Qin Siyang thought for a moment and asked, "Since you're leaving, can you tell me why the [Evolutionary Sequence Domain] exists? And why did you gods descend upon Earth?"
The Rock Core Being's enormous eyeball stared at him. "Every 'breach of the rules' I've committed so far can be canceled out simply by leaving Earth. But if I answer that question... I will die. And, of course, so will you."
"Ah..." Qin Siyang pressed his lips together and nodded. "All right. Sorry for the trouble."
"At least that shows you have some conscience. Go."
"All right."
Qin Siyang walked unsteadily back to the Drill Pod. At the same time, one of the Rock Core Being's pupils blinked slightly, and Yu Yongyou, who had remained unconscious all this time, finally woke up.
He said groggily, "Why did I just feel like I passed out... Qin Siyang, what happened to your arm?!"
The sight of Qin Siyang's missing arm gave Yu Yongyou a terrible shock.
"Did the god dislike what you brought and cut off your arm?!"
Qin Siyang glanced back toward where the Rock Core Being's enormous eyeball had been. The shattered tunnel wall there had already been restored. In fact, the entire tunnel had returned to its previous, undamaged state.
Qin Siyang looked toward the reopened tunnel exit and breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed the Rock Core Being had not lied to him. It really would let them both leave.
After everything he had been through, Qin Siyang was now exhausted in body and mind. He put away the Drill Pod and pointed toward the exit. "Let's get back first."
"Oh, all right..." Though Yu Yongyou had no idea what had happened, he was quick to accept the situation.
He did not know what Qin Siyang had experienced,