Perhaps many people would not have suspected that this big fish was problematic after this encounter, but Guo Xiaoyun would.
Her creed in life was to never believe that goodwill in this world came without reason. Lord Xi Ye treated the D-Earthlings well because their aptitude was worthy of it. If he had used violent colonization, he would have run into trouble sooner or later.
Ysera treated them well for the same reason—their aptitude. Even Gou Dan, Mu Yunji, and the others had received their mentors' goodwill after leaving, all because they were strong enough.
But the one before them was somewhat different. One could say that their excellent aptitude had earned them the other party's goodwill, but the other party had asked nothing of them. This kind of unknown goodwill was often accompanied by an unreliable price.
Xi Ye was a typical example. He had first used games, then the lure of the Gene Body, to entice them into signing lifelong contracts. The price had been enormous. And the one before them was even more excessive than Xi Ye. This deliberately emitted sense of security made it feel like it was a far more dangerous existence than Xi Ye.
This extreme harmlessness instead caused a trace of danger to arise in her heart.
"Is there anything else you want to ask?" the big fish asked in its still-gentle voice, so soft that it made one feel it was an existence without even a hint of a temper.
"Um, I wanted to ask: if Senior didn't lead the way, could we go to that island ourselves?" Guo Xiaoyun asked with a smile.
As soon as she said this, the air fell silent. In an instant, that incomparably gentle aura vanished, replaced by an invisible chill.
How should one describe that