The probability of being punished for desecration, becoming unrecognizable, and then receiving a corresponding "weapon" as a gift is not nonexistent, but it feels quite unlikely.
Adding to the fact that the belt design looked familiar, and seeing Ice wearing three pieces of equipment, Fu Qian's first thought upon seeing the woman in the pool, who seemed to be Sophia, was to wonder what she was used for.
Including himself, three newcomers were previously used for something else.
The exploration activity suffered a major setback, and the reason for returning to develop the organization to seek a comeback seems plausible.
However, the three finally gathered around happened to correspond to the three pieces of equipment on Ice, which is hard to dismiss as a coincidence.
Moreover, when sending himself here and hearing Ice say the people in front were getting anxious, Miss Yingzhu's reaction was clearly strange.
