Dawn broke.
Sunlight dispelled the darkness, illuminating this abandoned highway service station.
One by one, several people emerged from different parts of the service station.
Yang Jian had not slept all night.
He was neither tired nor fatigued. Having become something inhuman, he no longer needed sleep or bodily functions to sustain his life. All that kept him alive were supernatural power and the will to survive.
Li Jun, A Hong, Cao Yang, Feng Quan, and the others gathered together.
They needed to discuss the next steps for the Ghost Lake Incident.
"Where are Yang Jian and Liu San? Why haven't they shown up? Are they still sleeping? Contact them and tell them to get here quickly." Li Jun looked around but did not see either of them.
A Hong picked up her satellite positioning phone, preparing to contact Liu San.
However, the next moment—
Liu San walked out of the restroom beside the service station. "Sorry, I went to the bathroom. Do we really need to gather this early today?"
"We're discussing countermeasures. Acting early benefits everyone," Li Jun said.
"We only rested for a few hours. That isn't enough time to get ourselves back into shape."
Liu San spoke as he walked over, acting as if nothing had happened. He did not mention a word about last night's attack on He Liansheng, the Soul Summoner from Taiping Town.
Cao Yang studied him. "Liu San, your complexion is worse than a dead man's. You didn't look like this when you withdrew from Ghost Lake yesterday. What happened last night?"
He became suspicious. Liu San had changed far too much over the course of a single night.
"Nothing. I expended too much earlier, so it's normal for my condition to worsen a little," Liu San casually brushed him off.
"That