Chapter 204 Central Area

The two S-class Sentinels possess astonishing explosive power and physical strength.

Yun Zhao nestled motionless in Xie Tu's arms, ignoring the dark and silent buildings around them.

The seemingly normal timeline is actually crawling with dark matter.

The walls were mottled and faded, and the view flashed by.

Every so often, a dim streetlamp illuminates the dark windows of the buildings above, appearing and disappearing in the darkness like peering eyes.

This base is very large.

They followed the route to a new area, passing through it, the two figures speeding along, getting closer and closer to the gray-black wall.

The core area is under strict guard.

At the gate, tall sentries stood on either side, and the footsteps of nearby patrol teams echoed in the empty street.

The walls soared into the clouds, topped with a dense, intricate network of electrical wires—a veritable black curtain that blocked any path forward.

The footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

The three of them stopped in the dark shadows.

The sentry's senses are sharp; if he gets any closer, he will be spotted by the guards at the gate.

Wisps of green fluorescence quietly emerged, supporting the barrier while spiritual threads swiftly moved towards the sentry at the gate.

"Let's go," Yun Zhao whispered in Xie Tu's ear.

Xie Tu felt a tingling sensation in his ears. He focused his mind on the mission and carried the person towards the door.

Jiang Mu raised an eyebrow and followed the two.

The sentries at the gate did not react at all to their approach.

They easily crossed the first line of defense and entered the city center.

Jiang Mu couldn't help but sigh, having an S-level guide really saved a lot of trouble.

Guides and sentries are two completely different types of soldiers.

Jiang Mu didn't know much about the abilities of S-class guides, only that the base's senior leaders had mentioned that S-class guides had the ability to control mutants.

He didn't think about it from a spiritual perspective.

Xie Tu roughly swept around the area.

The scene before me gave me a sense of sudden enlightenment.

It was late at night, and there wasn't a soul in sight on the streets outside, only the occasional sound of the wind.

A few lights flickered on among the towering buildings in the distance, and shadowy figures seemed to move about.

Xie Tu's eyes were sharp as he quickly analyzed the surrounding environment.

I wonder if it's because we've had a spiritual connection.

They received stable emotional support.

He became more focused and, as before, was no longer distracted by the chaotic information from his environment when using his senses to gather key information.

"Proceed according to plan."

Xie Tu and Jiang Mu have already discussed it.

They only have six hours, and so far they haven't obtained a topographical map of Zone 1. Finding the power system and the database of the digital life world is too time-consuming, so they might as well split up after entering.

Jiang Mu glanced around at the surroundings, waved casually at the two of them, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Xie Tu and Yun Zhao also didn't stay where they were, choosing to go in the opposite direction from Jiang Mu.

S-class Sentinels possess keen senses, enabling them to detect subtle movements that are difficult for ordinary people to perceive.

They always managed to evade patrolling sentries and surveillance cameras along the way.

Yun Zhao quietly helped him remember the route.

The road signs at the intersection have disappeared.

The traffic lights had long since lost their function, and the glass covers were covered with dust and cracks.

This site was converted from the original city streets, and the buildings and streets still retain the appearance of the old era, only slightly outdated.

"Are we going to the research institute?" Yun Zhao asked in his arms.

While Xie Tu and Jiang Mu were discussing the route, she had already gone upstairs to sleep and was unaware of their arrangements.

"Okay." Xie Tu moved quickly in the shadows. "The power system is up to Jiang Mu. We'll go to the research institute."

A thorough exploration of the research institute would be suitable for him and Yun Zhao to do together.

Based on the two sisters' words, it can be inferred that the opposition assassinated the director of the research institute in an attempt to stop the Digital Life Project from continuing.

This suggests that the data center for the digital life world is very likely located inside the research institute.

The two sisters had been there with their family, including their younger brother.

However, Song Liang, Zhou Tianqi, and others could not find a topographical map of the inner city. The opposition, in order to conceal their identities, would not openly display evidence in their homes.

The computer that Song Liang brought in had also run out of power and shut down.

To prevent digital life forms from entering their computers through circuitry and causing a systemic impact.

Xie Tu did not allow him to use the electricity from the contaminated area.

Yun Zhao: "There should be guides guarding the power system area, right?"

Both sides are in danger.

Xie Tu said calmly, "He is an S-class sentinel who has done deep-level evacuation, so there's no need to worry about him."

Yun Zhao was a little confused. Why was she worried about Jiang Mu?

Now is not the time to discuss these things.

She did not offer any explanation.

The two evaded cameras and patrols along the way, driving around the area for almost half an hour.

This base, converted from a first-tier city, is so huge that one can only imagine how many troops it would have taken to build such a large defensive base in that cannibalistic era.

After another ten minutes or so, Xie Tu seemed to have made a discovery and suddenly changed lanes and sped off.

The two arrived near a commercial area.

In the city at just past midnight, there were very few brightly lit places, making the bright lights on the first floor of the shopping mall particularly eye-catching.

The smooth exterior walls are also covered with electric grids, and the building is more than twenty stories high, as can be counted from the windows on the outside.

The burly patrolling sentries stood outside the mall.

They all looked like normal humans, and perhaps because they were too bored on night duty, they were chatting idly at a distance from each other.

Xie Tu glanced at them and immediately knew that the dozen or so people were all A-level sentinels.

He listened for a moment.

There should be a security camera on the first floor.

Under surveillance, they didn't talk about anything useful; it was all just mundane family matters.

The fact that they could establish guards and connect an electric grid suggests that this is very likely the laboratory.

The key question is how to get in.

The guide's mental threads can control the sentries, but cannot block the cameras.

There's an electric fence above, so it's impossible to climb over.

The commercial district should have more than one entrance, but it goes without saying that there are sentries guarding the other entrances.

Waiting for Jiang Mu to turn off the power didn't work either.

Since it is a place for storing digital life data, it must have an independent power supply system.

Seeing this, Yun Zhao gently wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, "Go in openly and honestly."

"Who's there?!"

The senses of high-ranking sentries are too acute.

Yun Zhao spoke very softly, but they still heard him.

She heard the questioning voice and gestured for the man to put her down.

This is the normal world, with sentinels and guides, so her status as a guide is a natural excuse for her to enter openly.

Xie Tu clearly understood what she meant, so he put her down from his arms and instead took her hand in his.

Two sentries approached the corner where the two men were standing and called out again, alertly, "Who's there?!"

"It's me."

Without a guide to clear the dark matter, the power system cannot continue to operate.

It requires 24 hours to clean.

There must be a guide inside.

Yun Zhao pulled the man out of the shadows. "I am a senior guide. The base notified me to come and clean up the dark matter."