Hearing Lin Yuan's question, Elder Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly, then replied:
"What a pointless question."
"I don't consider this a betrayal. Whether it's the Federation or the Crawlers, all anyone wants is to survive."
"I simply discovered that the Crawlers had a better chance of surviving, so I switched to a different means of survival."
"The Crawlers have a better chance of surviving?" Lin Yuan scoffed.
"Look at those Priests in the Central Sea before. Do you think the Great Being can't detect you?"
"Once He fully awakens, what makes you think parasites like you will survive?"
Faced with Lin Yuan's mockery, Elder Zhao shrugged.
"I thought the same as you at first, but it changed my mind."
Elder Zhao's gaze fell on the Primordial Distorted Beast, which the Apostles were keeping firmly suppressed.
"So it really was that beast." Lin Yuan was not particularly surprised.
The Life Sect's Secret Realm Planet was a place even Apostles dared not enter, yet the aberrated Never Skunked could move freely there.
And the direction of Never Skunked's aberration was clearly toward this Primordial Distorted Beast.
Clearly, in essence, the Primordial Distorted Beast's form was better suited to "parasitism" than the Crawlers'.
The most important thing about parasitism was avoiding the Great Being's notice.
But...
"This beast was the first creature on this planet to be polluted by the Great Being. Don't tell me you think the Great Being really can't sense it?"
Lin Yuan could not help saying.
Yet Elder Zhao gave a meaningful smile.
"What you know may not be the actual truth."
"None of you know exactly how this beast became distorted."
"And the Crawlers only obtained this information after paying a heavy price to unearth a great deal of Ancient Era history and secret knowledge."
"This information convinced