Meeting Miss Fate's puzzled gaze, Star Picking Girl shook her head. Her face was pale. "I didn't see anything. The moment I touched that character, I suffered a backlash." After speaking, she glanced around. All the meteorites had vanished. Judging by the severity of the backlash, she should have died, just like Mr. Zhu. So why hadn't she? She'd only suffered a minor injury?
Miss Fate took a deep breath and brought out her Wireless Gu to contact Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had been waiting the whole time. Mist Ancestor had been chatting quite happily with the instructors. They all treated her with the deference due to their elders and didn't even dare look her in the eye. That put Lu Yin at ease.
The Wireless Gu vibrated. Lu Yin looked at it.
"I nearly died." That was Miss Fate's reply.
Lu Yin's eyes flickered. "What do you mean?"
Miss Fate replied, "That character is connected to the Eternal Clan's The Only True God. He isn't someone we can speculate about. Even in the Heavenly Sect Era, he was incredibly mysterious. What exactly is the connection between that character and him? You nearly got us killed."
Lu Yin didn't know that Miss Fate had transferred the backlash's consequences elsewhere. Nor would anyone inform him of the lives lost in the Outer Universe. After all, it wasn't a major matter.
"What did you divine?" Lu Yin asked.
Miss Fate's gaze was cold. If she hadn't transferred the consequences, she really would have been seriously injured. This was even worse than when Lu Yin had drawn out fate. "I didn't divine anything. I was injured the moment I touched that character. I won't try again."
Lu Yin's heart sank. He looked up at the starry sky. These fluids were devouring the star