"Chu Mo is on the run! We now only have one choice: take the Peace Stone or kill him!"

"But I think that since he dared to [touch], he must have some trump card to complete the [rapid escape], so it's probably too late to chase him down, since we don't even know where we can escape now."

As soon as Xiao Linlin finished speaking, Xu Zhiyi couldn't help but exclaim, "So clever! Is this the Little Wise One from the cards? He's just as amazing as the prophecy described!"

"I do not make predictions."

Xiao Linlin was very pleased and proudly raised her head: "I may not have any special talents, but I have a brain!"

Linlin is very useful too!

Su Lin frowned. He didn't like Xu Zhiyi's assessment of Xiao Linlin as a wise person, which reminded him of Xu Zhiyi's first prophecy about him.

"So, where to go now?"

Xu Zhiyi sincerely asked Xiao Linlin, "Should we go to the Netherworld Blood River Sect? But we only have less than 24 hours to escape. If we delay too long, won't we be stuck here forever?"

Her tone didn't sound confused, but rather deliberately guiding and questioning, as if she were trying to verify just how smart Xiao Linlin really was.

Xiao Linlin could hear the need for confirmation in her tone, but the girl was also eager to prove herself.

She wanted to prove to Su Lin that those of us without prophetic abilities were just as capable!

"Of course, this is the most correct approach."

Xiao Linlin looked up at Su Lin and said with a smile, "As for escaping, there's no need to be afraid; the mechanism doesn't emphasize that the [Peace Stone] can only be [taken] once!"

"As long as you seize the Peace Stone, you can get the escape location. In fact, you can seize it as many times as you want, and you will know the escape answer each time."

"So if we want to escape quickly, we should find the Peace Stone instead, which is much faster than blindly searching for an escape location."

Xiao Linlin's analysis was very thorough, but Su Lin didn't feel much of a reaction; he was already used to Xiao Linlin's intelligence.

But Xu Zhiyi sighed, her voice filled with a hint of satisfaction and amazement: "Really...so smart!"

"Walk!"

Su Lin picked up Xiao Linlin, turned around, and strode away.

"Big brother, aren't you going to wait for her?"

Xiao Linlin was somewhat surprised. She sensed Su Lin's urgency; this was the first time he had hugged her without waiting for her reaction, as if he were trying to distance himself from something.

"What's the point of waiting for her to do anything? She's useless now. Let's take the stones and go back to the dormitory."

Su Lin answered without looking up, her footsteps fading into the distance. Xiao Linlin could only make out the woman standing in the blurry darkness of the forest, seemingly still smiling, through the bumpy ride.

"Big brother..."

"Um?"

Are you afraid that "wise men die from conspiracies"?

"You're still young, not wise. Those who can be called wise are mostly adults."

"That's right, that explanation is correct!"

Xiao Linlin laughed happily, but when her laughter stopped, she raised her little hand and placed it on Su Lin's forehead.

She whispered a reminder: "But brother, you must be a warrior."

The girl's voice was very soft, drifting tentatively in the darkness: "If I am not a wise man, is it your cowardice?"

Su Lin paused, then continued forward.

"Linlin, I have no weaknesses!"

A man's words are as firm as iron.

This was an almost arrogant answer. Xiao Linlin smiled with satisfaction, tilting her head gently against Su Lin's shoulder.

She squinted, enjoying the bumpy ride in the darkness, and muttered softly, "Daddy said that too..."