"Are you leaving tomorrow?" Yao Ziyan looked at the two of them in surprise.
She knew more or less about the Tide and the Elder Council's plans. Keeping the Underground Creatures asleep was only part of the mission.
The other part was investigating the central region of the disaster's outbreak and the reason behind the disturbances in the Chaos Land.
According to the current speculation, perhaps these two seemingly unrelated matters were connected in some crucial way.
A few days ago, Luo Chuan had even put forward a bold conjecture.
Whether corruption or collapse, there was actually no fundamental difference between them. Both were "pollution" emitted by the Underground Creatures.
As for whether it was uncontrolled leakage or impurities expelled from their bodies, that was still unknown. Only exploration could yield a concrete conclusion.
And that was now the ultimate purpose of investigating the Chaos Land.
Yao Ziyan was merely a little surprised by the news that they would set out tomorrow to investigate it. So many uneventful days had passed that she had thought these people had forgotten about it.
"After preparing for so long, it's time to leave." Ausia smiled. "We mainly wanted to see whether any Annihilation Cultists were still lurking in the shadows. Looking at it now, it seems we were overthinking things."
"The Chaos Land, hehe. I've wanted to go inside and take a look for ages."
Elizabeth gave a hoarse laugh. "The Suwei Empire's Winter's Breath once struck the heart of the Chaos Land directly. I'm really looking forward to seeing what traces it left behind."
She made it sound less like an exceedingly dangerous investigation and more like a long-awaited journey.
Yao Ziyan smiled.
At a time like this, all she needed to do was keep smiling.
"Winter's Breath is the Suwei Empire's