In her current state, she could not simply walk up and ask Qi Yanxin why she had not left. Fortunately, if Xu Zhi wished it, Qi Yanxin would absolutely be unable to detect her. So Xu Zhi controlled her Spirit Vessel, circled around Qi Yanxin's location, and inspected the dormitory. She found no new blood food, and Qi Yanxin had not even packed her luggage. That meant that whether the school had notified her to evacuate or not, she had never intended to leave.
There was also no sign of panic in the room, which meant Qi Yanxin had likely remained quite calm when the sudden upheaval occurred. The fact that she could still water the plants she had grown showed that even after becoming a believer of [Cup], her mental state remained steady.
Xu Zhi's emotions were unusually complicated. If the Light Institute had not given up on the possibility of her returning alive from the Lost Land... But that possibility had truly been too slim.
Her talent was there. Supporting an ordinary person like Qi Yanxin was an utterly trivial matter for the Light Institute. Besides, the enormous teleportation circuit on the top floor could not possibly have failed to accommodate one Qi Yanxin.
As long as they had not received definite news of Xu Zhi's death, the Light Institute could not possibly have directly abandoned Qi Yanxin.
Most likely, Qi Yanxin had chosen to stay herself.
Xu Zhi felt somewhat helpless, because she could vaguely guess why Qi Yanxin had stayed.
Perhaps she did not want to become Xu Zhi's burden again. Perhaps she also felt that she had originally been someone from the bottom of Lotus City, and without Xu Zhi's appearance, she would likely have died long ago. Furthermore, Qi Yanxin knew that she could