“Sacrificial offerings....” Starfire’s words caused a profound look to appear in Xu Qing’s eyes. For a moment, he was lost in thought. Then he looked up and calmly said, “Since further exploration is going to be hard, let’s shelve this matter for the time being.”0

With that, he floated back up through the Inkland black hole.0

Starfire breathed a sigh of relief. After dredging up the memories that revealed what this place was, shē had begun to feel very uneasy about exploring it further. And the aroma of rust had stricken hēr with outright fear. After all, they had no idea who took the primeval higher star pin, nor when they would return.... If, by chance, that person happened to return when shē and Xu Qing were exploring the place, then they would definitely be wiped out of existence.0

Of course, Starfire knew that things would most likely not play out that way. What shē was really afraid about was the unknown at the bottom of the Inkland. Whatever was down there, it was something mysterious and dangerous that surpassed hēr omniscience.2

Seeing that Xu Qing was abandoning the exploration, shē breathed a sigh of relief and followed him away.0

And thus,...1