"Those words and directions were all written by me. I've been helping you in secret all along, helping you find Li You and the Heart Abyss."
His answer did not satisfy An Xiaotong. Her fair, slender hand remained firmly wrapped around the sword hilt.
"You guided us to Apocalypse and trapped us in the Cycle. Was that helping us too?
"And would you write something like 'beware of yourself'?"
Li Xiao and Ghost Clown quietly moved closer from either side of Painter, faintly forming an encirclement.
Painter gave a bitter smile. "At first, I wanted to guide you to Shelter 189, but someone altered the guidance."
"Who?" An Xiaotong still did not believe him. "Who in the world could influence your Fated Hit?"
"Doctor."
"Doctor again?"
For some reason, the moment the word Doctor was spoken, everyone's suspicions instantly faded by half.
If it were said that someone else could affect Fated Hit, they certainly would not believe it. But if it was Doctor... that truly was possible.
Thinking back to when Doctor used Word Becomes Law—no prohibitions were allowed here.
Now, breaking Fated Hit seemed perfectly reasonable.
After all, no one knew what Doctor had studied in the Heart Abyss over the past century.
Yes, a century. Because time flowed differently in the Heart Abyss, strictly speaking, their current enemy was Doctor, returned after a hundred years of study.
Bai Ye froze slightly. He suddenly understood why Doctor's death back then had been so hasty.
Perhaps Doctor's goal had been to enter Abyss Eye and study it from within!
From the very beginning, Doctor had understood Abyss Eye's structure and known of the Heart Abyss's existence!!
Huangquan Guide was certainly useful, but it consumed Mental Power. How could it compare to the freedom of the Heart Abyss?
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