On the nameless street, only one shop had its doors tightly shut.
Following Feng Ling's instructions, Xu Yiming looked for a place nearby to hide. He chose a bedding store, brought Li Qing and the injured Cat Spider inside, pulled down and locked the rolling shutter, then took out his phone and started timing.
Feng Ling had said to call her after twenty minutes. If she did not answer, it meant something had happened, and he needed to take Li Qing to find Crow and leave the Maze as soon as possible.
"Call in twenty minutes, call in twenty minutes..." Xu Yiming muttered, clutching his phone.
Li Qing sat in the corner with his head lowered, looking utterly dejected.
Xu Yiming caught sight of him from the corner of his eye and went over to comfort him. "Feng Ling will be fine. She's so strong."
Li Qing gave a bitter smile. "Yeah, she's so strong... If only I could be that strong too."
"Who wouldn't want that?" Xu Yiming sighed and sat beside Li Qing. "Unfortunately, I don't have the chance. I can't digest high-level Cards, so my Card Ability will probably stay like this forever."
Li Qing remained silent.
He was not so distraught because of the strength of Cards. He was upset because he could not decipher this Maze... Then his mood plummeted, leaving him lamenting his weakness and mourning his own helplessness.
As an Administrator, he should have provided Feng Ling with every last detail of information. Yet now he could not help at all. Although his teammates would not blame him or take their frustration out on him, he was deeply disappointed in himself.
Li Qing harbored grand dreams that Feng Ling did not know about.
He did not merely want to save the Administrators from