"We understand, Captain." Ji Feng nodded in response.
Bai? said softly, "Brother Chang Xin is looking more and more like a captain now."
Luo Yan nodded in agreement. The current Dugu Changxin was no longer as withdrawn as before and had become much steadier.
Dugu Changxin encouraged everyone a few more times before announcing that they were free to do as they pleased.
However, Luo Yan stepped forward at this moment and said, "Actually, I've had a question ever since the meeting started."
Dugu Changxin turned to him. "What question?"
Luo Yan folded his arms. "That data clerk said earlier that Wu Zhiqi's beast soul had appeared near the base and destroyed their Mecha Squad with a single strike."
"If Wu Zhiqi's beast soul can leave the Forbidden Land and attack the Mecha Squad..."
"Then why didn't it move a little farther forward and attack Chaofeng Base directly?"
Bai? blinked rapidly. "That's right. If its goal was to attack the base, why didn't it destroy the base directly? Why destroy only a Mecha Squad?"
Kang Shun pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose. "I've thought about that too."
"Wu Zhiqi only attacked the Mecha Squad and didn't attack the base."
"Either it's restricted in some way—for example, its beast soul can only appear along the shore—but that explanation is rather far-fetched."
"So I'm more inclined to believe that it was either worried that attacking the base directly would bring down the Tiangang Dragon Riders' suppression..."
"Or Wu Zhiqi had another purpose in doing this."
Ji Feng looked at Kang Shun in astonishment. "Am I the only one who never wondered why Wu Zhiqi didn't attack the base?"
Bai? raised her hand slightly and said softly, "Me too."
Dugu Changxin glanced at the two of them before saying,