"What did Giant Axe want to talk to you about just now? He was being all mysterious, even using cards to seal off the surroundings."
"You guess."
"...You guess whether I'll guess?"
"You guess whether I'll guess whether you'll guess?"
"You guess... Hurry up, stop messing around."
Yao Ziyan shook Luo Chuan's arm impatiently, a faint note of coquettishness audible in her voice.
"Alright, alright, I'll tell you... My arm, my arm is about to break..."
As the God of Destiny and a Venerable of the Royal Family of Beasts, Yao Ziyan's strength went without saying. Luo Chuan only felt the scene before his eyes splitting into double images.
It seemed this girl still had some way to go before she could completely master her own strength.
Over the next while, Luo Chuan used a condensed summary to briefly recount what he and Giant Axe had discussed, while Yao Ziyan listened attentively.
"Mm... ancient creatures that exist underground..."
Yao Ziyan curled a finger against her lips and murmured softly. Her gaze also unconsciously drifted toward the ground, where she saw nothing but wooden flooring streaked with brown grain.
"More accurately, they're divine lifeforms," Luo Chuan corrected. "Ordinary creatures couldn't grow that large, could they?"
"So? What are you planning to do, Luo Chuan?" Yao Ziyan asked casually.
"According to Giant Axe, the Tide may have known about the Underground Creatures long ago. It might even be connected to Steel City's previous accident of falling into the Void-Reality Crevice. The Extraordinary Item that caused it was taken away by the Holy Light Church, and there may be some kind of connection between these three powers."
After saying all that, Luo Chuan took a sip of tea. "Since they have a countermeasure, we'll just watch for now."
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