Chapter 461 The Return of Darkness (Twenty-Four)

What you think about comes true.

The walkie-talkie picked up the voice of Group Nine.

"Team Leader Xie, the number of advanced mutants has suddenly increased."

Guo Yifei: "We encountered three waves of advanced mutants within half an hour. The mental bodies of two team members were severely eroded and they needed counseling."

The pollution concentration in the entire city remained at 90%.

With such high levels of pollution, the sentinels had barely completed their initial cleansing when their mental state was eroded once again.

However, most sentries do not have the ability to use it, so they can still endure it.

In the buffer zone, the two teams of sentries can only deal with mutants of the same level by releasing their psychic forms and having their teammates coordinate to shoot them down.

In this way...

The rate at which the spiritual body is eroded is accelerating.

If he hadn't truly been unable to continue, Guo Yifei wouldn't have wanted to trouble the father and daughter.

After all, Xie's daughter is only a few years old.

Asking a small child to treat them always feels like child abuse, and it's a bit hard to talk about.

Xie Tu paused for two seconds before replying, "I'll be right there."

He turned off the walkie-talkie and looked at Yun Zhao sitting in the back seat. "We can't let them see you, otherwise it will be hard to explain."

"I can release spiritual energy for guidance without getting out of the car, even while sitting inside."

Yun Zhao also knew this, and she turned to ask, "The sentinel said the mutation speed suddenly increased. Is that related to me turning back?"

"I have my doubts too."

Xie Tu shared his speculation with her: "All the contaminated areas should be in the same space-time. The fact that you suddenly appeared and disappeared when you were a child might be related to the gatekeeper's abilities."

She was affected by the time and space of the contaminated area, which is why she kept experiencing problems.

"The gatekeeper?"

Yun Zhao held his head, still recalling the details after he came in.

This time is different from the last time.

She can remember many things.

For example, she made a fuss about wanting a princess dress and a sports car. And Xie Tu even changed her clothes, combed her hair, and gave her a bath...

Yun Zhao felt a little embarrassed.

I don't want to face it.

She tried to ignore the details and said, "I think I know what a gatekeeper is now."

Xie Tu's lips curled up. "Really?"

Yun Zhao: "Hmm, it's too obvious, but I don't know how to kill it."

—"We swear to live and die with Nanjing."

Then it moved, and shook violently.

"If the gatekeeper is a city, how do we destroy it?" Yun Zhao asked directly.

The next second.

The surrounding dark matter began to sway again.

Xie Tu's hands were steady on the steering wheel. He looked around at the air and said slowly, "Think about its obsession."

Obsession?

Yun Zhao lowered his eyelids, seemingly lost in thought.

The infantry fighting vehicle slowly moved forward.

Outside the car window.

The sounds of collapse, crying, madness, and screaming could be heard continuously along the street.

Ignoring the soldiers' attempts to stop them, people rushed into the streets like madmen.

"Don't stop me! Rather than living in fear and worrying about whether I'll be the next one to mutate, I might as well just die!"

"Fuck your dark apocalypse! Give the sun back!"

"What kind of order is this! What kind of security is this! This world is finished, we're all doomed!"

The sound of shattering glass was sharp and piercing.

The middle-aged man with disheveled hair, his face flushed and veins bulging on his neck, roared hoarsely at the soldiers not far away.

"My family! My children! Where are they? Don't stop me, I need to get to the quarantine area!"

As he spoke.

He kicked a wrecked car hard on the side of the street, making a dull thud.

Hearing the noise, Yun Zhao whispered, "If it's related to obsession, is it possible that... simply eliminating the mutants isn't enough?"

Xie Tu squinted: "Perhaps."

However, he still has no clue what to do.

After pondering for a moment, Yun Zhao asked, "Do you think there's any way to stop or completely change the outcome in Nanjing?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Tu's mind stirred. "Do you remember when I asked you about the coverage area of ​​the mental barrier?"

Yun Zhao nodded, feeling a little thirsty, and took a bottle of water out of her bag and handed it to him. "I have a vague impression, but I've never actually tried it, and I don't even know how wide the range can be covered."

The limits of her abilities have always been a mystery.

The last time I felt a little strained was when I was searching for Ding Lang in contaminated zone 111.

She covered the entire city with spiritual silk at the time, but after she came out, she still had the power to build a barrier for Qi Ling.

Releasing mental threads to capture and establishing barriers are different.

The latter requires more mental energy, and even if it can achieve coverage, it is impossible to maintain the barrier indefinitely.

Moreover, even if it can be maintained, the barrier can at most isolate dark matter, but cannot prevent distortion.

Xie Tu took the water, unscrewed the cap, and handed it back to him. "It doesn't need to cover the entire city, just the energy stations."

Yun Zhao's hand, which was about to catch the water, stopped in mid-air.

Thinking back to what he had mentioned about Commander Zhong, it seems he already had this plan.

Yun Zhao asked, "Why didn't you mention it at the time, and even told Commander Zhong it was useless, because you had some concerns in your heart?"

Xie Tu noticed that she wouldn't take the water.

He was used to serving her, so he reached out and fed her water, replying, "You were too mischievous when you were little, I dare not mention it."

Yun Zhao leaned over and took a sip of water, then realized what she meant: "You're disgusted with me?"

Xie Tu: "No."

Yun Zhao: "Then why do you say you don't dare? Is there anything you don't dare to do?"

Xie Tu: "I really wouldn't dare."

"When you were a child, you were used to giving orders to your nanny robot, and you developed a commanding tone when you talked to anyone."

He said casually, "They probably just see me as a cook who can use his brain and serve people, a little bit above a robot."

One person, one spirit; one bite, one chef.

Do you really think he doesn't know?

How could the arrogant little princess possibly listen to the cook and become a laborer protecting the power plant?

Saying it out loud will only backfire.

She would even deliberately oppose him.

Yun Zhao said quietly, "Are you complaining to me?"

That's a whole lot of talk.

To sue her as a child when she's grown up?

Yun Zhao stared into his eyes, and after a long while concluded: "You're being unreasonable."

Xie Tu: "..."

He looked helpless. "I've served you all this way, shouldn't I get some compensation?"

After going around in circles, it turns out they wanted compensation.

Yun Zhao thought for a moment, then turned around and took out his points card from his bag. "Take it, it's compensation, spend it however you like!"

Xie Tu's lips twitched, but he didn't reach out to take it.

That's his card, and he spent his points, so what kind of compensation is that?

Yun Zhao put the card back into his bag with satisfaction and got back to the main topic, "But your idea is pretty good. Where there is electricity, there is light, and the dark apocalypse will naturally not exist."

The Arctic Circle also experiences polar nights.

As long as there is light, the people in this city have hope and will not give up.

A city with electricity and order cannot be considered to have fallen.

Yun Zhao was tempted to give it a try: "When shall we go?"

Xie Tu: "No rush, the lives of those sentries are more important."