"What should we do?"

Number 4 looked at those wires and asked in a low voice.

"We can climb to the rooftop through the window."

Lin Ye pointed at the window in the elevator lobby as he replied.

"Huh? No need to go that hard, right? This is the sixth floor!"

Number 4 really didn't want to fall from this height.

"Then find a room to hide in. I'll go over myself."

Lin Ye didn't waste words. He quietly approached the window and opened it.

A breeze blew into the elevator lobby, and the wires in the corridor began to squirm like living creatures.

Lin Ye directly stepped onto the windowsill. He leaned his body out the window, then used the open window frame to climb towards the rooftop.

He had just poked his head out when he pulled it back in. A utility pole person was standing on the rooftop, its wires inserted into the building's interior. The wires in the corridor were likely its.

"Bro, those wires are getting closer!"

Number 4 leaned the upper half of his body out the window. The wires in the corridor had already approached the window.

"Follow me if you don't want to die! I'll only wait two seconds!"

Lin Ye directly climbed onto the rooftop, then extended his right hand downward.

Number 4 hurriedly climbed out the window and grabbed Lin Ye's right hand.

With Lin Ye's help, Number 4 also climbed onto the rooftop. A large number of wires surged out from the window. The utility pole person on the rooftop made crackling sounds, and the wires surging from the window quickly wrapped towards the two men's bodies.

Lin Ye charged at full speed towards the edge of the rooftop. Over there was a building only five stories tall. The distance between the two buildings was only a few meters. Due to the height difference, as long as his speed was sufficient, he could jump onto the top of that building.

Number 4 followed behind Lin Ye. Only when standing in this position did he realize how dangerous what they were about to do was. But now it was too late to back out. The utility pole person was not far away, and the nearest wire was less than a meter from him.

"Damn it! Let's go for it!"

Number 4 followed Lin Ye and jumped off the hotel rooftop. They rose a small distance first, then were pulled downward by gravity.

Lin Ye rolled several times on the rooftop before stabilizing his body. Number 4 forcefully landed on all fours, suffering a minor contusion on his left hand.

"That was terrifying! I thought I was dead for sure this time!"

Number Four looked back at the hotel rooftop. Those wires had already retracted from the window, and the utility pole person hadn't chased them over.

"Good. From here, things are much simpler."

Lin Ye scanned all the buildings in this area. Some building rooftops also had utility pole people standing on them. Excluding these dangerous areas, he quickly planned the next course of action.

It was difficult to approach the city center just by using rooftops, but they could also move through ground-level areas that didn't have utility pole people.

Following the planned route, Lin Ye smoothly brought Number 4 closer to the city district center. On the rooftop of an apartment building, they found the area with the densest concentration of utility poles.

It was a commercial district filled with utility poles. A large number of utility pole people were gathered in that area.

"Bro, even if we found that area, there's nothing we can do. We can't even handle one utility pole person, let alone a place packed full of them."

Number 4 wanted to dissuade Lin Ye. This time he really didn't want to follow anymore.

"You're right. Ordinary people indeed have no way to deal with that area. But actually, I'm not an ordinary person."

Lin Ye observed that area and said casually.

"You also have abilities like those Squad Leaders? Then why did you become D-Class personnel?"

Number 4 asked in surprise.

He had heard of humans with special abilities, but after the organization's selection process, D-Class personnel basically never had special abilities.

"There is an energy in this world called spiritual energy. Ordinary people can't sense the existence of spiritual energy, but some people can use spiritual energy to do things beyond normal reasoning. I am that kind of person. The spiritual energy near that area is still quite abundant. As long as we get close, I can solve the problems in that area."

Lin Ye stood at the edge of the rooftop, observing the distant commercial district.

"So that's how it is!"

Number 4 suddenly swung the table leg, aiming it at Lin Ye's head.

Lin Ye, who was already prepared, didn't even look back. He dodged the table leg and, taking advantage of the momentum, pinned Number 4 down at the edge of the rooftop.

"Aren't you curious? What would it feel like to fall from here."

Lin Ye pressed his knee against Number 4's spine while forcefully hitting Number 4's head with the axe handle.

"Don't! I was wrong! I just wanted to knock you out, I didn't mean to kill you!"

Number 4 didn't dare to struggle. The pressure Lin Ye gave him was too strong. He felt resisting wouldn't succeed anyway.

"Was it really you who wanted to knock me out? Or was it that thing that's been talking to you that told you to knock me out?"

Lin Ye asked curiously.

"...What are you talking about?"

Number 4 seemed not to understand what Lin Ye was saying.

"You don't think I haven't noticed all along, do you? You disguised yourself quite well, but you need to try a bit harder to fool me. Also, after getting closer to the city district, your speaking frequency decreased somewhat."

Lin Ye had noticed something was wrong with Number 4 a while ago, but he wanted to gather information about this area by observing Number 4, so he hadn't taken action against him.

"...So all that information about spiritual energy was fake? You just wanted to know what I was going to do?"

Number 4 didn't continue to make excuses. He knew it was meaningless now.

"Correct, I was tricking you. The spiritual energy concentration over there is very low. Even if I go over, I can't do anything... Guess if I'm tricking you now?"

Lin Ye wasn't sure where the thing talking to Number 4 was. The spiritual energy concentration in the environment was very low. A normal consciousness would find it hard to survive in such an environment.

"...Just kill me. I won't say anything."

Number 4 closed his eyes. He didn't seem to care whether Lin Ye would push him off or not.

"Through previous attempts, you should already be familiar with the feeling of falling. Now you are about to experience the longest fall of your life. I hope you enjoy the process."

Lin Ye actually didn't plan to extract any information from Number 4's mouth. The other's reaction had already revealed most of the information he knew. Although this information might not be entirely accurate, it was still much better than what Number 4 himself would have said.

"What are you doing! Aaaaaaaaaaah!"

When Number 4 was pushed off the rooftop by Lin Ye, he finally realized Lin Ye really was going to drop him to his death. This was completely different from what she had said.

If he had known earlier that Lin Ye was serious...

Looking at the somewhat deformed corpse on the ground below, Lin Ye showed a satisfied smile. This building was a location he had carefully chosen. The fall would feel exceptionally long, and the surrounding scenery was quite nice, especially the view seen while falling.

"You really are ruthless. I thought you would first force him to tell everything he knew before pushing him off."

A childish voice sounded beside Lin Ye. A young girl sat on the edge of the rooftop, watching the corpse below together with Lin Ye.