Hat Man turned his gaze out the window, his eyes piercing the night as he stared into the distance.
After a moment, he turned back and said:
"Then I'll be off. We'll talk again another day."
The instant Hat Man finished speaking, Meng Chuan noticed a pool of thick black liquid sliding out of his uncle's pocket.
The liquid seemed almost alive as it crept along the folds of his clothes and silently slipped into Hat Man's sleeve.
Then Hat Man raised a hand and swept it through the air.
In an instant, a vast, vortex-shaped patch of Void appeared beside him out of nowhere.
The vortex was pitch-black and deep, devouring the light around it without pause.
In that brief moment, Hat Man's figure blurred as he stepped inside.
The next second, the vortex closed, and his figure vanished completely.
The instant Hat Man disappeared, Meng Chuan hurriedly shook his uncle's shoulders and shouted:
"Uncle, wake up!"
Meng Yongzhi slowly opened his eyes. Confusion filled them as he asked,
"What's going on? Where are we—"
Before he could finish, the ceiling shuddered violently.
They staggered, and Meng Yongzhi was so weak that he nearly fell.
Meng Chuan instinctively steadied his uncle. Once they were standing firm, he looked up.
Cracks spread across the ceiling as it shook, and dust sifted down along the corners of the walls.
Then came a deafening crash.
The ceiling was ripped away and vanished, and moonlight poured in.
A gigantic Black Ape appeared overhead, blotting out the moon and casting them in shadow.
Meng Chuan stared at the sight for a moment, then felt the tension drain from his body.
"Police Chief Long, you can stop now. The culprit's gone."
Long Jiu clung to the eaves and sensed the area. Once he confirmed there