"What is that place? Why are we going there?" asked Zhang Bao'er in astonishment.

"I communicated with the worm colony brain earlier. The place we're heading to is where a different clock puzzle can be found. We can leave from there," I replied calmly.

"What? You communicated with the worm colony brain? How is that possible? You have been in constant communication with us. You must be seeing things," said Temo with disbelief.

"Maybe a higher level of civilization had paused time itself? That's not something you can understand with your level of civilization, right?" I said, using Temo's usual argument against him.

"Yes, that must be it!" Zhang Bao'er took the chance to step on Temo.

"Impossible! Impossible! Only those ranked venerable or higher among the Sacred Wing race can communicate with the worm colony brain. A life form of a planet-level civilization like you will not be able to resist brainwaves of that level due to your stage of evolution," said Temo. As a member of a star-level...