These powerful-looking monsters poked their heads out, curiously sizing up Lu Cang like newborns who had never seen a human before.
It would have been easy to kill them, but Lu Cang didn't strike.
Instead, he continued walking forward.
Whoosh!
Another small step.
Lu Cang was already back beside Yakartikto, while Xin Qianhuan, who had been on the other side, had disappeared.
"Looks like you didn't run into any danger."
Lu Cang asked, "Was that a test?"
Yakartikto smiled. "No, it wasn't a test. I was just out for a walk."
Yakartikto didn't seem to care that Lu Cang had vanished.
Without turning around, she asked softly, "Do you think this world is beautiful?"
Lu Cang glanced in every direction.
"I think this world is magnificent."
"But that's true for those strong enough to control their own lives."
"If you're weak, there are too many constraints in this world."
Lu Cang answered from the heart.
"The weak are far too easily preyed upon."
Yakartikto paused for a moment, then asked with a hint of a smile, "But before you appeared, the mortals of this world were all living quite well."
"At the very least, widespread peace had lasted for five thousand years."
Yakartikto seemed to be hinting at something.
What did she mean, "before you appeared"?
She made it sound as though he were the one responsible for all of this...
Even though the turmoil in the world and the calamities that had descended were all caused by the Nest.
"I don't really understand," Lu Cang replied directly.
The two landed on a mountaintop. A Taiji symbol, like the one on Earth, was drawn across it.
Two yin-yang fish divided the flat summit.
Yakartikto stood at the center of the dividing line, while Lu Cang stood to her right, on