Three hundred metres later, Xia Lei paused in his tracks. He reached out and knocked at the cement walls behind the thick sewage pipes. Despite his vehement force, there was no echo coming from beyond the cement walls. Under normal circumstances, the sound itself would’ve been a good indication that there was no space behind the walls but Xia Lei knew otherwise. “This is it, Kyoko. Blast this open.” 

Tsukino Kyoko was perplexed. “But there was no echo. There’s no space behind it. Are you sure you want to do that?” 

Xia Lei was firm. “Believe me, just do it.” 

Tsukino Kyoko did not press on further. She took out the explosive device from her bag. The explosion offered by the custom directional explosive device was made to be quiet. 

Xia Lei placed his palm on the wall again, giving it a light slap this time. “This spot, please.” 

Tsukino Kyoko plastered the device onto the spot Xia Lei pointed to and they both took ten steps back to avoid the explosion radius. As soon as they were safe,...