Silver light blanketed everything before her. Gu Yuena unconsciously narrowed her eyes, her long lashes slowly falling shut and concealing those star-river-like eyes.
Her perception of time began to warp; she had no idea how long had passed.
She only knew that those hands had never let go, and Gu Yuena had tightened her own grip as well.
Until...
"Come take a walk with me."
Gu Yuena abruptly opened her eyes. The unfamiliar scene before her contained energy fluctuations utterly different from those of the Void.
Yet it felt familiar to her.
Then a force came through the hand holding hers. Gu Yuena did not resist.
Following that force, she walked outside with him.
Until a fierce gust of wind swept over them, lifting her silver hair as a distant city came into view.
Releasing Gu Yuena's hand, Gu Chen's senses swiftly swept across the entire planet.
"It really is... pathetic."
The resources of the entire planet were being frantically extracted.
But that was an inevitable part of human civilization's development.
If the old mother Plane Consciousness did not want him to stop it, then he would leave humanity to its own devices.
"..."
Looking at her palm, still carrying lingering warmth, Gu Yuena was somewhat dazed. Then she raised her head and asked Gu Chen, "Should we return to Star Dou first?"
Gu Chen nodded. After taking a deep look at distant Shrek City, he turned and tore through space with Gu Yuena, vanishing.
Endless, insatiable extraction—it was no wonder Tang San had found an opening to exploit.
But it no longer mattered.
It was not his place to interfere. He was no savior of humanity or other lifeforms, nor did he have any obligation to stop them. It would be better to let Douluo's Plane Consciousness sever its