As the truth beneath Sand Sea Planet's surface was gradually uncovered, Chu Mu increasingly felt that it resembled Deep Sea Planet.
It had the same strange divine revelations and sinister cults.
Deep Blue Star had the Black Sun Cult; this time, it was the Red Sun Cult.
Could this coincidence get any more uncanny?
Chu Mu wanted to find out which Aeon was orchestrating everything this time.
But everyone he had encountered was either an uncivilized tribesperson or a witless fool.
There was far too little information to be had.
Chu Mu planned to speak with the Ember Tribe's priest.
As it happened, Kafka had the same idea.
However, when he stepped out of the Star Destroyer, the thick smoke that hit him made it almost impossible to breathe.
Tingyun's voice rang out just then:
"They've gone mad! Everyone here has gone mad!"
"Miss Tingyun, what happened down below?" Chu Mu asked.
"Fire erupted from underground." Tingyun sounded frightened. "The people in gray wanted to come up, but the people in blue blocked them. In the end, both sides were swallowed by the flames. They've all gone mad! All of them!"
Hearing that, Chu Mu immediately said:
"Silver Wolf, head to the altar!"
Silver Wolf nodded and tapped a few commands on her virtual screen. The enormous combat mech beside them activated its flight mode and carried the three of them away, disappearing into the thick smoke.
Standing on her Starskiff, Tingyun glanced at the Star Destroyer, then in the direction Chu Mu had gone. She gritted her teeth and ordered:
"We're following them!"
At the altar, the priest with the flame painted on his chest seemed to have been waiting for them all along. Upon seeing Chu Mu, he shouted fanatically:
"Divine envoy! Do you see? My mission is