When they set off again for the Oasis Cinema, Song Xia naturally followed at the back of the group.
This time, however, he wasn't too far away, only about 10 meters apart. Cen Yu and He Yuxing walked at the back of the group as usual, and that head somehow drifted back and obediently burrowed into Cen Yu's hood.
Fortunately, we didn't encounter too many monsters on the way to the Oasis Cinema.
The moment Cen Yu saw the Oasis Cinema, he squinted and looked up. The Oasis Cinema sign had completely fallen off in the sandstorm, and the walls were already mottled beyond recognition. Only graffiti left by adventurers in the wilderness remained on the outer wall.
There are hunter squad names, people searching for team members and their families, and of course, some people wanting to find a romantic partner.
The exterior walls are mottled, covered with layers of graffiti and writing. Occasionally, you can see the words left by servants who escaped from the digital zone. They say not to go to the digital zone, that it is hell, not Eden.
Jiang Min and his teammates pushed open the cinema door, which had been repaired countless times.
The first thing you'll see is the place that sells movie tickets and snacks. Further in is the screening room. Hunters usually like to gather in screening room number 1, which is the largest and can accommodate many people.
He Yuxing's cloak once again covered his wings.
Cen Yu glanced at the Oasis Cinema and noticed that the walls were covered with information about dungeons within the mutated zone, along with walkthroughs.
“This information is shared,” Jiang Min said, noticing Cen Yu’s gaze.
He was very familiar with this place; he had crossed it many times to reach the edge of the digital zone.
I've also bought props here before.
As soon as Song Xia entered the movie theater, he headed towards the screening room. Everyone knew he was looking for his younger brother, so no one paid any attention.
Cen Yu noticed that the barbershop staff were also carefully looking at the movie theater, as if searching for something.
"Let's check them separately," Jiang Min said. "Speak immediately if anything happens."
Normally, this place is an oasis in the wilderness, always crowded, but perhaps because it has become part of the mutated zone, the Oasis Cinema is eerily deserted, making one clearly realize that this is an abandoned building in the apocalypse.
Cen Yu walked into the movie theater through the ticket gate, with He Yuxing beside him. Jiang Min glanced at him but didn't follow, choosing instead to go in another direction.
In screening room number 3, Cen Yu saw Song Xia.
He was still wearing that coat. After seeing Cen Yu, he nodded hurriedly and then continued searching in the screening room below.
Cen Yu looked up at the walls and screen of the screening room—
The curtain had long since disappeared, and the walls were covered with various messages.
His gaze quickly fell on the security camera in the screening room. Cen Yu glanced at the camera a few times, then slowly approached it, with He Yuxing beside him. "Is there something wrong with the camera?"
"...Does it feel like the camera is still working?" Cen Yu said somewhat uncertainly.
He noticed that the camera's indicator light was still on.
Logically speaking, this place should have had its power cut off long ago.
The expanded mutation zone is essentially a large-scale reality show... Thinking of this, Cen Yu left Screening Room 3 and decided to go find the monitoring room.
...
Inside the monitoring room, the machines were indeed still running silently.
Cen Yu turned on the device and found that it could only store videos for a maximum of half a month... He Yuxing followed behind him and they came to the relatively clean monitoring room together.
About half a month ago, before this place became a mutated zone, Cen Yu found that there were quite a few hunters in the screening room. Everyone was trading items, while the rest of the people were resting in the movie theater seats.
They were talking about something, but Cen Yu could only see the images and couldn't hear the sounds.
Soon, Cen Yu saw Song Xia in a video from 13 days ago.
He was wearing the robes most often worn by wanderers, and he spoke anxiously to a passing hunter, gesturing with his hands to show his height.
The hunters thought for a moment, some shaking their heads, others shrugging as if to indicate their helplessness.
Cen Yu zoomed in on the footage, and quickly he discerned what one of the hunters had said from the surveillance footage—
'I saw your brother, but 20 days ago.'
'He went to the mutation zone and hasn't come back yet...' The other person shook their head, not optimistic about the situation.
Even in large-scale dungeons, one can only stay for a maximum of half a month. He had seen Song Xia's younger brother 20 days ago, and no matter how he looked at him, it seemed as if the other party had encountered some misfortune.
Song Xia was clearly unable to accept this. He shook his head and decided to ask other people for information.
There were other people who had seen his brother and the hunter squad.
But everyone's account was similar: the last time they saw his brother was 20 days ago—it's perfectly normal for someone to die in the wilderness, and Song Xia couldn't accept it.
So he decided to stay in the movie theater.
But Cen Yu knew that this place would soon become a mutated zone, and the other party obviously did not have any special means, otherwise he would not have become a wanderer.
He continued watching the surveillance footage, and soon an argument broke out in the movie theater, along with several people who were clearly people who had escaped from the digital section.
They shouted something, and then said to everyone—
'Those people are crazy.'
'This place will also become a mutation zone!'
Those who received the message naturally left the movie theater, and gradually fewer and fewer people appeared on the screen until only Song Xia remained.
He didn't have much food, but since he had been staying in the movie theater and not going anywhere else, he only needed a very small amount of food and water... Cen Yu looked at Song Xia, who was curled up asleep in the seat, and the cloak wrapped around her, and had a bad feeling.
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