Under normal circumstances, Chao Hui might have considered the possibility of a false alarm. But now, the only possibility he could think of was:
Those two Han Guang Mercenaries had gone after them. The two sides had effectively passed each other by.
Relief surged through Chao Hui's heart, only to be replaced by a scalp-tightening fear: he had very likely been spotted!
Those two Han Guang Mercenaries were Celestial-level powerhouses. The local Garrison Regiment could not requisition figures like them, which meant they had relatively free rein and would most likely track him down soon.
In this Authority Society, once your identity had been locked onto and brought into the open, unless you could instantly twist space-time and arrive in some unknown Isolated Star System, you were basically an insect stuck to the "Sky Abyss Spirit Network." Every struggle was futile. Perhaps a universally notorious rebel organization like "God Breaker" possessed the ability to calmly hide its tracks, but how could an illegal cult of their scale possibly manage that?
The only thing Chao Hui could be grateful for was that those two had special identities. Han Guang Mercenaries and the Star Alliance authorities generally did not deal with each other, so they would not possess the corresponding high-level permissions.
Even so, he had to hurry.
Earlier, in the civil defense works area, he had taken the initiative to strike up a conversation with a Guard detachment officer. That had been somewhat conspicuous. If those two Han Guang Mercenaries asked one more question, he would very likely be exposed...
No. Considering the worst-case scenario, he had to assume he was already exposed.
Chao Hui spun on his heel and abruptly changed direction. There was no way he was going to North 37th District now. As for Kande, who would most