Chapter 1715: Tumor Behind the Heart
At this moment, if that maintenance worker or the Phantom Assassin had turned around, they would have clearly seen the latch on the inside of the maintenance hatch slowly rising inch by inch without anyone touching it.
As though an invisible ghost had already slipped into the Golden Roc.
Fortunately, the other party was in a hurry to leave and never looked back.
Moreover, as the Golden Roc was still under construction and the maintenance hatch of this core compartment was frequently opened and closed, its hinges, seams, and gears meshed tightly and moved as smoothly as silk. With a quasi-Liquid Metal substance serving as lubricant, it made no sound when opened.
Meng Chao stirred his Life Magnetic Field, forming a special protective barrier around himself with a Spirit Energy Shield to prevent the biting high-altitude wind from invading the compartment with him, reducing the temperature and pressure differences between inside and outside to the absolute minimum.
The two reconnaissance drones would appear behind Meng Chao in one second.
Yet it was as though he had a full hundred seconds to squander. Calm and steady, without even the slightest tremble in his hands or flutter of his eyelashes, he gently pressed his palm against the maintenance hatch and softly pulled outward.
The maintenance hatch opened successfully!
Immediately afterward, Meng Chao slipped through the gap, barely the width of a palm, like a stream of mercury, a wisp of blue smoke, a ray of faint light.
By the time the two reconnaissance drones finally arrived late, the maintenance hatch had already closed again, with not the slightest abnormality visible from the outside.
Meng Chao's heart was nowhere near as calm as his appearance suggested.
He held his breath, extending his five senses to their limit.