Ah Shan said they were almost there, and in the very next instant, Gu Xi felt his body jolt. He rolled across the ground, as if he had landed in the sand.
Sunlight struck him full in the face, making his whole body heat up.
"We're here?"
Gu Xi raised his head and found himself at the foot of a cliff.
Aside from a large number of black rocks buried in the yellow sand, the place was covered with plenty of weeds.
Ah Shan and Su Sheng had both already gotten to their feet. Ah Shan slung the blood-colored Round Shield onto her back and was checking the details of this mission.
Su Sheng, meanwhile, was off to the side looking for Bao Chang and the other one, who were still lying on the ground.
Clearly, those two had slept through the whole trip and had yet to wake up.
Gu Xi stood up and checked himself over. When he found that nothing was wrong, he headed toward Ah Shan.
At that moment, the Chief of the Goddesses floating behind Gu Xi was turning her head on her own, looking around.
Gu Xi could sense very clearly that in the Chief of the Goddesses' eyes, everything nearby seemed to have overlapping shadows.
Gu Xi was somewhat curious, and the Chief of the Goddesses automatically flew out, fixing her gaze on a few small patches of grass nearby.
Neither Gu Xi nor Ah Shan's group found anything strange about the Chief of the Goddesses' actions.
To Gu Xi, it felt just like turning his head because he had spotted something interesting somewhere. It was perfectly normal.
To Ah Shan and the others, she was like an artificial intelligence, the sort many people carried around. That was perfectly normal too.
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