Following that line of thought, Lin Yuan asked more questions.
The woman hid nothing and answered all of Lin Yuan's questions truthfully.
Yet her answers only left Lin Yuan more puzzled:
"You're saying you never sensed any powerful fighters battling, and you weren't deliberately hiding, either."
"You were simply living as usual deep in Panlong Mountain, and then 'Hongyan' suddenly appeared?"
The woman opposite him nodded, then added:
"We first discovered that, somehow, everything outside the mountain had become a vast sea. Less than two hours later, Lord Hongyan found us."
One traditional hour meant two hours.
From the look of things, these Ancient Era Remnants and the Panlong Mountain where they lived had only appeared after that great battle between the Authority Holders.
Why would a mountain from the Ancient Era suddenly appear here?
Lin Yuan suddenly remembered the sphere of light he had seen beneath the Life Sect's Main Cathedral.
Could Panlong Mountain be a 'Secret Realm Ancient Land,' just like that sphere of light?
That would make sense, but why would Panlong Mountain open during the Third Stage?
Could the Game System have another BUG? This isn't good...
As Lin Yuan pondered, a sudden stir ran through the nearby crowd.
He turned to look and saw that the man named Hongyan had finally awakened.
The surrounding remnants, including the woman answering Lin Yuan's questions, all grew excited at the sight of Hongyan waking up.
It seemed Hongyan had already earned these remnants' trust.
Hongyan opened his eyes. It took a while for his gaze to finally focus, then he fixed his eyes on Lin Yuan, struggled to rise, and said respectfully:
"You're Captain 'Zero,' aren't you? Thank you for helping us. Otherwise, everyone aboard our ship would almost certainly have been done for!"
By now, Lin Yuan