To avoid unnecessary trouble, Chen Xuan did not call for a ride. Instead, he phoned Northern Heaven Institute and asked them to send a car over.
Now that he was Northern Heaven Institute's "strategic partner," all he had to do was call Director Sun's secretary, and nearly any request within Jiangcheng would be fulfilled. Half an hour later, a luxury sedan that looked completely out of place in Tianlu Residential Area stopped outside the Ability Store.
The driver thoughtfully opened the door for them.
Chen Xuan took the front passenger seat, while Lin Qing and Honglian got into the back.
"Riverside Garden Metro Station," he instructed.
Although it was strange to have a private car pick them up only to head to a metro station, the driver had clearly been briefed beforehand. Wherever Chen Xuan wanted to go, he would not raise any objections. He only needed to do as told.
"Understood."
The car left the residential area and headed east along the tree-lined road. Before long, it merged onto the main thoroughfare of Sha River Bridge, where traffic flowed in tangled streams.
The moment Lin Qing saw the familiar shape of the bridge, her expression changed.
Both shocked and fascinated, she pressed herself against the window and stared at the rushing river below. "This... couldn't be the Sha River, could it!? Then the place we were just at belonged to Foothill Mountain District?"
"That's right." Honglian smiled. "The Sha River hasn't dried up yet."
"Come to think of it, how did the Sha River dry up completely?" Chen Xuan asked curiously.
"I heard the river changed course, but I don't know exactly how." Lin Qing's attention was suddenly drawn to a crowd gathered by the bridge railing. Dressed in similarly styled white retro robes, they climbed to the edge