At the edge of the desert, a small campfire burned quietly.
Listening to Alex Shadow's utterly unreserved account, Bai Zhi's expression grew increasingly strange.
He had only wanted to see if he could gather some information from the other party, but he had unexpectedly hooked a big fish.
The Sky Pillar on the front lines, the struggles between factions, the secret hidden within Haruin, an opportunity that appeared once every century...
Under Xi'er's orders, Alex Shadow had held nothing back.
"Meat pig... I mean, why did Dragon's Funeral Song bring us here? So it was because of this?"
Rubbing his chin, Bai Zhi looked thoughtful.
If that was the case, Shangguan Weier had actually been targeted long ago. Even her arrival in Haruin had been part of someone else's plan.
But... geniuses?
Bai Zhi gave Alex Shadow a subtle look.
Due to their unique nature, Myths were essentially impossible to control. But if they advanced into Myth under the influence of external forces, it was hard to say whether those who advanced for that reason might one day become puppets.
They might have remained peaceful for the past several centuries, but if this hidden danger detonated at a critical moment—say, when the Anomalies launched their full assault on the front lines—the front lines could very well suffer a catastrophic disaster.
As a mid-to-high-ranking member of the Crimson Pillar, Alex Shadow knew quite a lot. Aside from these thousand-player large-scale Games specifically meant to break through into Myth, there were also Games with other player counts.
Over the past eight hundred years, relying on the opportunity they held, the Pure Knot World had recruited quite a few people on the front lines. Not only did they have connections within the four pillars under their control, but people entangled in interests with