Sheng An said, "Go ahead."
After a pause, she added, "It's fine if you're wrong. Any extra information could help. Even a tiny anomaly you're unsure about might be the key."
The Southwest Miasma had been resolved, but countless mysteries remained about Doomsday, the Otherkind, and M.
Only then did Old Chu speak. "When Team Leader Sheng was fighting the shadow earlier... I couldn't tell that the shadow was an Otherkind."
Everyone froze, confusion spreading across their faces.
Sheng An, however, sat up instantly.
Old Chu said, "I'm not sure whether time was affecting me, or whether the Time Otherkind was too powerful for me to see through..."
He looked rather ashamed.
Sheng An had deliberately preserved his strength from the third year of Doomsday, yet he couldn't even determine what the Time Otherkind was.
Sheng An and Qi Lingwu exchanged a glance, their hearts sinking at the same time.
Their suspicion had been confirmed.
-the cloaked shadow, that creature whose two faces kept shifting, was indeed not human.
"It must be very powerful, right? That Otherkind used the entire Southwest as a Blood Pool. Yin-Yang Eyes can see through beings of higher levels, but if the gap is too wide, they might not-" Song Linwei analyzed.
Sheng An interrupted him. "No. That thing might not be an Otherkind."
She paused, then rephrased it. "Or rather... it might not be a person."
Her words left everyone even more bewildered.
Li Xin asked, "What does that mean?"
Hao Jingye murmured, "If that thing isn't a person..."
He sat up abruptly, his expression solemn. "That's right! A Superpower governing rules, order, and time is so unique. Why does Sister Sheng have it, yet there's a related Otherkind in the Southwest too? So that's it. That's how it is!"
He had figured it