Could there really be coffee in a place like this?
When he realized that, even Fu Qian found it hard to believe.
And yet, in these dim ruins, the scent was strangely strong.
Fu Qian quickly confirmed that it was indeed coffee.
The next moment, Fu Qian stopped taking apart the files.
Given what had happened before, he strongly suspected that completing the task by taking them apart would cause this place to change again.
Something strange was bound to be afoot. Before that happened, he felt it was important to find out where the coffee smell was coming from.
There had simply been too many strange things along the way!
Even the task he'd been given was more chaotic than anything he'd ever encountered.
In a situation like this, having as much information as possible could only help.
Fu Qian was undoubtedly a man of action. Once he'd made up his mind, he wasted no time and headed straight out with the file folder.
Following the route he'd taken to get there, Fu Qian retraced his steps, carefully making out the scents in the air as he went.
Soon, he caught a familiar fragrance again.
So I wasn't imagining it!
Though things were getting stranger by the minute, Fu Qian was still quite pleased with his discovery.
Following the smell of coffee, he soon realized it was coming from upstairs.
He went up the escalator nearby, and almost immediately noticed something unusual ahead.
Not far from the top of the stairs was a semi-open room partitioned off with glass.
Two of its walls were slanted shelves, arranged like those in a travel bookstore.
And at the counter in one corner of the bookstore, someone was slumped over.
Without a doubt, this was the first person Fu Qian had encountered