More Outrageous Things Were Still to Come!

Clutching the rope, she kicked open the hatch and finally landed on the ground. Mang Ke quickly pulled out her terminal and switched on its flashlight to scan the area. After breathing in the stale, murky air, she remarked with some surprise:

"This is a lot better than I imagined."

"Because Parin gets a lot of rain, it has two sewer systems: one for household wastewater, and this one, which is just for drainage. You should be glad the weather's been good these past few days. If it were raining, this route would be impassable." Feng Xue shrugged. He used an iron rod that had been tucked into a crack in the wall to push the rope onto the hatch, then secured the hatch in place before setting off.

Mang Ke untied two power cores from her waist and carefully cradled them in her arms before saying:

"It's precisely because the weather's been so good that we were attacked now. If it had been pouring, the Gold Knight would never have caught up with our mecha!"

"It wouldn't have caught up with Heavenly Court's propulsion system." Feng Xue curled his lip in disdain, then glanced toward the bend ahead and thought for a moment. Only when Mang Ke seemed about to ask did he speak.

"Usually, this passage is enough for sneaking out of the dorms. There's an alley above. Outside, there are storage boxes, an internet café, and a snack street. We'd usually leave a change of clothes in a storage box, then change at the internet café and go wild. But Ideal Country has definitely sealed off the whole area by now, so we'll have to go farther."

"I'll follow your lead." Mang Ke had no other choice at the moment. After thinking it over, she asked:

"How