The moment he stepped into the starry sky, Lu Yin looked at Da Mao again. "Senior, could you keep an eye on the Ancestor Butterfly for me? I'm worried it might disappear."
Da Mao raised an eyebrow. Was he actually asking it to do something? It instinctively wanted to rebuke him, but after thinking it over, it gritted its teeth. "Fine."
The scheme had come from it, and it wasn't so simple. This was only the beginning.
It was uneasy about letting Lu Yin leave, since if he never came back, there would be nothing it could do. Still, this step had to be taken. The Unknown wouldn't control this bone creature by any means; interests were the most reliable guarantee.
Lu Yin left.
Watching Lu Yin's departing figure, Da Mao exhaled and slowly sank into the Qi Universe.
Far away, Thousand Machine Strange Performance glanced at Da Mao, then headed toward its own abyss.
The Qi Universe wasn't all that far from Thousand Machine Strange Performance's abyss, but it wasn't close, either. At Lu Yin's speed, he would have reached it quickly, but his Dead Silence Power was almost entirely depleted, slowing him down considerably. It would take him years to return.
Thinking back, if he hadn't happened to find the Qi Universe, his White Bone Clone could never have returned safely. The Ancestor Butterfly would have dismantled him long ago.
Several years later, Lu Yin returned to Thousand Machine Strange Performance's abyss. He saw Thousand Machine Strange Performance standing by the river and crashed heavily to the ground.
Thud!
Thousand Machine Strange Performance turned around and saw Lu Yin sprawled on the ground. "Did you complete the mission?"
The bones across Lu Yin's body were shattered in places. He gave a bitter smile. "No. I killed four Colorful