Xu Zhi stared at the Everlasting Lamp for quite a while without moving. She was thinking: What had moved her lamp?
It couldn't have been a living person accidentally swept in here. If a living person entered and discovered this lamp, they would naturally realize that it helped living creatures travel through Midnight, and they would not put it down again.
In other words, the one who had touched the lamp should have been a creature of Midnight.
But even a creature of Midnight should not have put it down after discovering the lamp's usefulness.
Unless it had deliberately placed it here, deliberately conveying: Look, I found this, but I didn't take it.
Xu Zhi somehow caught a hint of ingratiation—or perhaps friendliness?
After all, if it had simply taken the lamp away, she would still have known that this place had been discovered. Yet it had chosen to leave the lamp behind, merely moving it.
Of course, the most important thing was that the Everlasting Lamp possessed the [Evil-Warding] effect. Ordinary Midnight creatures could not easily approach it, much less pick it up within the range of its light. Either the creature that picked it up was unusual, or it was far stronger than Xu Zhi.
Either possibility greatly interested Xu Zhi.
The Everlasting Lamp belonged to her. She could easily sense whether the lamp before her had been tampered with, and naturally determine whether there was danger within the range of its light. That was why she dared to guess that the other party was sending a friendly signal. After moving closer and carefully examining the nearby ground, her tombstone, and the lamp, she found no traces of forceful destruction.
Unfortunately, aside from moving the lamp, the other party had left behind no other clues.
"Did it leave