When Mary left the vehicle swiftly, Shi Tian was dumbfounded by her quick retreat.
Taking out his Cellos device, Shi Tian checked the time and realized it had only been around 3 hours or so.
And given how punctual she was at waking him up, he didn’t think that she truly took over the night guard because she wanted him to rest more.
‘So her reasoning was false and merely tried to cover it with constant laughter.’ Shi Tian concluded silently.
Honestly, he wouldn’t have come up with such a conclusion had it not for his intelligence increasing. Connecting all these pieces together wasn’t easy if one didn’t pay attention to all the tiny little details.
Just earlier, Mary claimed that the watch went out of battery because of his implementation, but the watch didn’t run on battery to function.
“Her watch clearly runs on the magicule and should never be out of service unless the presence of the magicules were gone or it’s being disrupted by some unknown force.” Shi Tain murmured, grabbing the watch and inspecting it.
For Mary to make such an amateur mistake was very unlikely.
Hence, his earlier inference of her left thigh being related to a traumatic experience should be more likely the case.
Turning his head to the left, Shi Tian glanced at the window in which Mary was walking around mindlessly.
‘I should apologize to her, but since she clearly doesn’t want to divulge the topic, I should feign ignorance.’ He thought to himself.
Everyone had a past that they don’t wish to divulge on to anyone, Shi Tian included.
Thus, it was best to feign ignorance and drop the matter to prevent their relationship from going sour.
Shaking his head, Shi Tian placed the watch down and decided to sleep as instructed. The experience he got from the battle simulation on the virtual connection was fruitful enough.
Although a bit disappointed in not being able to complete the objective he wished, he could only make do with the current circumstances.
With his eyes closed, Shi Tian subsequently soon fell asleep.
The virtual connection was simply too draining for the mind. And being mentally exhausted was worse than being physically exhausted.
While sleeping, Shi Tian dreamt of the days when he would push the wheelchair around the park, allowing Sheng Lan to enjoy an ice cream cone and scenery.
Occasionally, there would be little kids running around them, their hands holding onto a balloon.
Sheng Lan would then proceed to nag him to buy a balloon for her as well despite her age.
Shi Tian’s sleeping face was filled with smiles whenever he recalled those peaceful and normal days.
Alas, reality hit him hard by the time he woke up, seeing his right arm was now a mechanical one.
Scratching his head, Shi Tian sighed at dreaming such a thing again. The dream might be sweet, but it was extremely detrimental to him. .𝘤𝑜𝑚
“My episodic memory seems to be still thinking about Xiao Lan and the past. Unfortunately, that needs to end right away or it will continually impede my advancement.” He mumbled, pulling the blanket aside.
Dwelling and mulling over the past was never a good thing, especially when you know it could turn into a heart demon, meaning, it could potentially affect his emotion and decision-making.
Given that such a scenario had already happened when Vanessa’s helpless state reminded him of Sheng Lan was a red flag.
Taking a few minutes to cool his head, Shi Tian then grabbed a gas mask and walked out of the vehicle.
While outside, Shi Tian saw Mary practicing some footwork in slow motion. The footwork was weird and didn’t seem to have any sort of pattern.
“Were you practicing all night, Mary?” Shi Tian asked.
“You’re awake huh?”
“Yes, courtesy to you for letting me sleep so soundly.”
“No worries, the time you used to sleep would count towards my sleep tonight. So good luck staying up all night.” Mary chuckled softly, stopping her footwork practice.
As for Shi Tian, he knew such a thing would happen. There was never a thing called free lunch in this time and age.
And although he wanted to ask about her current emotion, he refrained from doing so once he noticed Mary’s complexion seemed to have returned to normal.
If possible, Shi Tian even wanted to ask how she could deal with the painful memory.
It was just a shame that they weren’t that close enough for him to ask such a sensitive question.
Unable to ask that kind of question, Shi Tian instead pointed at the supposed minefield and asked, “Are we going to continue the obstacle course again?”
Mary pondered for a while before shaking her head.
“Nah, I doubt the obstacle course would be much of a challenge to you now.” She said calmly.
No shit, the obstacle course would have long been completed if you didn’t do any foul play!
That was the sentence that Shi Tian wanted to say aloud but refrain from.
“Is that so? Then what are we going to do?” He then asked, seemingly agreeing to her claim without revealing his true thoughts.
“Your footwork has increased quite a bit, but with your insignificant knowledge, you might not notice it yet. Hence, the best result is to fight actual monsters that have unpredictable movement.” Mary clasped her hands and said.
Choosing to activate his selective hearing ability again, Shi Tian then enquired about the monsters that they will fight.
After some discussion, Mary decided to choose a few native mutated monsters situated in the outer layer of District A.
To be more precise, each district is separated by three area locations namely, the central layer, inner layer, and outer layer. The central layer is naturally the safest zone followed by the inner layer, and then the outer layer.
This meant that Mary was confident of Shi Tian’s ability to be able to handle the outer layer, which should have been done from the start.
After all, Shi Tian had traveled far and wide to get to Gearits City.
There shouldn’t have been any doubt of his survivability if he could solo arrive at Gearits City!
‘Sigh, why did I feel like a little kid that had just graduated from basic stuff?’ Shi Tian wondered silently.