"They went mad, fighting over those two battered stone doors as if they were some kind of treasure. What a bunch of stupid humans!"
After saying that, Tie Zhu hurriedly added, "Except you, Dad. You just aren't very educated. Your son sat in on private school lessons for over a decade. I can teach you to read sometime."
"Get lost. Your dad went to university!" Jiang Chen was speechless. He raised his hand, torn over whether to smack him. The main problem was that Tie Zhu was so sincere, without the slightest hint of insulting him.
Yet his words were incredibly grating.
"Okay, Dad." As Tie Zhu spoke, he performed a highly difficult maneuver, rolling his body over several times while keeping his head perfectly level and motionless.
"Don't make me do such difficult tricks next time. I'm your son, not a dog. I've never seen anyone train their son like this."
Jiang Chen: "..."
The kid was certainly filial, but he was far too rigid in his thinking, and he wasn't very good at understanding what people meant.
He had some logic, but not much.
"Dad, let me tell you, when those idiots saw the stone doors, it was like they'd seen a beautiful woman. They pressed themselves against them, kissing and hugging them. They even killed each other over them and died horribly."
"I was afraid their stupidity would rub off on me, so I decided to head out in another direction. But the farther in I burrowed, the harder it became to find a way."
"When I finally reached an open area, I realized I'd already entered an underground palace."
"Along the way, I encountered lots of terrifying things. Segmented skeletal remains even bigger than I am now, an ape skeleton a hundred feet tall, and a