Although the large thermal radiation units in Tianfu City's residential districts had begun operating, as the Eternal Night continued, the average outdoor temperature in the city still fell below freezing.
Yang Lian shuddered as she pulled open the door, instinctively hunching her neck. With the situation so urgent, aside from the down jacket she had just thrown on, she wore only a thin nightgown underneath. Bone-chilling cold instantly poured in through her collar and hem, making her want to retreat indoors.
"It's a little cold outside," Yang Lian said softly. Her teeth kept chattering with faint clicks. "Do you want to change into something thicker?"
"It's not a big problem. I underwent rigorous cold-resistance training in Siberia. This temperature is nothing to me," Ye Xuan said. She wore only a thin investigator's uniform over her pajamas. Compared with Yang Lian's long down jacket, whose hem hung below her knees, both of Ye Xuan's legs were exposed to the cold air, her fair skin slightly reddened by the chill.
Yang Lian glanced at the two tightly shut fire doors in the elevator lobby, then at the locked window. Barefoot, she quickly walked to the elevator and pressed the button.
To prevent the white shadow from realizing this was a trap specifically set to capture it, the Anomaly Hunters nearest to Ye Xuan had been stationed more than two hundred meters away. Even at top speed, it would take them nearly half a minute to arrive. Under such circumstances, the Field Operations Department agents standing by in the same building became the last line of defense for the two women.
The residents of Building Thirteen had already been evacuated. Other than Yang Lian and Ye Xuan, the only people still living here were the elite Field Operations Department agents lying in wait.