"My destiny drifts... outside the Cosmic Library?"

Seeing Deng praising her so much, Yun You didn't feel happy at all. She just felt like this old Deng was pulling her leg, just like those fortune-tellers who would always call someone the chosen one, as long as they were paid enough...

"Hey? Don't you disbelief... I never lie,"

Deng grinned earnestly and explained, "There really are no books about your destiny here, you and that guy Zhao Xuan are ultimately different."

"Alright."

At this point, Yun You was too lazy to argue, deciding to let Deng say whatever.

"Alright, you've stayed here long enough. It's time to go back."

Seeing Yun You all bottled up, Deng suddenly felt a bit bored and waved her hand dismissively.

"Anything you'd like to ask before you leave? If so, ask quickly. Who knows when we'll meet again."

"..."

Yun You stayed silent.

After a moment, she softly asked tentatively, "Deng..."

"What do I mean to you, anyway? A friend? A partner? Or... an interesting 'toy'?"

"I can't figure it out; we're neither family nor friends. Why are you so good to me?"

Deng seemed to know Yun You would ask such a question, so she wasn't surprised. After thinking for a moment, she smiled and replied...

"It doesn't matter because, often, I do things without needing a reason."

"But if you really want an answer... I can only say..."

"For 'fun'."

Stretching lazily, Deng said softly, "Life is mostly tedious and disappointing. Although we always claim to be 'handling business' to kill time, there has to be some joy as well."

"Helping a child with nowhere to go, allowing her to find hope for revenge amidst despair, isn't that quite satisfying and interesting?"

Yun You felt like Deng was still fooling her... but without evidence, she could only respond with silence.

Now, she was eager to return, her mind filled with thoughts of quickly getting back to find the "Saint's Remains" with old Jin, to see if it could bring the dead back to life.

This was her only hope at the moment.

Seeing this, Deng could easily guess the thoughts of the young girl; her expression was all too obvious... So she didn't say much more and lightly waved her hand to open a dark passageway behind Yun You from the bookshelf.

"Go on, kiddo,"

"I've already told you the location of that skeleton. It's where you first left the Cosmic Library, at [Rust Bay],"

"Where metals roar, rust devours stars. Tears of amber form, the earth hides true gold."

"Remember this phrase?"

Yun You was momentarily confused, then everything became clear, understanding Deng's meaning.

Rust Bay was once the largest industrial park in the lower city of Nest City No. 3, producing various special metals and chemical materials, with a period of glory.

But due to long-term overexploitation and illegal discharges, wastewater and toxic compounds polluted the ocean and rivers, even turning the marine area within 10 kilometers off the port brown. So it was gradually abandoned, becoming a dwelling for unemployed folks.

It naturally fits the metaphor "where metals roar."

As for "rust devours stars," it probably referred to the core reaction area of the abandoned chemical plant, with rusty metal pipe networks like star-forming networks in the sky, hiding the real treasure within.

The saying "tears of amber form" also had an explanation. In Rust Bay's residential area, Yun You often saw some azure transparent crystal blocks, appearing almost everywhere in the town... at the entrance of sewers, on the walls of exhaust ducts, at the knots of clotheslines.

Admittedly, these things indeed looked beautiful, akin to natural crystals, making one want to play with them. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

But if you have such thoughts, you're gravely mistaken.

Because these aren't harmless natural crystals, but deadly toxic materials formed by contaminated groundwater into amber-like substances. If accidentally touched, even the Apprentice Death God wouldn't escape the tragedy of rotting flesh and bones.

As for mortals, they would die upon contact, with no survival chance.

Though residents of Rust Bay occasionally cleaned these amber crystals, the industrial era's abandoned groundwater was too abundant, even if cleaned today, new ones would appear by tomorrow.

So for Rust Bay's inhabitants, these were never considered views but deadly poison.

As for the last phrase, "the earth hides true gold"...

"It means about 300 meters underground at Rust Bay, there lies an unknown nuclear waste storage area, with a maze-like complex terrain. The intense radiation renders GPS signals useless in this region,"

This time, Deng didn't play mysterious and explained directly, "Therefore, former Commander Carlos hid the Saint's Remains he collected there, waiting for the day he could negotiate with those in need of that bone to gain more benefits."

"Unfortunately, he never got that chance."

Upon hearing this, a sense of excitement surged in Yun You's heart.

She thought even if Mokaka won this contest, it would still take some time for them to find the treasures left by the former mayor.