(Happy New Year, everyone! As usual, I'm not taking time off for the holidays. Where are my red envelopes and monthly votes?!)
The ever-approaching Discontinuity Belt put everyone under tremendous pressure. Although I still felt it would take at least three hundred years to reach the Abyss Gate, which seemed like plenty of time, three hundred years was little more than the blink of an eye to people like Sandora and Viska. These tough old monsters who had already lived through several cosmic cycles were now busily preparing for the possible impact.
We had Xiao Xue, who had returned from the future, but unfortunately, this brat really was useless at critical moments: she knew absolutely nothing about the "Discontinuity Belt." This might mean that the Discontinuity Belt ultimately caused no consequences, or perhaps some other reason had kept it out of future textbooks. In any case, we couldn't let Xiao Xue's attitude lull us into carelessness. Sandora was right: anything connected to the Abyss could never be good. No matter when, treating it as a colossal threat would never be excessive.
I accompanied Sandora in learning about the rest of the Deep Diving Project. Under normal circumstances, Lin Xue would have gotten bored and gone home by now, but for some reason, her enthusiasm for work seemed unusually high today. She actually stayed with Sandora and me to listen to reports for half the day. Only after Tawell had thoroughly reported on the plans for the next deep dive did she wander over. "Tawell, didn't you have something related to me to report?"
I was immediately stunned. "Lin Brat, what did you discuss with Tawell this time?"
"Nothing." Lin Xue waved her hand. "I knew when I woke up this morning that she had something to report today, and just