Me? I was transported into a book? And I became a vicious villain?

Chu Mengmeng slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was an unfamiliar scene. She struggled to sit up, but felt dizzy and her mind was blank, as if someone had dug a piece out of it.

"Where... am I?" she muttered to herself. She looked around and found herself in a cave. It was dark and damp inside, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

"Are you awake?" A familiar voice came from beside me, with a hint of surprise and worry.

Chu Mengmeng turned her head and saw Xiao Yichen leaning against the stone wall weakly, his face as pale as paper, with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. Beside him, lying the mysterious figure, also covered in wounds and with a weak breath.

"You...how are you guys?" Chu Mengmeng's heart sank suddenly. She vaguely felt that something terrible had happened, but she couldn't remember it.

"Don't worry, we're fine." Xiao Yichen endured the severe pain in his body and forced a smile, trying to reassure her.

"You said you were fine, but look at you, you're badly injured!" Chu Mengmeng's tears burst out instantly. She tried to stand up helplessly, but found that she was powerless all over.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought you here..." Xiao Yichen blamed himself. He reached out to hold her hand, but it dropped down weakly.

"What on earth happened? Why are we here?" Chu Mengmeng asked anxiously. She wanted to know the truth, but found that her memory seemed to be sealed and could not be opened.

"I...I..." Xiao Yichen opened his mouth, but didn't know where to start. He looked at Chu Mengmeng's confused eyes, his heart filled with guilt and pain.

Time passed by, and the atmosphere in the cave was suffocating. Chu Mengmeng looked at Xiao Yichen and the mysterious figure, who were getting weaker and weaker, and was extremely anxious, but she didn't know what to do.

"Is... it over like this?" Chu Mengmeng closed her eyes in despair, tears silently falling.

The air in the cave seemed to freeze, and despair entangled three broken hearts like vines. Chu Mengmeng's hands trembled, and tears blurred her vision. She tried hard to remember something, but her mind was blank. This feeling of powerlessness was more tormenting than the pain in her body.

Suddenly, there was a slight sound of footsteps coming from the cave entrance, and a white figure walked in against the light. He was wearing a white robe, his hair was as white as snow, and his eyebrows revealed an otherworldly temperament, as if he was a god descending from the sky.

"Bai Chen!" Xiao Yichen uttered these two words with difficulty, a glimmer of hope flashing in his eyes.

Bai Chen walked quickly to their side, frowning slightly, looking at their injuries, a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes. "I'm late."

"Can you...can you save them?" Chu Mengmeng asked anxiously, as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Bai Chen nodded and took out a herb that emitted a faint golden light from his arms. "This is the Nine-transformation Resurrection Herb. It can heal their injuries."

Chu Mengmeng carefully took the herbs, crushed them according to Bai Chen's instructions, and applied them to the wounds of Xiao Yichen and the mysterious figure. However, the effect of the herbs did not seem to be obvious, and their breath was still very weak.

"How could this happen?" Chu Mengmeng asked anxiously, her eyes full of worry and helplessness.

Bai Chen did not speak, but just looked at the two unconscious people quietly, with a complicated look in his eyes. He stretched out his fingers and touched their foreheads respectively, and a warm power slowly flowed into their bodies.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the cave was silent except for Chu Mengmeng's rapid breathing and heartbeat. She held Xiao Yichen's hand tightly, as if to pass all her strength to him.

Finally, Xiao Yichen's fingers moved slightly, and Chu Mengmeng immediately shouted excitedly: "Yichen, you're awake!"

However, Xiao Yichen did not open his eyes, and his breathing was still weak, as if it would disappear at any time. Bai Chen retracted his fingers and shook his head gently, signaling Chu Mengmeng not to hold too much hope.

Chu Mengmeng looked at the unconscious Xiao Yichen, her heart filled with pain and self-blame. She didn't know why she had forgotten such an important thing, and she didn't know what she could do to save it all.

"You... who are you?" She turned to Bai Chen and asked with a trembling voice, "Why... why did you forget him?" Bai Chen looked at her, wanting to say something but stopping himself. In the end, he just sighed softly, his eyes falling into the depths of the cave, as if penetrating something and falling to a more distant place.

Chu Mengmeng looked at the unconscious Xiao Yichen, tears blurring her eyes again. She held his hand tightly, as if to pass on her strength to him, but she was afraid to disturb the glimmer of life he had finally grasped. Her mind was blank, and she tried desperately to remember something, but the harder she tried, the more glaring the blank became, as if mocking her powerlessness.

"Why...why did I forget him?" She whispered, her voice full of pain and self-blame. She didn't know what she had forgotten, but the deep familiarity and heart-wrenching pain were real, reminding her of something important she had lost.

At the side, the mysterious figure groaned in pain in a coma, muttering intermittently: "No...can't...can't let him succeed..."

Bai Chen frowned, reached out and touched his forehead, and felt a strong dark force surging in his body. "He is seriously injured, not only physically, but also spiritually." He retracted his hand and said in a heavy tone, "Moreover, this dark force is very strange, I have never seen it before."

"He will be fine, right?" Chu Mengmeng grabbed Bai Chen's sleeve, her eyes full of pleading.

Bai Chen looked at her, wanting to say something but stopping himself. He knew a lot of things, about Chu Mengmeng's life experience, about the origin of this catastrophe, about the forgotten promise... but he couldn't say it, at least not now. He could only pat her shoulder gently, his tone gentle but with a hint of unnoticeable heaviness: "You have to believe in him, and also believe in yourself."

"I...can I really do this?" Chu Mengmeng lowered her head, her eyes full of confusion and anxiety.

Suddenly, the mysterious figure opened his eyes abruptly, grabbed Bai Chen's hand, and said in a hurried and weak voice: "Find... find it... only it can..."

Before he could finish his words, he fainted again. Bai Chen looked at the ancient ring in his hand, and a complicated light flashed in his eyes. He slowly stood up and looked into the depths of the cave. There seemed to be something hidden there, attracting him to walk in step by step...

Bai Chen walked out from the depths of the cave, holding a glowing gem in his hand, with a solemn expression. "The 'it' he mentioned should be this bright gem, but in order to completely purify the dark power in his body, we need to find another artifact."

Chu Mengmeng asked anxiously: "What kind of artifact is it? Where can I find it?"

Bai Chen sighed, his tone heavy: "It is the holy object of the Temple of Light - the Key of Hope. But..." He paused, as if organizing his words, "But the Key of Hope is likely to have fallen into the hands of the Dark Lord."

"What?!" Chu Mengmeng's face turned pale. Although she had lost some of her memories, she also understood what the Dark Lord represented. If the Key of Hope really fell into his hands, the consequences would be disastrous.

Bai Chen continued, "The power of the Dark Lord is growing. If we don't find the Key of Hope as soon as possible, he will become even more powerful, and then no one will be able to stop him."

Chu Mengmeng bit her lips tightly, a trace of determination flashed in her eyes. "I'll go find it!"

Bai Chen looked at her in surprise. "Do you know what this means? The Dark Lord's castle is full of dangers. You have lost your memory and are all alone..."

"I know," Chu Mengmeng interrupted him, her eyes firm, "but for Yichen, for this world, I have to go." She looked at the unconscious Xiao Yichen, her eyes full of worry and love. "I can't just give up like this, I have to find the key to hope, I want to save him, and I want to save this world."

Bai Chen looked at her deeply and finally nodded. "I can take you to the vicinity of the Dark Castle, but once you enter the castle, everything depends on you."

Chu Mengmeng did not hesitate at all, and resolutely followed Bai Chen out of the cave and flew towards the dark castle.

As night fell, the dark castle looked even more eerie and terrifying under the moonlight. Chu Mengmeng looked at the towering walls in front of her, took a deep breath, and walked in. The castle gate was open, and there was silence inside, with only the whistling wind echoing in her ears. Chu Mengmeng held the dagger tightly in her hand, and took every step with extreme caution, vigilantly observing everything around her, hoping to find clues about the key of hope.

However, she searched the entire castle but still found no clues. As time passed, the flame of hope in her heart gradually extinguished...