Wan Lan tapped the tabletop. "Since we're on the subject, I have another related piece of information. [Wind and Thunder King] has defected to our side."
They all froze at once, their gazes stilling for a moment.
Who?
Su Wuwei choked on the water he was drinking.
"Cough... what did you say?!"
What the hell had defected?
That [Wind and Thunder King], with whom they shared such a long, ill-fated history, had defected?
Had the world gone mad, or had he gone deaf?
He'd never heard of an unformed Calamity having this problem.
Wan Lan repeated, "[Wind and Thunder King] has defected. Based on my recent investigation and [Wind and Thunder King]'s account, there's a fifty percent chance that [Tempest Fiend] willingly went to his death."
Lou Guanshan rubbed his chin. "It's not impossible. Didn't we previously suspect there were beings secretly helping the Present World? Perhaps [Tempest Fiend] was one of them."
Kou Ying nodded. "Exactly. On the bright side, perhaps other civilizations still exist. We just haven't discovered them yet."
Ye Buyu said nothing, merely pursing her lips, not particularly wanting to crush her teammates' hopes.
This world had already collapsed, and they were all that remained. Her thirty-six-degree mouth couldn't bring itself to say something so cruel.
Su Wuwei's attention, however, was elsewhere. "Wan Lan, just what have you been investigating?"
Wan Lan chuckled and spoke meaningfully.
"What have I been investigating? Besides information on [Abyssal Erosion] and [Earthshaker], I looked into the [Void Order], especially its founder, Kou Cheqie'er."
Kou Ying slowly turned his head. Sure enough, she had already figured some things out.
"I also looked into the [Whale of Wailing], rumored to be the most harmless of them all."
Ye Buyu looked up at the sky. Haha, who could she possibly be talking about?