"The reason I call those beings 'them' isn't just that I want to stand by your side and protect you." Wu Heng's young face wore a serious expression, though his words were heartening.
But this also reminded Su Bai that Wu Heng-the "Lord Ghost Shaman" the Administrator spoke of, the great Puppeteer the Fog City Lord revered-did not belong to humanity's camp. He was one of the Strange Creatures.
Yet Wu Heng clearly was not on "their" side at the moment.
"The other reason I'm not on their side is actually very simple: their experiments have never had everyone's support. That's perfectly normal." Wu Heng spread his hands as if it were only natural. "They do have vast influence and terrifying power. In this world beneath the Red Moon, where the strong prey on the weak, they can indeed use brute strength to command eighty percent of the Strange Creatures and the Remnants still surviving in the world."
"But the remaining twenty percent still exist in this world, after all. Those beings, roughly twenty percent of the total, also possess great power, territories of their own, and even their own forces. They are strong enough that they won't easily yield to the others' power. The others have tried all sorts of threats and inducements on them, hoping every being beneath the Red Moon will stand by their side and continue the experiments with them..."
"Unfortunately, not everyone likes their experiments. Not everyone even wants the Red Moon to continue existing." In a calm voice, Wu Heng told Su Bai the stories behind the Nightmare World that he had never known.
"Most of the time, as long as 'they' leave these beings alone, these beings have no intention of interfering with 'their' experiments. After all, 'their' power really is terrifying. Even