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"The door to the Core Palace is located right there!"
In an instant, all other sounds around them vanished, leaving only those almost tangible words shaking the air and echoing throughout the vast cavern...
Gazing at that neatly arranged row of doors, Hilif closed her eyes, seemingly searching for a flaw in Wu Yan's words. Yet in the end, she found nothing...
But rather than being displeased at finding no flaw in Wu Yan's words, Hilif's eyes rippled with a strange emotion—part admiration, part delight, part pride. It was exceedingly complicated...
Hilif slowly nodded, her gaze remaining fixed on the row of doors as she examined them from top to bottom.
"Then have you already discovered which specific door leads to the Core Palace?..."
"It was because I discovered it that I said we'd been played..." A faintly bitter smile appeared on Wu Yan's face as he spoke.
"Who told you the real door was among those doors?!"
Upon hearing that, Hilif froze in surprise, though not entirely unexpectedly.
She was certain she had not misheard him. Wu Yan had indeed said that the door to the Core Palace was located in that position...
Hilif lightly furrowed her brows and looked directly into Wu Yan's eyes. She said nothing, but anyone could see that she was waiting for his explanation...
"If my guess is correct, then the door to the Core Palace should indeed be at that location..." Meeting Hilif's puzzled gaze, Wu Yan looked at the row of doors, then at the entrance passage leading into the cavern, and smiled.
"At first, like you, I thought the door leading to the Core Palace should be among that single neatly arranged vertical row of doors.