An off-road vehicle raced across the wilderness.
"How much longer?"
Shen Ye asked.
"Look behind you-once you can't see the city anymore, we'll truly be in uncharted territory," Zhang Xiaoyi said.
He sat in the driver's seat, hands on the wheel.
Nangong Sirui sat in the front passenger seat.
In the back were Shen Ye and the long-haired girl named Su Su.
-In other words, the Parasitic Empress.
Nangong Sirui did not know her identity.
Neither did Zhang Xiaoyi.
The two listened to music, looking relaxed.
After all, they had yet to enter dangerous territory, and plenty of explorers could still be seen along the way, resting in tents pitched beside the road.
The vehicle jolted.
Shen Ye gazed at the scenery across the wilderness, looking somewhat dazed.
This wilderness...
It looks familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere.
Where exactly?
A hazy thought darted around in his mind, just short of emerging.
But something still seemed to be missing.
He sighed, set the thought aside, and began considering his situation.
Should I give the two of them a heads-up?
After thinking it over, he decided not to rashly tell them the truth.
-In the current situation, if Nangong Sirui and Zhang Xiaoyi learned that a monster was beside them, they might very well show signs of nervousness despite themselves.
Wouldn't the Parasitic Empress notice immediately?
Shen Ye glanced at the girl.
Su Su was curled up in her seat, her head against the window, seemingly asleep.
She looked like an ordinary human girl.
But what girl would look exactly like the Parasitic Empress?
Shen Ye withdrew his gaze and watched the wilderness outside the window, quietly considering how to handle what came next.
The boss is right beside me-
That means I can't use the power of Truth.
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