A flicker of light flashed across Xu Qian's eyes. She hadn't expected that a little scare like this could increase his favorability so much.
It seemed she'd have to "scare" him more often in the future.
However, it was time for serious matters. She didn't want to be distracted by romance when there was so much to do.
Xu Qian spoke, her tone conciliatory, "Xiang Jintian, how about we destroy the experimental zone?"
Xiang Jintian froze, released her, and lowered his gaze to meet hers.
"Why?"
Xu Qian's expression remained unchanged, her voice calm. "There's no need to leave such an evil place behind. It will produce endlessly, and the number of mutated beasts outside will only increase."
Xiang Jintian had initially wanted to contact people from City A for an inspection. However, after hearing her words, destruction was indeed the better option. Since they had obtained the data, there was no harm in destroying it.
Xiang Jintian pointed out a crucial detail: "But we don't have any explosives. Even if we did, how would we get out of the cliff after setting them off?"
Xu Qian frowned. He was right. Even if they planted the bombs, they wouldn't be able to get out.
"System, is there any way to get out?"
"Ding. After exiting the desert, the system can help the host with magnetic field interference for 10 minutes. The interference will end within 10 minutes. The host must leave within 10 centimeters."
"Boss Xiang, 10 minutes. Can we fly up then?"
Hearing this, Xiang Jintian was taken aback, then nodded.
Ten minutes was neither too long nor too short. Flying up wouldn't be a problem.
"Alright, I'll figure something out. Let's start by attaching the explosives."
Xu Qian's thoughts stirred, and bundles of explosives appeared on the ground.
Xiang Jintian found it incredible. Where did she get so many explosives?
Xu Qian's eyes darted around. She knew she needed a plausible excuse.
"To be honest, I was sent by the Hope Base in City G to scout various places. They provided me with these explosives."
Xiang Jintian understood. It wasn't strange for bases in City G to send scouts to different locations.
"Good, then let's start attaching them."
There were many explosive packages. The two of them first tied explosives all over the research lab, then went outside to the main laboratory.
They placed them every 3 meters.
Xu Qian casually collected many empty experimental instruments. Although these were useless to her, they might have a purpose later. Her space had infinite capacity, so it didn't matter.
After they finished, Xu Qian set the detonation time for the explosives as late as possible, with a 30-minute automatic countdown.
The time was sufficient for them to climb up and reach the cliff top.
Once the timer was set, the two of them climbed back into the desert.
Xu Qian didn't dare to delay. She immediately hugged his waist.
"Let's hurry."
Xiang Jintian carefully held her and asked, "Can we fly now?"
"Yes, I've activated the interference device. We just need to fly up within 10 minutes."
Xiang Jintian was a little surprised. He hadn't expected the base in City G to have developed so quickly, possessing such a device.
With a thought, his massive black wings unfurled.
The man, holding the young woman, soared upwards swiftly.
A mechanical female voice in his head began the countdown.
2 minutes...
5 minutes...
Xu Qian started to get anxious. Why was it taking so long to reach the top?
"Xiang Jintian, we need to speed up."
Xiang Jintian gritted his teeth and exerted more force to fly upwards.
At the 8-minute mark, Xu Qian finally saw the cave entrance. From a distance, it looked like there was a head peeking out from the edge of the opening.
"Ding. Host, 1 minute remaining... 60... 59... 55..."
They were still a considerable distance from the cave entrance.