The dark Chen Pingchuan felt a secret delight, yet his face remained serious.
"I know of a ritual, but it requires a small price. Perhaps only then can we defeat him."
He mentally calculated how to corrupt and transform the two women. No matter how the island's natives were modified, the highest they could reach was the strength of a level-seven powerhouse. But these two women… if they cooperated with the transformation, perhaps…
On the beach, Chen Pingchuan was completely unaware of his dark counterpart's conspiracy. He was immersed in his own thoughts, attempting to find a clear thread from the tangle of chaotic clues.
Time slipped by quietly in the whispers of the waves, and the simulator's cooldown was gradually ending.
"The stars are out, but there is no moon."
Chen Pingchuan lay on a large rock, watching the sky. For a moment, he started to miss home again.
