"This is my profession and my job!" Yang Qi said sternly.
"This operation is very dangerous. You could die," Sun Hang said.
"When I applied to become your direct supervisor, my teacher told me this job was dangerous too—that I might die," Yang Qi said.
"What if it's something worse than death?" Sun Hang asked. "Like having your consciousness assimilated by an anomaly and suffering eternal torment?"
"When I joined, I'd already made peace with that possibility."
"Fine. You can't reason with someone determined to die." Sun Hang gave up, then glanced back at Candle Dragon and Zhong Ling. "You two are just as stubborn?"
"If I were afraid, why wouldn't I have stayed in Chunming City?" Candle Dragon asked with a smile.
"Fine. Then Yang Qi's safety is in your hands... If we really run into any anomalies, you don't need to fight. Just protect them," Sun Hang said.
"Alright." Candle Dragon readily agreed.
Sun Hang turned on the car's built-in navigation and entered "Liangshui Gully" into the search bar.
"Now navigating to Liangshui Gully. Total distance: 297 kilometers. Traffic conditions are clear. Estimated travel time: five hours and twenty minutes. Please fasten your seat belt. Make a U-turn at the intersection fifty meters ahead," the navigation system announced inside the car.
Mountain roads were not easy to drive on. The navigation's estimated travel time assumed normal speeds, but in reality, Sun Hang could only drive at forty-five kilometers per hour... Any faster, and they could easily end up in a fatal crash.
Energy supplies were now centrally controlled throughout Shu Province. Roads like this, which had never seen much traffic to begin with, had all been closed off, their power cut entirely. Prominent warning signs were posted at every entrance and exit: "Road closed. Civilian vehicles