They had indeed come with an ulterior motive, and they were racing against time.
A Lian certainly wasn't the first to notice someone was missing. Fu Qian had been wondering who would slip away ever since they entered.
As it turned out, the old man still had plenty of life in him.
In theory, Old Man even ought to thank him.
Fu Qian knew exactly when he'd slipped away: while Fu Qian was holding forth, with everyone's attention drawn to the cityscape shaped like "The Unassailable."
He was still pretty nimble. Even in an old building like this, he hadn't made a sound.
Clearly, he hadn't come in as an ordinary person just to keep a low profile.
He'd been planning this for a long time, and he was after something in here.
Whatever he was looking for, it wasn't hard to guess what he hoped to gain by pulling this stunt: a little precious time.
Since the extraordinary and ordinary visitors had been treated differently at the entrance, someone going missing inside would also trigger very different responses. By posing as an ordinary person, he could buy himself as much time to act as possible.
"What's wrong?"
A Lian's reaction put the others on alert. They asked what was going on and turned around, then more than one of them froze.
"Why has he disappeared again?"
The man in the couple furrowed his brow, as if he could already feel how ill-fated this group was.
"He was just here, right beside me."
The balding man was sympathetic too. As he muttered to himself, he instinctively looked at Fu Qian, clearly thinking of the first person who'd wandered off from the group.
"Are we not allowed to go off on our own in here?"
Fu Qian didn't disappoint. He gave