Chapter 206 Until I Met Her

Blood and black slime splattered everywhere.

The two mutants screamed in agony, and as they collapsed to the ground, their self-aware 'him' gushed blood and died shortly afterward.

Two more corpses appeared in the corridor.

Blood stained the white clothes red, and flowed down the cracks in the ground, pooling into a small, dark red puddle.

The stench of blood filled the air, pungent and nauseating.

Xie Tu remained calm, bent down and snatched the work card from the corpse's neck, then turned to look at Yun Zhao.

The two had already reached a tacit understanding.

Yun Zhao walked around the corpse on the ground and took the initiative to extend his hand to let him lead it.

A man's hands are large and warm, but they seem to sweat a lot, and they feel sticky and uncomfortable after holding them for a while.

Xie Tu remained calm as he led her towards the elevator that was in operation.

Once the work card is affixed, the elevator doors open automatically.

Yun Zhao stared at the job card without blinking. Ironically, the technology of the 68th year of the Dark Apocalypse was more advanced than human civilization more than a hundred years later.

Xie Tu tried every button, pressing the third basement level had no effect, and the elevator that went down only went to the second basement level.

The overhead camera was flashing a red dot, but the two of them had long since ignored it.

The two phoenixes seemed quite interested.

The little bluebird flew over, stood on the camera, and looked inside with its head down.

With a casual peck from its silver beak, a crack appeared on the screen.

The fire phoenix moved closer and spat out a small wisp of flame into the camera.

The two little ones wreaked havoc together, and the elevator's security camera was quickly rendered unusable.

The elevator stopped on the second basement level.

Xie Tu reminded her, "There are people outside."

And he was a sentry.

The number of people was not large; they were not people who came after discovering the intruder through cameras.

Instead, it was the troops that were already on duty on the second basement level.

Yun Zhao nodded slightly, ready to proceed.

She seemed to finally remember that she had promised not to use her abilities casually, and after thinking for a moment, she said to him, "I'll do it."

Control makes it easier for them to act than killing.

It is unlikely to cause widespread riots.

Xie Tu's eyes were deep and he remained silent. He turned his head slightly and glanced at Yun Zhao's face, his eyes showing both helplessness and understanding.

A bluish-green spiritual thread had emerged, swirling around her, turning into tiny stars, and quickly disappearing.

Everything here cannot be explained by normal thinking.

For example, three 'people' died on the first floor, and three bodies were found, but the alarm never sounded, and no sentry came to the scene to check.

Yun Zhao thought of a possibility.

The research lab storing data from the digital life world has long been influenced by another dimension.

The seemingly normal timeline is actually distorted and disordered.

Thinking about the gatekeeper's provocative behavior earlier.

Yun Zhao pursed his lips, clearly displeased.

It was certain that they wouldn't find it, which is why it was so fearless.

Why?

bite--

The sound of the elevator doors opening interrupted her thoughts.

There were more than a dozen burly sentries outside.

Upon seeing two unfamiliar faces suddenly appear, the group of people became wary, instantly pointing their guns at the two men. "Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter this area. Who are you?"

Yun Zhao remained calm and said softly, "I am a guide. The base notified me to come and clean up the dark matter."

Xie Tu stood to her side, calmly observing the group of A-level sentries.

There were no mutants behind them.

"Guide?"

The lead sentry looked suspicious but remained vigilant. "The six guides on night duty have already gone in; we haven't been notified."

There are six guides inside.

Yun Zhao had been waiting for these words.

The spiritual threads approached silently and quickly entered the bodies of the sentries.

"Really? But the base sent me here."

Yun Zhao asked, "Excuse me, how do I access the database?"

The sentry looked dazed and blankly pointed out the direction to her, "On the third basement level, the entire third basement level is like that."

Yun Zhao nodded politely, "Okay, thank you."

The elevators and fire exits have already been sealed off.

The only way to get to the third basement level is by taking the stairs from here.

They are all sentinels who once possessed spiritual bodies and established spiritual barriers. Controlling them requires more mental energy than controlling ordinary mutants.

Xie Tu didn't delay any longer and quickly led her to the third basement level.

There are six guides inside.

Compared to the Sentinel Mutant, the Guide Mutant is a more troublesome species.

Guides are born with the ability to influence sentinels.

Their mental strength was already powerful; even after they were mutated into monsters, they still retained some of their abilities.

The two walked to the end of the corridor and soon found the stairwell.

The heavy silver iron door requires card swiping, fingerprint verification, and facial recognition.

Xie Tu took Huo Feng off his shoulder and said, "Get to work."

Although the Fire Phoenix was slightly dissatisfied with its main body's rude behavior.

But wanting to impress the Azure Phoenix, it obediently sprayed fire at the alarm system and then at the electronic lock, quickly destroying the door lock.

Xie Tu drew his Tang sword and violently pried open the door.

The way the two spirits interact is strange; it's like neither of them can stand the other.

Yun Zhao asked softly, "Did you... always get along like this before?"

Xie Tu turned his head to look at her, his gaze becoming deep and unfathomable. "No."

The Fire Phoenix of the past was constantly corrupted by dark matter, often falling into a state of frenzy, either running amok in the mental realm or wreaking havoc when it came out.

He wanted to maintain a calm and composed captain persona in front of his teammates, so he had to keep taking hormones and inhibitors.

Inhibitors have very serious side effects.

He appears to be like a normal person, but in reality, he is on the verge of becoming deformed.

Until I met her...

Yun Zhao seemed to understand something and fell silent.

She let the man lead her down the stairs to the database.

The lighting on the third basement level was very dim.

The originally spacious and empty space is now occupied by various cold metal structures and complex wiring.

The surrounding area was filled with towering server racks, all running and emitting a low, rhythmic hum.

Deeper inside, you can see a massive wall of LCD screens, displaying complex data streams and code, like the nerve center of a digital life world, recording the birth, growth, and changes of every virtual life...

A sense of oppression and unease permeated the air.

The towering machines blocked all view, resembling neatly arranged bookshelves in a library, with each row leaving only a narrow passageway for two people to pass through.

As the two moved between the racks, they became more cautious, remembering that there were six guides on this floor.

Xie Tu released his senses to search for the six mutated guides.

The roar of machinery filled my ears, completely drowning out the sound of footsteps, making it difficult to distinguish any other noises.

Yun Zhao was also listening to the sounds coming from the vicinity.

The rows of huge shelves have gaps between them for ventilation, and through these gaps, you can see what's behind the shelves.

That's the passageway on the other side.

Further away, there are still machines.

Yun Zhao recalled the gifts her uncles brought back from the edge of the polluted area when they returned from their trips, including several romance novels.

The male and female protagonists meet in the library.

If one person removes a book from the shelf, the two people will inevitably be able to look at each other through the bookshelf.

Yun Zhao thought that if he could look directly into the machine frame right now, it would definitely be a ghost story.

Then, she turned her head.

Through the gaps in the machine frame, I could actually see a pair of human eyes.