In the deep, dark, pitch-black underground cavern, only cold blue lights illuminated the path ahead.
Fang Zheng walked through it, clicking his tongue in wonder as he looked at the various weathered buildings around him.
But then again...
"Why are you following me?"
Fang Zheng turned around and looked at the blue-haired girl behind him—she was not Kudrlyat. Kudrlyat, Noft, and Aisya were currently on the surface helping the soldiers. Fang Zheng had planned to head underground to search for the node left behind by the Goddess of Order, but he was not acting alone.
Nephren and Landolko had followed him down into the ruins as well.
Nephren was easy enough to understand. She had been following Fang Zheng around these past few days like a puppy following its owner, and he had gotten used to it. But Landolko surprised him. After all, they had only met a few hours ago, and before this, Fang Zheng had merely answered a few of her questions.
Yet somehow, she had latched onto him.
That was right. Unlike the always quiet Nephren, Landolko seemed to be a girl who greatly enjoyed learning and thinking. In fact, after learning that Fang Zheng was human, she had asked him two questions.
How had the Beasts come into being?
And how had the Golden Fairies come into being?
Fang Zheng naturally answered without hiding anything. Perhaps for the people of this world, these were secrets worth protecting with their lives, but to Fang Zheng, they were no more valuable than gossip printed in a roadside tabloid.
Thus, Landolko learned the truth about this world from Fang Zheng.
The Beasts had been transformed from the humans who once lived in this world.
The Golden Fairies were imitations created by the remaining humans of this world, attempting to