942 Layer upon layer of doubts (1/2)

”Who are you?” Liu Ping asked.

”Hehe.” Kintaro stood up proudly, ”You all will know my name in the future. Now, is your second trial. Once you pass, there will be rewards. If you fail, then you will die here.”

”Trial?”

Everyone's eyes twitched.

Hold on...

This situation doesn't seem to make sense though.

It's easy to understand if it was some powerful esper trying to train and cultivate their underlings, but a beast? A beast in a Great Despair? Mankind and beasts were clearly enemies!

Knowing they were enemies, he didn't even attack but wants help to train them instead?

Would you believe it?

Whether you believe it or not, I would never believe it!

Everyone had a vigilant look.

”Oh, having said that...” Kintaro suddenly continued, ”Originally, I was waiting for a few brats from the wolf tribe to come back from the trial, but never I thought that they wouldn't return, and I would meet you all instead. However, for me, my job is just to start the trial. So, you all can consider whether to participate or not.”

Everyone looked at each other.

Sure enough, this trial was prepared for the beasts, and they just happened to be present at the right time.

As for Su Hao and Zheng Tai, they were even more shocked because they suddenly remembered the few beasts they encountered before the disaster. It couldn't be...

Those panicked beasts, the ones who escaped from the Great Despair?

Wait, the Great Despair can't be opened like that right?

Based on the previous assumption, the Nine Snakes would open the Great Despair, and it would close when the time was up. The undead had delayed them for so long, and the Great Despair couldn't stay open forever, Yet, they managed to find the entry. Then, that could only mean one possibility.

Su Hao frowned slightly.

The clues revealed by Kintaro were little, and the clues they saw were also very few.

Ding~”

”Data analysis...”

”Deduction begins...”

”Analysis completed...”

The familiar flow of data was shown in front of Su Hao's eyes.

After so many years, he had long been used to such days, running his smart computer like crazy to assist in deductions, and Su Hao soon came to the most probable answer.

Timeline: When Huangliang City was in its norm.

Members of Nine Snakes arrived and opened Huangliang Despairs. Some people stepped into Huangliang Despairs, and some remained outside to stop anyone from entering.

Huangliang Despairs was closed after they entered.

Timeline: Huangliang City was destroyed.

In order to prevent others from entering Huangliang Despairs, Nine Snakes directly destroyed Huangliang City, turning it into ruins and setting up a battle against the undead at the same time. In fact, if Su Hao and the others didn't come, Nine Snakes' plan would have been a success.

The huge battle of undead was able to be stopped, but Nine Snakes wasn't affected much at all.

The problem was they didn't know that when they detonated Huangliang City, several giant wolves who were close to the entry gate panicked and took the opportunity to escape from Huangliang Despairs. This caused the entry to Huangliang Despairs to open again thanks to the desperate wolves.

Because of this, Su Hao and the others could enter.

If so...

The wolf tribe was already the owner of Huangliang Despairs.

For Huangliang Despairs to be able to be opened by the wolf tribe, it already explained the problem. After opening, Huangliang Despairs was in a waiting state and it won't close until someone enters.

Su Hao suddenly recalled the wolf he encountered earlier.

Although they felt different, that wolf was a creature born from Huangliang City. Thus, it must have thought of itself as a member of the wolf tribe. However, why didn't it take action after that?

This was also a huge problem because if Huangliang Despairs really belonged to the wolf tribe, then Su Hao and the others would have been tied up and placed in front of the Wolf King.

”I can't analyze it.”

Su Hao thought for a moment and could only give up in the end.

Something must have happened to that wolf that it couldn't take care of other things. This was a great opportunity. Su Hao didn't know that he had actually guessed correctly. The reason why that wolf was too busy to take care of things was because it had been captured together with a silly guy.

Right now, Su Hao was considering a more important issue.

Should they fight against Kintaro?

The odds were five to five, and that didn't include Kintaro's possible helpers.

It was so obvious from this guy's sly eyes that Su Hao could see the lazy aura overflowing from inside. To be precise, he was simply a lazy wolf. If they were to fight, this wolf would probably yell for a group of wolves and then flee without fighting.

At that time, it would be even more difficult.

More importantly, Su Hao didn't feel any killing intent from that wolf at all.

This wolf, something about him was amiss.

Today's trial, whether it was the previous reward or the current harvest, those were all prepared for the members of the wolf tribe undergoing the trial. Su Hao and the others just happened to be at the right place at the right time. However, if everything was true, Su Hao didn't mind using the wolf tribe's trial to improve himself.

After all...

The previous reward wasn't a small amount.

Su Hao looked at the 600 units of Rule Force in his body and quickly made a decision.

”Should we fight?” Liu Ping was already ready to attack.

”No.” Su Hao shook his head, ”Let's see what is actually happening first. Anyway, since we have reached their territory, why not have a look at what the trial is all about. If it sets us up to kill each other, then its purpose would be exposed, but if it's something else, I don't mind going for a look.”

”You believe him?” Liu Ping asked quietly.

”I don't trust him.” Su Hao smirked, ”But...is there any situation worse than the current one?”

Liu Ping froze for a moment and then smiled bitterly. Wasn't that true?