The logistics staff member pretended to be startled and turned around to look.
Then, with a face full of surprise and alarm, he shouted, "How are you here?"
"Hehe, it was nothing. The city gates may be sealed, but they can't seal off the ground below."
"Lord Li Er."
Li Er crooked a finger and, while the others were not paying attention, led them away to a spot where no one would notice them.
"Don't call me Li Er."
Li Er had originally wanted to take the codename Earthsplitter, but he had been too nervous as a newcomer back then. When he said it, he had a slight accent and stuttered.
The logistics staff member had misheard it as Li Er.
After that, they simply went along with the mistake and never changed it, using the codename ever since.
"What are you doing here? You look as anxious as ants on a hot pan."
The logistics staff member explained the situation.
"What? Someone's trapped underneath?"
Li Er dropped to one knee and pressed one hand against the ground, carefully sensing the movements underground.
The earth had a unique kind of vibration.
If someone moved nearby, whether it was footsteps, a heartbeat, or breathing, those sounds would intersect with those vibrations and eventually reach Li Er's ears.
Li Er could distinguish them, then follow the most abnormal vibrations.
He could even tell whether the owner of a footstep several kilometers away was male or female, tall or short, fat or thin. Using that to construct a model, he could find the prey he was looking for.
At such a close distance, finding the logistics staff members buried underground was naturally effortless.
Li Er was an S-rank Contract Anomalist. He had also been one of the people who had gone with Hong