In the secluded tea room, the fragrance of tea lingered in the air.
"...Forget it. I won't stoop to your level, kid."
After staring speechlessly at the person before him, who looked like he had practically written the word "handsome" across his face, for a moment, the old man waved a hand and picked up the teapot from the table to pour himself another cup.
"Since she's still alive, we have to rescue her no matter what. We need to start preparing for that as soon as possible... By the way, how did you obtain that thing from that world?"
As if something had suddenly occurred to him, the old man looked up at Bai Zhi.
"There are terrifying things in that world. How did you survive in a place like that?"
"Terrifying things? What exactly are you referring to?"
Thinking of the nine Possibility Worm eggs locked inside the breeding box, Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly.
"I don't know."
The old man shook his head bluntly.
"We could only vaguely sense that there was some great terror there. Normally, we wouldn't even dare get close."
"Yeah, if you don't know, how would I?"
Curling his lips, Bai Zhi took the [Safe House] out of his Inventory and set it on the table, decisively changing the subject.
"I think 1,000 Origin Coins is a little too low. Can you add a bit more?"
Although the [Safe House] was useful, the Mimic Worm sleeping inside it would awaken within the next day or two. With no way to repair [that breeding box] for the time being, this thing was practically a Time Bomb.
Bai Zhi had personally experienced the [Safe House]'s mimicry abilities before. That level of mimicry was simply terrifying.
Once the thing awakened, he could foresee that he