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After Ronan and An Dongsheng left the banquet hall, they headed upward all the way. The weather was clear today, and there were no clouds at night either. Ground temperatures fell very quickly, which also curbed the development of vertical air currents, creating a relatively stable atmospheric structure in the troposphere. Ronan and An Dongsheng did not make a supersonic dash like they had when
returning to the city that afternoon. Instead, they rose soundlessly, almost blending into the night. Ronan did not say another word along the way. Ignoring the steadily dropping temperature, they unhurriedly reached an altitude of six thousand meters. This was already the middle troposphere, where the temperature had gradually fallen to around twenty or thirty degrees below zero. No matter how
stable the atmospheric structure was, howling, icy gale wind still swept through it.
The night sky was pristine, like a curtain studded with magnificent pearls and diamonds, stretching endlessly into the distance. Ronan stopped first, and An Dongsheng braked as well. They could still make out the outline of Huai City below, woven from light and darkness, while still enjoying the silent night sky. The streams of light above and on the ground vaguely
merged at one end of the horizon.
Air currents swirled and darted between them before howling away.
A few seconds later, An Dongsheng chuckled softly. His voice was quiet, yet clear to the ear. "Even in An City, we rarely do this. It's different after putting on armor."
"Mm, you mean flying in the flesh?"
"Right."
"When we played Wilderness Ten Days, you really were permanently armored, whether you were issuing quests or appearing in story scenes... The game model wasn't much different from the real person."
"Quantum Corporation sent specialists to gather the information. I remember the person