Chapter 164 is not here.
The clues they now know—the twenty-four scenes—are related to time and may be scenes from the gatekeeper's memories before his death.
Most of the scenarios were fairly normal.
For example, schools, residential areas, streets, including train station squares and the scene in the early morning.
Perhaps they are all related to the life of the goalkeeper before his death.
This place, however, is so eerie that it defies explanation.
After Xie Tu's explanation, everyone realized what was happening and quickly rushed into Smiling Street to look for clues about the gatekeeper.
The members of Team Zero worked together seamlessly, moving swiftly through the streets and leaving no corner unchecked.
The sentries of the salt lake search team followed closely.
Although they are slightly weaker, the sentries rely on their keen senses to find the gatekeeper, and having more people can actually be helpful.
The shadowy figures here are quite different from those in the station square.
You can clearly see their facial features, even the pores on their faces are clearly visible.
Their eyes were vacant, their faces held stiff smiles, their steps were slow, and although they seemed busy, they were all moving in one direction.
"These people must all be acquaintances of the gatekeeper, right?"
Duan Xi and Song Liang rushed into the nearest house to search it. As they talked, they couldn't help but glance at the illusory figure outside. "It had hallucinations before it died. Did it see them?"
"Yes, the little match girl described in old books, she had all sorts of hallucinations before freezing to death, and finally died with a smile."
Song Liang kicked open the door to the inner room. "It should be similar to this kind of situation."
The phenomenon of dying from hypothermia while smiling can be explained scientifically.
In extreme environments, a person's body temperature drops sharply, leading to dysfunction of the nervous system and causing hallucinations or even the illusion of happiness.
This is known as the "hypothermia smile".
It seems strange.
Once the underlying physiological mechanisms are understood, all the clues instantly become clear.
The clockwise gatekeeper is a humanoid creature.
Once the attributes are determined, finding humanoid creatures in remote, polluted areas where there aren't many 'people' seems relatively easy.
The Yanchi search team also entered houses throughout the street to help find the gatekeeper.
The 'figures' on the street were illusory, their movements slow and stiff, all smiling in the same direction.
If you accidentally run into 'them', a chill instantly rises from the bottom of your heart.
Those empty eyes seemed to pierce through the soul, and that stiff smile was like a curse frozen on his face, sending chills down one's spine.
Xie Tu, carrying Xiao Yunzhao, walked slowly, looking around, and fell to the very back.
Xiao Yunzhao wrapped her arms around his neck. Now that she was full, she didn't react much to the food stalls on the street, only pursing her lips and saying, "They're not here."
Xie Tu stopped in his tracks and looked down at her. "You know?"
Xiao Yunzhao rolled her eyes at him and proudly raised her head, "Of course I know."
She could sense that the unpleasant aura was not present.
Xie Tu was silent for a moment, then asked, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Xiao Yunzhao: "You didn't ask."
Xie Tu: "..."
He reached out and ruffled her hair. "We need to find the gatekeeper and get out as soon as possible. If you know anything next time, you can let me know in advance."
The clues for the clockwise gatekeeper are too obvious; only after solving this can we find the counter-clockwise gatekeeper.
Only by eliminating the gatekeeper can she return to normal.
Xiao Yunzhao didn't dislike his touch, pouting, "Why do you have to tell me?"
Xie Tu was helpless; there was nothing he could do about it.
"Is it at the hospital? Right?"
Each scene is a memory of the gatekeeper.
The hospital near that chaotic place was very likely the final destination of his life journey.
It lost its way in the glacier and froze to death in the glacial area of the Qilian Mountains. When the rescue team found it, it was smiling.
Finally, the rescue team took it to the hospital morgue to await its family's claim.
In the old days, a large number of tourists died in accidents every year.
They lack safety awareness, some ignore the advice of locals, do not abide by the relevant regulations of the scenic area, and even put themselves in danger just to take a beautiful photo.
Human life is only given to us once.
No matter how much it regrets or remorses, countless fragments are created to recall its life.
It was too late.
This is the truth that Xie Tu deduced.
Perhaps all the scenes were originally connected, representing its memories of its entire life before its death.
Later, as two adjacent contaminated areas merged, the reverse timeline affected it.
It was divided into twelve clockwise scenes.
Xiao Yunzhao looked innocent and said, "I don't know."
She has never been to the hospital.
The little bluebird flapped its wings: 【Yes!】
Xie Tu turned his head and told everyone who was searching to come back.
Xiao Yunzhao had no reason to lie. Since the gatekeeper wasn't here, there was no need to waste any more time.
This street is very small.
Upon receiving the captain's instructions, Tao Haohao shouted in his loud voice, and everyone who received the message withdrew from the house.
The sentries of the salt lake search team each carried a pile of plundered food.
They couldn't bear to part with any of the supplies here.
I wish I could take them all with me.
One of the sentries, carrying a large pile of things, came out when he heard the shouts, and the bags in his arms slipped off.
He bent down to pick it up, and just happened to touch the smiling silhouette walking on the street.
The shadow seemed to come alive instantly.
She slowly turned her head, smiling as she looked at him. "Do you need any help?"
He was a middle-aged man with a large belly, wearing a white shirt and suit pants, and carrying a briefcase.
He was dressed like a successful person.
The sentry was so startled that his hand trembled, and all the food he was carrying fell to the ground.
Countless cyan-green fluorescent lights surged forth, rushing towards the phantoms with overwhelming force, and wherever they went, the air seemed to be torn apart with sharp sounds.
It easily pierced through the illusory body of the phantom.
It was shattered and destroyed.
Fragments flew everywhere, turning into specks of light and dissipating into the air.
Xiao Yunzhao leaned on Xie Tu's shoulder and said coldly, "I hate the boss mutant the most."
The little bluebird tilted its head, its icy blue beast eyes showing some confusion.
The sentry from the salt lake search team breathed a sigh of relief, quickly picked up the items, and ran back to assemble.
Xie Tu gave her a deep look, then raised his eyes and said calmly, "Go ahead and get the supplies if you want. You have one hour."
After the collapse of contaminated zone 249, people living nearby had to search for supplies in more distant areas.
The Salt Lake search team was weak and not as strong as the other four refugee camps.
Losing a resource point is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Yanchi search team.
But the contaminated areas must be eliminated.
We can only try to get them to take as much stuff as possible with them this time.
The six sentries were overjoyed upon hearing this, thanked him profusely, and hurriedly gathered supplies.
S-class Sentinel Xie Tu is nothing like the rumors suggest.
Xiao Yunzhao pouted and said with dissatisfaction, "You made a special trip to Smiling Street just to get them to provide supplies?"
Xie Tu comforted her to prevent her from getting upset, "No, before I came in, I thought there was a high chance the gatekeeper was here."
The clearly defined phantom figures were all people it knew in its previous life.
Whether it's parents, relatives, friends, or colleagues, these should be the places where one's obsession runs the deepest.
But clearly, its deepest obsession is its own death.
—The hospital next to the Chaotic Land at the six o'clock direction.
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