Chapter 59 Showdown

The boundless, deep blue sea.

Yun Zhao stood facing the wind on the sea surface, the bright circle of light that gathered beneath his feet shimmering with green light.

Across from her.

Two turquoise barriers, like enchantments, trapped the gatekeeper and the black panther's spirit within them respectively.

Those tangled black lines kept battering the barrier that trapped the gatekeeper.

Some of the bluish-green fluorescence was dispersed, and new spiritual threads immediately appeared from under the wings of the Great Bluebird, filling the barrier once again without a single gap.

No matter how the surrounding scenery changes, no matter how many monsters and dark substances emerge from the seabed.

That mental barrier that shrouded the gatekeeper always remained.

Unable to break free.

When the gatekeeper awakens to become a guide, he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and is probably just a B-level or C-level guide.

Even if one can control both dark matter and mental power.

He was still no match for Yun Zhao.

"How many points will I get for killing the gatekeeper?"

Yun Zhao's loose hair fluttered wildly in the sea breeze, her thoughts drifting. "I should have asked the captain beforehand."

I earned 7,000 for providing psychological support to Jiang Mu and his group, and received a 5,000 reward for completing the mission. In addition, there were the supplies I brought out and the points I earned from killing the gatekeeper...

Yun Zhao silently calculated the accounts in his mind.

It seems like she's about to become rich overnight?

The area surrounding the sea, beyond the fluorescent glow.

The sky was gradually eroded by dark matter, becoming dim and without light.

The distant horizon was blurred, and the seawater beneath my feet was a deep blue-black, as if the whole world was shrouded in darkness.

An oppressive atmosphere enveloped us.

It was clearly a bizarre and dangerous duel scene.

Yun Zhao didn't even glance at her, and was still silently calculating her points reward.

Qingluan was getting impatient.

【boring. 】

Yun Zhao spoke frankly: "I also feel that standing for a long time is a bit tiring."

We cannot take action yet.

It would take time for the other teams to get to the station. If the contaminated area collapsed too quickly and no one touched the high-speed train, wouldn't all her hard work of the previous seven or eight hours have been for nothing?

I just hope that the captain and Song Liang won't be foolish enough to stay and wait for her.

At this moment, opposite her.

The impenetrable barrier finally calmed the strange little girl trapped inside down from her madness.

Its pale face was somewhat distorted as it gazed at the enormous phoenix hovering in mid-air, still revealing a trace of mad obsession.

"My spiritual body..." It sounded like a roar squeezed out of a throat, with two pitch-black eyes that were just eyeballs, staring intently at the Great Bluebird.

His expression was extremely fanatical.

It covets Yun Zhao's spiritual body.

The great bluebird hovered in mid-air, giving it a look from above, its cold blue beastly eyes filled with disdain.

【Take it down quickly!】

Yun Zhao also felt that it was about time.

She slightly raised one arm, and with a gentle flick of her fingers, the spiritual threads surrounding her began to dance swiftly like lively ribbons, rushing into the barrier opposite.

Yun Zhao had already tried, but her mental threads could not control the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper has emotions, but strangely, like the swirling gray fog on the outskirts of the contaminated area, her spiritual threads can only devour, not control.

Countless bluish-green fluorescent lights pierced through the barrier and rushed into the gatekeeper's body.

The strange little girl finally realized that her death was imminent.

It couldn't understand why, in its mental world, there could be someone stronger than it...

A powerful spiritual force swept in, and the world began to shake.

The energy within my body is rapidly dissipating.

The little girl sat inside the barrier, raised her right hand, and saw the gray mist and fluorescent light intertwined on her arm, her whole body gradually dissipating.

Mianmian...

Are we going to see its darling?

Within the barrier next to it, the gathering fluorescent light flowed, and the black aura on the black panther's spirit body quickly dissipated. Its two murky eyes gradually became clear, revealing a trace of dazedness and confusion.

"Mental attraction...?"

Yun Zhao looked at it calmly. "Yes, it seems like I suddenly know how."

It's like... a skill she was born with.

Yun Zhao couldn't understand it either. When purifying the black panther, the spiritual threads autonomously learned this ability, guiding the black panther and the main body to re-establish a spiritual connection.

The world shook even more violently.

The sea then became turbulent, with waves crashing against the shore and splashing up several meters high.

Half of the little girl's body had already dissipated. She didn't struggle; she just stared with empty eyes, looking down at the subtle changes in her body.

It seems to want to see clearly the entire process of its own demise.

Yun Zhao raised his head and gazed at her quietly.

She said her spirit was murdered, and she missed her Mianmian.

A dark apocalypse, filled with chaos and despair.

Human nature cannot withstand the test under such circumstances.

The No. 88 contaminated zone has existed for too long; the events of yesteryear, from the moment she was transformed into a gatekeeper, have been sealed away and buried.

The world accelerated its collapse, shaking more violently, and the sky cracked open inch by inch, gradually revealing the outside world.

Beneath their feet, the seawater flowed backward, and the sea level dropped rapidly...

The roars of the mutants came from all directions.

Yun Zhao silently drew the sword from his waist.

Once the black panther regained its senses, it blinked and quietly approached Yun Zhao, arching its back in an attack stance, seemingly wanting to protect the guide who had rescued it.

The Great Bluebird was enraged: "Useless trash, get out of my way!"

Black Panther reluctantly moved two steps away, still unwilling to give up and wanting to stay near Yun Zhao.

The gatekeeper inside the barrier has been completely annihilated.

The next moment.

Click—

The contaminated zone No. 88 has completely disappeared, revealing a desolate, barren world full of cracks and scars.

That was a landscape unique to the wasteland era.

Countless mutants seemed to be suddenly awakened from their slumber, their bizarre and twisted bodies began to writhe more violently, emitting chilling roars.

Like ravenous beasts, they emerged frantically from every corner.

In the distance, the faint sound of heavy artillery fire could be heard.

Then Yun Zhao saw Zero Team's armored vehicles.

And a tall, upright man standing on the roof of the car, holding a Tang sword.

A phoenix engulfed in flames circled above his head, its cry signaling the location of the reinforcements.

then.

Yun Zhao watched as he jumped off the car and then weaved through the monsters, rapidly approaching him.

Xie Tu swiftly dispatched the nearby mutants, arrived in front of her, held her protectively in his arms, and quickly led her back to the armored vehicle.

The Great Bluebird stared coldly at the Fire Phoenix circling around it.

[Idiot.]

Fire Phoenix: "..."

Xie Tu received the spiritual consciousness and his hand, which had been activating the automatic launch device, suddenly stopped.

Just one second.

He continued what he was doing, starting the car with a blank expression.

After navigating numerous perilous situations and eliminating wave after wave of monsters, they finally arrived near the bookstore in their armored vehicle.

He remained outside the bookstore, constantly battling the nearby mutants, waiting for her to appear.

We finally received the person.

And then... I got yelled at?