Chapter 162 Trying to trick me into talking again

Yang Li and the others were still confused about the situation.

Lai Yongyi quickly agreed on their behalf: "Okay, we'll get to work right away!"

After saying that, Lai Yongyi dragged and pushed his companions away.

The crowd around him was bustling and existed in a semi-transparent, illusory state, both real and unreal.

The sentries were apprehensive, their expressions wary as they lowered all their senses, taking each step with extreme caution.

Lai Yongyi appeared relatively calm.

He belatedly realized something.

This scenario currently appears to be safe.

It's just like the amusement park scene.

It seems that the gatekeeper becomes exceptionally well-behaved whenever that little girl is around...

The sentry with the leg injury was named Zhang Shengbing.

A horrifying wound was torn from his thigh by the mutant.

Fortunately, no bones were damaged.

The bleeding has stopped, the wound has been bandaged, but he is walking with a slight limp.

Until they were far away.

Zhang Shengbing glanced back to make sure the little girl couldn't hear them before asking, "Lai Yongyi, what exactly is going on?"

His situation was exactly the same as Yang Li's.

After being forcibly awakened, my memories seemed to be shrouded in a thick fog, and my mind was completely blank.

Even now, my head is still throbbing.

The pain was not like the unbearable agony of being consumed by darkness.

Instead, it felt like being hit hard on the back of the head several times with a blunt, dull pain.

In the realm of the spirit, it seems as if a major disaster has struck.

Everywhere was a mess, trees were uprooted, the ground was turned upside down and cracked... a scene of devastation after the disaster.

The spirits huddled deep within the domain, trembling, and refused to come out no matter how much they were called.

The same was true for the other sentries.

Lai Yongyi confirmed that he had gone far enough away that the little girl could not hear him before he told them in detail what had happened.

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Only Xie Tu and Xiao Yunzhao remained near the pirate ship.

Xie Tu, leaning against a children's table, drew a route map of the contaminated area.

The map of this contaminated area is circular, with four sides resembling a clock face, and each direction actually involves two scenes.

— Clockwise and counterclockwise.

The hollow area is shrouded in thick fog, with a few aberrant species scattered throughout the scene and the fog.

Just as Xie Tu was getting into thought, Xiao Yunzhao beside him became restless again.

She snatched the pen from his hand and drew a circle next to the clock he had drawn.

The graffiti lines were crooked and messy, and the circle was drawn to look like an egg.

Xie Tu couldn't help but recall the map she had drawn before. He paused for a moment and asked, "How old are you now?"

Xiao Yunzhao continued drawing lines on the paper that others couldn't understand. Upon hearing this, she looked up and gave him a cold, arrogant glance.

He said in a childish voice, "Don't ask a girl's age casually; it's impolite."

Xie Tu remained silent.

She speaks with an air of maturity and composure, yet her behavior is completely that of a child.

The impressions they give are vastly different.

"However, since you have asked so earnestly, I can tell you."

Xiao Yunzhao said in a condescending tone, "I'm six years old."

She now knows her age and doesn't seem to have amnesia.

I just forgot about what happened after I grew up.

Xie Tu pondered for a long time before asking, "Well, who... did you live with before?"

He desperately wanted to know where her parents and relatives had gone.

How did she, at the age of six, survive in this cruel era?

And how did they get to Qingshan Town?

Xiao Yunzhao's face suddenly turned cold, and she slammed the pen away. "Are you trying to trick me into talking again?"

The pen rolled on the table and then slid to the floor.

Xie Tu bent down to pick up the pen and said gently, "I wasn't trying to trick you into telling me anything, I was just concerned about you."

Xiao Yunzhao turned her face away and ignored him.

She is now proud, sensitive, and intelligent, easily discerning the intentions of others.

If she's unwilling to talk, you won't get anything out of her.

Xie Tu placed the pen on the table and said softly, "If you don't want to talk about it, then don't. Tell me when you want to."

The little bluebird fluttered its wings nearby.

She felt he was bullying her, and started getting angry again.

It thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a suitable insult, so it used all the insults it knew.

Trash, useless, idiot, moron...

Ugh, those annoying sentries!

Xie Tu didn't bother arguing with it.

The two waited in the square for a long time.

The sentries of Zero Squad, like bandits, brazenly barged into the surrounding shops and soon came out carrying a pile of things.

The passing shadowy figures did not react to their actions.

Seeing the Zero Team's behavior, the Yanchi search team found another bus and loaded it with quilts, pillows, and other supplies from the small hotels around the station.

Yang Li has learned the whole story from Lai Yongyi.

They learned that the people who saved them were actually the Dawn Zero Team.

And the captain leading the group was none other than the renowned S-class Sentinel, Xie Tu.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Li ran over to Xie Tu and said, "Captain Xie, our camp is short of resources, and it's getting colder outside. If possible... we'd like to get these things out of here."

Compared to Wu Kui and Lai Yongyi, Yang Li appears more mature and composed.

It's not easy for ordinary people to survive outside.

If he could get out, he thought he should take this opportunity to find a way to get more supplies.

But Yang Li knew that without the help of Team Zero, they would not be able to leave this strange place.

If you want to loot supplies, you should definitely inform Xie Tu in advance and ask for his opinion.

After all, carrying so much stuff might cause trouble for others.

Upon hearing this, Xie Tu simply nodded slightly and said calmly, "Okay."

Yang Li was grateful and thanked him sincerely, "Thank you for your understanding. We will try our best not to cause you any trouble. By the way, I accidentally wandered into other scenes before..."

He described the scene he saw to Xie Tu, while stealing a glance at the little girl beside him.

Xiao Yunzhao completely ignored him.

Right now, he's lying on the children's table, doodling in Xie Tu's notebook, filling the pages with messy lines.

Xie Tu dutifully guarded her, noticing Yang Li's gaze, and looked over coldly.

Xiao Yunzhao is just like the little bluebird.

She doesn't like being stared at.

Yang Li quickly looked away and explained what he remembered about what had happened.

Xie Tu remained calm. "Okay, I understand."

Having said all he needed to say, Yang Li thanked Xie Tu again and quickly went to call on his companions to speed up the collection of supplies.

I only breathed a sigh of relief after they had run far away.

According to Lai Yongyi's description, the little girl was a very powerful guide, and it was she who saved everyone.

A group of people were horrified.

How could a six or seven-year-old child possess such powerful abilities?

What's even more baffling is that Team Zero brought such a young child into the contaminated area.

Yang Li racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

He sighed and had no choice but to focus on collecting supplies, urging his companions to speed up.

To avoid making the zero-line queue wait too long.