Shi Yao and Wu Jia stood beside them, utterly dumbfounded by this turn of events.
By the time they came to their senses, the old man and the young girl already had their arms around each other's shoulders, one holding a compass and the other holding copper coins. It was as though they had stumbled into a full-blown metaphysics session.
They were also muttering things neither of them could understand, but all that talking did nothing to slow their pace.
With metaphysics on their side, the four walked for a full ten minutes, navigating the terrain as easily as level ground, as though they had activated a cheat.
The way Wu Jia looked at Ye Xunzhi had gone from admiration to reverence. He couldn't resist moving closer.
"Boss, you're amazing! How did you do that?"
By the time he said this, Ye Xunzhi and the others had reached a three-way junction.
"Oh, you mean this?" Ye Xunzhi was still calculating with the compass. "Little Wu, do you know the tomb-raiding combination of high school electives?"
He actually knew this one!
Wu Jia answered confidently, "History, geography, and biology."
"Correct." Ye Xunzhi gave him an approving look. "None of those have anything to do with us."
Wu Jia: "..."
His head hurt. His CPU was about to fry.
"Boss, what I meant was, how exactly are you doing this?" Wu Jia decided to be more specific.
"You should've said so! So that's what you wanted to know," Ye Xunzhi said in realization. "This is a very metaphysical thing."
Wu Jia obediently waited a while, only to realize nothing else was coming. "And then???"
"There is no 'and then.'" Ye Xunzhi spread her hands. "If you know, you know."
Wu Jia: "..."
Absurdity's mother had opened the door for absurdity. Absurdity had