When Xie Xuan woke up, she could still not hear clearly, as if countless cicadas were chirping in her ears.

But amidst the noise, Xie Xuan could still vaguely make out the sound of someone talking inside.

She opened her eyes, but it was still pitch black.

The scene before she lost consciousness began to appear in her mind.

After she asked Song Zhixian and Xiao Yaoxian to leave, she had to hide in a cage and wait for death because her supernatural powers were exhausted.

But the cage was not that strong, and in just a few minutes, it was broken by the swarm of cicadas.

When Xie Xuan was fighting desperately, she suddenly smelled a strange smell.

It's like the smell of some kind of herb burning, with a slightly bitter smell to it, but it also has an indescribable pleasant feeling.

Xie Xuan had already inhaled a lot before she realized something was wrong, and it was too late to turn on the self-circulation inside the protective suit. She only felt that the sounds around her and the scenes in front of her began to become blurred, and then she lost consciousness.

She never thought that she would have such a bad day, but now it seems that the one who kidnapped her was not an infected creature, but a human being.

Apart from the pioneering team and the garrison team, the only humans outside the wall are the new humans.

But there are also two factions within the new humans. However, if it was the people from the Lost Paradise who kidnapped her, she would not be lying on the bed now, but tied to a tiger bench.

Xie Xuan sat up while thinking about something and found that the communicator had stopped working, which meant that she had left the red line.

It also means that she has lost contact with Chongming and the others.

However, Xie Xuan discovered that her shadow did not follow her, or to be more precise, it only followed halfway.

After the last town incident, Shadow no longer had to stay in her shadow and could move around on his own, but the farther away he was from her, the less ability he could exert.

Now Xie Xuan can only hope that Shadow can lead Song Zhixian and the others to find them by following the connection between the supernatural powers.

However, the distance from the orange line to the red line would still take two days and one night, even if they traveled day and night without encountering any trouble.

By the time they came to rescue her, it was already too late.

Xie Xuan got out of bed and found that this was a room similar to a small dark room. There were no windows, and the only light came from a little faint light leaking in from the crack of the door.

However, the door had poor sound insulation. Not only could Xie Xuan hear the voices of people outside, but the people inside also keenly heard the sound of her getting up.

Just as Xie Xuan walked to the door, it was pushed open without warning.

When the light came in, the first thing Xie Xuan saw was a man with a face covered with hair that looked like animal hair or fungus.

His facial features are also different from those of a normal person. His entire face is uneven due to the lumps under the skin. From the perspective of normal people, it is undoubtedly disfigured.

"Are you awake?" The man's voice was a little hoarse, and the tone of his pronunciation was rather strange.

However, the man had no ill will towards Xie Xuan, at least Xie Xuan did not sense any murderous intent from him.

"Awake. Where is this?" Xie Xuan asked.

The man stepped aside, revealing the scene behind him.

This should be a basement, just like the basements in apocalyptic movies where survivors hide a few months after a zombie attack.

There was a long table in the middle of the room with a desk lamp on it. There were no fewer than ten people sitting around the table.

Without exception, these ten people all looked strange. Some had their faces almost covered with black spots, some had completely dislocated facial features, and some only had one eye.

In comparison, the person who opened the door for Xie Xuan at the beginning was actually quite good-looking.

"This is our base." The man said, "My name is Qin Feng, and I'm the boss here."

"Hello, my name is Xie Xuan." Xie Xuan said politely.

Qin Feng nodded, "You look calm."

Qin Feng was testing her. Xie Xuan felt speechless. He had already tied the man up to the base. What was the point of testing him?

Xie Xuan thought about this and said directly, "You are the faction of the new humans who are close to the inner circle, right?"

Qin Feng nodded again, pointed to an empty seat at one end of the long table and said, "Sit down first."

Xie Xuan was not polite. After she sat down, Qin Feng took the empty seat at the other end. "Are you a member of the Development Department? Do you have any contact with the people at the garrison?"

Qin Feng obviously knew a lot and seemed to know something about Xie Xuan and the others.

Xie Xuan asked first: "Have you been observing us before?"

Qin Feng did not hide it, "Yes. From the moment you leave the station."

Xie Xuan didn't rush to ask why, but answered first: "Yes, I am Xie Xuan, the captain of Team 18 of the Development Department of the 111th Branch of the Sixth District Ecological Bureau. Song Zhixian, the person in charge of the C7 station, is also with us in the team."

Someone at the table was whispering, "Is Song Zhixian also in their team?"

Xie Xuan judged from their expressions and tones that they were quite friendly towards Song Zhixian.

Qin Feng first asked why, "Why is Song Zhixian on the same team with you?"

Xie Xuan thought about it for a moment and decided to tell the truth, "Because we found traces of new human activities near the black line, Captain Song plans to go with us to investigate."

"Paradise Lost?" Qin Feng asked in a deep voice.

Xie Xuan did not answer, and Qin Feng was not waiting for Xie Xuan's answer.

The discussion among the others at the table suddenly became uncontrollable. "What on earth do those crazy people want to do?"

Xie Xuan didn't say anything. Qin Feng slammed the table and said, "Quiet!"

The people at the table suddenly fell silent.

"So now can you tell me why you kidnapped me?" Xie Xuan asked.

But Qin Feng still didn't answer Xie Xuan's question immediately. Instead, he asked Xie Xuan: "How much do you know about Paradise Lost?"

Xie Xuan said, "The Lost Paradise outside the wall is made up of the fourth generation of new humans. They are extremely hostile to the humans inside the wall. The Lost Paradise inside the wall is a mercenary organization. As long as the money is paid, they will take any job and are secretly engaged in some unknown purpose."

As soon as Xie Xuan finished speaking, someone at the table exclaimed in surprise, "They actually managed to sneak inside the wall?"

"You're wrong on one point," Qin Feng said. "The new humans in Paradise Lost are not all naturally occurring fourth-generation humans. Instead, they were infected by a new human, or a bacterial strain, and formed later in life."

Xie Xuan frowned, "Can the new humans still maintain their sanity after being infected a second time?"

Qin Feng nodded gravely. "This fungus is very evil. We still don't know what all its abilities are. We generally call it the Evil God."