Before Ai Lei had finished speaking.
The hairs on the back of Meng Chao's neck stood up one by one.
Something was wrong.
Over the past thirty seconds, his heartbeat had accelerated by 15%.
His breathing rate had increased by 7%.
His adrenaline secretion rate had risen by 11%.
And all of it had been unconscious instinctive reactions.
Before his brain had even noticed, his body had already caught the scent of danger.
Meng Chao's pupils instantly contracted into two pinpoints.
To Ai Lei's astonishment, he seemed to turn into a wisp of smoke and vanish into thin air from the room.
Three seconds later, Meng Chao appeared on the rooftop.
His Life Magnetic Field spread in every direction at astonishing speed like the shockwave blasted out by a heavy bomb, instantly enveloping an area within a hundred meters.
The area within a hundred meters, and even farther away, was utterly silent.
Even the idle men who had been talking loudly in the Dumpling Restaurant earlier had already eaten and drunk their fill, then gone home to sleep.
Meng Chao held his breath and listened closely, hearing only steady heartbeats and breathing from near and far.
Every sound was obediently staying in bed.
Yet the feeling of thorns pricking his back refused to fade.
It was like a predator with an extraordinarily keen sense of smell, lying dormant deep within the jungle, catching the scent of its own kind while studying its prey's tracks.
A sharp glint flashed in Meng Chao's eyes.
The virtual structural map of the area he had just constructed in his mind blossomed with crystalline radiance.
Seven coordinates stood out in particular.
"If I were the watcher or attacker, and wanted to lie in ambush near Tailless Monkey's residence, Waiting for the Rabbit, I would definitely