Lin Yuan discovered that the deeper they went into the contaminated area, the more normal the monsters became.

It's not that he looks normal, but that he is strangely stable and mature mentally. Stability means that he has more logical thinking ability. This makes Lin Yuan have to be more cautious.

The lives of the monsters here have also become very orderly, as if they are living in this world in a special way that belongs to them.

Lin Yuan even felt that living here was not bad.

A mutant walked towards Lin Yuan.

He has a very standard and perfect human male body and wears a well-tailored suit.

Above the neck is a thin, tall metal pyramid, with human skin and semi-corroded metal mixed together at the neck.

On the pointed triangular pyramid, there was an overly large eye. The eye blinked and looked down at Lin Yuan who was sitting on the roadside.

"You seem a little different from us?"

"No, you're wrong, we look the same." Lin Yuan was very firm and calm.

Along the way, she has developed a routine for dealing with them.

The tentacles of the spirit quietly sneaked out, connected with the mutant's brain, and touched his spiritual world.

Although his pyramid-shaped head looks strange, it contains thoughts and emotions. With these, he can communicate and influence others subtly.

The mutant showed a bit of confusion, and in a trance he seemed to see Lin Yuan with a triangular cone-shaped head similar to his.

His single eye blinked and he soon smiled, "Sorry, ma'am, I was wrong."

"Excuse me, why are you sitting here? Do you need any help?" The huge eyes living alone in the middle of the pyramid had a gentle look.

"It's nothing. I'm just a little hungry." Lin Yuan said.

She has a lot of experience blending in with people, whether it's among humans or monsters.

The more frank and casual you are, the less likely you are to arouse the other person's vigilance and suddenly remind them of your differences.

She had been in contaminated zone No. 5 for twenty hours and had only eaten a piece of biscuit given by Xiaomu. She had been running around and concentrating her mental energy, so it was indeed consumed a little quickly.

"Triangular Cone" took out a paper bag from somewhere and handed it to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan took the paper package, opened it and saw a steamed white flour bun that was still steaming. It was soft and fluffy, and warm. There was a small red dot printed in the middle, which was very cute.

Lin Yuan broke it open a little and felt that it was no different from normal human food, so he took a bite and found it quite delicious, so he said, "Thank you."

"Triangular Pyramid" curved his eyes and said goodbye to her gracefully.

[Is it really edible? ]

[Very delicious]

[Let me try it, too]

【I am hungry】

[Is Triangle a good person?]

[From now on, call him Mr. Triangle]

After walking and stopping along the way, we finally arrived at the center of the vortex.

The center of the vortex where all the bright lights converge as seen from a high place turned out to be a huge palace.

The palace's shape is both simple and technological, combining totemic elements from the ancient human period with architectural techniques from the high-tech era.

The structure of the outer wall is as smooth as a mirror and towers into the clouds, with reflection detectors in the shape of human eyes wandering on the top of the wall.

The gate is majestic, with brilliant golden glazed tiles and wings like flying wings. The huge red lacquered pillars are majestic and majestic, and dense electromagnetic pulse weapons are hung on the tops of the pillars, which can turn intruders to ashes at any time.

Not to mention Lin Yuan alone, even if a team of sentries came, it would be difficult to climb over the wall.

However, this is where the "pillar" is located, the only place where the key can be obtained.

Lin Yuan squatted near the gate of the "palace", looking at the monsters coming in and out.

Most of the people coming in and out were "monsters with metal heads of different shapes." Their way of coming in and out was different from the usual way. They would just stand outside the gate for a moment, then their figures would flash and then disappear from the spot.

Sometimes you can see a metal head pulling a string of aberrations of all sizes on a rope.

Regardless of whether they were huge creatures several meters tall or miniature mutants the size of a fist, all of those ferocious and terrifying creatures were strung together like possessed spirits when they arrived here, and were dragged outside the gate to wait for a while. After a moment, they flashed and disappeared.

Lin Yuan looked at the monsters disappearing at the gate, wondering how he could sneak in.

She suddenly thought of the sentry. Maybe the big fish had already gone in?

Huh, that's strange. He is obviously a sentinel, or at least a killer whale. Why and when did I get used to calling him big fish?

At this time, Lin Yuan saw a familiar figure appear at the gate.

The mutant with the metal head and suit appeared outside the palace gate.

He stood at the gate, leaning his head, thinking for a while, then hurried forward.

[Hey, the one who gave the steamed bun?]

[Yes? Mr. Triangle]

【Go see what he is doing? What】

The tentacles that had eaten human food swam happily through the ground.

They read a very obvious outward emotion, those mumbling words, released along with an anxious superficial consciousness, were picked up by the tentacles and passed on to Lin Yuan.

"Your Majesty's cat is sick."

"Your Majesty is very sad."

“Needs attention”

"Where can I find a veterinarian?"

Lin Yuan immediately had an idea.

Mr. Triangle stopped walking while muttering to himself.

He saw Lin Yuan standing in front of him.

The lone big eye in the middle of the metal pyramid was a little confused at first, but then it slowly remembered. It curved its eyes and greeted me with a gentle smile.

"Yes? You? Nice to see you again, ma'am. What brings you here?"

Lin Yuan said, "I'm a veterinarian. I can treat cats."

He was very frank, very calm, very serious, with unquestionable authority, and did not explain the cause and effect at all.

Triangle blinked his eyes, and without thinking too much, he excitedly held Lin Yuan's hand and shook it.

"That's great! His Majesty's cat is sick. Please help us."

Who is His Majesty the King? Lin Yuan didn't know whether he wanted to or not, but it was enough for him to be able to enter the palace.

"Mr. Triangle" led Lin Yuan to the palace gate. He gently held Lin Yuan's hand, and a dazzling white light flashed.

When I opened my eyes again, the scene around me had changed.

They have already entered the interior of the palace.

The interior of the palace was even more magnificent and splendid than Lin Yuan had imagined; the word "luxurious" was not enough to describe it.

A spacious and high dome, pillars carved from jade, and a ground paved with gold.

The plants in the garden are all artificial.

The green leaves are carved from jadeite, the flowers are decorated with gemstones, and even the mechanical kingfisher standing on the treetops is covered with a sapphire shell, and when people walk by, it opens its mouth and sings beautiful and melodious songs.

The tentacles roamed around excitedly, but soon returned.

There aren’t many living things, they say grumpily.

What tentacles can perceive is the spiritual world. The spiritual world full of emotions is colorful in their eyes.

No matter how rare the gemstone flower tree is, or how beautiful the mechanical kingfisher is, to them, they are nothing but colorless dead objects.

This huge palace was cold and quiet, with only a few mutants swimming around. To the tentacles, it was very boring.

"You can go anywhere except that building." Mr. Sanjiaozhui pointed to a tall and magnificent dome building in the garden as he walked. "That's where His Majesty the King rests. You can't disturb him casually."

Lin Yuan said "Oh" and remembered the location.

There is no need to remember it. The building is particularly eye-catching, like a huge bird cage reaching to the sky, except that its exterior decoration is more gorgeous.

"Also, don't go near the gate without me by your side." He told Lin Yuan to be careful, "The gate will kill you."

Lin Yuan asked: "What if I want to go out?"

"Why do you want to go out?" The single big eye blinked, revealing a puzzled look, and said very gently, "Since you are here, why would you want to go out? There is everything here, it is an ideal paradise."

[Me? I thought this place was fun]

[It turns out to be the same as the White Tower]

[Ugh, the steamed buns don’t smell good anymore]

[Hurry up, take the key and we'll leave right away]

[Hey, look who I found...]

While he was mumbling, a few tentacles quietly moved away.

The triangle led Lin Yuan to a room.

The overly spacious room was empty. Except for the door and windows, the walls on all four sides were pure white and clean. There was no furniture in the room. Only on the floor in the very center was there an overly luxurious silk cat bed.

A small black cat huddled in a corner of the room. The empty, pale room made it feel very uneasy. When it saw someone coming in, its fur stood up and it arched its body.

What surprised Lin Yuan was that it was actually a living cat. It was not a mutant, nor a mechanical product, but an ordinary cat in the normal world.

"Your Majesty likes this little cat very much." Mr. Triangle stood at the door, supporting his chin with one hand, with an embarrassed expression, "But it seems to be very afraid of us. Since coming here, it has not eaten much."

Lin Yuan squatted down near the black cat and stretched out a finger.

Who is going?

A group of tentacles twisted their bodies joyfully and moved forward.

The black cat soon became comfortable with the skilled stroking. It made a gurgling sound in its throat and turned its white and soft belly towards the forest garden.

Lin Yuan reached out, touched the cat's chin, and picked it up.

"Wow, your skills are simply amazing." Triangle praised sincerely.

"It needs unsalted food, clean water, and a cat bed to hide in." Lin Yuan wrote out a series of prescriptions in a serious tone, "This room is too big, change to a smaller one, prepare some shelves for the kitten to climb, and some hemp poles for sharpening its claws..."

Triangle nodded continuously, took out a pen and paper to record carefully, and quickly went to do it, leaving Lin Yuan alone with the cat.

Lin Yuan was strolling around the palace garden, holding the purring cat.

No one interfered with her actions. Every mutant with a metal head would stop and smile gently when they saw the cat in her hand.

"Oh, it's His Majesty's cat."

"Finally you've become a good boy."

"That's great. Your Majesty doesn't need to be sad anymore."

They said such things as if the cat was the center of everything. As for whether Lin Yuan's identity was strange or whether she was an unexpected outsider, it was not worth mentioning at all as long as she was able to comfort the kitten.

Where can we find the "pillars" in such a huge palace?

Lin Yuan asked Xiao Mu what a "pillar" looked like.

Xiaomu looked a little embarrassed. "I? I don't know how to describe it. In short, it's very, very huge, towering over the sky. You'll understand once you see it."

Lin Yuan wandered aimlessly in the gardens piled with various gems, looking for something that was obvious at a glance, huge and towering.

She didn't see any particularly large and conspicuous creatures?

Occasionally you'll encounter a "metal head" leading a group of confused mutants passing by, and no one knows where they're going.

A small metal head, with a square metal skull on top, jumped past Lin Yuan, carrying a string of mutants.

The tentacles suddenly became excited and poked Lin Yuan with a chirping sound.

Lin Yuan looked up and saw a familiar face among the team tied up with ropes.

Yes? The sentry.

Ni Ji arrived here earlier than her.

Ni Ji didn't know how he got in. At this moment, he was wearing a strange skeleton, like a fish skeleton that stopped changing before it was mixed properly, twisted and distorted, with jagged bones.

Although he had that strange white thing on his body, Lin Yuan could tell at a glance that he was a human being.

The "Square Metal Head" seemed to be blind and was unable to distinguish him from the mutants.

The tentacles pointed toward their discovery.

[Look, it’s a small fish]

【What? The little fish is here too? 】

[I? Already discovered him]

【I was the first to discover this】

【I? Want to go over and touch it】

Lin Yuanchong monster? Ni Ji in the team blinked.

Ni Ji walked past her with a blank expression, as if he didn't know her at all.

But, at the moment when they passed each other, he suddenly twisted his wrists which were tied by the rope.

A hand miraculously loosened from the noose and stuffed something into Lin Yuan's hand that was holding the cat.

Lin Yuan really didn't know how he could do such a thing. She didn't expect that someone could be so flexible.

It was barely the blink of an eye. The sentry who passed by stuffed a cold round wafer into her hand.

When Lin Yuan reacted and looked back at him, the sentry's wrist had already been put back into the noose that bound him. It was still tied tightly by the rope, as if it had never been pulled out.

The tall and thin sentry turned his head and looked at her from the pale and rugged fish skeleton.

Then he looked calmly towards the huge single-family dome building in the middle of the courtyard.

Lin Yuan quietly rubbed the small disc hidden in the palm of his hand, and felt that it seemed to be a man-made sensor for opening doors. It should be able to be used to open a door lock.

Go to the huge bird cage where the king sleeps, open the door, and go in to search.

Why didn't I think of that? In the whole courtyard, the tallest and most towering building is only that independent house.

If you are looking for something that stands tall and straight, the most likely place to find it is in that house.

"He, asked me to go to that building to look for the key?"

【Maybe】

[How about I follow him and touch him to confirm whether he is the one or not? This idea]

【Me? Go too】

【Me? I want to go too】

[Don’t run so fast, wait for me?]