The Lotus Projection had actually severed its own roots. This was the first time Song Shuhang had ever seen anything like it.
"Could every root that absorbed the 'stone milk' be about to transform into a little person?" That was the first thought that surfaced in Song Shuhang's mind.
The Lotus Projection had absorbed the stone milk through its roots, which was effectively the same as its roots drinking the stone milk... so there was nothing wrong with every root turning into a "demihuman."
While Song Shuhang was pondering this, the severed roots began weaving themselves together in the air. Finally, an enormous net appeared above the Core World.
"Wrong answer! Pick up the pace!" The Merit Snake Beauty suddenly appeared, speaking in Soft Feather's voice... these were words Soft Feather had spoken while she and the others were playing with the Hamster Wheel alongside the old patriarch. They had already become material in the Merit Snake Beauty's "vocabulary bank."
"Fairy Promise and Waiting, what are you doing in the Core World?" Song Shuhang's consciousness asked with a wry smile.
The Merit Snake Beauty said nothing. She looked up at the enormous net, then straightened her snake tail, combining Golden Snake Stands Alone + White Crane Spreads Its Wings as she declared in Song Shuhang's voice, "Come on, I'm ready!"
That was the bold declaration Song Shuhang had made when advancing from level four to level five in the Dragon Network.
"Fairy... can't you speak normally?" Song Shuhang sighed. Every time you spout some random line, I have to puzzle out what you mean. It's exhausting.
You can clearly talk, so can't you just talk properly?
Is talking properly really that difficult?
The Merit Snake Beauty tilted her head and thought for a moment. "You little insect really are rather