Chapter 96: Mutual Suspicion
Xu Huo didn't answer right away. Instead, he waited for it to ask a second time, then a third, until the countdown was nearly over.
"The Puzzle Solver has five seconds left."
Xu Huo answered, "The chairman of Stellar Company."
"Beep-beep! Correct!"
"The Puzzle Solver has given the correct answer. Master Nice has decided to reward you with a small Magnifying Glass. The world looks more beautiful when magnified."
Xu Huo took the Magnifying Glass as usual, then turned to Shen Xin. "Gu Yu should have succeeded by now. If only the nearby Aliens are drawn in each time, then even if you answer the next question wrong, it won't be dangerous. Just in case, go outside first."
Shen Xin was full of questions, but this wasn't the time to ask them. She readily left the Household Shop. "Be careful."
"Clever Puzzle Solver, here is the third question: if an Evolver who has turned into an Alien stood before you, would you uphold righteousness and kill it?"
This time, there was no clock counting down. Xu Huo answered immediately. "No."
After visiting Master Nice's Residence, he had learned a little about the highly skilled artisan. First, he loved making clocks, and the ones he made could undergo a qualitative change and become special items imbued with the power of time and space. Second, his late son and daughter-in-law had both opposed the abuse of Evolution Potions, and he himself had devoted tremendous effort to the same cause. Third, some people died during Evolution, while others mutated into Monsters. He had been desperately searching for a way to achieve Perfect Evolution.
With that in mind, the question made sense. Master Nice had built this town for his granddaughter, who had turned into an Alien. The whimsical, fairy-tale