Chapter 439 The Return of Darkness (Part Two)
Xiao Yunzhao looked in the direction he pointed and indeed saw all kinds of ice cream display cases.
"What does 'buying' mean? Do you need to buy food?"
In Xiao Yunzhao's worldview, you can take whatever you want to eat and resources are readily available.
There is no concept of "transaction" at all.
Xie Tu then realized that she had grown up in a polluted area and her views were completely different from those of ordinary people.
"This is the old era. To eat or take something, you need something called 'money' in exchange."
Xiao Yunzhao looked disdainful upon hearing this.
Xie Tu's expression remained unchanged, and he gestured for her to look at the teller over there, "If you don't believe me, you can try it with your mental power."
She was a very young female teller, and she was secretly taking pictures with her phone.
Realizing she had been discovered, the female clerk hurriedly put away her phone and gave the two men a professional smile.
—The normal human reaction.
Xiao Yunzhao indeed made a move.
The bluish-green fluorescent psychic threads, heading towards the female teller, passed right through her body, having no effect whatsoever.
"image?"
"Um."
Xiao Yunzhao pouted, "Do you have money?"
Xie Tu: "I got some from Jiang Mu last time, just in case."
Xiao Yunzhao looked at him suspiciously, "Who is Jiang Mu?"
Xie Tu replied very calmly, "It's not important."
Xiao Yunzhao didn't care about any of that. Since he had brought it up, she proudly raised her little face and said, "Then I want to eat ice cream!"
"I'll buy you a princess dress after I buy the princess dress."
Xie Tu carried her past the ice cream shop and, before she could start making a fuss, went inside the mall first.
Two phoenixes flew happily behind the two of them.
*
Despite knowing Xiao Yunzhao's personality.
However, the process of choosing a dress, accessories, and shoes still took longer than Xie Tu had anticipated.
She's dissatisfied with this and dislikes that.
The picky and choosing made things very difficult for both the teller and Xie Tu.
The two tellers, their foreheads already slightly sweaty, smiled awkwardly but politely, saying, "Your daughter has a really unique eye."
Xie Tu glanced at the clock in the store, and his face turned cold again upon hearing this.
Wait until we come out of the mall.
The little girl in my arms has changed a lot.
She wore a champagne-colored tutu and silver shoes with delicate bows on the tops and small, sparkling crystals at the heels.
"Your hair should be styled in a princess updo, and you should wear a crown," Xiao Yunzhao said, lying on him with dissatisfaction.
Xie Tu lowered his head to check the time and patiently replied, "I'll go back and study."
He wouldn't let the sales clerks touch her, and he personally helped her change her clothes.
I don't understand her aesthetic sense, but I respect it.
Xie Tu set up her communicator.
She was restless in my arms.
Xie Tu was carrying two backpacks, which made it a bit difficult to maneuver.
"It's 5:16 now, and I'm currently in Jiangning District, but I only have the time. I've searched the entire mall but haven't found the date."
Xie Tu believes that the date must be hiding something.
They didn't want outsiders to find out.
Xiao Yunzhao didn't care about any of that, and arrogantly glanced at him, "What about the ice cream you promised?"
The man paused slightly, realizing he was completely helpless against her in her current state.
I turned back towards the ice cream shop outside.
The ice cream clerk was the same woman who had secretly taken photos of the two of them earlier; she was wearing a work apron and looked very young.
Xie Tu noticed something was wrong even before he got close.
The female clerk's eyes were somewhat vacant, unlike the lively ones she had just displayed, and her hands trembled slightly as she operated the machine.
The customers queuing to buy ice cream were a young couple, who also seemed to have noticed something amiss.
The girl asked with concern, "What's wrong? Are you sick?"
The teller was a beat slow to react, managing a stiff smile that stretched from her lips to her ears, but her eyes remained completely devoid of any joy.
"fine."
Her posture became even more stiff, and her hands trembled so much that she couldn't even hold the ice cream properly.
Xie Tu frowned slightly.
The two stood in a small square outside the mall, surrounded by a large crowd.
The sky seemed to have been unwittingly shrouded in a light haze, giving one the feeling that a storm was brewing.
Xiao Yunzhao pouted, "It's disgusting, I'm not eating it."
dirty?
That was clearly just an image.
Images that can engage in dialogue and influence outsiders.
Many of the passersby were walking or holding their pet dogs.
A Pomeranian was lying in its owner's arms when it suddenly started kicking wildly, baring its fangs, and barking incessantly at the two of them.
The dog owner, not knowing what was wrong, quickly comforted the puppy in his arms.
She apologized to the man, saying, "I'm sorry, I hope I didn't scare the child. It's not usually like this."
Xie Tu's gaze lingered on the dog's fierce eyes, and he replied calmly, "It's nothing."
The entrance to an ice cream shop.
The young couple had already left with their freshly made, crookedly shaped ice cream.
When the clerk handed over the ice cream.
Xie Tu seemed to hear a "crackling" sound from his finger joints, as if his bones were dislocating.
"Should we throw away the ice cream?"
After the girl walked away, she whispered to her boyfriend, "I think there was something wrong with that waiter."
The boyfriend was a little angry. "I already said I didn't want it anymore, but you wouldn't let me say it. You bought such an expensive ice cream, and you just throw it away like that?"
The girl explained, "No, the flu is so bad lately. What if she gets sick and blames us if we have a conflict now?"
The boyfriend thought about it and agreed, "There have been a lot of flu cases in the hospital lately, could it be the end of the world?"
"Throw it away, but remember to take a picture. We'll file a complaint on the official website later."
"Okay, should we go to the supermarket to stock up on some supplies?"
A white-collar worker passing by seemed to have overheard their conversation, and couldn't help but roll his eyes and mutter to himself.
"Young people these days really don't know how hard it is to make money. The apocalypse? They've been reading too many apocalyptic novels."
Little Yunzhao perched on Xie Tu's shoulder, leisurely kicking her little feet, watching everything unfold before her with an air of indifference.
The unusual sights on the streets are just one aspect of the city.
Xie Tu had a vague suspicion in his heart, and his face immediately darkened.
The timeline within this five-star contaminated zone is on the eve of the dark apocalypse.
In the eyes of later generations.
The arrival of the dark apocalypse was a catastrophe of unimaginable horror.
Countless humans were mutated into monsters, and polluted areas shrouded in gray fog appeared out of nowhere. Humanity was reduced to less than one in ten, and civilization was almost destroyed.
But what exactly did people experience two hundred years ago?
Later generations can only glimpse a corner from historical records and do not know the whole picture of what happened back then.
Xie Tu realized the timeline and, without further delay, carried her away from the place.
The fire phoenix suddenly took to the sky, tasked with investigating unusual phenomena and searching for people.
Neither of them knew.
The contaminated area has spread so widely and so quickly that the entire Qinhuai camp has already been submerged.
*
Zhongshan Scenic Area.
Suddenly, thousands of people dressed in tattered clothes appeared on the mountaintop.
Armed sentries protected ordinary people, their fierce eyes filled with murderous intent, causing tourists to scream in terror and flee down the mountain in a panic.
Down the mountain, several police cars were rushing over with their sirens blaring.
The sentries had never encountered such a situation before.
In a normal city, they seemed to be the odd ones out.
No one dared to let their guard down. After driving the tourists down the mountain, they quickly set up a defensive line.
"How long has Deputy Battalion Commander Zheng been inside?"
"The battalion commander is inside. They're discussing how to handle the situation. Everyone, don't panic..."
Despite saying that, everyone couldn't help but show despair on their faces.
Five-star contamination zone... There have never been any survivors before.
The only S-rank Sentinel who had completed a five-star mission left the camp before the expansion began...
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