Not only was the world channel blowing up, but Yu Xunge's private chat channel was too.
It was all Yan Tu sending messages.
For the same reason Dawn Cicada had called out to her in the world channel, Fragrant Branch did not trust Zelan.
Dawn Cicada had only one three-star World Skill. Rather than wait until a crisis for Zelan to cut Dawn loose-which was very likely to happen-it would be better to ask Zai Jiu Xunge now to pull "Dawn" out of the Invasion Sequence ahead of time, directly beside "Zai Jiu."
"Tiger Ear," "Sakura," and "Quecheng" faced much the same problem. Their histories were not particularly long, or their wars were not frequent enough. Unlike worlds such as "Zichuan," "Tingzhou," "Winter Sea," and "Rage," they did not have one or even several high-level World Skills.
[Yan Tu]: Xianchan has plenty of good stuff. Name your price. She can afford it!
[Xunge]: Then what about the fourth Bell Toll?
Sitting in the Captain's Quarters, Yu Xunge gently closed World Sigh.
Thinking of [Question My Heart], which had appeared before them that day with such uncanny timing... she returned to Zai Jiu, picked up Yan Tu, and headed to Dawn together.
[Warning, warning! The Zaijiu Arbiter has arrived! The Zaijiu Arbiter has arrived!]
When the warning sounded, Dawn Cicada was sitting on the High Platform, gazing at the distant sunlight that resembled flowing gold.
A vast shadow fell over her. Thinking of how little time remained and how she needed a favor, she took a deep breath, forced an enthusiastic smile, and looked up at the ship overhead. Two seconds later, six cat heads appeared along its railing.
"..." Dawn Cicada's smile vanished, replaced by a sour expression.
Another head popped up at the end of the row