"Something very important?"
Annie looked at Andrew, her heart suddenly racing a little. Then Andrew said, "You probably won't have time to sleep tonight."
Annie's eyes widened. Was he really being this direct? Weren't Asians generally supposed to be more reserved?
Andrew continued, "Tonight, I'm taking you to sweep through the gathering places along the East Coast and bring them all under my command."
"Ah?"
Annie was a little dumbfounded, her mouth hanging open. So by saying she would not have time to sleep, he meant taking her out to conquer gathering places?
Andrew asked with a teasing smile, "You seemed to be thinking about something very unhealthy just now?"
Flustered and angry, Annie elbowed Andrew. This guy had definitely done it on purpose. She snorted. "I was just wondering whether you can last all night."
After saying that, Annie felt incredibly thrilled. In order to join The Seven, and because of her mother's restrictions, she had always watched her words and never dared to act recklessly. Now that she had suddenly said something so bold, she felt wonderful.
"You'll find out if you get the chance."
Andrew smiled and teleported with Annie to a distant Gathering Place.
Andrew's mechanical birds had been flying through the Wasteland World, gathering intelligence. There were over a thousand Gathering Places across America. Some had only a few hundred people, while others had tens of thousands.
No Gathering Place had a population exceeding one hundred thousand, because the apocalypse could not support that many people.
Andrew had been conquering these Gathering Places all along. That was how he had obtained enough souls and World's Favor to conceal the Space Channel within a short time.
There was nothing else to do for the time being, and Queen Maeve and the others would need quite a