Beyond Expectations: A Desperate Situation!

No matter how many times he experienced it, Fang Ran was still awed by the vast sea of lights of a metropolis like London beneath the indistinct black night, like a gigantic, brightly lit Ark humanity had built upon a dark ocean.

After getting off the train at the point nearest Heathrow Airport upon entering London, he carried Tang Bing as they leaped between rooftops, giving her a taste of how participants traveled. She grabbed him by the neck and shook him wildly the whole way, crying out in grief and indignation, "You bastard, Senior! Do you think this is India?!"

Before stuffing her into a short-distance taxi headed for the airport, Fang Ran looked at Tang Bing, who still had not processed everything that had happened tonight, and earnestly reminded her once more.

"Remember the gourd. Buy the earliest international flight you can, then before takeoff, find some way to visit the restroom no matter what. After landing, find somewhere you won't easily be seen and wait. We'll meet up with you immediately."

"Senior... you guys..."

Hearing how serious he was, Tang Bing grew so nervous and uneasy at the thought of acting alone at a time like this that she was nearly in tears. Fang Ran softened his tone and gave the backpack-clutching girl an easy smile.

"Don't worry. We'll be fine. This is just in case. Even if we really don't make it to you, you'll still be fine. Just buy a ticket back to Huaxia yourself. And relax, someone will reimburse your ticket."

Only after the taxi's taillights disappeared around the bend did Fang Ran look around, vault over the guardrail, and enter the forest beside the road, where Osphia had long been waiting.

"Is this really okay? Letting her board alone... what if they stop