Chapter 147 Clockwise and Counterclockwise
Xie Tu had already heard the sound. As he drew his Tang sword, he spoke in a cold voice: "It's a frogman mutant."
The swirling gray fog surged and gathered once more.
Everything around is gradually swallowed up in a haze, and vision becomes blurred and obscure.
The frogman mutant also spotted them. Its pupils instantly turned into vertical slits, and it excitedly stuck out its tongue. With a leap, its figure quickly disappeared into the fog.
"water……"
A sound came from a certain direction.
The fire phoenix raised its head and cried out, bringing with it a scorching storm as it swooped down.
Flames and ash mist intertwined and lingered, like fireworks in hell, dyeing the originally dark mist with a layer of fiery red, like a burning twilight, both beautiful and eerie.
The moment the frogman mutant opened its mouth.
Following the sound, Xie Tu suddenly threw the Tang sword in his hand.
The Tang sword sliced through the air, carrying a fierce and imposing aura.
The thick fog to the right broke through, revealing the blurry silhouette of the frogman mutant.
Strange spatial fluctuations suddenly rippled around it, and an invisible barrier instantly solidified, attempting to block this fatal blow.
"Clang!"
The blade struck the fluctuating air, producing a crisp metallic clang.
The contact point created visible ripples.
The Tang sword, its momentum undiminished, shattered the mysterious force that had been blocking it, piercing through the edge of its gaping mouth and straight into its heart, leaving behind a trail of splattered black mucus.
The monster's massive body shuddered violently before collapsing helplessly to the ground.
One cut!
The battle ended too quickly.
Even when the fire phoenix swooped down, the monster had already collapsed into a puddle of mud.
A moment of silence fell over the group.
S-class Sentinels possess reaction speed and strength that have reached the pinnacle of human limits.
That monster is really unlucky.
They just happened to come up to us when the captain was in a bad mood.
The rabbit couldn't understand why the captain's knife hadn't disappeared.
Her bullets disappeared from sight the moment they were fired.
Xie Tu walked over and picked up his knife.
"The Yanchi search team did indeed come here."
He outwardly regained his composure, suppressed his inner anxiety, and rationally analyzed, "They did not return to the artificial lake scene, either they have already sacrificed themselves, or they have found a way out and arrived at other scenes."
A solitary scene, no key, and no idea where the gatekeeper is.
The only way out is to pass through the gray fog zone.
The frogman mutant chased them into the thick fog and lost track of them.
Since no bodies were found, Xie Tu is more inclined to believe that most people are still alive.
"Keep moving forward."
Thick, swirling gray fog surrounded them.
It seemed to have no end.
Visibility was blurred, and I couldn't see anything in front of me at all.
The group moved through the gray fog. Tao Haohao and Duan Xi pulled the supply cart, occasionally confirming each other's presence by blowing the fog away with all their might.
There were no landmarks or signs of any other living creatures in any direction.
The sound of the cart wheels rolling is especially noticeable in this setting.
It was as if they were the only ones left in the world.
It took about an hour and a half to walk.
Team Zero encountered their second frogman mutant in the fog.
The forked tip of the tongue came with a whooshing sound.
Xie Tu dodged to the side, and swung his Tang sword, slashing out a sharp beam of light in the air.
Even though he used the same amount of force as before, he keenly sensed that the force blocking the mutant was gradually thickening.
After much effort, Xie Tu finally managed to kill the frogman mutant.
The gatekeeper's protection mechanism is being upgraded.
Obviously.
The gatekeeper was very unhappy that Team Zero had killed its hard-won 'subjects'.
Xie Tu had no time to study its thoughts; his mind was filled with thoughts of finding her quickly.
Her mental strength is indeed powerful, but her physical strength is almost zero.
What if we encounter danger?
What if you encounter an uncontrollable monster?
Xie Tu couldn't calm down as he thought about it, and his pace quickened involuntarily.
His teammates had no choice but to follow in his footsteps.
The fire phoenix hovering in the air occasionally whipped up scorching winds.
The entire Zero Team possesses exceptional mental fortitude and never questions their captain's orders.
If it were anyone else, walking in the eerie gray fog for so long, they would probably have already broken down mentally.
After walking for about twenty more minutes, one second we were still in thick fog, and the next second, as we took a step, the view suddenly opened up before us.
The light became blinding, forcing everyone to shield their eyes and unleash their spiritual energy to assume defensive stances.
Once your eyes adjust to the light, you can see the scene clearly...
Duan Xi cursed and muttered, "Damn it! Damn it!"
"Tomatoes, you rotten tomatoes!!!" Tao Haohao shouted.
Even the rabbit couldn't help but swear.
Xie Tu's heart sank, and his face turned extremely ugly.
This is not the chaotic land he was looking for.
They actually stepped onto the south side of the street!
The bustling street was frozen in place, and the bodies of everyone on the street appeared as blurry images. 'They' had their eyes closed and maintained the same smile on their faces.
The smile was frozen on his face, stiff and eerie, sending chills down one's spine.
The sunlight shone on the street, but instead of bringing warmth, it made the still scene seem even more eerie.
The members of Team Zero observed everything around them, unconsciously breathing softly.
Before the captain could speak, Duan Xi took it upon himself to let the Peregrine Falcon find a time.
Song Liang immediately took out his notebook to check.
They entered the south street directly from the west side.
The scene of the dark void was circular. He vaguely remembered the location of the street to the south, which was separated from the artificial lake community to the west by four scenes.
It's roughly at the seven o'clock position.
But they left the artificial lake community in a straight line, so how did they end up on the south side?
Duan Xijia's peregrine falcon returned quickly, and almost every shop on the street had a time display.
"Captain! It's 7:00 AM."
The clockwise order is seven.
The four scenes separated from the sixteenth are two nighttime scenes. One of them is a hospital, and the other is the Chaotic Land located in the center of the south.
Song Liang said, "We've deviated from our position by a tiny bit."
Five people stood side by side, facing the street, with thick fog still rolling behind them.
The rabbit stood on the outermost edge, so close to one of the phantom figures that she could clearly see the pores on its face.
The person, like a stone statue, faced her, eyes closed, a strange smile frozen on their face.
The rabbit instinctively took two steps back.
He retreated to Song Liang's side.
It wasn't that she was timid, but the scene was just too creepy.
The rabbit shifted its attention to the notebook in Song Liang's hand, "Why are there only two positions difference between sixteen and seven?"
Does sixteen minus seven equal nine?
Song Liang drew a clock in his notebook: "Because a clock only has twelve marks, think about it, what position is sixteen o'clock?"
Rabbit: "...four o'clock."
Song Liang nodded. "So we can confirm that of the four scenes separated by a line, the chaotic land to the south is likely number six, and the chaotic land directly opposite is number twelve."
The rabbit was confused. "But there are four scenes between four and seven."
According to clock order, shouldn't there only be two?
Five o'clock, six o'clock... it'll be seven o'clock by then.
"Because the clock completes two revolutions."
Xie Tu suppressed his anxiety and tried to speak in a calm tone, "Four can represent four in the morning or sixteen in the afternoon."
Similarly, the seven o'clock direction can be either 7 a.m. or 7 p.m.
Sequence sixteen and sequence seven are actually very close in distance.
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