Fireball Li finished his account, and the room fell silent for a moment.
Only the boiling water in the pot churned as the dumplings bobbed up and down.
Scout Li sighed softly, staring at the Origin Crystal burning fiercely beneath the pot as he spoke:
"I thought we didn't have much time left, but I never expected it to be this urgent."
"Fireball Li, what's the current descent intensity?"
"87%," Fireball Li answered immediately.
"It's increasing quickly."
"However, the incense and faith power is still accumulating today. Once offerings are banned worldwide starting tomorrow, the rate may slow somewhat."
"If everything goes according to plan, conservatively speaking, we have less than a month left."
"Less than a month... In that case, Invisibility Li might not even make it out of the Demon Domain," Blade Arm Li said grimly, his eyes full of worry. "Abhoth's authority is still with Eternal Night. If our luck is bad, the 'Stealing the Sky and Replacing the Day' plan may fall apart at the final step."
"There is a risk of failure, but we left quite a few safeguards in place back then. They should be enough to hold out until the plan succeeds," Fireball Li took over. "And if Invisibility Li notices that the Servant Contract has been lifted, he should be able to guess our plan."
"After all, the current situation was within the range we anticipated."
The Lu Lis all nodded together, agreeing with Fireball Li's words.
The atmosphere began to turn optimistic, like the dumplings endlessly rolling in the boiling pot.
But at that moment, Blade Arm Li suddenly stood up, picked up the cold water that had long been prepared beside the pot, and poured it in.
The wildly boiling dumplings instantly went quiet and slowly sank toward the bottom