Chloe quickly explained the situation to Theus.
"So we really are trapped here. As for this submarine..." Chloe suddenly raised an eyebrow. "Well, perhaps we aren't trapped after all."
The group looked down and saw several people emerge from the submarine. One of them made their eyes light up.
It was someone wearing a beaked mask.
"[Skinwearers]... How did the Sons of Insomnia find us? Was it a coincidence?"
Chloe pondered for a moment, then shook her head. "Hard to say. My investigation of the Sea of No Light just now shouldn't have caused much of a disturbance."
"Why not go down and ask them directly?" Theus said, staring at the [Skinwearer] below.
The contact between the two sides went smoothly. Seeing that the other party showed no surprise whatsoever, Theus raised an eyebrow.
"You knew we were coming?"
"Yes. Mr. Jules left behind information that you would come to assist the sanctuary."
It was the [Skinwearer] who answered. His voice was muffled by the mask and somewhat unclear.
Theus found it rather amusing. "Then do you also know that we're fighting Jules?"
"We do, sir. But compared to humanity's enemy, none of that matters."
The group tensed.
Humanity's enemy... Jules had called that sort of existence a [god], while these people simply called it humanity's enemy?
Were they really that extreme?
"I recall that your doctrine seemed to be..."
"Perhaps we once believed in it, but now its dream has brought disaster upon us. That makes it humanity's enemy." The [Skinwearer] answered without hesitation.
Theus was genuinely interested now.
"Time is precious. Why don't we talk on the way?" The [Skinwearer] stepped aside, clearing the hatchway.
The group boarded the submarine.
Most of them were engineers, and even Jeremiah had passed the advanced mechanics examination.
So as soon as