Their hearts sank. Was she unwilling to talk anymore?
Kou Ying got up from the ground, sat down where he was, and brushed the dirt off himself. Seeing the atmosphere freeze over again, he too felt a sense of helplessness.
"Captain, just..."
"Pfft..."
Ye Buyu hurriedly covered her mouth, but her shaking shoulders gave her away.
The five of them: ( ･ὢ･)?
"Sorry, I'm really sorry."
Ye Buyu coughed a few times. She really hadn't been able to hold it in.
"You're asking about my hidden identity, but the truth is, I don't know either."
After gathering her thoughts, she looked at them seriously.
"I'm not deliberately hiding it. I genuinely don't know. The [Whale of Wailing] told me I'd met it before. Ku Rong's attitude made it obvious he'd met me too, and even met us.
"Both of them said I was the one who awakened the [Seedling Eater], but I don't know anything about it. At least, not right now."
She shrugged, feeling rather ill-fated.
"So this time, I'm going to find the [Seedling Eater] and discover that identity I don't even know about myself. I've had my guesses. Maybe my future self found a way back into the past and did certain things, forming the closed causal loop in time that exists now.
"If my future self really exists, then I probably won't die this time. Though it's a little shameless of me to say so, I seem to be somewhat special to the [Whale of Wailing] and the [King of Withering and Flourishing]. I'm betting they won't just watch me die."
It wasn't that she thought they were too weak. This was something only she could investigate.
"This is an exploration mission for me alone."
Wan Lan let go. She knew that, with things laid out