Chen Na lay in her room, eyes closed as she pretended to take an afternoon nap.
She knew that communicating through the [Communication Scroll] like this would keep anyone from noticing. Otherwise, even if the exchange took place through thoughts, the absent-minded, sluggish look she showed while communicating with someone would still draw attention.
Pretending to sleep meant she did not need to worry about that.
Ever since hearing what Gu Fei had said last time, she had kept wondering whether Han Ling had lied to her—whether the people who had customized challenge missions for her had not done so willingly, but had been forced into it.
Then, over the past two days, she noticed that the base was bustling with people every day, with many returning from outside.
She knew those people. They were all responsible for gathering supplies. Chen Na used her ability to casually approach them, overhearing several conversations that all mentioned the authorities.
It seemed the authorities had finally freed up their hands and dispatched armed forces to sweep the wilderness, cracking down on all kinds of thug groups and organizations that forced Ascendants to create challenges for others.
After hearing that, Chen Na understood. The organization she was in was probably one of those groups.
She had been willing to follow the organization's orders and take part in its operations only to repay it for providing her mother with life-saving medicine. But if the organization was evil by nature and existed to exploit others, then everything she had done was helping evil.
Chen Na did not want to become a bad child. She knew that would disappoint her mother—but she was powerless to do anything. She had even thought of dying, yet worried that after her death, her mother would suffer retaliation.
In her helplessness,