"It's over. I'm going to die along with you. I'm just a fragile little heart. I haven't even been beating for nineteen years, and this world is already going to cast me aside without mercy."
Bandit Lord wailed.
Lying in the coffin, Xu Ye could clearly feel it being moved and carried. The slight jolts made him uncomfortable, because there was no padding inside.
Still, he found Bandit Lord's attitude rather puzzling.
Given Bandit Lord's personality, he shouldn't have been this panicked, but this time he seemed to have lost his nerve.
"Bandit Lord, are you hiding something from me?"
"Ah..."
Bandit Lord raised his voice. "No! Why would you say that? I don't know anything. I'm just an innocent little heart. I don't want to die young."
The corners of Xu Ye's mouth rose almost imperceptibly. "Then what are you afraid of?"
"The Grand Commander once went to the seabed and made contact with the Child of Calamity. Some strange things happened afterward, but at least he returned unharmed."
"The president of the Thunder Sound Society also went to the seabed and returned safely."
"Unless something unexpected happens, I'll probably return safely this time, too. The Goddess of Gloom's representative once said that only by becoming a god here could the Child of Calamity lead this world's living beings into the New World."
"That means he needs my cooperation."
"If my life were truly in danger, that representative would probably have warned me."
As Xu Ye spoke, he watched Bandit Lord's emotions to test his suspicions.
"You're not my original heart, are you?"
"You can simulate the future and foresee certain dangers, and your standing is so high. Could you be some deity's godhead?"
"The Harvest Mother Goddess came for you before, didn't she?"
"I even suspect the Child