"All right, I have no more questions. Let's go."
Chi Xiao brought the conversation straight to an end, but her words also left Cangming beside her deep in thought.
"All right, I have no problems either. Mr. Xu Le, let's go."
Xu Le glanced at Chi Xiao. He had sensed her suspicion.
But he was even more certain of his own ability. Above the rules, it was flawless.
From the moment Xu Le descended into this world and merged with its world will, it had been Xu Le. There was no Puppet, only Xu Le.
"Then let's go. I feel... inside the Mother Tree, there will definitely be answers that satisfy all of us."
Xu Le took a step forward, then suddenly stopped again.
"You should go first after all. The less ability you have, the less responsibility you bear. If anything happens, you can do more of the work, and take more of the benefits too..."
Xu Le's awkward banter sounded entirely natural, even familiar.
Hearing Xu Le's tone, Cangming not only felt no anger this time, but instead felt an inexplicable familiarity and sense of security.
That cheeky manner gave him a suggestion, a piece of feedback.
Namely... Xu Le had always been like this.
There was no problem anymore.
"Flying Feather, let's go first."
Yes, Xu Le was fine, so it seemed only natural for him to scout ahead.
But Chi Xiao had no intention of following right behind. She simply continued staring at Xu Le and said:
"You go ahead. I'll bring up the rear."
Xu Le nodded without arguing.
In practice, though, Flying Feather and Cangming were in front, Chi Xiao was behind, and Xu Le was sandwiched between the two sides.
If something really happened, and Cangming and Flying Feather reacted quickly enough, this