As time passed, Zhong Qing and the others returned one by one, bringing disappointing results. Snocks's outburst had not torn this space apart. There were no spatial rifts.
Although Zhong Shushu reported that he had found weak points in the space, his attacks had failed to tear it open. In other words, even its weakest points were beyond their power to shake.
"So now we can only sit here and wait to die, praying for help from outside?" Zhong Qing asked with a frown.
"What else can we do?" Huang Yu said helplessly.
The world was far crueler than they had imagined. What could not be done simply could not be done. Reality would not bend to human will and make their wishes come true.
"For now, we can only take things one step at a time," Aiou sighed.
Yucali spoke up. "Aiou, evolve me. It's our only option now."
"But what if none of your evolution branches make you stronger?" Aiou asked worriedly.
His main concern was that Yucali had existed for a very, very long time, yet he had never heard of it having an evolved form. Yucali's history stretched further back than that of many worlds-long enough for any creature to have evolved countless times.
If Yucali's evolution branches offered only weaker forms, with no stronger ones at all, things would get interesting.
Snocks would kill him and Yucali on the spot, and they would revive in front of Mother. After their revival, Mother would kill Snocks on the spot. Then he would have no choice but to return to Infinite City and sponge off Hawkins at the City Lord's Manor.
That was clearly not the life he wanted, so his earlier discussion with Yucali had ultimately yielded no conclusion.
"Then why not evolve Snocks first? Pick