God's Descent!
The military base's walls were overturned by countless Pseudo-Humans as they surged into the base like a tide, their bodies shredding the moonlight into scattered patches.
Yet they had pounced on empty air. The deserted base held only the two words "God's Descent," which had yet to fade away.
Steel Brotherhood.
Bai Ye abruptly appeared behind An Xiaotong.
An Xiaotong noticed him instantly, but she did not turn around because she was holding a communicator.
"Mm, yes, Candle Dragon. The candle from candlelight. It's the Candle Dragon from ancient mythology, the foremost of the four divine dragons—the one whose open eyes bring daylight and whose closed eyes bring night."
After explaining, she hung up the communicator and turned to look at Bai Ye.
She shot him a sideways glance. "So you stayed up in the middle of the night just to give yourself a new nickname? Mr. Candle Dragon?"
Faced with An Xiaotong's teasing reproach, Bai Ye looked grave. This made her pause slightly as she realized something had happened.
"What is it?" she asked softly.
Bai Ye did not answer directly. Instead, he asked, "What would you do if your master did something that went against justice?"
An Xiaotong instinctively denied it. "My master wouldn't. I know him..."
Bai Ye shook his head slightly. "No one can truly understand another person. Sometimes, people do not even understand themselves.
Old Fang is a good person, that's true. But I think you must have noticed that his sense of justice... is extreme.
He hates the flaws inherent in human nature and has always held a pessimistic view of humanity. Now that the Forbidden Domain has opened, as one of the Ten Kings, he is among those most easily corrupted."
An Xiaotong fell silent for a moment. "Like Zhou