Chapter 51 Gatekeeper Attributes

Spiritual attraction?

Yun Zhao shook his head. "No."

Jiang Mu was not surprised at all; the guides and sentries at the base outside had never heard of it.

That's because none of the guides outside have this ability.

So he never took it to heart.

Jiang Mu's next words were like a thunderclap from a clear sky: "Mental traction should be a means of controlling sentinels."

The sentries present were horrified by what they heard; their hair stood on end.

Control the sentries?

Xie Tu's gaze deepened, and he lowered his eyelids to conceal his emotions.

It's obvious that it's related to mental strength.

'Mental traction' is likely an unknown ability of the guide.

The gatekeeper's nature is obvious.

It may have once been, or perhaps, a guide in a dark age.

And upon death, they lose their spiritual body.

Therefore, it uses 'mental attraction' to lure the spirit out of the sentinel's mental domain, severing the connection between the sentinel and the spirit, and can also create countless illusionary barriers in the contaminated area.

Mental barriers... are also one of the abilities of a guide.

The spiritual entity became its obsession.

Killing the sentinel will also kill the spirit.

They will create one illusion after another to try to confuse them, but they will not kill them.

And all of this happens to be the nemesis of the Sentinel, whose mental state is somewhat unstable.

If Yun Zhao hadn't come along, the two S-rank Sentinels would have almost been killed.

It has been determined that the gatekeeper is a 'human' type creature.

The scope narrowed down immediately.

Xie Tu spoke up: "There's no need to discuss it, it can hear us."

The more discussion there is, the more information is exposed, which is not a good thing.

“Indeed.” Jiang Mu nodded.

Yun Zhao looked somewhat bewildered.

She had never known about 'spiritual attraction'.

After she differentiated into a guide, the abilities she used were all those displayed by the little bluebird.

At this moment, the little bluebird is still preening its feathers, doing so eight hundred times a day.

She's a tidy and proud little girl.

The little bluebird wasn't interested in their conversation at all and didn't even bother to give these 'good-for-nothings' a second glance.

Yun Zhao pondered for a moment, then looked up at Jiang Mu and asked, "Where did you know that?"

"An unclaimed diary, filled with wildly imaginative entries, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood."

Jiang Mu said with a serious expression: "I only felt that it was somewhat like the spiritual guidance recorded in the diary after hearing Chengzi's description."

Yun Zhao: "Could you let me see that diary when we get back?"

"No problem, can you give me a discount? Three thousand points is a bit expensive..."

"How about a 9.9% discount?"

Jiang Mu: "..."

Xie Tu stood up and kicked out suddenly, his black combat uniform outlining his long legs, his movements arrogant.

"Stop talking nonsense, do you really need those points?"

Jiang Mu dodged aside and said irritably, "I'm not as rich as you, okay!"

It's easy to talk when you're not the one suffering.

The superconducting corrosion-resistant metal and the corrosion-resistant biomimetic slime tire were originally sold to them for 20,000 points.

Xie Tuguang reaped a lot of benefits from the three bases.

Not to mention the various task rewards.

Comparing yourself to others will only make you miserable.

Xie Tu ignored him and glanced at the time on his wrist. It had been a day and a night since 6 PM.

19:25.

He turned to look at everyone in Team Zero and said, "Get a good rest tonight, and go out tomorrow to find the gatekeeper and Zhou Tianqi's spirit body."

"receive!"

Xie Tu seemed to remember something, and raised his eyelids to ask Jiang Mu again, "Is it always night here?"

Jiang Mu said lazily, "Now each question is worth 100 points, so I have to make up for it."

Xie Tu sneered, "Then forget about the psychological counseling. Our team's guide needs a rest anyway, so I'll give her 7,000 points for free. You guys just have to tough it out yourselves."

"No, please."

Jiang Mu isn't stupid.

The Cloud Guide's level must be very high to be able to cleanse the dark matter from the White Jade Beast.

Jiang Mu conceded, "That's right, it's always nighttime."

Yun Zhao was exhausted. "So, should we do the counseling or not? I want to sleep."

Xie Tu's eyes flickered, perhaps without him even noticing, and his tone unconsciously softened: "Go to sleep first, they won't die overnight."

She looked listless, having used her abilities the whole way without much rest.

Jiang Mu was somewhat helpless, knowing that Chengzi's ability to communicate was poor, but he still wanted to try. "Could we try to calm Chengzi down tonight? His mental state is already unstable."

"Okay." Yun Zhao agreed after thinking for a second.

Guiding only one sentry won't cause much of a delay.

*

Orange followed Yun Zhao in a daze and randomly entered a room.

Xie Tu sat on the sofa, watching them go in, and pursed his thin lips. "Rabbit, go in and keep an eye on things."

She cannot be without someone by her side.

If he goes in, and Huo Feng sees Qing Luan giving someone emotional support, she'll probably cause a scene again.

He's making so much noise he won't have a peaceful night.

The rabbit stood up, clutching its sniper rifle. "Okay."

The three of them went into the room directly opposite the living room.

The door closed, and everyone else waited in the living room.

The sentries at Dawn Base, in particular, were eager to see how effective the evacuation measures were.

Seeing that their captain had actually agreed to give three thousand points, the sentries realized what was going on.

Can she provide guidance to S-class Sentinels?

When did such a skilled guide appear at Dawn Base?

About forty minutes later.

The room door reopened.

Orange, who had gone in a daze, now emerged, looking radiant, and rushed over, shouting in shock, "Oh my god! Captain! She's an S-rank guide!!!"

A collective gasp filled the air.

The sentries at Dawn Base were all shocked.

Jiang Mu's expression froze. He turned to look at Xie Tu, seemingly wanting to confirm, "S-rank?"

Two hundred years into the apocalypse, an S-class guide has never appeared...

Xie Tu raised his eyelids slightly. "Otherwise what?"

Yun Zhao appeared at the room door and asked softly, "Which room are we sleeping in?"

"Cloud Guide, I'll take you there." Orange quickly ran to her side and eagerly led the way, just like a lackey.

The little bluebird made a 'pfft' sound, like it was laughing.

Just now, during the mental counseling session, Orange's spiritual entity, a lynx, tried to approach it, but was slapped away a great distance by Orange, and ran away in frustration to hide deep within the spiritual realm.

The orange heard its mocking laughter, but dared not provoke it at all.

The villa has many rooms.

Orange led Yun Zhao and Rabbit to the second floor and opened an unoccupied guest room.

Xie Tu stood up. "Everyone, you can all leave now."

Tonight might be their last night in contaminated zone 88.

When Yun Zhao arrived, he remained calm and composed, and even informed them in advance to use the high-speed rail to stockpile supplies.

She wasn't the kind of arrogant person who popped champagne halfway through a relationship.

It's like... once we find the real Zone 88, we can easily eliminate the gatekeeper.

Xie Tu's keen intuition told her that she seemed to have discovered something.

They didn't say it out loud, perhaps because they were afraid the gatekeeper would find out.

The gatekeeper cannot break through her mental barrier and will never know what she is thinking.

It's certain that its level is not as high as Yun Zhao's.

Xie Tu went up to the second floor of the villa, opened the door to the room next to Yun Zhao and Rabbit, and then closed the door.

Jiang Mu watched Xie Tu leave before standing up and saying to his teammates, "Alright, everyone else, just bear with it for one night. Your thousand points won't be wasted."

You can tell just by looking at the oranges.

The dark matter has been completely cleared away, so there's no need to worry about mental problems for a long time to come.

S-rank...guide, why isn't he from their Dawn Base?

[My debut is here! The requests for more chapters are decreasing each day. If I can get 700 chapters today, I'll add more during the day. Goodnight, my darlings!]