Chapter 43 New Swear Words
The car soon arrived at the eastern edge of the city.
They had previously searched the outskirts of all four directions in their search for the person.
The library to the east, the park to the west, the ring road to the north, and the train station to the south.
Clearly, this is not a complete city, but merely the area of the contaminated zone. Because in a normal city suburb, there wouldn't be a library or park.
The group readily agreed and got off the bus.
The rabbit seemed a little distracted and took the first step towards the library door.
"Wait a minute," Yun Zhao called out to her.
Everyone turned to look when they heard the sound.
Yun Zhao's eyes were clear as he pointed to the library entrance, "The barrier seems to have expanded."
I remember the first time I came here, the barrier was outside the door, but now it has been moved inside the bookstore.
Upon hearing what she said, Tao Haohao and Duan Xi activated their senses and observed.
"Sure enough, the illusion barrier really did move!"
This bookstore is very large, with a glass door at the entrance, allowing a clear view inside from the outside.
The glass door faces the staircase leading to the second floor. Along the wall, there are rows of huge bookshelves that reach the ceiling, filled with all kinds of books.
A few scattered figures, some turned to the side as they searched for books on the bookshelf, others sitting on the stairs, engrossed in reading a book.
The phantom and the mutant look the same.
But the sentries' damned keen eyesight allowed them to spot 'them' at a glance.
For example, the little girl sitting on the second-floor staircase is an image, with an illusionary barrier behind her.
Xie Tu took two steps forward to the door, stared at the scene inside, and said with a slight squint, "It's a normal phenomenon. The contaminated zone No. 88 is spreading, and the illusion barrier is also expanding along with the contaminated area."
He confirmed that there was no danger inside.
Yun Zhao recalled the strange phenomenon from last time when Xie Tu broke the window and went out, and everyone inside turned around to look at them.
Duan Xi asked hesitantly, "So, should we go in or not?"
Xie Tu: "Go in."
Just a few mutants.
Upon hearing this, Tao Haohao stepped forward and pushed open the door. The 'people' inside did not react at all and continued to do their own things.
The group entered the library and went straight upstairs.
"Don't get separated. Once the barrier breaks, start running immediately," Xie Tu said, his eyes fixed on the rabbit.
They had already passed through several illusionary barriers and were quite familiar with the route.
The rabbit nodded sullenly, "I know, don't worry, Captain, I won't fall behind."
Xie Tu said no more after hearing this.
Under the protection of the sentries, Yun Zhao climbed the stairs to the second floor. The barrier was located a little above the middle of the stairs, just enough to see the view from the second floor.
The staircase faces two long rows of bookshelves, and three or five figures are moving about.
On the farthest wall, there hangs a clock.
Time stopped at 6 PM.
Yun Zhao arrived in front of the barrier. Three or four steps away from her feet, a little girl with braids was sitting on the stairs, looking down at a review book.
From this vantage point, all that could be seen was the vortex in the middle of 'her' head; the expression on 'her' face was invisible.
Yun Zhao looked away.
Dots of green fluorescence appeared, climbed up the barrier, and were destroyed using mental power.
As before, Xie Tu stayed by her side. He observed the terrain for a while and said, "The second floor isn't too high. We'll go out through the second window on the right."
"yes!"
Just as Tao Haohao, Duan Xi, and Rabbit were all getting into their sprinting stances, waiting for the barrier to break through.
The guide suddenly withdrew his spiritual power, and the fluorescent light instantly dissipated.
The little bluebird straightened up with sharp eyes.
Everyone noticed something, and suddenly looked up, their eyes accurately locking onto the wall clock on the second floor.
Under everyone's watchful eyes...
—Da, da, da.
"Holy crap! Time is running out, what's going on???" Tao Haohao yelled in his loud voice.
Zhou Tianqi, held in his hand, had no emotion in his eyes. "I don't know."
"I didn't ask you."
"oh."
They couldn't get to the second floor because of the barrier.
I watched helplessly as the second hand of the clock began to tick, making a ticking sound.
Yun Zhao looked focused and serious, then suddenly turned to the sentries behind him and asked, "How does the danger level of this contaminated area compare to your previous missions?"
The atmosphere of contemplation was interrupted by a question.
Her unexpected question caught Duan Xi off guard, leaving him momentarily stunned.
He replied, "Danger level? The previous four-star contaminated zones were life-or-death situations; one wrong move and you could lose your life. Compared to those, I think the three-star contaminated zone is less dangerous."
Aside from scattering them and some illusionary attacks, he didn't sense any other danger.
Of course, this is just his personal opinion.
Yun Zhao then turned to look at the rabbit.
The rabbit's eyes dimmed slightly. "Four stars, I guess. In previous contaminated zone missions, we've never been separated. If you hadn't come, I might..."
Tao Haohao raised his hand and answered quickly, "I think it's so-so."
Zhou Tianqi: "So-so."
"You've lost your spiritual body, what kind of nonsense are you talking about!"
Tao Haohao felt an urge to punch him, "Don't answer nonsense, nobody's asking you."
Zhou Tianqi replied expressionlessly, "Okay."
Xie Tu remained silent throughout.
The time has come to 18:03.
Yun Zhao's expression was quite calm, and he spoke frankly, "You think this contaminated area isn't dangerous or difficult, probably because I'm here."
"The illusion barriers, if you don't have a guide and rely solely on the sentries to break them by force, you won't be able to get past two barriers even if you have a day."
Dark matter will continuously erode the sentinel's mental realm.
The more abilities are used, the faster the erosion occurs.
Because of her presence, they managed to gather five teammates in just over ten hours.
After finding the rabbit, he used the purification ability of an S-class guide to wake her up.
Yun Zhao did not know Jiang Mu's team, but they were both S-level Sentinels and the top combat teams of their respective bases.
Considering the situation of the other members of Team Zero, including Xie Tu's poor condition at the time, the difficulty of this contaminated area deserves a four-star rating.
The existence of the guide, and the guide's abilities are just right to counteract the pollution zone of No. 88.
This gave them the illusion that the danger level here was not high.
Tao Haohao was puzzled and pointed to the clock on the wall at the far end of the second floor, "What does that have to do with time suddenly moving?"
Xie Tu's gaze deepened before he spoke: "Because we are about to assemble the entire team, and our next plan is to find the real Contaminated Zone 88, the difficulty has increased."
The wall clock shows 18:07.
Time is passing, which means it will soon be dark.
Duan Xi suddenly realized, and muttered under his breath, "Rotten tomato, my ass."
The little bluebird perched on her head, its posture haughty, and glanced disdainfully at Tao Haohao and Duan Xi.
[Idiot.]
Yun Zhao took a deep breath.
When did it learn new swear words?
The vocabulary has expanded from "waste" and "garbage" to include "idiot".
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