We continued deeper inside, and the old man did not stop us again.
After all, I had made myself clear. We would not leave until we found Ying Gou.
The more dangerous he made the place sound, the less I could rest easy.
Although I had faith in Ying Gou, no matter how powerful he was, he could still make mistakes. Besides, the other side had planned this while he had been caught off guard.
I had also asked the old man whether this was a trap aimed at Ying Gou. Otherwise, why would news suddenly emerge that Nü Ba was here? If not for Nü Ba, with Ying Gou's temperament, he would never have entered this space alone.
But the old man said it was indeed a trap, though it was not aimed at Ying Gou. It was aimed at me. The purpose was to lure me here, then make me agree to go to Pompeii City for that person.
They had also figured out my temperament. If it had not involved Ying Gou, I definitely would not have gotten involved in such nonsense. So they used Ying Gou as bait, and Nü Ba was bait specifically meant for Ying Gou.
After all, Ying Gou was only one step away from becoming a true Immortal Body. At that point, he could truly live like an ordinary person, free from illness, aging, and death.
Of course, that was relative. Even if he truly attained an Immortal Body and possessed formidable skills, he would still have no means of resisting the modern civilization's firearms.
There had never been any true gods in this world.
Even if there were, they would still be insignificant before a nuclear bomb.
Still, we remained extremely cautious. The only one who did not take this place