After their initial contact with Little Bu, the priority of investigating Rhine was immediately raised to the highest level.
The Untouchables possessed far too much potential.
Her learning ability was downright terrifying. Theus specifically brought in professional scholars from various fields to teach Little Bu, and the feedback was nearly unanimous—no matter how obscure or difficult the subject, Little Bu could learn and understand it quickly. It would not take long before she could reach the forefront of Castel's research.
Just a few months ago, she could not even spell.
Some people had even begun to feel obvious fear—the gap in intelligence was simply too vast. Their learning abilities were not even on the same level.
Theus had secretly received several suggestions to eradicate the entire race. Some more pessimistic scholars believed that humans were simply too inferior and would only be eliminated by these underground people.
Theus suppressed all such voices.
What a joke. Were the Untouchables supposed to be exterminated just because they were too smart? Then did that mean the Banshees should be exterminated too?
Transcendents were stronger than ordinary people. Were they not allowed to exist either?
They had already fought a second war that could end everything. What hardship was there that they could not overcome?
Theus was willing to believe in humanity.
At the same time, Little Bu's specific information was not made public. In any case, she was still under quarantine and could not leave the testing grounds in Gem Bay.
The seawater backflow was still stalled by technical issues, but Nini's work had instead shown some progress.
After hearing Nini's request, Little Bu directly drew her a map.
A map leading to Rhine.
The underground was three-dimensional, after all. That was why Nini could still get lost in subterranean rivers despite possessing