Zhou Baiyu was indeed intrigued:
"'We', are you new gods? Old gods? Was it 'we' who caused the corruption?"
Dr. A clearly wouldn't answer that question, and he raised his index finger, shaking it repeatedly:
"No, no, no, no, have you ever seen your intermediary recklessly reveal information? Hehehe, the information I bring is all about forbidden history, the dark pasts of the gods, and that's all I'm interested in. So if you want information, you'll have to pay."
"As for 'us', trust me, until you're strong enough, until you can use skills, traits, items to shield yourself from 'our' observation, you're better off not knowing too much about 'us'."
Zhou Baiyu roughly understood. In short, he indeed had an additional intermediary, another option.
An option specifically to deal with defense mode.
Of course, he didn't think he was special.