The faint tremors in the bone fragment gradually subsided after Bai Zhu set it down.
The gazes in the room vanished as well.
Palm stared at the bone fragment for a long while, then suddenly looked up.
"Bai Zhu, pick it up again."
"Something wrong?"
"Pick it up."
Bai Zhu reached out and pinched the bone fragment.
The bone fragment immediately began to tremble slightly, so faintly that it would have been overlooked if they had not been watching it closely.
Palm's crystal ball shook in response.
She took half a step back.
"Put it down!"
Bai Zhu released it, and the bone fragment fell onto the table.
The images in the crystal ball returned to normal, and the corners of the three rooms reappeared on its surface. The hidden sentries, who had been hanging their heads, raised their faces and looked directly this way.
Palm gripped Knov's sleeve tightly.
"It's happening again."
Milluki frowned and moved closer to the table.
"It only appears when you touch it?"
"Only when he touches it."
"Why are you being so stubborn? I touched it plenty during the interrogation, and Palm didn't react at all."
Knov pushed up his glasses. "There is a special connection between this bone fragment and Bai Zhu. As long as Bai Zhu touches it, the other side can observe this place through the believers' eyes."
Bai Zhu lowered his gaze to the bone fragment on the table.
"Do I have the Creation Society's scent on me too?"
"There is currently no evidence that a medium was implanted in you."
"Then why did it choose me?"
Knov did not answer immediately.
"They set the conditions in advance. The ability only activates when the medium comes into contact with a designated target. That target could be you, or it could