Ye Buyu deliberately put on a stern face. "That's a false rumor, a smear against me."
Yan Yan's shoulders slumped. "A smear or the truth? Can you honestly say that with a clear conscience? Anyway, what are you here for?"
"Archaeology."
Ye Buyu gave an unexpected answer.
She wore a smile none of them could understand, and a trace of nostalgia flashed through her eyes as she gazed at the Primordial Beginning Tower.
Nostalgia?
What a strange expression.
A hint of confusion arose in Yan Yan's heart. That expression would have been nothing unusual on anyone else, but on these two, it was rather chilling.
The Elders in charge stepped forward and had Wu Dan, who knew them, receive these figures who were now the talk of the town.
Looking at the young faces before her, Wu Dan suddenly felt like sighing that she really had grown old.
This era already belonged to these young people.
"May I ask what brings the Navigators of the End of the World here?"
"Archaeology," Kou Ying also said, seemingly joking.
Wu Dan: ???
Kou Ying explained, "Don't be surprised, Elder Wu. We really are here to look for traces of the distant past. The Creator of the Primordial Beginning Tower, for instance."
Hearing this, Wu Dan smiled and shook her head.
"The Primordial Beginning Tower has only ever had Administrators, not a Creator. Or rather... its Creator has never appeared and is a legend within the tower."
Ye Buyu rubbed her face awkwardly. "Then... who was the First-Generation Administrator? Do you know someone named Wujia? A rather dim-witted military commander."
"Who... did you say?"
The air suddenly fell silent. Wu Dan's expression first showed astonishment, followed by wariness, until only deep bewilderment remained.
"How do you know the name Wujia?"
Ye Buyu and