Secrets, Trading Space for Time

Ying Gou and Ye Jinghong knew that, at a time like this, nothing they said would get through to me.

Ye Jinghong sighed softly. "Be careful."

I nodded and walked forward slowly. Ying Gou wanted to follow, but I turned and glanced at him. "He said he wanted to talk alone. If you follow me, he won't say anything."

In the end, Ying Gou had no choice but to stop.

I walked roughly twenty or thirty meters before finally stopping in front of the figure.

The moment I saw that figure, I froze. Although I had already prepared myself and knew I might see this statue again, seeing that it truly was a statue still made my scalp tingle.

After all, Ying Gou had just been sent flying by this statue.

This statue could move and attack—and it had even knocked Ying Gou flying.

Was this still a statue?

"I'm here. What do you want to talk about, and how?" I asked.

It actually moved again, placing one hand on my shoulder. "Of course we won't talk here. I'll take you somewhere."

Then my vision blurred.

Next, I heard the sound of waves crashing wildly against the rocks.

I was sitting shoulder to shoulder with someone on a reef, beneath a crescent moon.

We were no longer underground. We had returned to the surface.

It had actually brought me to the surface and seated me on a huge reef.

Though I was startled, I quickly understood. This was its use of space-time.

I was shocked by how skillfully it wielded space-time.

"Who exactly are you?" I asked.

A smile appeared on its face. "You shouldn't be asking such a question. It makes me think there's something wrong with your intelligence."

I rolled my eyes.

It said, "Actually, you've known who