Just as Luo Zheng had suspected, behind the curtain was not a person, but a rat.
The rat beast was taller than a person and sat cross-legged on the floor. An enormous array had been drawn across the floor of the room, and it sat at its very center.
"You seem hostile toward me?" The rat beast seemed vaguely able to see through Luo Zheng's thoughts.
Luo Zheng was slightly startled, then replied, "I'm just not quite used to dealing with a beast..."
There were people who raised beasts in the Divine Realm, and quite a few contracted beasts existed even in the universe. But beasts were beasts, after all. They generally communicated only with their masters and could not integrate into human society.
Yet things in the Mother World seemed somewhat different. These beasts coexisted peacefully with humans as wholly independent beings?
In the Red Sun Desert, Luo Zheng had seen the sandfolk colluding with the Great Eater Demon Flowers like wolves and jackals, and had even rebuked them, considering it a disgrace. Now it seemed that such a situation was probably commonplace in the Mother World.
The rat did not mind Luo Zheng's attitude. It asked, "I hear you're looking for someone?"
"Yes." Luo Zheng nodded.
"What is that person's cultivation level? What do they look like? When and where did they appear? The more detail you give me, the easier it will be to find her," it continued.
Luo Zheng thought for a moment, then replied, "Three days ago, she entered Three Mountains Pass from the chaos. As for whether she passed through the Red Sun Desert, I'm not sure. She's an Other Shore Realm expert..."
Originally, Luo Zheng had not wanted to reveal too much about Mingwei. If this Rat Alliance had any connection to the