Chapter 523: Haze in the Mist
The black dot soldier on the other side of the barrier really seemed to have no further information - later Yu Sheng asked him about the strange device at the intersection of the dark alley, and the other party's reaction was also confused, indicating that he knew nothing about it.
Considering that this person was just a guard in the laboratory and Baili Qing's attainments in "memory recovery techniques", what he said should be true.
With a slight mechanical friction sound, the isolation gate of the single cell closed again. Yu Sheng carried Irene back to the door, and Baili Qing was beside him.
"Now you should understand why I call the Black Spot Group an 'extreme academic organization,'" Baili Qing exhaled slightly, raising her eyelids to glance at Yu Sheng. "Their research is always so reckless—and their lab could easily explode."
"They'll blow up other people's houses, right?" Yu Sheng twitched his lips, then changed the subject, "But to be honest, they did manage to get something real... a fragment of the Boundary Bridge. No wonder they were able to open a crack leading to the dark alley."
Baili Qing frowned slightly, then broke the silence after a moment of thought. "A deep-sea team has entered the alley. They've found the 'silver-white cylinder' you mentioned and are now trying to get it out. We're not sure what it's used for yet, but one thing is certain: it's some kind of device manufactured by the Black Spot Group."
"The soldier just now said he didn't know what the silver device was, and he wasn't sure if his superiors had deployed any equipment at the intersection," Yu Sheng said as he pondered. "I used to think they opened the rift to recover the machine at the crossroads, but now it seems... these are more like two accidents that didn't interfere with each other."
"It's possible he's lying," Baili Qing said slowly. "Of course, your guess is also very likely. After all, this is a project of the Black Spot Group—accidents and loss of control are the norm."
Yu Sheng deeply agreed with Baili Qing's words.
After leaving the Secret Service, Yu Sheng did not go home directly. Instead, he opened a door leading to No. 66 Wutong Road and walked slowly towards home with Irene.
"Why don't you just go home?" The little doll lay in Yu Sheng's arms, secretly looking around and muttering, "I have to pretend to be dead outside..."
"There aren't many people on this road at this time—you should get some fresh air once in a while," Yu Sheng said casually. He then glanced down at the little doll in his arms, his expression slightly hesitant. After a moment, he continued, "Erin."
Irene raised her head: "Huh?"
"How long has it been since I let you out of that painting?" Yu Sheng asked seriously.
Irene was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't know why the other party suddenly asked this question, but she still thought seriously and recalled it for a long time before she spoke uncertainly: "Has it been a year? Ah, it shouldn't be... So how many months? I'm not sure."
Yu Sheng didn't seem to care too much about the answer, muttering to himself, "Judging from the timing, the activity of the 'Zolda Black Stone' in that laboratory suddenly increased around the time I made your first body and allowed you to emerge from the painting."
Irene listened, her eyes slightly widened, and after a long while she spoke in a long tone: "Wow——"
Yu Sheng often couldn't understand how this little thing reacted to various things, but he was used to it.
"If you feel anything is wrong with yourself, or hear or see anything, tell me immediately... or anyone around you, even Hu Li Luna."
"Uh-huh!"
Yu Sheng thought about it, and added with some concern: "Even if you feel that your brain suddenly becomes clearer or suddenly becomes confused, you must tell us in time."
Irene: "Then I think I've always been very smart..."
"That's an illusion—I'm talking about a sudden feeling of change."
“Oh…mmmm!”
Yu Sheng thought about it again and suddenly stopped: "Ah, I forgot to go to the supermarket!"
"What are you going to the supermarket for?"
“Buy lotus root and minced meat!”
Irene was confused: "Huh? But my arm has been repaired..."
"That's not it—Hu Li wants to eat lotus root clams. I almost forgot," Yu Sheng quickly opened a small door leading to the living room of No. 66 Wutong Road and spoke quickly, "You go home first. I'm going to the supermarket."
Before he finished speaking, he placed the little doll in his arms on the sofa opposite the door, then turned around, opened another door leading to a nearby supermarket, and left in a hurry.
Irene was completely unaware of the situation. When she came to, she was already sitting on the sofa at home. The doll blinked and looked around. She first greeted Yu Sheng's uncle in her mind, and then saw Luna cleaning. She immediately forgot about the grudge of being thrown home. She jumped up and pointed at the artificial saint: "Ha! A sweeping robot!"
…
Thick fog filled the streets.
The familiar city scenery turned into blurred, ambiguous reflections in the fog. The towering skyscrapers stood in the fog like tilted tombstones. The bustling streets in the real world seemed deserted in this foggy city. Only a few "empty shells" of cars were parked at nearby intersections, their windows filled with dark, distorted shadows.
In the distant fog, one could occasionally see suspicious groups of people crossing the intersection, and huge shadows like giant insects with long legs slowly moved between the clouds and skyscrapers. Several eye-catching red lights were projected from the rooftops of several nearby buildings, dividing the fog into several clear boundaries. Large holographic projections were also scrolling around the red light boundaries.
"Warning: Dense fog ahead. Non-authorized personnel are strictly prohibited from entering."
This is the City in the Mist, an extremely large alien world located "below" the real city. As a newly discovered alien world, many of its rules and physical boundaries have yet to be explored. Considering the astonishing scale of the City in the Mist (possibly covering the entire border area) and the extremely high risks of various foggy areas, the Secret Service is currently maintaining a very cautious attitude towards the exploration of this alien space.
Except for a small number of discovered "mist blocks" that are open to civilian spiritual detectives or investigators, more than 70% of the areas in the foggy city can only be entered by the Secret Service's deep dive team.
There was a sound of gunfire in the thick fog, accompanied by the unique bright blue flashes of particle weapons annihilating matter, and the hum of energy when psychics performed purification techniques. The fog in the entire block began to surge violently like boiling water, and after a brief surge, it quickly returned to calm.
Several entities wandering around the edge of the fog area were eliminated, and a team of figures wearing heavy power armor stepped out of the fog.
The figure in the lead was particularly burly.
Xu Jiali opened the visor of her power armor helmet, glanced back at the barrier in the foggy area, and rubbed her nose. "Honestly, it's really disgusting that an entity like the 'clown' appears outside the 'circus'. Teleporting everywhere in the open air, I've had more empty guns than I have today."
"But in the end, you still shot it in the head, meow." A petite figure wearing light power armor and cat ears on the helmet also walked out of the foggy area and looked at Xu Jiali happily. "It didn't even have time to open the 'gift box'~~"
"That's right, thanks to my superior skills." Xu Jiali said happily, raised her hand and rubbed her nose, then her expression became subtle, she lowered her head to look at the thick fingers wearing power armor gloves, and the corners of her mouth twitched.
"What's wrong, Boss?"
"One of the ten most painful things that can happen when wearing power armor has happened. I want to pick my nose..." Xu Jiali's face was a little distorted, and then she glanced at the psychic attendant next to her, "Lingdang, do me a favor..."
"Eh—Boss, you're a bit disgusting," Lingling took a half step back with a look of disgust, then raised her hand and waved, "I'm wearing power armor too, so Boss, just hold on for a while, meow."
Xu Jiali twitched her lips, rubbed her nose vigorously, and muttered, "This is weird... I always feel like there's a strange smell, but the environmental monitor isn't responding."
"Boss," another deep diver came over, his voice muffled beneath his thick mask, "The barrier area scan is complete, entity generation has been confirmed to have ceased, and the combat situation has been uploaded."
"Yes," Xu Jiali nodded, then glanced down at the information terminal on her arm. "Next, we'll hand this area over to the tactical walkers. We'll proceed through Qinghe District as planned and head to Donglin Square. We'll meet up with the newly landed technical team there and assist them in setting up the communications relay. Keep an eye on changes in fog density along the way—the dense fog in the eastern part of the city has been unstable lately."
"receive!"
After the order was given, the divers immediately completed a simple check of their equipment and then set off for the next area covered by thick fog. Several psychic attendants, including Lingling, were protected inside the team. Normally, psychic attendants are special units that only work with divers when they are performing "outside missions", but considering the unknown conditions in many areas of the "City in the Fog" and the overall instability, the deep diving team has recently begun to bring psychic attendants with them when performing tasks in the fog area.
The psyker's keen perception and mental protection abilities can play a huge role in this thick fog.
The action team began to move along the barrier at the edge of the dense fog area. They carefully and quickly passed through the fog-covered areas, searching for the correct path among the seemingly correct roads that were somewhat misaligned with the real world, and left small signposts along the way to provide guidance for subsequent personnel.
The bell suddenly stopped.
Every deep diver has a certain telepathic connection with their psychic attendant. Xu Jiali immediately noticed something unusual about the cat-headed girl: "What's wrong?"
"It's cold," Lingling shivered and quickly approached her boss. "I seemed to have tripped over something just now, and then I felt cold all of a sudden, my bones went cold."
Xu Jiali frowned tightly, and the next second, he heard a nearby teammate exclaim: "I'm entangled by something!"
(End of this chapter)
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