So what's the real goal here?
He had some vague guesses, but even to Fu Qian, this was still a complicated problem.
Mainly, everyone's style and methods were wildly different, and they were clearly on guard against each other, so trying to observe and distill conclusions was pretty difficult.
On top of that, there were the unavoidable practical constraints, like time.
No matter how relaxed and natural his posture looked, by Fu Qian's estimate, if they chatted for "another five bucks' worth," he'd probably be saying goodbye to his humanoid form for good.
Considering how big this place was, it'd be hard to load it onto a car for transport, so by then the mission objective of reaching the Sanctuary would very likely be directly declared a failure.
And this kind of crisis, naturally, was thanks to Nepheli.
What else could you say? Worthy of being the first volunteer torturer—this woman's torture techniques, their true effect might be beyond even her own imagination.
