On a reef outside Jibei Province Central City, an extremely narrow fissure suddenly opened, and Zhao Zhenye stepped out. Almost the instant he emerged, the Rift closed again.
The female voice sounded again, now tinged with fatigue. "Zhuan Liang has stayed in Central City all this time. Now that you've come out, he'll certainly come looking for you. If possible, take this opportunity to eliminate him."
Zhao Zhenye gazed ahead and said gravely, "Now isn't the time. You should know how the Purity Faction and Great Shun would react to the loss of even one fighter. It would seriously disrupt our plans."
The female voice immediately fell silent.
Still looking ahead, Zhao Zhenye took a light step and turned into a stream of silvery-white light, shooting toward the far reaches of the ocean.
In Central City's South City Industrial Zone, Mister Zhuan was browsing his daily subscriptions of magazines and newspapers when he suddenly felt the Pocket Watch at his chest grow hot.
He immediately took it out. There was only a single red hand inside the Pocket Watch, and it was now pointing in a particular direction, trembling violently.
His gaze instantly sharpened.
The Pocket Watch itself had no special function, but it contained powder from a certain Lost Object. By following the hand, he could locate a specific target.
Of course, it could not find just anyone. There were stringent prerequisites and requirements for its use, and the material inside was consumed rapidly. That process accelerated further in the Convergence Zone. Once it was exhausted, he would never be able to find the target by the same means again.
He had previously used it to intercept Zhao Zhenye. Now, only a tiny amount of the material remained, barely enough to support another trip into the Convergence Zone. But