"Now is not the time for stories, just tell me straight up what that thing down there is," Chen Ke said, having no patience to research what Nathan had done before.
"To put it bluntly, that giant squid down there... it's no longer just any giant squid... it... um..." Nathan began, seemingly recalling something, his expression grew complex.
Chen Ke caught the nuance, Nathan had referred to the squid as "he" not "it."
"You mean to say... that thing used to be your... friend?" Chen Ke asked.
In this world, such things were not impossible... Anything infected by Spiritual Energy could become deformed, just like the toads in the sewers and those starved people.
"It would be simple if he were just my friend... but no... in fact, we met while searching for the lost city in Antarctica... he always wanted to kill me on the way..." Nathan said.
"I get it... your relationship with him is like that of Indiana Jones..." Chen Ke immediately understood.
