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"Isn't the Primal Seed your exclusive forbidden item, boss? How come its name is here?"

"Besides, I remember it was destroyed, wasn't it? In Paradise Lost."

"Could something have happened while I was dead?"

Yang Wei stared at the arrow flames ahead, his face full of confusion.

"I see!"

The author nudged Yang Wei's arm, a hint of confident insight that seemed to see through the confusion in his eyes:

"You mentioned earlier that there are the words 'road sign' on the gorilla's head, so these arrows and flames must be the address, which is what you call the safe zone."

"Then the answer is obvious."

"This arrow-shaped flame with the inscription 'Primordial Seed' is the address to Paradise Lost!"

Yang Wei was silent for a moment. He wanted to nod, but something felt off. He rolled his eyes thoughtfully.

"That's not right!"

"If it is Paradise Lost, then this arrow flame should be called Paradise Lost, not the Primal Seed."

"That seems to be true..."

The author immediately stopped smiling, revealing an expression that seemed to say yes, but also seemed reluctant to admit he was wrong:

"That means the arrow and flame aren't pointing to an address at all!"

"This is just a smokescreen!"

"Come to think of it, no safe zone would be called the Primal Seed; it must be a treasure trove! This is the treasure's address!"

"Damn, you just said these arrows and flames must be addresses."

Yang Wei expressed his dissatisfaction.

"That was then, now is now. People need to learn to be flexible."

As the saying goes, "A wise person knows when to yield!"

The author's transitions are smooth and illogical.

"That's utter nonsense! You're clearly cheating, opportunistic, and a fence-sitter!"

After Yang Wei finished speaking, the two began elbowing each other.

"Stop elbowing each other!"

Chen Xi reached out and stopped the two from behaving like children.

"This is definitely not the address of Paradise Lost."

"I have an arrow pointing to Paradise Lost in my mind, but it's not pointing in the same direction as this."

Upon hearing this, the author gave a sly smile, with an expression that said, "I've won."

"Boss, since you already knew it wasn't Paradise Lost, why did you stare at it for so long? I thought you'd made some discovery, but it turns out you were just pretending to be profound!"

Facing the somewhat indignant Yang Wei, Chen Xi said in a deep voice without expression:

"First of all, I'm not pretending to be profound; I am genuinely profound."

"Secondly, this flaming arrow is neither Paradise Lost nor some kind of treasure; it is the safe zone."

"Although Lu Xitong didn't tell me how to light the lantern, I do know that a random safe zone address will appear after it's lit."

Yang Wei nodded: "So that means the primordial seed is the name of the safe zone?"

"But isn't this too much of a coincidence?"

"The name of the safe zone and the name of the forbidden item number 5... are they the same?"

"It's certainly not a coincidence. This can't be explained away with a simple bump, especially in a place like the Black Tower."

Chen Xi said calmly, his eyes darting around, seemingly lost in thought.

"Alright then, whether it's a coincidence or not, boss, which arrow flame do we choose now?"

"That chameleon fake man only mentioned the special safe zone, and now there are eight names. How do we choose?"

"Or are you planning to go check out the Primal Seed?"

"It looks like you can only choose one of the arrow flames."

After Yang Wei finished speaking, he suddenly realized that the potion was gone and Chen Xi could not light the candle again. This was the first and last choice before advancing to stage III.

Fearing he might put too much pressure on Chen Xi, he quickly added:

"However, these names don't reveal anything; it's impossible to tell which one is the special safe zone. Anyway, whatever you choose is what you get. I trust you!"

"Yes, Brother Chen, I believe in you too!"

The author also chimed in:

"Seriously, what kind of lousy names are these safe zones? 'Ten Days of Smoke'?"

"Is this a safe zone where I can quit smoking in ten days?"

"And that actor who killed the acting god in the mental hospital..."

"Is this actor the dean? Those mental patients want to kill him."

"You trust me, right? Very well." Chen Xi smiled, her gaze returning to the arrow flames. "What you're saying makes some sense, but actually we can... take them all!"

"Yang Wei, do you remember the description that chameleon-like imposter gave of that special safe zone?"

Yang Wei scratched his head, instinctively rolled his eyes, and smiled sheepishly: "I forgot, I only remember that I can level up."

Chen Xi nodded, unsurprised.

"The danger there is peculiar; it grows directly from the ground!"

"Killing the dangers there will level you up!"

"You'll gain experience points no matter what your mission is!"

After speaking, a deep glint flashed in Chen Xi's eyes:

"He said those dangers grow from the ground?"

"What were they before they grew out of the ground?"

The moment Yang Wei's eyes met Chen Xi's, he had a sense of déjà vu, as if he were facing his teacher. After a slight discomfort, he blurted out the word "embryo".

The author's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this: "Nonsense! It's a fertilized egg!"

Chen Xi had expected it to be outrageous, but not this outrageous, so she simply revealed the answer directly.

"Where would fertilized eggs and embryos come from in the ground?"

"It's a seed!"

"Since those dangers grow from the ground, it means that they may have originally been seeds."

Upon hearing the word "seed," even the most clueless Yang Wei and the author could guess the answer.

"The Primal Seed!?"

"So the Primal Seed is the special safe zone that the chameleon pseudo-people are talking about!?"

"Killing two birds with one stone!"

Chen Xi nodded: "It's highly likely, I'm at least 80% sure, that this safe zone called the Primal Seed is the special safe zone that the chameleon pseudo-person mentioned can be upgraded!"

"But wasn't the primordial seed destroyed?"

Yang Wei raised a question that is well-known to everyone.

At this time.

"Awoo awoo~"

The gorilla cried out again and began to gesticulate wildly, but this time it wasn't dancing; instead, it kept pointing at the arrow flames swirling around its head.

Chen Xi guessed that they were probably being asked to make a choice quickly.

Sure enough, after the gorilla finished its call, the color of the arrow flame began to fade.

It was clear that if a choice wasn't made soon, all the arrows and flames would go out.

Chen Xi stepped forward and grabbed the arrow flame with the words "Primordial Seed" written on it in his palm.

In an instant, an arrow appeared in Chen Xi's mind.

Including what came before, Chen Xi now had four directions in mind.

The directions of Black Tower, Paradise Lost, and Dragon Fang are consistent.

However, a large part of this consistency is due to the distance; once they get closer, they are likely to disperse.

The other direction, naturally, is the newly acquired safe zone of the primordial seed.

Chen Xi didn't understand why the forbidden area had become a safe zone. Based on the information he currently had, the two should be unrelated.