Shen Yi shook his head, his expression calm, as if the encounter just now—enough to shake any Authority Holder to the core—had been nothing more than a trivial matter.
"Nothing major. He only left a sealed piece of memory information in my consciousness. It seems it'll only open once certain specific conditions are met. It should be about the Black Fog, or something else. I can't view it right now. Aside from that, he didn't say anything more."
His tone was flat, with little emotion audible in it. He was neither excited from having spoken with a legendary figure nor angry at having been attacked.
Complex fluctuations passed through Alvin's vast magnetic field. He looked at Shen Yi's unwillingness to discuss it further, and in the end, he only let out a low sigh.
He understood. Since Shen Yi did not want to talk, pressing him would be pointless. That lord's way of doing things had never been something they could speculate about.
And judging by the result, Shen Yi was safe and sound, perhaps had even received some kind of gift, and the Black Fog in Liushuo's world had also been dealt with. Perhaps that in itself was the best answer.
Meanwhile, Liushuo was lowering his head, looking at the Boundary Stele in his hand.
The dim silver-white glow on the surface of the Boundary Stele seemed much steadier now. More importantly, the Black Fog pollution index displayed on it was continuing to fall at a speed visible to the naked eye.
From the previous 10.7, it had already dropped below 10, and the downward trend had not stopped.
Even though the other Authority Holders present were no longer intervening in the cleanup, the decline was still happening.
The starlight around Liushuo no longer fluctuated violently. Instead, there was