Qiyue suddenly conceived a plan. She cautiously signaled toward the boulders near Zhao Qian with her eyes, using gestures to point first at Zhao Qian, then at the Demon Bear, and finally at herself and that conspicuous stone.
After surviving life-and-death trials over the past two days, the two women, who once harbored deep conflicts, miraculously reached a tacit understanding at this moment.
Zhao Qian instantly grasped Qiyue's intention: she was to attract the Demon Bear's attention so that Qiyue could take the opportunity to investigate that strange stone, whose placement somehow felt jarringly unnatural, as if it had been added later.
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