"I have some personal matters to take care of. I won't be seeing Doctor for a while, either." Chang Bei pulled her right hand from her pocket and gave it a slight flick. A metal ball passed through the space between the two buildings and flew toward Xu Huo.
"Smack!" Xu Huo raised a hand and caught it. The object hit his palm with a dull thud, but his arm didn't move at all. He lowered his eyes to examine the metal ball. "What is this?"
"A puzzle ball Doctor developed. It's mine, but you can borrow it to play with," Chang Bei said. "Give it back the next time we meet."
Xu Huo put it in the Storage Compartment, then asked, "Have you finished the task Dr. Zhang gave you?"
Chang Bei wasn't surprised. Though she'd said Dr. Zhang wasn't interested in Super Artifacts, she hadn't said he wasn't interested in anything else.
"Not quite."
"Then I suppose it's important," Xu Huo said. "Otherwise, Xue Lang wouldn't be staying out of sight."
Chang Bei didn't argue. Instead, she said, "Everything Doctor assigns is important."
"How many of the people who left with you are still around?" Xu Huo asked.
"I don't know." Chang Bei glanced to the side and ended the conversation, stepping back into the darkness. But how could the Players who had been closing in during their conversation let her leave so easily? A man with his hair loose appeared between the two buildings. He lifted a Stone that emitted an intense glow and hurled it at Chang Bei.
The Stone's radiance expanded again after entering the Office Building, and the light itself could cause physical damage. Anything it struck was burned and melted—including metal!
Chang Bei flew out of the other side of the building, only