Chaos
Under their forceful intimidation, Xu Huo finally gave in. He sat dejectedly on a tree root, his face buried in his hands.
Yin Yang Master stopped looking at him and turned to ask Bubble Bean whether he had spotted anyone.
Bubble Bean pondered for a moment, then asked him for more details about "Deng Guang."
Yin Yang Master had indeed heard Deng Guang's voice. "Like I told you, when I heard the voice, I believed it without thinking. I completely forgot about my friend and my first instinct was to walk toward it. But I snapped out of it as soon as you called me. It's not that hard to guard against."
"It's not a question of whether it's easy to guard against. We're being watched." Bubble Bean stared intently at him. "Did you really hear someone call out?"
Yin Yang Master was already getting impatient at being asked the same thing repeatedly. Now he grew even more annoyed. "You don't trust me? You think I'm lying to you?"
Bubble Bean's expression shifted, but in the end, he said nothing.
Stung by his lack of faith, Yin Yang Master punched the tree beside him. "Fine, don't believe me! I didn't lie!"
"He might not be the one who lied," Xu Huo suddenly interjected. "Maybe your friend did it on purpose."
The two turned to look at him. He wore a mocking smile. "Deng Guang must be the person who called out to me from outside yesterday. I know he was hiding in the woods without showing himself. Maybe he's gotten hooked on pretending to be the 'hidden friend.' He's not just targeting me, a non-Dungeon Player—he won't even spare his own companions."
That was certainly possible. Deng Guang had indeed left on his own, and he hadn't replied to