"Forget it." Yi He did not elaborate. "It has nothing to do with what we're looking for."
"Leaving things half-said..." Qu Jianlei muttered unhappily.
Strictly speaking, Yi He was not yet a member of the team. Since the other man did not want to talk about it, Qu Jianlei could not be bothered to press further.
The rain stopped near dawn. The three of them found nothing else, so they turned and headed in the direction Qu Jianlei had indicated.
Two Instant Flashes later, they arrived at a city eight hundred kilometers away.
However, Qu Jianlei did not stop there and instead continued for another thousand-plus kilometers with Instant Flash.
Another city appeared ahead, still deep in the night.
Big Head Butterfly spun inside Qu Jianlei's mind. "This is Moliere, the third-largest city."
Sunset Glow immediately asked, "Judging by your direction, you're not going into the city?"
Qu Jianlei pointed away from the city. "I feel it's over there."
Yet Jiaotan unusually sided with Sunset Glow. "How about we take a look in the city first?"
"Then... all right." Most of the time, Qu Jianlei was willing to listen to others' advice.
The main reason was that it was still nighttime here, and it was still raining.
Only later did they learn that because Silverwing had relatively little water, most of its rainfall was artificially produced.
Since it was artificially controlled, it was generally scheduled for nighttime to reduce evaporation and increase seepage.
A figure quietly entered Moliere City under the cover of the rain.
Qu Jianlei did not know what Yi He intended to do, but he did not ask. Instead, he began wandering through the streets.
At the same time, he slightly heightened his senses—just because you could sense it did not mean he could not.
Unfortunately, after