The End of the Wilderness?

The team members were all stunned when they heard this. Wang Xiao quickly put on his helmet and used the armor's built-in visual assistance system to look into the distance.

Sure enough, at the junction of the ground and the sky, it was no longer just the boundary between withered yellow and azure blue. A gray-black line appeared on the horizon, shocking everyone.

At this moment, everyone felt both surprised and nervous. They were surprised because they were finally about to walk out of the withered yellow grass that had almost no boundaries, and they were nervous because there was no content to this effect in the report of the "Mind" team.

If we think in a positive direction, the "Nian" team might just be lost. But if we think in a negative direction...

"Let's go. No matter how dangerous it is, we have to go and take a look. This is our mission."

Fresnel encouraged his teammates, then took the lead and continued forward.

No one objected, and everyone walked towards the horizon.

As the time came to evening, Fran, who was keeping her helmet on, suddenly felt the thoughts coming from Lin Qingliu. This was a new ability she gained after receiving more blood.

Lin Qingliu, who was far away, was asking her about the current progress of the Fresnel team.

Fran carefully felt it, and with the help of her keen observation and the computing power she had gained from copying this armored helmet, she came up with the answer:

It is now thirty-six hours after the departure. Relying on their extraordinary physique, the Fresnel team has arrived at a location ninety kilometers due north of Hope City.

After hearing the news, Lin Qingliu said nothing more and signaled Fulan to continue as usual.

In the City of Hope, Lin Qingliu opened his eyes on the bed in the basement.

A new doubt appeared in his mind.

It is known that there is sea to the east of Hope City and land on the remaining three sides, and the Fresnel team is exploring towards the north.

Not to mention the coastline that will soon disappear, the length of 90 kilometers alone is almost beyond the distance between an average metropolis and a satellite city.

There are more doubts, such as:

All exploration teams did not have any maps provided by the Hope City officials when leaving the city, and the accurate map that could indicate the location was only about five kilometers outside the city.

In large-scale exploration, this distance is simply irrelevant.

The ground to the north of Hope City is too flat, looking like a plain, and this plain seems to be too regular, with no lakes or rivers, and no signs of seawater backflow.

He recalled his superficial understanding of world geography in his previous life, and always felt that no location could overlap with Hope City.

However, this is a different world after all, and no one can be sure of what is in another world...

Lin Qingliu did not dare to jump to conclusions.

After thinking for a while, he had a few guesses, but he had no way to prove them. Pulling over two blank psychological test papers, Lin Qingliu simply recorded his thoughts on them.

Hypothesis 1: This world has its own particularities that we don’t understand, so the geographical common sense of another world does not apply here.

Hypothesis 2: Mycelial ecosystems have the unique ability to transform the environment, so while eroding nature, they also change the terrain beyond their own understanding.

Hypothesis three: An unknown force once appeared and flattened a huge area, so flat that it seemed unbelievable to him, a person from another world.

In addition, the humans in this world also need to meet the requirement of losing most of the map when evacuating in the disaster, or the map information has no reference value, and may even mislead the exploration team...

Only in this way can the current status of the exploration plan be explained. Otherwise, Lin Qingliu has begun to suspect that some members of the parliament do not want the exploration plan to succeed...

Are there really such humans?

He is very curious.

Perhaps, we should find an opportunity to arrest a congressman and try.

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In Fresnel's team, everyone once again began to consume the nutrient paste that was barely enough to maintain their vital signs.

This thing can't really be called delicious. Whether it's eaten cold or hot, it has a greasy sweet taste, just like... chewing some crustaceans raw.

In order to relieve the tension and discomfort caused by the food, the members of Fresnel's team began to chat casually.

"Do you remember the last psychotherapy session?"

Fresnel was the first to talk about this topic.

"I don't know what advice Dr. Lin gave you yet. Anyway, there are only a few of us here now, and the monitoring devices in Hope City will be ineffective, so why not share it with us?"

The puppeteer frowned upon hearing this:

"Why are you saying this now? This makes me feel weird."

"What's strange about that?"

Shi Jin, who was somewhat slow in this regard, asked.

"Do we have to tell you today? We will arrive at that strange forest tomorrow. If you ask now, it seems like you will never have a chance later..."

The puppeteer showed obvious displeasure on her face. She was actually a person who believed in metaphysics to some extent. She didn't really believe in things like setting flags, but she didn't dare not to believe it. It was just that there was no such thing in this world.

"That's not what I meant. You all look unhappy. If you don't want to say it, then don't say it."

Fresnel smiled and waved his hand. When he was not on a combat mission, this super-powered captain always had a smiling face, as if sunshine was surrounding him.

"It's not that I can't say it."

The puppeteer rolled his eyes and said cunningly:

"If you are willing to speak first, then I can also speak, what do you think?"

The two looked around. Wang Xiao and Xin Biao nodded in agreement. Only Shi Jin seemed to know nothing about psychotherapy. He looked dazed and didn't know what everyone was talking about.

After everyone explained, Shi Jin quickly calculated the days and finally smiled with relief:

"That's not surprising. It happened at that time. I was in jail at the time."

Everyone suddenly understood that after this period of time together, Shi Jin's image had been fixed in the minds of the other four people in the team.

Although this girl is only eighteen years old this year, she has a very calm personality. She can quickly synchronize with the team as a whole in terms of living habits and combat coordination.

It was not until this time that everyone remembered that this person seemed to be a prisoner who had awakened his superpowers before the verdict, which led to subsequent developments.

If Shi Jin hadn't reminded them, they would have almost forgotten about the matter. After all, Shi Jin's behavior really didn't fit the stereotype of someone with a criminal record.

"Hey, if that's the case, can I get a secret from each of you for free?"

The others were silent, and finally Fresnel was the first to speak:

"The doctor said that I was under too much pressure as a captain and needed to find a suitable way to release it."