At first, Su Tianqing thought Bailing and this unfamiliar senior Stargazer might simply have been friendly acquaintances.
After all, the latter had vanished along with Albatross's disappearance more than a decade ago. Now that she had reappeared in an unfamiliar pocket dimension, it was hard not to feel disoriented and wonder, "What exactly is going on?"
Nan Xiaofeng felt the same way, but after this fox's personal adjustments and education, along with Fox Fox Mama's gentle guidance, she had been completely liberated. She was no longer troubled by such things; instead, she had developed the unique drive of a conventional protagonist to forge ahead.
This was exactly the sort of momentum needed: knowing the road ahead was difficult, yet pressing forward anyway.
But when Bailing also fell into an awkward, dejected state at this moment, Su Tianqing suddenly felt that she might have miscalculated the exact nature of a conventional protagonist.
Come to think of it, the white sable in front of her also seemed to be a conventional protagonist.
But unlike Nan Xiaofeng, who was a superhero-type protagonist, Bailing was the gradually developing, growth-type kind—
At the beginning, she appeared useless, someone anyone could step on. Yet everyone treated her kindly, and Bailing herself quietly worked hard, hoping to help everyone. Then, during a crisis, she would finally erupt with strength far beyond her usual combat ability, even reaching and surpassing certain exceptionally high levels, and use it to turn the tide.
Using the shared materials Yue Tianxin had provided to the Tail Network, the Fox Brain Cluster's computing power swiftly outlined Bailing's current experiences and deduced what she ought to do now.
As a villain, she could usually make merry mischief, and occasionally pull off something big whenever she found some interesting Fox Fox Miaomiao gadget, but there