The meal stretched from morning until noon, and Yan Ao still did not see the twelfth person appear. After exchanging glances with Xie Renjie a few times, Yan Ao quietly slipped away from the table.
When night fell, those mysterious chopping sounds echoed once again through the empty corridor. Inside his room, however, Yan Ao was wide awake; instead, he and Xie Renjie were fully geared up and waiting together.
"Do we really have to do this?" Yan Ao looked at Xie Renjie, who was busy organizing his equipment, and asked with some hesitation.
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