Yu Lian could genuinely feel a distinct chill. So the moment he stepped inside, he put on the transparent Infinity Gauntlet. But then he noticed that he was the only one who had reacted at all. Everyone else, even his nominal junior niece, seemed perfectly at ease.
Yet the instant he entered the room, that chilling, unsettling presence vanished without a trace, so quickly it might have been his imagination.
But this turn of events only made him more wary.
Yu Lian furrowed his brow slightly and stood in the doorway, surveying the suite. Its decor had the characteristic style of an Alliance city, blending elegant luxury with a modern, technological feel.
There was only one entrance, and the floor-to-ceiling windows were completely sealed. Of course, the living room had several ventilation shafts. Plenty of adepts had the flexibility to contort their bodies in extraordinary ways, so slipping out through one of the windows would have been entirely possible. But they would certainly have triggered the sensors, and there was no way they could have evaded the layers of security personnel on watch.
Yu Lian walked over to the living room's floor-to-ceiling window and gave it a gentle push. It was reinforced glass treated with a special process, almost certainly rated above 17. It was also a key material in mirror armor. Even an ordinary adept—much less a "Blood Path" or "Guardian" following an MT route—would have had to put in some effort to smash through a pane that looked so fragile.
Still, the view beyond the window was lovely. Across the street from the hotel lay the central municipal dome garden in District F, complete with fountains, flowerbeds, walking paths, and even an artificial lake. Beyond that stood a long row of buildings, arranged at varying heights and connected