The veins bulged on Ku Rong's hand as he gripped his book. His refined, gentle demeanor cracked for an instant, clearly angered by those words.
"Wail, she actually said we're unreliable! How does she have the nerve when she's such a hands-off boss!"
Little Whale gave a wry smile. "You know perfectly well that she doesn't understand anything right now, yet you keep provoking her. Aren't you just asking to get yelled at? Enough talk. I need to catch up."
Ku Rong slapped his book against his palm in anger. "Infuriating! Absolutely infuriating!"
He hurried after them. He had meant to persuade Ye Buyu to leave, but not only had she failed to appreciate it, she had even called him unreliable.
She had truly repaid kindness with hostility, failing to recognize his good intentions!
Upon entering the mysterious area, Ye Buyu shivered from the cold.
She rubbed her arms and looked at the barren land covered in ice and snow before her. As far as she could see, there was nothing but ice and snow.
Never mind [Seedling Eater] and [Eternal Frozen Silence]; she couldn't see so much as a hair from any living creature.
Just as she began to think she had come to the wrong place, eerie laughter drifted over from the distance, with a hint of foolishness to it.
"Hehehe..."
Ye Buyu's expression stiffened. A gun appeared in her palm, and she warily looked toward the source of the sound.
Little Whale and Ku Rong approached. Hearing that ghostly sound, they exchanged puzzled glances.
What was that thing?
Little Whale shook its head, not knowing.
[Seedling Eater] and [Eternal Frozen Silence] couldn't possibly make that kind of sound. An image flashed through its mind.
"Could it be... [Perception Controller]?"
Little Whale had barely finished speaking when a