Chapter 208 Your Parents Are Very Strong
"The day the contaminated area was born..." Rong Ping murmured.
But before she could finish speaking, the machine frames on both sides suddenly trembled slightly, creating a chain reaction as if by resonance.
The ground beneath their feet trembled slightly.
Immediately afterwards, the roar of the machines around them suddenly turned into a sharp sound, interrupting everyone's conversation.
Yun Zhao and Xie Tu exchanged a glance.
"Go on," Xie Tu said, ignoring the gatekeeper's tricks.
The six guides were very surprised by this strange phenomenon.
The male guide from before let out a chilling laugh, "After so many years, the gatekeeper has finally lost patience and wants to show its existence."
In the vast underground three levels, countless machines emitted ear-piercing noises, and his laughter, mixed among them, sounded particularly eerie, as if it were a curse coming from the deepest hell.
Yun Zhao looked up at the male guide, and at that moment she was truly certain that 'they' were not human, but some kind of eerie being.
What exactly are mutants?
And what is the relationship between the polluted areas and them?
"Initially, the gray fog enveloped the entire base, and the people did not notice it."
Rong Ping spoke again, her expression solemn and sorrowful, her brows furrowed, her eyes filled with endless pain and memories.
"That was two months after the announcement of the digital life development plan. The gray fog appeared out of nowhere and enveloped the entire base. It was the sentinels who first discovered the anomaly."
The sentries go out every day to eliminate nearby monsters and search for edible mutated plants.
That day, a thick gray fog rose outside the gate, and no matter which way you went, you couldn't get out.
The fog was hidden in the darkness, blending into the gray sky. The high gray city walls blocked the view from the outside, making it impossible for ordinary people to see.
"The contaminated area is no secret; many people who have fled here have talked about it."
Although Rong Ping's voice was soft, it could still be clearly heard by Yun Zhao and Xie Tu amidst the noise of the machines.
"In order to avoid causing widespread chaos, the base leadership unanimously decided to keep the news secret for the time being and to deploy all sentries to search for the key and the gatekeeper inside the base."
The gray fog seeped in silently, like a ghost, and shrouded the sky in mist.
Since then, strange things have been happening all over the base.
Countless mutants from outside were attracted in, and many strange faces with abnormal behavior appeared inside the base.
The peaceful street turned eerie and terrifying. The area shrouded in mist resembled a monster with its jaws wide open, ready to devour passersby at any moment.
When they are hungry, they turn into monsters and devour humans.
Immediately afterwards, flyers announcing the successful development of the Digital Life World were plastered all over the streets and alleys overnight.
An experimental building suddenly appeared out of nowhere in Zone 1.
More and more people are exhibiting unusual behavior.
People have become unafraid of death, their eyes gleaming with fanaticism as they yearn to enter the digital world and relentlessly pursue so-called 'eternal life'.
Some people are perfectly fine one second, but suddenly go berserk the next, grab a knife, rush into the street, and stab themselves in the neck in front of everyone...
Everyone has gone mad.
All these strange phenomena, like a silent storm, quietly swept through the entire base.
"Fewer and fewer people were sober, and eventually, even the sentries began to be affected."
Rongping's gaze was somewhat vacant, as if she were lost in that chaotic and terrifying memory.
"The rest of us frantically searched for the keys and the gatekeeper. We destroyed the experimental building, the power system, and this database."
"But they couldn't find it no matter what they did... In the end, everyone was desperate and decided to take a gamble and start using firearms to indiscriminately bomb the base, but it was still no use. The next day, all the scorched earth returned to its original state."
"The dead are reappearing on the streets, living like normal people..."
The polluted area is bizarre and chaotic, devoid of any order.
Normal people appear abnormal.
Fear and mania drove all the survivors insane.
Waiting for death is truly a despairing thing.
The atmosphere was too heavy.
The six guides stood there quietly, listening to their team leader recount their experiences from years ago.
They are trapped here, forever.
The two people in front of them were the first humans they had encountered in all these years to have come this far.
Humans outside...
Rong Ping looked at Yun Zhao with kind eyes, "You're the guide, right?"
Yun Zhao stood beside Xie Tu with her eyes lowered, their hands still tightly clasped.
She was still lost in thought when she heard this and nodded gently.
The little bluebird stood on her head, a spiritual entity emitting a bluish-green light, which was very conspicuous in the dim environment.
The six guides looked at us with very complicated expressions.
One of the female guides had a slight tremor in her lips and a barely perceptible glint of tears in her eyes.
Through the little bluebird, she seemed to see the beautiful times she had spent with the spirit.
Now, those memories are like sharp blades, piercing her heart with deep pain.
The spirit entities hold deep bonds and emotions for Sentinels and Guides.
This feeling will never disappear.
Rong Ping sighed softly, "After my old friend passed away, I lost my ability to be a guide."
Not only her, but all the sentries and guides in Shelter 16 were like that.
With his naturally strong mental strength, the guide also retains his self-awareness.
The sentries, however, had long been completely assimilated.
Perhaps soon, even their self-awareness will disappear.
In this dark world, devoid of any light, they have long since accepted reality and found peace.
“I can tell that your guide level is very high.”
Rongping looked at her with a very kind gaze, like a loving elder, and said, "Your parents must be very strong."
Sentinels and Guides have intricate connections to the dark matter.
It comes from a gene mutation.
The ability of guides and sentinels in later generations to awaken their powers is more related to genetics.
Yun Zhao suddenly froze, his expression becoming somewhat dazed. "Parents...?"
She had no idea who her parents were.
Xie Tu, standing beside her, keenly sensed the change in her emotions.
His profile was handsome and resolute, his eyes were cold, and his thin lips were pressed into a tight line as he interrupted their conversation, "The Digital Life Project, who started it?"
The situation reached a stalemate; the trail went cold.
But the word "give up" doesn't exist in Xie Tu's dictionary.
The people who launched the Digital Life project are highly suspicious.
Xu Jinyao understood what he meant and shook her head slightly, "We tried killing everyone who participated in initiating the plan, but it didn't work."
This matches what the twin sisters said.
The opposition assassinated the dean.
But what about Tian Ling and Tian Shuang's younger brother?
If the gatekeepers initiated the Digital Life Project, how did their brother sign up?
Or were the two sisters already contaminated by the polluted area at that time?
Xie Tu paused for only a moment before asking again, "Do you know that Shelter No. 16 is no longer in Xi'an, but has appeared in Gulang County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province?"
Perhaps the key is to figure out why this polluted area ended up in Gulang County.
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