Nooooo, our beautiful pure author has succumbed to the ways of "The Cliffhanger". The ways of that art are dangerous, in which they give us a crumb of bliss in exchange for agonizing anticipation of the next chapter. Such a way to go for our author. :'(
I feel like the knocking didn't come from a spy or anything, more like someone (maybe the trio?) asking for help. Either way it shouldn't be anything dangerous.
Then again, I'm always bad at predicting events when it comes to this book ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Tbh if they were able to clone li i think it would be the stupidest thing no offense but they might be able to clone plant life and humans but definitely shouldnt be able to replicate gods cus that would just be stupid