Li Xiye looked out the window at the apocalyptic city. "B-033, Sinful City, has had many masters," she said. "After its last Receptor died six or seven years ago, the Forbidden Object's whereabouts were unknown. It seems Dupe secretly obtained it.
Getting out of here is actually quite simple. I could tear through space and take you with me... But the flow of time here is different from the outside world. If we just leave like this, Dupe and his people will return to reality with a completed Ritual Array in less than ten seconds, and then they'll activate it."
"We definitely can't just leave, then," Zhou Chen mused. "Did those Tier Fours get in too?"
"Of course." Li Xiye pointed in a certain direction. "Twenty kilometers away, they're fighting a heated battle. That Tier Four who was following you also got in. He's on a rooftop, enjoying the view.
