Xu Le withdrew his gaze from Bai Ya and looked at the emptiness before him.
The moment he stepped into the illusion, the goofy look in Xu Le's eyes vanished, leaving only sharpness and indifference.
At that moment, he looked a little like Chi Xiao.
Just as Xu Le had asked Bai Ya earlier, how could she be sure his current state wasn't a disguise?
What kind of disguise was perfect?
One that couldn't be discovered, one that couldn't be seen through, or one that misled...
Clearly, Xu Le's seemingly joking behavior just now had thoroughly misled Bai Ya.
But from their brief interaction, Xu Le had also sensed some goodwill from Bai Ya. Her final cry had probably been a reminder to him, as well as a warning to a certain being.
A being that had been following him all along.
A god!
A god connected to Hazy.
This was Xu Le's guess, but even before Bai Ya's warning, he had been almost ninety percent certain it was correct.
Which should a normal person trust, intuition or the evidence of their own eyes?
Their own eyes, of course. Something as intangible as intuition generally couldn't serve as final confirmation of anything.
But Xu Le was different.
He was more willing to trust his intuition than his eyes.
The five senses could be deceived.
Xu Le had learned that long ago, on his first mission with Bai Jing.
Everything his eyes saw had been false.
The sounds had been false, and so had the sensations of touch.
Back then, the only things he could trust had been Guyinduo Vision and Heart Energy Perception.
So whenever Guyinduo Vision was available, he had already come to trust it more than his eyes.
After that, Xu Le had developed all kinds of new