Sighing, Yao Ran continued to use her wood element energy to scan the area. Although her range was limited to a kilometer, it was enough to detect hidden enemies.
After walking for nearly an hour, they finally reached the central district. Sensing no one nearby, Yao Ran said, "It seems we are the first to come back."
Long Yu nodded in agreement. "Mhm. I also didn't see any traces since we entered the villa area."
After walking for another twenty minutes, they arrived at their villa and found more than half of the first floor buried in sand.
Yao Ran sighed at this sight and said, "Cleaning the sand will be a lot of work."
Walking past the main gate, Shi Xuan inspected the interior and smiled. "The first floor may be buried, but the tempered glass and metal doors kept the sand out. It's still clean inside." Relieved that their villa was intact compared to others, Yao Ran's mood lifted. She looked up to the second floor and said, "Since the first floor is buried, let's enter through the second floor."
"Alright," Long Yu and Shi Xuan agreed.
With that, Yao Ran summoned a vine and threw it onto the second-floor balcony railing. With a tug, she leaped to the balcony. As her feet touched the floor covered by sand, she felt a gush of wind. A second later, Long Yu landed lightly beside her.
Shi Xuan, calm and unhurried, used his space ability to form a few space blades in the air. With ease, he walked up to the second floor as though climbing invisible steps.
Watching his graceful ascent, Yao Ran felt a little bit of envy. It's a pity that her support-type space ability couldn't be used like Shi Xuan's combat-style abilities. Otherwise, she could try what it felt like to walk on air.
Sensing her envious gaze, Shi Xuan smiled and asked, "Want to try walking on air?"
Yao Ran looked at the high sand that needed to be cleaned up and sighed, "Maybe next time. We should check if the villa's been breached first."
Shi Xuan chuckled, "Alright."
Once Long Yu opened the second-floor metal door, they entered the villa and came to the living room.
Yao Ran then immediately spread her wood element energy to scan the villa from the rooftop to the underground cellar.
After a while, she said, "It's safe. No one is here."
Hearing this, Long Yu and Shi Xuan relaxed their vigilance. Shi Xuan brushed off the sand on his clothes and said, "I'm going to take a bath first."
"Wait," Yao Ran said, handing him a solar lamp. "It's too dark. Use this."
After they removed their night vision goggles, Shi Xuan turned on the solar lamp, which illuminated the second-floor living area brightly. The light was too bright, so Long Yu went to close the metal door and drew the thick curtains to block the light.
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