"Nine tonight..."
"It's only six. We've got plenty of time." Zhang Suannai checked her watch, looking like an old hand at this. "If command told us to get there at nine, the targets must be arriving then. Should we go early and wait, or leave later?"
"How far is Men Gong Lake from here?"
"Four hundred kilometers in a straight line."
"Four hundred kilometers..."
At full speed, the flight would take only half an hour. Even taking it slow, they would arrive in an hour. It wasn't too far.
Chen Shu pretended to hesitate. "Let's go take a look first."
"Sure. We'll fly slowly."
"Mm."
Two figures shot into the night sky.
"Fly slowly" worked much like "go for a leisurely ride." Zhang Suannai kept trying to leave him in the dust and show off her speed, but Rising with the Wind and the boost in Spirit Power quality from his doubled Spirit Sea let Chen Shu stick close behind her.
Whoosh...
Zhang Suannai gritted her teeth and accelerated.
She glanced back. Chen Shu was still behind her.
Fine! No more racing!
By the time Zhang Suannai slowed down, Men Gong Lake wasn't far away.
Current time: 6:30.
Night fell early in Xixiao, and darkness had already covered the ground, though remnants of sunset still lingered to the west at their altitude. As they descended a little, Men Gong Lake appeared in the distance like a vast mirror, reflecting the last embers of daylight and the glowing clouds.
The lake was much bigger than Mirror Sea.
Mirror Sea's shoreline ran a little over a hundred kilometers, and it was long and narrow. This lake was rounder, with a shoreline over three hundred kilometers long. Its area exceeded the jurisdictions of quite a few cities.
Boats and soldiers on watch were