. “You’re impressive, girl!”

Flustered by his praise, Wang Keyue stammered, “Um… Brother Xiao, if there’s nothing else, I’ll really be going now!”

But Xiao Hongyu quickly stopped her. “Wait, there’s still something I want to show you!”

With that, he pulled out a dark green jade token from his chest, clearly engraved with the character for “Wang.”

This jade token… In Wang Keyue’s memories, her body’s father—the Grand General of Dingyuan, from the Marquisate of Dingyuan—wore just such a dark green jade token.

She took the token, examining it closely to confirm its authenticity, and then said, “This is the family token of the Grand General of Dingyuan!”

“Yes. Last night, we received an urgent report from my military camp—eight hundred miles in a single night—that the Grand General of Dingyuan was sighted at the northern frontier,” Xiao Hongyu explained.

Wang Keyue nodded thoughtfully, mulling it over.

Her so-called father, along with her eldest brother, uncle, and second cousin, were all missing—no one knew their whereabouts, or whether they were even alive.