「Inside the warehouse.」
Under the dim yellow light, Zhou Chen stared at Yang, his face devoid of expression.
Yang was a mess. Sweat plastered his hair to his forehead, his face was a canvas of bruises, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. He gasped for air, clearly having been viciously beaten and tortured.
"I never thought… you were one of them, too…"
Yang struggled to lift his gaze to him, his voice weak and breathless. "Take my advice and back out now… They're not good people…"
In the silence, Zhou Chen shook his head. "There's no turning back for me now."
"You two know each other?" Li Xiaoxiao, who was standing nearby, asked quizzically. This was rather unexpected.
"We've met a few times." Zhou Chen asked, "How did you catch him?"
"A couple of days ago, he was hunting an Illegal Ascender who had snuck into the city. He ended up accidentally trespassing on the Birdman's territory and got caught.
