Li Qing sat alone in the tent, lit a small lamp, changed into a short-sleeved shirt, then undid the Daoist bun and tied his hair into a high ponytail like Feng Ling's.
The lamplight cast the outline of his figure onto the tent wall. At a glance, he looked seventy or eighty percent like Feng Ling.
The Cat Spider paced slowly outside the tent, patrolling its territory.
Drones occasionally flew overhead, their rotors buzzing like irritating flies. The Cat Spider raised its head and hissed at them a few times.
A few Human-faced Crows fluttered their wings in the trees, making their presence known. Other than that, they made no further movements.
The main flock of Human-faced Crows had already followed Feng Ling underground. The ones left above ground were merely there to confuse the scouting Drones.
Li Qing had the Virtual Screen open as he browsed posts on the Player Forum.
This was Feng Ling's closest approach to the Star Society. If the operation failed, she likely would not be able to get near the Star Society again for a long time, nor would she be able to save Huangfu Miaomiao.
He looked through the posts. Some cursed the Star Society for its incompetence, some complained that the Hidden Boss had ruined their peaceful Paradise, and others gloated over the situation.
After all, not every Player had the means to enter Paradise. They had once envied those who earned Points more easily than them, but now that they learned the Hidden Boss was massacring people in Paradise, they felt much more balanced.
Li Qing did not want to see either side die, but in order to stop the Players from slaughtering Administrators, he had unknowingly taken humanity's side and watched coldly as Feng Ling hunted the Players down without