"The rescue I'm talking about isn't about using strength, but about telling a benign lie," Lu Yun said.
"What do you mean?" Xu Zimei asked in confusion.
"Let me tell you a story,
Ever since the Black Dragon ruled this world tens of thousands of years ago, our lizard race has been deprived of freedom.
We can only live in this frog-in-a-well village for life, yearning for the more vast world outside.
Thousands of years ago, a member of the human race accidentally wandered into our little world. Curious about the outsider, we allowed him to secretly live in our village.
This human was very interesting—he had seen much and knew a lot, often telling us about the fascinating places and things outside.
Eventually, the man and a woman from our village fell in love.
The man wanted to take the woman to the outside world, to see the interesting things and places he had spoken of.
Unfortunately, without the Black Dragon's permission, no one could leave here.
