The enormous eye left, departing silently and without revealing a single secret.
The people in the cave looked at one another, seemingly unsure what to do for a moment. The pressure brought by that eerie eyeball had been so overwhelming that even after it vanished, a trace of lingering dread and disbelief remained in everyone's heart.
"It really just left?" Eileen murmured, looking extremely uneasy. "Could it be hiding behind the clouds?"
Yu Sheng shook his head. "It really did 'leave.' At the very least, it's no longer in this Otherworld."
He was certain of that, because he could clearly feel that the "gaze" that had constantly shrouded the valley had indeed disappeared.
"Why, though?" Eileen continued muttering. "What was that thing here for? It hid here for so long, then suddenly woke up and scared us, affected the entities here, and now it suddenly left... What was it after?"
Yu Sheng thought for a moment. "Maybe it was just resting here. Now that it's rested enough, it left."
Eileen blinked at him, staring suspiciously. "I-Is that so?"
This time, Yu Sheng was the one left utterly astonished—she actually believed that?!
"No one knows the purpose of the Dark Angels," Xu Jiali's voice came from the side, interrupting the meaningless discussion between Yu Sheng and Eileen. "In fact, we can't even be sure that they possess a concept like 'purpose.' The appearance of these things has always been random. Sometimes, driving them away requires paying an enormous price. Other times... they leave on their own soon enough. Analyzing the actions of the Dark Angels is meaningless. We should consider ourselves lucky that this eye wasn't an especially active individual."
Yu Sheng said, "Oh," and stroked his chin thoughtfully. Just then, the corner of his eye caught sight of Li Lin,