Chapter 281 Jade's Adventure
The stars fell with celestial fire, burning with light and heat beyond imagination, but quietly dissipated as they approached the surface of the earth, as if they had never existed.
The meteor shower that looked like romantic fireworks in Chen Xiao'er's eyes looked like meteorites hitting the planet on the church's screen.
However, both sides were sitting far away and observing from afar, feeling relatively safe, but other people on the surface did not have this blessing.
A group of travelers wrapped in worn protective suits were walking on the dim earth as a meteor fell.
Not only were their clothes worn out, but their hair was dry and dehydrated, and whatever color it had been before now looked like a grey ball of wool.
Some of the people were wearing gloves, but many had only their fingertips exposed, which were either covered in purple and red spots or simply didn't look like human hands.
There were about 20 people walking in front. Their formation was very tight, and they seemed to be guarding against something in front, behind, left and right.
A young girl in a cloak walked alone at the end. Her upright posture did not resemble that of an outcast left behind by the herd, but more like that of a sheepdog herding the flock.
Boom, boom, boom.
From time to time, the sound of flames rubbing against the atmosphere could be heard around the crowd.
A huge ball of light fell from the sky and dissipated with a puff before completely illuminating the person's face, but the illusion of scorching heat still made people feel panic.
Kasha, Kasha, Shasha.
There was a rustling sound in the wasteland beneath their feet, and some green spots spread under their feet like moss, growing into a green lawn in an instant.
Every blade of grass in the lawn is glossy and intact, looking as bright as if a gardener takes care of it every day.
The travelers looked very numb and did not stop to admire the magical scene, because the environment around them was undergoing even more bizarre changes.
Buildings and dense vegetation rose from the ground, flattening the uneven earthen slopes. In the distance, a cement road suddenly appeared, smashing a tunnel through the high hills.
They walked in the light of the falling skyfire, slowly entering a dreamlike miracle.
"What on earth are these?" A younger woman in the team pulled her companion in front of her in surprise, but did not dare to stop.
"A huge change is about to begin." The person who answered her was not her companions in the team, but the girl who was left at the end.
A pair of blood-red eyes peeked out from beneath his hood. Yu said in a deep voice, "The surrounding energy is very active. A great being has preyed upon those meteors."
She couldn't see further and couldn't say anything, but Yu secretly hoped that this matter was related to Sister Chen. After all, that sister could always create miracles.
...And that devil once lamented, "Chen Xiao'er's power to distort the environment is growing stronger. How will we manage it then?"
When she thought of the devil's disgusting face, the corners of her mouth twitched.
A relatively old voice came from the crowd: "Chief, shouldn't we go back and hide early?"
Without Yu's reply, the crowd exploded.
"What are you talking about? The children haven't been found yet."
"That's right, without the young men of the hunting team, how will we live in the future?"
"If you're afraid of death, go back first!"
Everyone rushed to refute his words, but the old man's face was calm, and he just looked at Yu quietly with his eyes.
Yu knew that the old man did it on purpose.
His grandson also disappeared a few days ago. In fact, he is the one who least wants everyone to give up halfway, so he deliberately said this before the panic spreads, hoping that she would speak up and give everyone a shot of prevention.
Yu really didn't want to give up on these people, and she chose to shelter them not just for the sake of doing good deeds.
The Devil Hunter's evolution was incredibly fast. Perhaps it was due to her status and talent, but she wasn't growing as fast, and the gap between them was only going to widen.
After several attempts, Yu quickly realized that if she wanted to take revenge on the devil, she could never hope to fight alone.
While hunting evil women for the devil, she wiped out many bandit gangs. This behavior made some humans in need of shelter actively approach her.
This time is no exception.
At the beginning, her cooperation with this tribe was just collaborative hunting. There were hundreds of people in the village behind them hiding in a relatively safe abandoned mine.
Anyone who has survived to this day either has superpowers, alienated organs, or both.
This small tribe has two hunting teams.
A team of middle-aged men, including a small number of talented young people, was responsible for going out with her to hunt stronger monsters. The core of the monster belonged to her, and the rest belonged to humans.
The other hunting team was led by several strong men, and the other members were young people with mediocre talents.
They usually only move in relatively safe areas, responsible for collecting wild fruits and vegetables with low pollution levels, and occasionally hunting some edible alien beasts.
The ones missing this time were the young team, they were the hope of the village.
Since no remains were found, the tribe members believed that the children were abducted by some evil human group or special anomaly, so they asked her to go with them to look for them.
Yu promised calmly: "If there is any danger, I will try my best to take you away." As soon as she finished speaking, there was a sudden cry of joy from the front.
The strong woman leading the way, holding a strange object resembling a compass, lowered her voice and shouted, "Yes, we have a signal again! My daughter's pendant is still working!"
People were refreshed and quickened their pace.
Yu frowned but said nothing. They had also used the positioning artifact to track the whereabouts of the group of young people.
In fact, everyone knows that there are risks involved.
Normal anomalies wouldn't abduct everyone, they would definitely eat some of them on the spot. However, highly personalized anomalies and human groups wouldn't be able to leave such loopholes after abducting others.
Unfortunately, this is their only clue and they must not give up.
Yu was actually faster than everyone else; if she wanted, she could burrow underground or fly for a short time. She deliberately slowed down her pace and followed behind, occasionally glancing at the highway stretching toward the horizon.
If I stand on this road and wait or find the right direction, I can meet up with Sister Chen, right?
She fantasized about it for a while, but decided to suppress the excitement in her heart.
Firstly, she had not yet fulfilled the promise she had made to these people. They were a group of humans with relatively high potential that she had identified over the past few days, and it would be inappropriate to cut them off just like that.
Secondly, although the sister's power is miraculous, it is not a killing power similar to the devil hunter.
Even if the devil didn't want to attack her sister for some reason—well, she really wanted to? Anyway, it wasn't that kind of attack... Anyway, until she was sure of a fatal blow, it was best for her to hold back.
She has died once, so there will probably be no next chance.
Yu followed the crowd forward. The sturdy woman in front turned around again and waved the map in her hand. She said, "Everyone, the place we are going to seems to be an abnormal lair."
What she meant was that the location they located overlapped with a dangerous anomaly area.
It wasn't just luck that allowed this group of people to survive in the wilderness for so long. These travelers, who occasionally changed their settlements and often stayed in the wilderness, would exchange maps and intelligence between groups.
Information about supply points, especially water sources and safe collection areas, cannot be easily delivered. Even if threatened, it will most likely be false.
But in dangerous and abnormal areas, unless the two parties have a deep hatred, the real thing will be given for free.
Humans rely on this limited mutual assistance to continue their tribes in the wilderness. Wandering travelers avoid all abnormal areas to preserve their only life.
They would also pass this information on to more powerful human groups, especially the Church of Light, secretly hoping that the powerful would clear these dangerous areas for the rare items or materials within.
Now everyone's eyes are on the end.
They were unwilling to give up hope of finding the missing young man, but they also knew that this hope rested on the strongest Yu.
"Okay, stay close to me then," Yu agreed calmly, then moved to the edge of the crowd. At first glance, she and the group ahead looked like they were from the same ethnic group.
......
The travelers, relieved, continued walking. They had basically adapted to the starry fireballs falling from the sky and treated them as an illusory background.
Boom, boom, boom.
More and more houses rose in the distance, and through the telescope one could even make out a brightly lit urban cluster. Their outlines were as blurry as the mountain shadows, and it was unclear whether they were real or just a mirage created by one's imagination.
People vaguely discovered that the city lights were only shining in a certain direction, and the rest of the place was still shrouded in hazy darkness.
The area beneath their feet, which was originally a wilderness, was now mainly covered with trees and shrubs. Walking outside the forest, only scattered small wooden houses could be seen.
The doors and windows of these houses were mostly closed, and only a few had lights on, as if someone was living there.
It is unlikely that travelers would build abrupt villages in such a place, and mercenaries' hunting lodges would not be clustered together, and one could be seen every few steps.
Travelers dared not approach these houses, their inner curiosity growing: Could the creatures living in them be anomalous? Could humans live there? What changes would the anomalous area we were about to visit have?
Their curiosity was soon answered.
The woman leading the way froze for a few seconds, holding the map. She glanced at the compass and then at the map, then stammered, "It seems to be here..."
They were walking on a lawn with a smooth highway next to it.
The road forked somewhere behind them, a short branch emerging like a Y. The end of the branch was the location indicated by the compass, which was also the dangerous area marked in red on the map.
The map only had danger signs and no detailed information, but the guide had a good memory. She still remembered the one-eyed man who shared this information, coughing and saying, "That place...don't go there. It's like a big beehive in there, with so many layers that it's easy to get lost."
Ahem, most of the anomalies aren't very strong, and the materials on them are pretty good... Trouble, really trouble, there's a terrifying monster patrolling everywhere inside, and if you get tangled up with it, you're dead!"
She remembered that the remaining eye of the one-eyed man was filled with fear, and he kept repeating, "Don't go!" "The rules inside are very harsh!"
But the building in front of me doesn't look like a beehive at all. It is a hotel standing in the wilderness.
There was only one street light every few meters on the highway, but the lawn outside the hotel was covered with densely packed small, short lights, arranged in neat strips like fly eyes.
This hotel has only two floors and the ceilings are not high, but it covers a large area, like a huge monster fish hidden in the sand with its mouth wide open.
The glass windows were colorless and transparent, and the crystal chandeliers inside burned with warm light, illuminating their pale expressions.
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