Merlot Heavenly City—still the rear garden of that palace. Tomboy and Old Enchantress had once again come here, sipping fragrant tea, eating candied fruit, admiring the beautiful scenery and blooming flowers, stealing half a day of leisure from their busy lives.
"The Sub-Biological World could overturn every rule and concept of the Main Biological World. Everything we know might be wrong; even the countless living beings in the universe might be illusory. Heh... maybe, maybe—it's all only a possibility. The direction of research is unknown, and the research objective can't be determined either. You really know how to give me difficult problems, Tomboy~"
He Xi sat cross-legged on the ground, looking at Kesha as she took small sips of tea beside her, complaining endlessly.
"If it were that easy to research, would I have come to you?" Kesha gave her a lazy glance. After taking a sip of tea, she continued, "To be honest, I don't really accept something so ethereal..."
He Xi's brow twitched, and she could not help cutting in. "You don't accept it, yet you're making me research it? Is tormenting me fun?"
"Tsk, let me finish!" Kesha clicked her tongue. "I don't accept it, but Hua Zhen... Hua Zhen cared deeply about this sort of thing. When he left, he even specifically warned me never to touch it..." She paused, her expression dimming slightly. "But I broke my promise. Not only did I touch it, I dragged you into it too. If he knew, he would definitely blame me~"
He Xi held her teacup in both hands, her fingers tracing the rim as she watched the wisps of steam rising from it. She seemed rather distracted, and no one knew what she was thinking about.
Whenever they mentioned that person, they both fell silent. As their