In an unknown space...
Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng had been walking for who knew how long, yet nothing around them had changed. There was nothing but pitch-black darkness...
"Dust Boy, we can't just keep walking like this, can we? It doesn't seem to be doing any good..."
"Then what do you suggest?" Wu Shaozhen asked, rolling his eyes.
He didn't want to keep doing this either, but he couldn't see a thing here. Other than walking forward, he couldn't think of anything else...
"It's too quiet here. How about we roar a couple of times?"
"..."
"You do it..."
"All right!"
Old Teng instantly returned to his full-sized true form and let out a mighty roar into the air...
"Roar..."
The thunderous roar instantly shattered the silence of the darkness, traveling who knew how far...
Wu Shaozhen rubbed his ears and said in exasperation, "Did you have to be that loud? My ears are numb..."
"Roar..."
Another thunderous roar rang out, leaving Wu Shaozhen dizzy...
"Fuck, again? Are you ever going to stop?" Wu Shaozhen snapped.
Old Teng's eyes widened, and he trembled a little as he said, "That wasn't me..."
"!!!"
Wu Shaozhen instantly stiffened. Only then did he realize that the last roar hadn't seemed to come from beside him...
The man and the snake immediately grew tense...
"Uh... Old Teng, how about you roar again?"
"..."
"All right!"
Old Teng was an obliging snake. Once again, he let out a mighty roar into the air...
Sure enough, as soon as Old Teng's roar faded, an even louder roar rang out...
The man and the snake exchanged a glance, each seeing the astonishment in the other's eyes...
"Could it be an echo...?" Wu Shaozhen asked uncertainly.
"Impossible. Although that voice sounds a lot like mine, it carries