After a while, the three of them resumed chatting, catching up on recent events.
Qin Siyang said little about his own affairs, mostly asking Hao Liang questions.
Looking at Hao Liang's wounds, Qin Siyang sighed.
After exchanging pleasantries, Qin Siyang learned that Hao Liang had sustained all those injuries while gathering experimental materials.
He looked at the exposed flesh beneath Hao Liang's damaged armor and couldn't help sighing again.
Ever since that earth-shaking battle outside the Sigma District, Hao Liang had vanished completely.
Unlike those who concealed their identities, Hao Liang had truly disappeared without a trace.
Qin Siyang had managed to follow the clues and track down even someone as powerful as Yang Guanglie, who had secret dealings with the World-Destroying Church, yet he could never find Hao Liang.
The once high-spirited professor now seemed like a heap of spent ashes.
Lu Daoxing still clung to a shred of obsession, but Hao Liang seemed to have become a wandering ghost, stripped of all hope for anything in this world.
Others had sought out Hao Liang's family, only to discover that his wife and children knew nothing of his whereabouts either.
But Qin Siyang knew that Hao Liang had long since lost all affection for his family and devoted himself entirely to opposing Zone 1.
What Qin Siyang didn't understand was what kept Hao Liang busy now that Zone 1 had gone quiet.
"Professor Hao, where have you been all this time?"
Hao Liang smiled. "Taking care of a few little things. By the way, I heard you killed Manderson, Xiao Qin. That was truly astonishing. I never imagined you'd already become this powerful."
Qin Siyang nodded. "I got lucky. There's something I've been meaning to tell you, but I couldn't find you."
Then Qin Siyang told Hao Liang about