Watching Jiang Mian's departing figure, Xiao Song sighed silently.
"Old Gu."
He spoke to the empty air before him, as if talking to himself:
"She's still young. Is it really too..."
"Too impatient?"
A deep voice came from beside him.
Xiao Song turned his head, as if he'd expected it.
A straight-backed man in military uniform had appeared beside him at some point.
Gu Chengan, Sequence 7, [A Dream of Nanke].
He looked young, but carried an imposing air that brooked no disrespect, clearly cultivated only by someone who had long occupied a position of power.
"From the moment she chose to reveal her identity, she was already on the chessboard."
Gu Chengan stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze calmly fixed on the direction Jiang Mian had gone.
"Besides... she is [Doom], a [Doom] on the verge of becoming a complete entity. She deserves the right to be a player."
Xiao Song's expression darkened.
Was Old Gu planning to speak up for Jiang Mian, even push her into a higher position?
So be it. She was far more clearheaded than most people, and much stronger mentally. Otherwise, she would have shown her hand long ago.
In the end, Xiao Song said nothing more. He simply watched the cave entrance, waiting for the moment to act.
Meanwhile, Jiang Mian had already reached Yuyi Hall's headquarters.
She looked around. The building was empty, not a soul in sight, as if everyone had vanished into thin air.
Even after spreading her perception across the entire building, she couldn't sense a trace of life.
But according to Xiao Song, they'd come after she returned.
All the cave entrances had been sealed from the outside. If the evacuation had succeeded, they would surely have run into them.
Had Oblivion River already made