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After finishing the notebook, Qi Xuansu pondered for a moment and said, “It seems that this last Grand Tutor of the Jin Dynasty was silenced.”
Hun Ahau said, “Most likely because someone feared the secret would be exposed. My master suspected that the deity mentioned in Chen Jingguan’s letter was the Insect Queen, whom the humanoid insects also call the Merciful Mother or the Matriarch. The Insect Queen bestowed insect eggs, turning Chen Jingguan and the others into the first generation of humanoid-insect hosts, from which they began to grow and prosper.”
Qi Xuansu closed the notebook in his hands. “Even if we uncover the origins of the humanoid insects, it won’t actually solve our problem. The question we face now is, why are the humanoid insects trying to stop the shadows’ blood sacrifice? Who exactly are they working with?”
Hun Ahau said, “Perhaps those two questions share the same answer. Once we determine who the humanoid insects are cooperating with, we’ll also understand why they’re trying to stop the shadows’ sacrifice.”
Qi Xuansu asked, “Who do you think it is? No evidence needed, just your intuition.”
Hun Ahau replied, “Don’t you already have a suspicion, Sage Qi? Earlier, you asked me about the Heron Society. Surely that wasn’t without reason....
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