Xuan Che controlled his expression, not allowing himself to reveal anything unusual.
He merely condensed his spiritual sense as quickly as possible, carefully scanning the entire city lord's residence again and "looking around" the room.
There really were only him and Mo Ran here. There was no third-party mind lurking nearby—and no outside spell creating any kind of illusion.
The expression on Mo Ran's face was perfectly normal as well, her breathing steady and her mental faculties showing no abnormalities.
But she clearly believed that she had brought that "Elder Dao Heng" here, and that Elder Dao Heng was now standing beside her.
Xuan Che nodded lightly without changing his expression. He did not stop Mo Ran from leaving, and she showed no suspicion either, merely bowing before exiting the room.
The room fell silent.
Xuan Che stood quietly by the window, keeping his spiritual sense extended as he faced the silence. His mind, however, was anything but as calm as his face.
He thought rapidly. For a moment, he even developed a faint, absurd suspicion of himself—wondering whether that "Elder Dao Heng" really was standing in the room, and whether something had gone wrong with his observations, preventing him from seeing the other party.
But he immediately shook his head, casting aside this inexplicable doubt while secretly becoming more wary of inner demons. At the same time, he calmly took out the Spiritual Echo Mirror and began contacting the various locations...
On the surface of Garrison-3, the engineering team led by Engineer Sun was excavating the thick layer of soil under Yu Sheng's guidance. The large equipment temporarily brought over from the Black Forest was highly efficient. It soon doubled the size of the huge hole created when Huli crashed down, then began digging deeper.
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