Sun Hang instantly used the electromagnetic field for an explosive burst of acceleration, slipping out through the gap before the membrane had fully closed.
"Crack—"
The moment Sun Hang came to a stop, the enormous sphere finished closing, then rapidly contracted.
Hundreds of spikes pierced out from inside the sphere—if Sun Hang had failed to escape before it closed, it would have been his body getting pierced.
"Are you okay?" Yang Lian asked anxiously.
"I'm fine... To be honest, this thing is pretty tricky." Sun Hang glanced at the sedan parked by the entrance—he had ridden back on a shared bike, Yang Qi's SUV was still parked in the institute garage, and this silver-gray sedan was Yang Lian's own car.
"Did you bring the keys?" Sun Hang asked.
"No... but my car can be unlocked by voice command," Yang Lian said.
"Get in. Go to the institute," Sun Hang said.
"What about you?"
"I still have to kill this thing, don't I?" Sun Hang stuffed his large-caliber hunting pistol into Yang Lian's hands as well. "This thing packs more punch than yours, but be careful when you use it. With those skinny arms and legs of yours, don't fracture your wrist."
"Why don't you come with me? We can lure this Anomaly to the institute and deal with it with more people!" Yang Lian suggested.
"You're way too naive... You don't think this thing will just watch the two of us leave, do you?"
"But it doesn't seem that fast... Just now..."
"Just now, it was afraid of being noticed by me. Didn't you see how much faster it got after its sneak attack on you failed? If I hadn't picked up a few useful abilities over at Tianshu Tower this time, I'd have been wrapped up by that stinking