Oh, right, the one before her had deceived her too. Back then, it had only been her good manners and her unwillingness to show weakness or embarrass herself that had stopped her from pointing at Qihua and giving her a tongue-lashing in the Temple, rather than pretending to be unruffled, exchanging a few words with Xianchan, and leaving it at that.
Yu Xunge explained helplessly, "That's different. Right now, it probably doesn't know either."
Assuming the Mechanical Race really was behind everything, it would certainly have come out to stop her the moment she stripped away the Authority. Its failure to do so meant its current state was unusual.
Perhaps it was dormant? Or on standby? Or was it savoring the Timelines it had devoured in the previous Epoch?
Yu Xunge now found it hard not to suspect that preserving the most brilliant Timeline was meant to keep the next Epoch's story just as exciting.
For instance, Qihua, who paid attention to Fragrant Branch in every Epoch, or Yudun, who tried to find a master for [Ignorant Game] in every Epoch-although these gods couldn't participate in the game, their obsessions would influence the new story.
The same was true of Lighthouse Youwo and Mountains Yudun in the Burial Ground.
Of course she was upset. Not long ago, she had still been lamenting why B80 hadn't awakened a God-Bestowed Talent after living with her for so long and gained real feelings, rather than emotions that were first analyzed by a program and then simulated further.
But precisely because B80 hadn't awakened real emotions yet, because it had left the Abandoned Zone with her out of a longing for real emotions, she couldn't be angry with it.
Not to mention that she had been the one who had found the Abandoned Zone