Faced with Huang Liang's question, Ye Lin nodded, without a trace of surprise in his eyes.
It was only natural for Huang Liang to be wary. He had considered that question too.
But he was probably the only one who could think of the answer-or rather, understand it.
"The last message must have come from Hera. I can be certain of that for three reasons."
"First, only we and Hera knew there were pursuers. No one else knew. You can tell from Aroro's account that the others didn't know why Hera wanted to unite everyone. So when this goblin mentioned the Patroller, we could be certain Hera had told him about it."
"Second, it's precisely because the last message contained no clues to the solution that we know Hera left it. There are plenty of clues. Anyone could know a few and use them to fabricate a lead."
"So if her last message had been a clue, we would actually need to be careful. But if it was just a warning, even a false one wouldn't affect us much."
"Besides, Hera hadn't solved the problem herself, so leaving clues wouldn't have meant much. Information about the Patroller, on the other hand, was more useful to us and could also confirm that the message was genuine."
"After all, what matters most in deciding whether information is useful isn't its value, but who said it and whether it's true."
Ye Lin paused briefly.
"Third, I was able to work all this out backward not because I'm especially clever, but because I considered what Hera would think of me. I was working backward to figure out why she did this."
"Likewise, she dared to leave information this way because she was certain whoever interpreted it could work all this out. Who could be