A long-abandoned suburban neighborhood, filled with dilapidated buildings and deserted streets. Several adventurers cautiously stepped into the area, gripping their weapons tightly and warily observing their surroundings.
However, they found no unusual or strange signs and breathed a sigh of relief.
The group found an empty house and sat down to rest for a while. One of them exclaimed, "Oh dear, what terrible luck we've had! We've actually ended up in a world like this!"
Another person added, "Fortunately, we chose a safe location when entering our keywords, which is why we were assigned here. It seems this neighborhood must be one of the safest places in the world."
It turned out that this was a small party of six free adventurers who hadn't joined any guild. After buying their tickets, they were unexpectedly transported to this dangerous and bizarre world. The group sat around a campfire, eating their own food and chatting.
"Have you guys heard about that really powerful team called Mutual Aid Team One? Apparently, they recently clashed with the Crimson Flame Guild's Hungry Wolf Team. The battle was fierce, and although no one died, everyone was seriously injured," one of the team members suddenly said. The others said they'd heard about it and began discussing the intense fight.
"I've heard about it. This's been big news in the waiting room lately. I heard it's not over yet, there's more to come!" someone said excitedly, their eyes gleaming with gossip.
"Huh? Is that Mutual Aid Team One a small team within the new union called the Passenger Mutual Aid Association that recently appeared?" another person asked curiously, his brows furrowing slightly.
"Probably. I heard this union has good benefits, and many newcomers joined it before coming here. However, I've heard that it's quite strict about recruitment now, and it's not easy to get in," someone added, with a hint of regret in their voice.
"Who is the president of this union?" someone asked impatiently, seemingly full of curiosity about the union.
"I don't know. All I know is that the captain of this mutual aid team is nicknamed Red Hat, because he always wears a red hat," one person shrugged and replied helplessly.
While they were talking, someone was crouching in a corner eavesdropping. The person had long hair, about waist-length, which covered their entire face in the front, and their clothes were fairly clean.
She crouched there quietly, listening intently to their conversation, without making a sound, as if blending into the darkness. Only the slightly trembling strands of hair indicated her presence.
As one of the six women turned around, her gaze fell precisely on the person in the corner. She screamed in fright, the sound shattering the silence.
The others became alert, quickly grabbed their weapons, and cautiously gathered around, staring nervously at the person in front of them, wondering if she was a monster.
Seeing that she hadn't made any move, the leader decided to take action.
He pulled a talisman from his pocket, an item they had purchased from the system panel as a precaution. He gripped the talisman tightly, aimed, and hurled it forcefully at the figure.
However, the talisman did not produce any reaction as expected.
The leading man frowned slightly, a hint of doubt rising in his mind. He shouted, "What are you?"
The person raised their head, their eyes clear and innocent, and replied with a naive smile, "Of course I'm a person! And who are you?"
"Then why are you hiding here?" the man pressed.
She gently shook her head and said calmly, "No, I've been here the whole time. You guys just barged in later."
The man narrowed his eyes and continued, "What's your name?"
She blinked and flashed a bright smile: "Anran, hehe, my name is Anran."
Yes, the woman before her was Xu Anran. After a long coma, she finally awoke. However, when she woke up, the world had undergone earth-shattering changes, and thirty years had passed.
For the past thirty long years, Xu Anran has remained quietly lying in the house.
The blue light within her body continuously devoured the strange entities, transmitting them inexhaustibly to her heart to replenish her energy. Initially, this blue light merely consumed the surrounding strange entities; however, as time passed, it grew increasingly powerful, beginning to absorb the strange entities from the entire neighborhood.
But the eerie phenomena here are limited, so the blue light can only wait, waiting for any eerie phenomena to pass by. Once discovered, it will immediately absorb them.
As more and more strange occurrences disappeared, this place became a forbidden zone in the mouths of the supernatural. A legend circulated among them: a great terror resided here, and anyone who came here would vanish without a trace, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.
As such rumors spread, many supernatural beings avoided the area, and would detour around the neighborhood like frightened birds whenever they saw it from afar.
Because the absorption rate was too slow, Xu Anran slept for a full thirty years before slowly waking up.
Although her appearance remained unchanged, she had truly been sleeping in the abyss of death for far too long.
Now, her mind was a jumbled mess, completely confused. She only remembered her own name and the need to find her companion. As for who her companion was, she couldn't recall at all, and knew nothing else.
Thirty years here would be nothing more than three weeks in the higher world. Luo Xi became the team leader, and because she had absorbed Ya Ya's blood, her appearance had changed drastically.
The fair-skinned girl who was only 1.6 meters tall has now grown to 1.75 meters, her skin has turned bronze, and she has beautifully defined muscles. What hasn't changed is the harmless smile that always graces her face; those who don't know her would definitely think she's a naive and easy-going person.
Xu Liang still looks like a strong man, but now he always wears glasses and seems to love reading. If you get closer and look at the titles of the books, they are things like "One Hundred Ways to Kill Your Opponent," "The Secrets of Anatomy," and "Decomposition of Vital Points"... He does love learning, but his love for it is rather peculiar.
Yi Yi is no longer a child. He has traveled with the team through three disaster-stricken worlds. Since arriving in the advanced world, he has automatically acquired a control panel and become an advanced passenger. Several years have passed in these three advanced worlds, and he is now a teenager. Unlike others, he is an insectoid, and an insectoid with peculiar fetishes.
He likes to collect pretty girls' clothes and jewelry. He wants to collect these beautiful things and give them to Ya Ya and Xu Anran, or even burn them as offerings for them like humans would. However, anyone who sees such an oddly-looking boy who loves collecting cute things would definitely be full of questions.
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