Luo Bin raised a finger slightly in front of Fourth Master Gray's rat head, signaling him not to say anything more.
He continued following the group, even quickening his pace a little to return to Luo Xianshen and Xu Lu's side.
But thoughts raced through his mind even faster, his analysis never stopping.
At the same time, Luo Bin went back over what had happened.
The sequence was wrong, and the problem lay in the details.
Suicide, attack, restraint, then suicide again-that was the sequence.
The first thing he had said was, "You caught me."
Qin Tianqing's reaction had been a frown. That very expression of incomprehension had caused the Unlived Person's behavior to change abruptly.
Then, once the Unlived Person had been restrained, what sounded like questions had actually been accusations!
He had challenged Qin Tianqing's identity, demanded to know whether he had a heart, and asked where it was!
If he was simply being hunted down, why say so much?
Those later remarks had sounded more like... accusations?
His final expression had been a savage, vicious grin.
That sort of behavior would not have been directed at someone merely capturing members of his kind.
There had to be a deeper connection between them.
And... Qin Tianqing had only appeared just before they set off. Where had he been?
According to Qin Tianqing, the Unlived People had only gradually escaped the formation after disaster struck the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds.
Moreover, Qin Tianqing had been the last survivor of the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds, which was why he had become the Heavenly Mechanism Diviner.
In that case, he should not have had any connection to the Unlived People.
Thinking back over the details, the other Unlived Person had been walking from Heavenly Gate Mountain toward the Woods.
He had