Lilith and Xilos were responsible for looking after Wen Ke'er and Fei Mi, ensuring they recovered safely in the repair pods. Although Winnie's condition had improved, she was still weak and needed rest, so she was also placed in the core area.
Once everything had been arranged, Shen Yi and Mia arrived before a relatively intact teleportation node within the Divine Domain.
Alvin personally activated the teleportation sequence. Complex spatial coordinates were entered, and energy began to gather.
This teleportation's destination was not an ordinary Beyond the World coordinate, but the possible location where Feng Qingyao had last appeared—and where she had brought back that sword. The information came from emergency intelligence within the Association provided by Deklan. Even Alvin, the master of the Mechanical Divine Domain, did not know the teleportation's final node.
Before long, the teleportation radiance grew increasingly brilliant, swallowing Shen Yi and Mia's figures.
During the teleportation, as spatial laws fluctuated violently and their vision was filled with distorted streams of light, endless torrents of color and the screeches of the void surrounded them.
Mia's calm voice clearly penetrated the interference and rang directly in Shen Yi's consciousness.
"Won't you ask why I'm coming with you?"
There was no emotion in her voice, as though she had merely mentioned it in passing.
Shen Yi closed his eyes, feeling the faint tearing sensation brought by the teleportation. At her words, he responded through his thoughts in the same flat tone.
"You and Deklan never told me the whole story about Feng Qingyao."
"If there's anything you haven't said, you'd better say it now."
Mia fell silent for a moment.
Only the hum of flowing laws remained within the teleportation passage.
After a while, her voice sounded again, carrying a faint, almost wistful note.
"You're very perceptive."
"You