Hearing that question, Bai Yi calmed down instead.
He sat on the other side, looking utterly at ease as he said, "What do you think? Lin Heng, you're so clever—you shouldn't be unable to figure it out... Fine, I'll give you a hint."
"The Immortal Realm is the point of contention. We're now on the timeline of the Fifth Epoch. What do you think people from the Fourth Epoch could rely on to intervene?"
Different points in time...
Lin Heng fell into thought. After pondering for a moment, he raised his eyes. "You mean the Underworld is the passage through which the Fourth Epoch intervenes in the Fifth Epoch?"
"You could put it that way! But my teacher said that people first arrived in the Immortal Realm, and only afterward did the Underworld appear... That made travel between the two realms easier."
"Then why did you say that people from the Immortal Realm would be assimilated after entering the Underworld? Is it merely a one-way exit?" Lin Heng asked doubtfully.
"No! Something should have gone wrong with the Underworld. The people inside can't get out, and once those outside enter, they can't leave either!" Bai Yi answered truthfully.
In other words, the current Rebirth Realm—the Underworld—was a place one could enter, yet find exceedingly difficult to leave.
Bai Yi attributed it to a problem with the soil.
Something had gone wrong beneath the soil.
This coincided perfectly with Lin Heng's previous conversation with the Plowman.
Lin Heng had once asked the Plowman why Humanity Fruits could no longer be condensed. The Plowman's answer had been that the soil had developed a problem.
They could be produced before, but not now.
The Underworld could no longer be freely entered and exited for the same reason.
Bai Yi was somewhat surprised after