"Chen, how's the scenery here?" Thousand Machine Strange Performance asked as he walked through this world with Lu Yin.
"Unlike Le City, it doesn't look much like a place where creatures from the Death Universe would live."
"What do you think of it?"
"It's all right."
"Pick a place to be your grave."
Lu Yin was startled. He eyed Thousand Machine Strange Performance's back warily, momentarily at a loss for words.
Thousand Machine Strange Performance turned and smiled at him. "To reach the limits of your potential, you have to pay a price. You must approach death—or even pay the price of death itself. If you fail, you'll really die. So pick a place you like. It can be your grave."
Lu Yin stared at Thousand Machine Strange Performance. "Is it dangerous?"
Thousand Machine Strange Performance thought for a moment. "Very."
"Can I refuse?"
"Of course." Thousand Machine Strange Performance answered without hesitation. "I'll send you to Ancestor Butterfly Continent right now. You can gather everything there is to know about Tai Qing Civilization and wipe it out while you're at it."
Ancestor Butterfly Continent was the nearby Fishing Civilization.
If Thousand Machine Strange Performance sent him there now, it would be as good as sending him to his death. Even at the peak of his strength, his true body couldn't have taken on and destroyed a Fishing Civilization alone, let alone his White Bone Clone.
Lu Yin fell silent for a while.
Thousand Machine Strange Performance didn't hurry him. It simply gazed at the world, perfectly at ease.
"Sorry for the trouble, Senior." Lu Yin bowed deeply to Thousand Machine Strange Performance.
"Are you going to Ancestor Butterfly Continent, or are you going to raise your potential?"
"Raise my potential." Lu Yin no longer hesitated. There was no smooth