The Shadow Realm.
"Why is this place so dark? Even Morgana's demon lair feels sunnier than this."
Leng looked around at the boundless black space and couldn't help shrinking her neck.
Tara ignored her and continued leading the way.
The three followed Tara through several corridors and finally entered an enormous palace.
Light poured in from every direction, and Yan instinctively narrowed her eyes.
The entire interior of the palace had been converted into a vast Research Base. Countless Holographic Screens floated in midair, dense streams of data scrolling across them.
Shadowkhan Soldiers moved among them, busy and silent.
Faint energy fluctuations permeated the air, carrying a deep, steady frequency.
"Zhi Xin!"
Yan's gaze swept past the instruments, and she immediately spotted the little angel standing at the Main Control Console.
Zhi Xin wore a white research uniform and held a Data Panel in her hands as she gave instructions to a Shadowkhan Soldier beside her.
Hearing the voice, she turned around, a delighted smile appearing on her soft, round little face.
"Sister Yan!"
Zhi Xin put down the Data Panel and hurried over, her steps as light as a fawn bounding across the grass.
She hugged Yan first, then smiled and nodded at Leng and A Zhui.
"You're finally here. I saw you wandering all over Blue Star on the monitors earlier, so I knew you must be looking for us."
"So I sent Tara to pick you up."
"You were the one who sent Tara to pick us up?"
Yan was a little surprised by Zhi Xin's words.
Zhi Xin nodded, wearing a soft smile as though it were only natural.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing."
Yan waved a hand, a subtle note in her voice that even she couldn't quite explain. "At first, I thought Qin Feng had