Before Kong Yi returned, with six hours still remaining, Ji Yan stayed in the [Roaming God Forbidden Ruin] and spent half an hour familiarizing himself with the several eerie items he had just acquired.
In the end, his favorite was still that "sleep-inducing brick."
Making use of his free time, Ji Yan did not stand around waiting stupidly. He went to the forbidden door from before.
The enormous, ancient black door was covered in bizarre patterns.
Standing before it, Ji Yan spoke through the door. "Honorable [Night Burial Maitreya], [Black Chess] Ji Yan has completed the [Return Flow] mission. I wish to report some information regarding the White Chess side."
There was no response from behind the door.
Ji Yan repeated himself.
There was still no response.
Ji Yan shamelessly persisted, intending to repeat himself a third time, when a low voice came from behind the door. "Reporting is a pretense. Probing for information is your true purpose."
"Your little schemes are useless against me."
"Get to the point."
Ji Yan pondered for a moment before choosing his words carefully. "I only want to ask, why did [Daily Hidden Tuo Luo] target me?"
[Night Burial Maitreya]: "It glimpsed the threat you posed in the future."
"And it also sensed your greatest 'card.'"
Ji Yan raised an eyebrow.
It could not only peer into the future, but also see [Omniscient Understanding]!
Damn, was a Big Boss in a Tier 8 dungeon already like a god, able to foresee the future and know everything?
Wouldn't the Big Bosses of Tier 9 and Tier 10 dungeons be even more absurd?
[Night Burial Maitreya] seemed to hear Ji Yan's thoughts. "To you, calling it and me gods would indeed not be inaccurate."
"But by your human definition, no matter how omnipotent 'gods' may be,