"Is that so~"
Hearing Bing's words, Ye Feng shifted his attention back to Yue Yan. "That... City Lord, you trust me that much? What if I'm not Zhang San...?"
"You guess why I would use the Heaven and Earth Cage!"
Yan smiled faintly. "Although you are indeed quite strong, Diamond Rank three, here, it's just a matter of my single sword strike!"
"I..."
Ye Feng felt the immense pressure emanating from the surrounding Heaven and Earth Cage, and the almost frozen arcane energy within his body. He felt a bit uncertain and did not retort.
"Diamond... Diamond Rank three?"
Hearing Yue Yan's words, Bing was stunned. "Ye Feng... I remember when you were in the City of Despair, you hadn't awakened your arcane energy yet... and now you're actually Diamond Rank three?"
"Mmm!"
Ye Feng nodded. "It's a long story... Many things happened on the way..."
Under Bing's extremely surprised gaze, Ye Feng turned to Yue Yan. "Then why did you tell me I was a survivor?"
"Survivor?"
Yue Yan's expression was a bit odd. "You... don't really think you're some survivor, do you?"
"Aren't I?"
Ye Feng frowned. "Aren't we all survivors who have transmigrated to this 'Embers' world?"
"Uh... this world is indeed the 'Embers' world, but it has a more familiar name for you... Earth!"
Yue Yan stared at Ye Feng for a while, then spoke slowly.
"E... Earth?"
Upon hearing this name again, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a moment of shock, because Zi Ying Su from the Survivor Channel had told him the same thing before...
"Mmm!" Yue Yan nodded. "I know it's hard for you to believe. Honestly, I didn't believe it at first. I can say almost all survivors find it hard to believe... but the truth is probably just that..."
"E... Earth?"
Ye Feng found it hard to accept for a moment. "How did Earth become like this... This... is this really not the 'Embers' world... Then what's the deal with that paper at the beginning?"
"That paper clearly said 'Welcome to the Embers world'... and everyone transmigrated..."
"Does treasure chest fall from the sky on Earth?... And does Earth have things like arcane energy, arcane runes?... As well as various monsters, ancient ruins... even gods and the like..."
Ye Feng looked at Yue Yan excitedly.
After all, this world was too different from the Earth he had lived in before...
Previously, when he had asked Qiao Ying, Lu Ren, Wu Ye Lin, Liu Lao Tou, and Zi Ying Su from the Survivor Channel if this was Earth, they had all given affirmative answers, either directly or by questioning back, but Ye Feng still had many doubts in his heart, as those people were either not survivors, or he hadn't met them in person...
But when Yue Yan and Bing, who were also survivors, stood before him and said that his "Embers" world was Earth, his heart was greatly shaken...
"This is also something I'm very confused about... I've investigated extensively and only know that survivors are related to a project called 'Embers'... and I've found that all these abnormalities point to one place..."
Yue Yan took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "Ta Xing City!"
"Ta Xing City? The organization that is said to have created humanity's first interstellar battleship and first reached the edge of the solar system?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly.
"Mmm!"
Yue Yan nodded, her expression serious. "It is said that the appearance of survivors, the 'Embers' project... and the secrets hidden behind survivors... as well as the truth of the great catastrophe in this world, are all there..."
"Is that so... It seems I need to find an opportunity to go to Ta Xing City..."
Ye Feng's brows were tightly furrowed. After thinking for a while, he looked at Yue Yan and asked another question that was on his mind. "That, uh... is it true that Ares, one of the twelve main gods, wants to forcefully marry Bing? Why are you holding a marriage recruitment convention for Bing?"
"Yes, Sister Yan, what's the deal with this marriage recruitment convention you're organizing?"
Bing chimed in, her voice full of confusion.
"Bing's marriage recruitment convention... is actually to buy time... Of course, it's not entirely... The three rounds of assessment each have their own purpose..."
Speaking of this, Yue Yan looked at Ye Feng with a meaningful gaze.
"Three rounds? Not four rounds of assessment?"
Ye Feng looked at Yue Yan in bewilderment, and Bing's expression was also quite puzzled.
"The fourth round of assessment was purely a whim, I was trying my luck..."
There was a clear hint of surprise in Yue Yan's voice. "I was wondering if the person Bing has been longing for, secretly laughing in bed, and refusing to reveal their whereabouts, would come here... I didn't expect them to actually come..."
"But it's good you came. If you hadn't come... Bing would have lost her life!"
After a pause, Yue Yan added.
"Lost her life? What's going on?"
Ye Feng's face turned slightly red as he looked at Bing questioningly.
Meeting Ye Feng's gaze, Bing's face also turned red, but she didn't speak.
"There is a very high probability that the City of Despair has Divine Stones... and Bing must have come into contact with the Divine Stone at that time... but she didn't bring it back..."
"Then there is only one explanation, which is that the Divine Stone was taken away by someone else... and it wasn't stolen, Bing knew that person..."
"A Oufa Five Greats, Tu Kui, Lin Ba Sen, and Hua Xin have all interrogated her, but this little girl hasn't said a single word..."
Yue Yan gently pinched Bing's face and quickly spoke to Ye Feng.
"Mmm... Yue Yan, as a master, why don't you discipline the Oufa Five Greats..."
Ye Feng grumbled. "And you haven't explained what's going on with Bing being in mortal danger?"
"The Divine Stone... the temptation of the gods... it's not something that can be restrained just by saying so..."
Yue Yan glanced at the altar, which was covered in strange red runes, not far away. "And I went out to investigate an interesting kid at that time..."
As she spoke, Yue Yan's hand flashed with light, and a pack of pink items was thrown to Ye Feng. It was the Su Fei sanitary napkins that Ye Feng had sold to her earlier...
Ye Feng held the item in his hand, feeling a bit embarrassed, and at the same time, he was quite curious. "You... How did you know about me? I shouldn't have exposed myself!"
"It wasn't you exposing your whereabouts. Your vigilance is very high..."
Yue Yan sighed slightly. "And I didn't know you were Zhang San when I found you. The reason I looked for you was because a woman asked me to pay attention to you... She thought you were the last..."
For some unknown reason, Yue Yan's voice trailed off at the end.
"A woman, who is it?"
Before Ye Feng could respond, Bing spoke, her expression quite concerned.
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