After leaving the hotel, Mo Xie wandered alone through Bai Town, scanning his surroundings.
People in white protective suits hurried along the streets, carrying stretchers with patients who had clearly contracted the plague.
The patients were deathly pale and lay limp on the stretchers, their bodies covered in a dense mass of blisters. It was a frightening sight.
He had already checked the outskirts of Bai Town. Barrier-like screens now glowed around the town, and guards stood watch at the only exit.
Anyone entering or leaving without permission would be detected, and someone would come to hold them accountable. After all, the plague had become so severe that the number of infected people had to be strictly monitored.
Still, this sort of barrier did not worry Mo Xie much. He had a magic tool that could temporarily conceal his presence, and it worked against detection barriers like this one as well.
Now that they had registered their identities and faces at the hotel, Zhu Meng's subordinates had probably discovered them. They would surely send people to keep watch, ready to arrest the two of them at any moment.
But... wasn't Mo Xie waiting for them to walk into his trap?
After wandering around until he had a rough idea of Bai Town's layout, Mo Xie searched for quite a while before finding a women's lingerie shop that was still open. He bought a set of pajamas suitable for Tang Yue.
Neither of them had brought women's pajamas. He could manage, but Sister Tang Yue would find it inconvenient. As for sleeping naked... that was best forgotten under the circumstances.
Remembering that she was still wearing high heels, he also bought a pair of sneakers in her size so she would not hurt her feet during the long trek.
Finally, he