Chapter 32 Don't Challenge the Bottom Line
The man stood in the entryway, as if he hadn't heard her shouts.
His furrowed brows relaxed, and he said with a smile, "Zhaozhao, Daddy's home from get off work."
Yun Zhao's expression froze slightly, but his rationality returned, and his eyes gradually regained a glimmer of clarity.
A single word, "Dad," brought her back to reality.
This is not Uncle He, nor is it Zhao Yan's husband.
It was Uncle Qin.
Although they look exactly alike, their voices are completely different.
Where did the gatekeeper get his memories of his uncle?
Yun Zhao thought for a moment, bit her lip, and took out the necklace from her neck.
The lid of the round pendant is opened.
Inside was a faded, old photograph.
Many years ago, the uncles found a camera on the edge of the No. 6 contaminated zone. Before they took it to the large base to sell it, they took a few family photos with Yun Zhao.
In the photo, seven or eight-year-old Yun Zhao is surrounded by eight sentries, smiling happily.
Everyone had a bright smile on their face.
The 'Uncle Qin' in front of me looks exactly like the one in the photo, and he's also dressed in black.
Yun Zhao unconsciously gripped the necklace tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force.
He dared to impersonate her uncle and toy with her feelings...
She's going to kill the gatekeeper of contaminated zone number 88!
Yun Zhao had never experienced such a strong emotional fluctuation before.
Affected by her emotions, the little bluebird's figure gradually became transparent, and it began to fluctuate in size, teetering on the brink of exploding.
"Dad and Zhaozhao have agreed that Dad will take you to KFC after get off work. Hurry up and change your shoes." Uncle Qin, who was standing guard at the entrance, didn't come in but kept urging him.
Zhao Yan walked to the entrance, turned around and waved, "Come on, Zhao Zhao, didn't you want your mom and dad to go to KFC with you?"
"Come here, come on over, Mommy and Daddy will take you out to play..."
"Come here..."
Yun Zhao kept his head down and remained motionless.
"Uncle Qin" spoke again, but suddenly changed his voice and tone: "Uncle misses Zhaozhao. Zhaozhao, come quickly and come out to eat with Uncle..."
The voice still doesn't sound right!
Yun Zhao's grip on the waist knife gradually loosened. She lowered her head, refusing to look at the man standing in the entryway.
Suppressing her emotions, she said, "Uncle, we've moved to the Dawn Base. Qin Xiaoxiao can go to school now. She's grown up a lot, become very lively, and sometimes she misses her dad..."
“Her grandma and mom raised her very well. The base is very safe, so don’t worry, I will take good care of them…”
Uncle Qin suddenly froze, seemingly unable to process this complex emotion.
"As for me, things are pretty good now. I earn a lot of points every month, which means I get new clothes, meat to eat, an apartment building with an elevator, and I've also met a lot of new people..."
Her slender figure stood there quietly, speaking in a flat and straightforward tone, as if she wanted to recount everything that had recently happened.
Uncle Qin suddenly revealed a strange smile, "No need for all that trouble, just stay here, Uncle will earn money to support you, and we'll live happily ever after..."
"Come quickly, child."
Darkness crept in, coalescing into fine, hair-like black lines that seemed to possess a life of their own, silently approaching her.
Yun Zhao remained in the same position without making any movement.
She seemed oblivious to the approaching danger, showing no reaction whatsoever, her stray hairs falling on either side of her face, obscuring her expression.
"I miss you guys sometimes. I often think, if I had awakened my abilities sooner, you wouldn't have gotten into trouble."
The thin black lines were about to spread to their feet, but were blocked outside the mental barrier, unable to go any further.
"Sure enough, it feels much better to say it out loud. I've said everything I wanted to say, so..."
The words fell.
Yun Zhao suddenly looked up, his reddened eyes filled with icy killing intent, and said to the gatekeeper who was nowhere to be seen, "Don't challenge my bottom line. If there is a next time, I will kill you directly."
In an instant.
The surging, powerful spiritual energy nearly engulfed the entire living room. Fluorescent light burst forth, instantly enveloping all the black energy and beginning to devour it frantically.
The originally soft, bluish-green fluorescence now resembled countless sharp rays of light, shattering the entire space into fragments.
Under the impact of this powerful mental force, the two monsters collapsed to the ground, letting out painful howls.
They gradually revealed their true form, with sharp mouthparts covering the lower half of their faces, and countless streams of black mucus flowing out...
moment.
The room gradually returned to calm.
The broken space is slowly repairing itself, and the furnishings in the living room and entryway are gradually returning to their original state.
On the shoe cabinet in the entryway, there is a fake family photo of the three of them.
Yun Zhao lowered his eyelids slightly, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and stepped over the corpse on the ground with a blank expression, heading towards the door.
They kept urging her to go outside, so she went to take a look.
What exactly is outside?
*
The wide streets were bustling with traffic, and brand-new cars drove in an orderly fashion, their horns blaring incessantly.
On the sidewalks on both sides of the road, crowds of people thronged shoulder to shoulder.
Skyscrapers rise one after another, towering into the clouds. Office workers hurry by, coffee in hand, talking on their phones as they walk. Across the street, children run and play in the park...
Countless noisy and chaotic sounds came to my ears.
Rabbit, carrying her sniper rifle, cautiously surveyed her surroundings.
Before we came in, everyone was sitting in the car, focused and alert to their surroundings. The captain's voice still seemed to be ringing in our ears, but the scene suddenly changed.
In the blink of an eye, she appeared on the street.
Team Zero had carried out many missions, but had never encountered such a bizarre situation.
The timeline of Contaminated Zone 88 appears to be before the dark apocalypse.
So... this is what the old days looked like?
So many people, so many cars, the screen across the street playing advertisements is even bigger than the screen in the command center, and those buildings are so tall...
The rabbit longed for it, but still kept the mission in mind.
Everyone was forced to separate after entering.
The guide is very frail; we must find her first.
Then go find the captain and the others, try to get the key, and rescue Captain Jiang.
There were so many good things from the old days.
We'll see what we can take with us then. We can't move too much stuff, but it would be best if we could find some technical information.
Maybe this trip will make us a fortune.
The rabbit was silently making plans when she suddenly heard a slight sound behind her; footsteps were approaching her.
Without a second thought, the rabbit raised its sniper rifle and immediately turned to aim at its target.
All I could see was behind me.
Standing there was a man who looked seven or eight parts like her, with a gentle demeanor and a warm smile on his face...
*
Xie Tu faced the same situation.
On the bustling street, a middle-aged man dressed in the same black combat uniform was striding towards him.
The red-crowned crane badge on the shoulder gleamed in the sunlight.
That was his father.
He was once a senior sentinel at Dawn Base, but he died a year before the end of the Dark Ages, never seeing the sun.
People in the Dark Ages lived a very difficult life.
My greatest wish is to see the day when the light returns.
They longed for sunlight, longed for the world of the old days...
The middle-aged man gradually approached; his head was covered with many white hairs, and his pale face showed signs of hardship.
Those eyes were deep-set, and the way they looked at Xie Tu was very gentle. A kind smile slowly appeared on their faces.
Xie Tu ignored him, raised his gun, and without giving the middle-aged man a chance to affect his mental state, pulled the trigger without hesitation.
He knew where his weaknesses lay.
The mental burden brought on by heightened senses simply cannot withstand the repeated probing by the gatekeeper.
Bang--
The middle-aged man fell after the gunshot rang out, his body remaining unchanged, his familiar smile frozen on his face, blood slowly flowing out.
The surrounding crowd did not react.
Several students stood beside the body, chatting and laughing while holding ice cream cones.
Xie Tu didn't even glance at the corpse on the ground before turning and striding away.
After entering, he finally understood why Jiang Mu had gotten into trouble.
As S-class Sentinels, they were already accustomed to the perilous contaminated zone, to killing, and to the slow erosion of their mental realm by violent forces.
This place, however, is in a time of peace.
With loved ones by my side, no mutants, no pollutants, delicious food everywhere, I can live happily with my family.
If you have obsessions or people you can't let go of, you'll be slowly seduced by this false beauty.
Xie Tu suddenly stopped in his tracks, his expression turning unusually cold.
The rabbit is in danger!
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