Gu looks a bit better, but he still can't move much. I told him the Ancient City is going to vanish, and we all need to leave quickly.
Gu asked me about the core, and I told him it was hijacked by someone really powerful. The core's negative effects have already been neutralized.
Gu said that's good. Little Red lifted him up on its own initiative, and we left the power room together.
On the way, Gu asked me if Little Red was non-human. He asked so frankly and openly, I figured after witnessing Little Red's battle with flying creatures, it was hard not to suspect its identity.
Stung all over by insect tails, looking like a porcupine, yet no blood spilled, no harm done, and once the needles were pulled out, the skin immediately returned to normal. If it were a normal person, Gu would suspect he himself was abnormal.
"It saved me, I wouldn't be an ungrateful brute and betray it." Seeing I didn't respond, Gu chuckled bitterly.
