At that moment, Lin Shiming and Li Xian were worrying about the same thing-what should they do if they really had chosen the wrong path?
The fact that there was still no sign of them clearing the Instance only deepened their doubts.
"Anyway, let's wait here for a while."
Noise kept coming from the other side of the wall. The residents' riot was still raging, and going out now would very likely get them mobbed, so it was better to lie low in the Garbage Dump for the time being.
This might also have been the only place that could still be considered safe.
Li Xian nodded and began pondering what other meanings the word "liberation" might hold-
The howls on the other side of the wall gradually weakened as time passed, signaling that the residents were dying in droves. Yet no matter how much Li Xian thought it over, "liberating the residents from Candy's control" still seemed the most reasonable interpretation.
So where exactly had they gone wrong? Had their reasoning been right, but their method wrong?
Li Xian had unconsciously leaned his back against the wall. Just as he was racking his brain, a faint sound seemed to come from the wall behind him.
Click, click.
It sounded like both tapping and short, rapid scraping.
Li Xian immediately moved away from the wall he had been leaning against and looked back at it warily.
Lin Shiming was too far away to hear the noise, but Li Xian's reaction told him something was wrong. He asked:
"What is it?"
"I think I heard something..."
Li Xian answered quietly.
Just as he finished speaking, a hand suddenly appeared at the top of the wall!
Both men instantly went on guard. Almost at once, Li Xian pulled the Utility Knife from