Even after the Blue Olive sank deeper into the valley, Mo Ling had yet to free himself from the story told by the Little Sprite.
"So that seemingly ordinary Glass Big Tree had gone through so much."
Their race had been trapped within the Glass Shards and endured countless hardships before finally finding what they called "transcendence."
"There are still many races struggling bitterly in the Abyss..."
Just like humanity after the Abyss descended, they were all striving for a future, hoping to find a possible way out.
As he pondered these matters, that question surfaced in Mo Ling's mind once more: "What exactly is the Abyss?"
He and Lu Youqi had discussed it many times.
Lu Youqi believed that the Abyss was a hunting phenomenon that randomly appeared on planets with life and hunted the life on those planets.
Since it was an act of "hunting," the Abyss displayed traits of a living creature, and its purpose in devouring these life-bearing planets was to strengthen itself.
After a successful devouring, it might gain more layers or expand its space, growing ever stronger.
But there was no evidence for such a theory. Lu Youqi had merely made the conjecture based on the materials left behind by other scholars. At present, humanity had no accurate understanding of the Abyss.
Mo Ling was equally bewildered. He only felt that this suddenly appearing great hole harbored deep malice toward humanity, yet he had no idea where that malice came from.
But now, there happened to be an Abyss native who could answer his questions.
He looked at the Little Sprite and asked seriously, "You've traveled through the Abyss for so long. Have you figured out what the Abyss is?"
Upon hearing Mo Ling's question, Lu Youqi perked up his ears as well and