Wang Xiyi quickened her pace.
The inner casing of the watch gradually grew hot, as if someone had strapped a hand warmer to her wrist.
"The Anomaly Equipment has reacted," Wang Xiyi said quietly over the comm channel. "I'm approaching the target."
"Do you need support?" Ye Xuan asked.
"No." Wang Xiyi immediately refused. "If even I can't handle it, sending over two tactical squads won't make a difference."
At present, the only person in all of Tianfu City with greater combat ability than Wang Xiyi was probably Sun Hang. The problem was that Sun Hang needed to guard the research institute headquarters and could not act rashly.
Wang Xiyi quickly arrived at an intersection. She took several steps in each of the three directions, then headed straight ahead—whether she turned left or right, the Anomaly Watch's temperature would drop. Only by continuing forward did its temperature keep rising.
Although the temperature changes over those few steps were so slight they could practically be ignored, with the Black Dragon's keen senses, Wang Xiyi could still distinguish which direction was correct.
"I'm proceeding along Victory Avenue." Wang Xiyi looked at the buildings on both sides. "I'm currently at 514 Victory Avenue... I'm already very close to the number 591 you mentioned."
Every shop along both sides of the street was tightly shut. Those with roll-up shutters had pulled them down, while those without had thick chains looped around their door handles.
Most of these shops had not been emptied... The Disaster Response Committee had only given Jinlu County's residents three days to evacuate, promising everyone that once the Eternal Night had passed, it would immediately begin a plan to rebuild Jinlu County.
As a result, many people who left their hometown believed they would return here in the near future and