The original plan had been completely disrupted by the newly derived inference—
Xia could, of course, forcefully convince herself that it was just a speculation of unknown truth.
But Xia also believed that neither Cold Water nor Russell could possibly spout nonsense about such an important matter... and all of this could explain the confusion she had long possessed.
If initially she was like looking at the Abyss from a high place,
then, at this moment, the approaching truth had pushed her forward yet again... leaving her with half a foot stepping into the void.
This brought her immense fear—Xia realized for the first time that encountering such profound truths wasn't interesting or fun.
