Hearing Tianma's words, Ji Yan's eyes flickered. He asked, "What kind of person am I in your eyes?"
With his hands in his pockets, Tianma replied calmly, "Not bad."
"Top-notch as an ally. Forget being friends—you'd be too easy to get stabbed in the back by."
"..."
"So, what did that eerie give you?"
"Or rather, what exactly lies beyond the [gate]?" Tianma steered the topic back on track.
"The authority of [Omniscient Understanding]."
"Or rather, the authority over the timeline Dungeon of Nine Stripes's [gate]."
Tianma froze for a moment, then rubbed his chin and muttered, "So that's how it is."
Ji Yan asked, "You figured it out again?"
Tianma said, "No wonder that [Time Eerie] was so wary of it and went to such lengths to break into gate Number '4.'"
"Those eeries weren't coveting it. They were afraid."
"They broke in to destroy the secret 'he' left behind."
Ji Yan had not expected Tianma's mind to work so quickly. "The Umbrella-Bone Remnant Soul roughly meant that [Omniscient Understanding] is the key weapon for overcoming the Main Quest and clearing the [Time Dungeon]."
For now, though, Ji Yan was still completely in the dark about this so-called main storyline...
"The timeline Dungeon behind Nine Stripes's gate is called [Omniscient Nether Gate]. I once went in with another fool to try and clear it. Not only did we fail, we were nearly driven mad."
"That Dungeon Map wasn't large. Its structure was small, its setting simple, and there were no side quests. The moment you entered, you faced the main quest—but it became an inescapable nightmare for me."
Tianma crossed his arms. "There were no extra NPCs inside. The instant any Player entered, they had to directly face the Dungeon Boss—that Tier 13 eerie!"
Ji Yan could not help