Chapter 199 Going Out for Dinner

“I was observing all night, and at six o’clock this morning, the icon of the digital life world reappeared on the computer, which coincided with the time when those people started acting strangely.”

Song Liang fiddled with the indigenous computer and said, "We've also found the website for the lottery. It's based on regions, and each region gets two hundred slots every day."

"There are no class distinctions. During a specific period of time, all residents living in this area can register to participate in the lottery."

The so-called specific time is from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Song Liang paused for a moment, then said, "Today's lottery draw will be held in zones 8 through 11."

Yesterday was from districts 12 to 15.

It looks like four districts are participating in the lottery each day.

"As for the total number of residents, it is currently unknown."

Apart from reinforcement, the houses here have remained almost unchanged, retaining the dense urban housing of the old era.

After investigation, they found that the houses were not fully occupied and many were vacant.

The original owner of the computer was just an ordinary citizen living in the survivor base, and the computer had no access or any information about the base.

There is only one compressed file of the digital world of life.

They currently do not know exactly how many 'people' are in this contaminated area.

Qi Jun nodded in agreement. The information he found was the same as Song Liang's. "Almost all the clues and intelligence are related to digital life. I think there is a high probability that digital life is the gatekeeper."

It's not uncommon for contaminated areas to 'come alive' at night.

This happens in many contaminated areas.

The two teams' main focus was still on discussing how to destroy the digital life world.

They absolutely had to go to District One.

However, based on current clues, there are two points in time in the digital life world.

They were still conducting research and experiments in the middle of the night.

Daytime, which is the sixty-eighth year of the Dark Apocalypse.

From this perspective, it seems that daytime is actually more dangerous than nighttime.

The digital life world during the day is in its mature stage, possessing two spatial dimensions. Whether it's the streets or the houses, they may appear deserted, but the surrounding void could be teeming with monsters.

They could not know the guard situation in advance.

Therefore, it is impossible to determine the level of danger.

Taking rash action could lead to casualties.

Xie Tu took the computer that Song Liang handed him, and after listening to all the information, he said, "Let's go in and take a look tonight. It would be best to cut off the power supply to the entire city first."

The A-level Sentinel Mutant is stronger than everyone except Xie Tu and Jiang Mu.

Before obtaining more clues, it's best to avoid approaching the city center during the day.

"In addition, we need to send someone to District 13 to contact the twin sisters."

The opposition has existed since the inception of the Digital Life project.

This means that for many years, until the contaminated area was created, there were always people inside the base who were resisting.

They must be aware of the situation in the city center.

For example, how many years has the digital life world existed?

How many people have entered so far?

If one person has a copy, and the number of people can be known in advance, then at least the number of aberrations in another spatial dimension can be determined.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mu looked around and then his gaze fell on Zhou Tianqi. "You go. You have a baby face, so it'll be easier for you to communicate with them."

Zhou Tianqi: "...Captain, I am injured."

Jiang Mu seemed not to hear him and continued, "If they ask you your age, just say you're underage. Be sweet-talking. Don't come back if you can't find out anything."

Zhou Tianqi: "..."

His teammates joined in the cheering, "The captain is right!"

"Little Qi is best suited for this kind of 'delicate work,' we're all counting on you, hahaha!"

The teammates exchanged knowing glances.

"For the sake of the team, you can sacrifice your 'sex appeal' if necessary, and remember to bring back as much information as possible."

"Not good at fighting, but good at gathering intelligence! Keep those two sisters happy..."

Amid cheers and encouragement from his teammates.

Zhou Tianqi was furious, "Get lost!"

Team Zero watched the show from the sidelines, with Tao Haohao and Duan Xi even joining in the jeering.

This made Zhou Tianqi blush and almost wanted to punch someone.

The atmosphere in the lobby immediately became much more relaxed.

Eight sentries from Dongcha Town stood to one side.

They had a very low profile, the boss in charge was not around, and they didn't understand anything, so they just silently served as background figures.

Sister Hong once said that as long as you don't hold others back, you're helping.

They simply did whatever the sentries at the main base told them to do.

Right now.

Li Guo, Xu Pengcheng, and the others watched the crowd fooling around in disbelief.

The contaminated area is so dangerous, yet the sentries at the main base still have the leisure to joke and play around.

After they had finished making a scene, Xie Tu calmly instructed, "Song Liang and Duan Xi, go with them."

Duan Xijia's peregrine falcon could deliver messages to them at any time.

As for Song Liang, we need to send a reliable person to negotiate, lest we mess things up.

"receive."

Song Liang clearly knew what to do.

Since the captain had ordered them to go and gather information, all they had to do was pretend to agree to join the opposition.

Finally, Song Liang, Duan Xi, Zhou Tianqi, and Qi Jun finished packing and left the guesthouse to go to District Thirteen to find the two sisters.

The others remained in the hall to continue their discussion.

Then, Orange and Tao Haohao, along with four B-level sentries, went to the area where the lottery was being held to check on the situation there and also to gather some food.

The sentries from Dongcha Town did not bring any food when they entered.

The sentries had large appetites, and the supplies they carried were meant to feed twenty-one people, which clearly wouldn't last more than a few days.

It's currently unknown how much longer we'll have to stay here.

Naturally, we need to replenish some supplies first.

The others, including Li Guo and Xu Pengcheng, who remained in the lobby, watched as the two groups of people left.

Thinking that she would not only have to rely on S-class sentinels for protection, but also have to eat their food for free, she took the initiative to take on the important tasks of cooking and cleaning.

Preparing lunch for about twenty people is a challenging task, but we can start the fire now.

"After you finish cleaning, then cook rice. We'll have rice for lunch."

Jiang Mu lay on the sofa, pointing to the second floor with a sense of ease, and instructed the four B-level sentries, "I just found a bag of rice last night. Remember the water-to-rice ratio is 1:3. That's how you cook rice that tastes the best."

Xu Pengcheng nodded repeatedly, "Okay, Captain Jiang."

Since learning that both captains were S-class Sentinels, Xu Pengcheng had developed an extreme admiration for them, and naturally, whatever they said went.

Xie Tu sat quietly for a while, when he suddenly heard some noises coming from the second floor, and the faint sounds of conversation coming from the room.

Has Yun Zhao woken up?

Xie Tu's eyes flickered, and he stood up from the sofa.

"Where are you going?" Jiang Mu asked.

Xie Tu: "Go and see the ingredients you found."

He stopped as he passed Xu Pengcheng, Li Guo, and others, saying, "Leave a clean pot; I need to use it."

Xu Pengcheng nodded again, "Okay, Captain Xie."

Jiang Mu finally understood what he was going to do, and said meaningfully, "I say, since you're going to cook a special meal for the guide, why not cook mine too?"

With stir-fries available, who would want to eat communal meals?

Unfortunately, Xie Tu seemed to be selectively deaf, only showing him his back.

...

Yun Zhao stayed in his room all morning, not wanting to go out and face the situation.

She still wants to be a turtle, hiding herself in her shell.

The rabbit thought she wasn't feeling well, so it and Liu Hong stayed in the room to keep her company and chat with her.

But what's meant to happen will happen.

Around noon, footsteps were heard in the hallway, and soon after, there was a knock on the door.

A deep, cool male voice came from outside the door, "Come out for dinner."