He waited expectantly... for a response from that Communications Specialist Sequence fellow named Wan Qi.
Hadn't that fellow sworn there were no Eerie in this direction, only their Ancient Well Village?
What was going on with this Eerie presence that had suddenly appeared, coming from an enormous behemoth at that?
Li Zhi Hui grew increasingly uneasy.
He had the... mistaken impression that he had been duped.
Several thoughts involuntarily surfaced in his mind. Could that fellow have tricked me into coming here because he intended to swallow up our convoy?
His hands clenched the little mirror tightly.
Bad thoughts welled up in his mind.
Could that fellow...?
He slapped his own head hard.
"No, that shouldn't be."
"That fellow... I could sense that he was a very straightforward person, not some smooth-talking liar!"
"Could I... have sensed wrong?"
Li Zhi Hui kept slapping his head, a set of scales seemingly swaying back and forth in his mind.
He wavered over whether he should... trust that Communications Specialist Sequence fellow named Wan Qi.
He clutched at his chest.
Now he needed to make up his mind.
What if...
That fellow named Wan Qi was working with Eerie, specifically luring other convoys over to become their food...
Li Zhi Hui looked at the big man driving beside him, the stonecasting mason Su Zhenxing.
He belonged to the Architect Sequence and had no combat abilities.
His ability required a stable location.
In a stable location, he could easily erect stone walls with his ability.
"Zhenxing, do you think that fellow named Wan Qi can actually be trusted?"
"He claimed he came down from that mysterious Mechanical City, and said Deputy City Lord Yang of Mechanical City was with him too."
"Is that possible?"
"Would a Deputy City Lord of Mechanical City, second only