Tai Yu answered casually, "Did I?"
The other man did not give it much thought; his mind was elsewhere. "We still need the vehicle. I'll send someone to receive it. Deliver the vehicle to these coordinates... Loren owes you one. I'll allow him to reimburse any reasonable expenses afterward."
Apparently, he was something like Loren's supervisor at the laboratory.
Tai Yu and Xin Rui had no intention of dragging the conversation out either. They cut off communications and continued driving the vehicle toward the coordinates.
Halfway there, Tai Yu suddenly asked over the private channel, "Have you heard of someone named Madaruvir?"
Xin Rui thought for a moment and shook her head slightly, then asked, "The person just now?"
"Maybe. As far as I know, he's a senior mechanic. What kind of work would someone like that generally do in a laboratory?"
"Equipment maintenance? Or equipment testing, perhaps?"
Tai Yu laughed. "Maybe he really is conducting experiments, just like your Senior Loren said. They certainly have money to burn—he can even get reimbursed for playing games outside of experiments... By the way, is it common for Acolyte Priests from the Pantheon to play team battles here in Star Ring City?"
This time, Xin Rui decisively shook her head. "Not common. I mean, people like Xi Fan, who have mastered the Great Light Inscription—even if they come to the Covenant side normally, they're not in the same circle as us."
"Is that so?" Tai Yu asked again. "Is this Xi Fan famous?"
Xin Rui thought about it. "When I first enrolled, he was the captain of our First Academy's school team. He graduated the year before last and is currently apprenticing at the Pantheon."
Tai Yu was surprised. "First Academy? Your school?"
"Yes."
"That Badar Loren mentioned earlier is from Second