Two screens of light appeared in two different places, reconnecting the two convoys.
"I'm glad you're all right." Zhou Qi sighed in relief. He avoided mentioning Zhu Qing, who had already "died," afraid of bringing up a painful subject.
Losing a Sequence Transcendent was a far greater cause for sorrow than reconnecting was a cause for joy.
After all, one fewer Sequence Transcendent meant a lower chance of survival. Lives were at stake.
Zhou Qi's words reached Chu Sheng and the others. As Sequence Adepts with enhanced bodies, their memories had naturally improved considerably as well.
Besides, it had hardly been any time at all since they parted ways with Zhou Qi. They weren't about to forget him.
Lu Guan, however, leaned toward the screen in confusion. A skeleton with eerie blue flames burning in his eye sockets suddenly appeared, startling the three people on the other side.
Qi Yu immediately leaped away, pointing at the screen in terror as she stammered, "A-an anomaly!!!"
Zhou Qi and Wei Haoran handled it better than she did, but they were still startled and instinctively took several steps back.
Then they remembered that this was a screen. The anomaly wasn't actually with them, which calmed them down a little.
Seeing their reactions, Lu Guan waved awkwardly and tried to project his mental power through it. The screen had no such capability, however, so all the three could see was him waving at them.
Wei Haoran swallowed. His voice trembled, though it also carried a hint of excitement. "You can tame anomalies?!"
The screen carried his words clearly to Lu Guan, who immediately flared with anger.
Before I joined the convoy, you called me an anomaly. Fine, I accepted that!
*Now I've joined the convoy, and you're still calling me an anomaly? Then what