The corner of Wan Lan's eye kept twitching.
"You drop a huge bombshell, throw our minds into turmoil, and then just gloss over it?"
Ku Rong stared at her, the corners of his mouth lifting. "Please forgive me. Anyone who'd been stood up for hundreds upon thousands of centuries would want a little revenge."
Ye Buyu covered her head, struggling to keep her composure. "So that's why you stirred up hostility toward us?"
Ku Rong smiled faintly. "Unfortunately, all my painstaking efforts seem less effective than a single stroke of your bad luck."
Ye Buyu clenched her fists. She looked at Mu Bingge. "Can I hit him?"
Ku Rong narrowed his eyes. "Sorry, you can't."
Everyone: ...
What an ass!
Lou Guanshan took out his Terminal and called Qin Yue. "Hello, General Qin. We've encountered the [King of Withering and Flourishing]. He's ready to honor the agreement and tell us the truth about the world, and he asked us to contact you."
Ye Buyu turned her head in astonishment. (☉_☉)?
Wan Lan's mouth fell slightly open. He just told him?
Mu Bingge remained silent.
Su Wuwei felt as though the folds of his brain had smoothed out. Sometimes, this simple, blunt approach of tossing aside the difficult questions really did clear the mind.
Kou Ying gave him a thumbs-up. Decisive enough. That's you, all right.
Ku Rong looked up at Lou Guanshan. This man's way of doing things was still as bold and sweeping as ever.
The six stood facing the [King of Withering and Flourishing], paying no heed whatsoever to how Qin Yue felt upon receiving the news.
After a long while, Qin Yue's relatively calm voice came through Lou Guanshan's Terminal.
"I've connected to the Present World Union. This signal is currently top secret. The only people who