"And I'm sure you'd never guess where that signal appeared: the northwest corner of Luoyou City, right near where we are now!" Beard explained methodically. "The Central Continent Group secretly investigated this area before. I kept wondering what they were trying to do, but now that I think about it, that was most likely when they first picked up the signal."
Beard spoke with easy confidence, as though he had witnessed it all himself.
Xiao Man was utterly speechless. The world was so wondrously strange that she had nothing left to say. She raised the golden card in her hand and asked, "What about this card? Is it for picking up signals too?"
Beard gave a mysterious smile. "Smart girl! But it doesn't just pick up signals. After we sent back the Signal Balls we captured last time, the organization's Card Machinery experts analyzed them and finally identified the signal's frequency band. So they simply made a Communication Card out of it. This Communication Card has only one function: calling the other party. Once they answer, it displays their approximate location. Since it was put together in a hurry, they couldn't make it any more precise. It can only show the general area they're in."
"The general area? How big?" Xiao Man asked seriously.
"Within a diameter of five hundred meters."
Xiao Man suddenly became a little more interested. "Can I try this card now?"
Looking entirely unconcerned, Beard continued sipping his red wine. His leisurely expression returned as he drawled, "Don't say I didn't warn you. That person's Wrist Device isn't switched on."
Xiao Man tried it, and sure enough, nothing happened. Her face fell. Then she suddenly remembered something. "Oh, right, Beard. Help me look into the background of Skywing's boss." Beard was in charge of intelligence here,