During the Monster War, fierce battles often erupted in the bustling downtown area, so spirit energy transmission pipelines were damaged or even exploded every few days.
Many businesses kept modified Crystal Engines on hand, capable of converting solid crystals into high-temperature, high-pressure spirit energy brimming with power.
Naturally, switching between the two systems took at least five to ten minutes.
Just as the Car Repair Shop workers started the Crystal Engine kept at the shop, Meng Chao had already slipped in like a shadow without thickness, hugging the edge of the greatly reduced surveillance coverage on the southwestern side of the premises.
Meng Chao expanded his Life Magnetic Field to its limit.
He firmly locked onto the breathing and heartbeats of every repair worker and customer nearby.
He made sure no one would notice him leaping through the darkness like a streak of black lightning.
Very soon, he reached the vicinity of the medical room.
The medical room was located on the first floor of a four-story building.
Meng Chao narrowed his eyes and held his breath as he listened. He discovered that there were people in the rooms on either side of the medical room, while the office directly above it was empty.
Yet a surveillance camera hung in one corner of the office, rotating very slowly.
After pondering for a moment, Meng Chao pressed his palm against the wall and slowly sent a thread of spiritual energy into it. Invisible, traceless ripples traveled straight toward the bracket holding the surveillance camera.
He did not crudely damage the camera or its bracket.
He merely used a gentle, silent method to loosen the screws securing the bracket by a fraction, causing the camera to tilt slightly and reducing its scanning range by roughly fifteen percent.
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