"Miss Kannie, were you able to save your people?"
With no one else around, Chen Lin asked her directly.
Kannie smiled radiantly and gave Chen Lin a slight bow. "Thanks to your help, Brother Chen, all my people are out of danger. But it will still take a long time for them to recover completely."
Surprise immediately appeared on Chen Lin's face. She had actually done it!
He immediately asked, "Then did you meet the Guardian Xiaohong? Was she the one who helped undo the transformation rule?"
If this sort of rule could be undone, the Nightmare Realm would become a little less dangerous. No matter how difficult it might be, having a solution and having none were two entirely different things.
A trace of alarm appeared on Kannie's face. "Yes, I entered that place. She was bound by a thick chain. I have no idea what sort of being could imprison a Guardian. I'd always thought Guardians were the most powerful beings in the Nightmare Realm."
Chen Lin's heart grew heavy. So Niuniu was not the only one bound by chains; Xiaohong was chained up too. That meant the other Guardians in the Village were surely in the same situation.
"Did you enter the Mushroom Courtyard directly? Did you visit the Village outside?"
Kannie immediately answered, "Exactly, Brother Chen. I appeared right in the courtyard. Then that girl ladled a bowl of mushroom soup from a large pot and told me to drink it. The soup was black and thick, with a pungent smell. One look was enough to tell it was poisonous, but she said I had to accept her challenge if I refused to drink it."
"And then?"
Hearing her account, Chen Lin felt slightly relieved. It seemed the chains had not completely sealed Xiaohong away. She