Return, but the Timing Was Wrong

The system was the Boundary Keeper!

I had to admit, I really had not considered that possibility.

Just as Ying Gou had said, I too had fallen into a fixed way of thinking—that Boundary Keepers were generally Guiguzi's disciples. But apparently, that was not the case.

The old man cleared his throat awkwardly. "I never expected even you, the progenitor of zombies, to have gained such intelligence. It really wasn't easy for you to think of that. That's right. When it comes to Boundary Keepers, I am the real one. My task is to ensure that Yanxu continues to exist properly. As humanity's last hope, I must make sure it does not perish. Of course, I previously had an even more important task: guarding the Heart Core."

We were not speaking loudly. At the very least, Xu Qiuyan's mother and Ding Ru could not possibly hear us.

"Enough nonsense. Hurry up and send us away. You don't want us to stay either. You should know that if we really start fighting those two groups over there, whether Yanxu can continue to exist will be hard to say—especially after he obtains the Heart Core."

I looked at the old man. Ying Gou was saying that the old man had lied to me earlier; he simply did not have the ability to send all of us away!

The old man's lips moved, while Ye Jinghong's voice turned cold. "You bastard, aren't you afraid that since he can create you, he can destroy you too?"

The old man sighed. "Of course I'm afraid. But I'm not afraid right now, because he isn't himself yet. If he had already become who he used to be, then forget me—even those two groups over there would never dare act so arrogantly. Destroying them would take him