Hong Xia did not actually care about the Soft Megaverse. It was not the megaverse that was important, but rather the fact that Obscura had not informed Hong Xia of its destruction or issued a mission reward.0

Unfortunately, the gate that he had previously used to reach the Soft Megaverse had been discovered and destroyed by the being that had occupied that megaverse. Thus, he had no way to personally verify its destruction. Otherwise, Hong Xia would have never bothered asking Lu Yin.0

To verify things, it was also possible to simply return to Vestigium and request another gate, but if the Soft Megaverse truly had been destroyed, then Obscura undoubtedly knew about it. Even so, he had not been granted his reward. Something was wrong.0

Was it possible that the entity living in the Soft Megaverse had merely vanished instead of dying?0

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Elsewhere, Lu Yin teleported to the vicinity of the next location.0

Just like before, he was cautious, extremely so. The first location that Lu Yin had explored was the Soft Megaverse. He had no idea what awaited him at the second.0

If not for the ability to teleport, Lu Yin would have never been willing to check any of the locations. More importantly, Lu Yin could not seize the initiative against Hong Xia.0

Hong Xia was too strong, but he also had...0