After Babayak finished speaking, the darkness fell silent once more.
Only after a long while did Evelina respond in disbelief:
"A succubus? Catching some Goblins for fun?"
"And eating them afterward?"
"What kind of bizarre taste is that!? Why do I feel absolutely no desire for Goblins?"
"Could it be that I'm a fake succubus?!"
"Heh, of course you're fake. You're nothing more than a salted fish wearing a succubus's skin..." Lu Li silently mocked in his heart.
"Uh..." Babayak hesitated for a moment before offering an utterly clumsy bit of flattery.
"Perhaps Lady Evelina is simply special?"
"Compared to other succubi, you have better taste, pursue elegance, and have higher standards for food?"
"Elegant?" The image of the salted-fish succubus smacking her lips while eating surfaced in Lu Li's mind. He silently shook his head. "If she was elegant, then there probably wouldn't be any rude succubi left in the world, would there?"
"Let's skip that topic..." Evelina had at least some self-awareness and did not continue chatting nonsense with Babayak. Instead, she turned to Lu Li. "So the answer should be forty cycle periods?"
"Judging from how the question is phrased, forty cycle periods should be correct." Pushing aside the jumble of complaints in his mind, Lu Li cleared his throat and said, "Because it asks for the average lifespan of the Goblin race, the sample size is quite enormous."
"Even though high-level monsters like succubi possess an overwhelming advantage over Goblins in terms of strength, I doubt they could influence the lifespans of every single Goblin."
As soon as he finished speaking, a tremendous sound echoed through the darkness again.
But this time, it was not a bell.
Instead, it was the same mechanical voice that had announced the question earlier:
"The Commander has issued an instruction.