"Xiong Ziqi?"
The more Chen Lin looked at the black bear, the more he resembled the magistrate of Zhiwu County in the Nightmare Realm whom Chen Lin had met back in the Tiancang Realm. He could not help asking tentatively.
The black bear froze just as he was about to attack again.
His two enormous eyes turned toward Chen Lin, looking him up and down several times before flickering slightly.
"Who are you?" he asked in a shrill voice.
Chen Lin's gaze flickered.
That answer was as good as an admission.
And judging by his voice, he seemed to have changed sex as well, becoming a female bear.
That meant he was also a life experiencer.
After a moment's thought,
he sent a voice transmission. "I'm from Zhiwu County. I never expected you to still be alive, but how did you end up here?"
Big Black Bear fell silent for a while.
Then he, too, switched to voice transmission.
"I've guessed who you are. Thank you for helping me back then, but I'm afraid we're in opposing factions now. I can't acknowledge you. All I can do is give you one chance. Leave."
"I don't belong to any faction."
Chen Lin replied.
Then he asked, "Judging by your appearance, you've been corrupted by bizarre aura and belong to the Second Faction. So are you a life experiencer, or a monster that invaded with the Bizarre Kingdom?"
"Both."
Xiong Ziqi answered gravely.
"I'm a life experiencer. Dark Descent came shortly after I entered this place. I became trapped after entering the temple, then was corrupted by the dark aura. It left me unable to suppress the nightmare realm aura inside me, and I turned back into a black bear."
"Why were you trapped after entering the temple?"
Chen Lin immediately asked.