"Fight, fight!"
Ye Buyu lowered her gaze, silently glanced at Little Whale, who just loved stirring up trouble, then covered her ears and looked at Qi Qingyu.
"We should be able to advance a tier, right? Your King wouldn't screw us over on this, would he?"
Qi Qingyu put away her Terminal and spoke solemnly, her manner strictly professional.
"The King doesn't screw people over."
Ye Buyu blurted out, "Then whoever screwed us over before was a dog."
Qi Qingyu: ...
"Heh..."
An unfamiliar sneer reached her ears, carrying teeth-gritting indignation.
"Ye Buyu, you really are a damn dog."
Who? Who's insulting me?
Ye Buyu looked around. She was certain she had never heard this voice before, so where had it come from?
"Stop looking. You'll meet me once you win. Not only will you receive generous rewards, you'll also learn things that fish doesn't know. I'll be waiting for you at the [Withered Glory Theatre]. Don't disappoint me."
Ye Buyu's expression froze. The voice's owner was obvious now. It was definitely the [King of Withering and Flourishing].
It was just that...
"I really haven't screwed you over."
At least not yet!
She rubbed her brow with a headache, glanced at the guilty-looking Little Whale, and narrowed her eyes.
"You heard that?"
Little Whale coughed, flipped up a splash, and returned to the Mindscape.
"Why worry about all that? Right now, you can only find out what you want to know by winning the elimination round."
"Then what do you think about what the [King of Withering and Flourishing] said?"
Little Whale spread his fins. "What do I think? I'll just watch with my eyes. He said he could tell you things I don't know. You can look forward to that."
"Yeah, like hell I'm looking forward to it."
Ye