Around the surface outside the Fire God Ant Nest, everyone who had been working inside had fled because of the constant aftershocks in the Volcanic Zone.
It was already in the final stage anyway, with nothing left but pointless chores like cleaning up. Mo Fang simply ordered the personnel on-site to stop staying behind and get their asses onto the airship waiting nearby. Once he gave the word, they would return to Spring City.
Speaking of which, the airship's inner air bladder had already been inflated and deflated several times. They had originally planned to let Professor Ronan see how cleanly and efficiently everyone withdrew, hoping to leave a slightly better impression. Who could have expected him to arrive in the evening as promised, only for the sky to turn completely dark and nearly reach eight o'clock while he still lingered at... at least, that was where he said he was lingering: the ruins of the Jin Buhuan Battlefield.
Mo Fang felt uneasy.
Based on his years of experience dealing with Transcendental Species, most of them were people who treated their word like iron. Not that they were especially trustworthy or kept their promises out of principle, but they had clear plans and an accurate understanding of their own condition and methods. Their judgments rarely went wrong.
If they broke an appointment, there was usually some kind of accident.
Qiu Wanshan was absent now, and any accident involving a Transcendental Species had happened near Spring City. No matter how serious it was, Mo Fang could not afford to bear the consequences!
Could it be that Professor Ronan had discovered some hidden secret from the battle with Jin Buhuan back then?
The President had conducted investigations and inspections more than a dozen times at the time, yet never found anything conclusive.