It was already afternoon. The sun had crossed half the sky, slanting down from the southwest and stretching the tree shadows into collapsed fences scattered across the wasteland. Following the natural rises and dips of the ground, they seemed capable of tripping someone at any moment. The sensation was especially obvious when flying close to the ground at high speed.
Long Qi gave a jolt and instinctively raised the shuttle a little, so he did not quite catch what Mountain Lord had said.
"What flew past?"
Given Mountain Lord's status, how could he possibly repeat himself? He merely curled his lips, his gaze still directed beyond the canopy as he scanned the skies, ignoring Long Qi after that.
This shuttle borrowed from Tian Bang had two seats arranged front to back. Turning around to look behind was exhausting. Long Qi shrugged and did not bother dwelling on it.
He was operating on multiple fronts already. Where could he spare the attention to get distracted further?
The Deep Blue Cluster continued south, while Luo BOSS, who was directing everything, issued new orders. On top of that, Madam Harold and Tian Bang's Extraordinary Battle was affecting an ever-widening area. The place where he and Mountain Lord were located had also been impacted, forcing them to set out once more.
He was the shuttle's pilot. Originally, his plan had been to gain altitude and fly through the low-to-mid air several hundred meters up, where visibility was better and the flying environment relatively simple, saving both effort and worry.
But Mountain Lord made the final call and had him fly close to the ground.
That made things a great deal more difficult.
Mountain Lord's reasons for choosing the hard way over the easy one were not hard for Long Qi to guess—wherever the shuttle