The dim yellow sunlight gradually faded, and the lights of the bustling city flickered on one after another. Nightfall Descent arrived, and the city lights resembled a starry sky scattered across the earth, radiating a dreamlike air.
Atop a high-rise in Shangjing City stood a man in a black trench coat. Countless bats swirled around him before flying in unison into the pitch-black night sky.
The darkness in his eyes receded. He turned to the quiet man in a white research coat beside him and said, "I'll search the east. You search the west."
"Alright."
An Qingyu pushed up his glasses. At the base of the building, countless rats surged madly into the dark streets like a sea of shadows, vanishing into the city in an instant.
With the all-encompassing search net of Lin Qiye and An Qingyu, searching all of Shangjing City would only take an hour or two.
"I'll also take a look around the Eastern District. Maybe my Mental Power can sense that girl's presence in advance." Lin Qiye looked at An Qingyu. "Want to come along?"
"Forget it. I can't keep up with your speed." An Qingyu smiled helplessly and touched the Black Coffin on his back. "Since I have the time, I need to improve the stability of Jiang Er's magnetic field. Otherwise, if we run into another large-scale explosion, she could easily get caught up in it and injured."
Lin Qiye raised his brows. "Now that you mention it, ever since we came back from Japan, you and Jiang Er seem to have gotten along pretty well?"
"Don't we get along pretty well too?"
"It's different. It feels different. I always feel like... you two are special to each other."
"Are we?"
"You are."
"Like Jialan and you?"
"Hm? What does that have to