The sky was dark and heavy. At last, a light rain fell after nightfall.
Across the giant city, lights had already spread everywhere, though most were hemmed in by the ink-dark density of the buildings. The winding taillights of rush-hour traffic jams snaked through them. From above, they resembled lava ready to burst forth beneath twisted, cracked rock strata, red and yellow light blooming through the rain curtain, seeming at first glance to carry the momentum of a wildfire.
Ronan stood at the edge of a skyscraper rooftop, watching Lake City at the beginning of the night.
Since another round of the Chess Path had begun, he had spoken with Wu Jun and Mountain Lord in succession, updated the "Lens Plugin," and examined and sorted through the structure of the Mist Labyrinth and the threads of the "Tomb of Hundred Gods." All of that had taken a great deal of time. Without realizing it, another five or six hours had passed.
He checked the time. Around midnight, this round of the "Hidden Thunder" Chess Path would finish its calculations again.
If there was another "Pop Quiz" segment, it would end even earlier.
Under Wargame Mode, he could certainly do some things in the Real World, but his time was also cut into fragments. Compared with Immersive Mode, it was hard to say which was better.
At this pace, there had been no need for Ronan to make another trip to Lake City. With his current abilities, he only needed to cast a thought toward the Renhe Mental Health Rehabilitation Center to deal with it. But after thinking it over, his large-scale mental sensing ability was ultimately rooted in "Sketch." Since this was the first time he was analyzing this newly opened lead, it would be more thorough to come in