Chapter 513, Contaminated Zone 24 (Part 1)
When Yun Zhao and Xie Tu arrived at the training ground, Qi Ling had already moved his robot onto the roof of the car.
He didn't have the car keys, so he left the two boxes of food and ammunition he had brought on the ground next to the car.
Everything was ready and waiting for someone to arrive.
This shows how anxious he was.
Xie Tu walked over, bent down to check the ammunition box, opened the car door and loaded the items into the car.
He looked up at the robot on the roof of the car, but said nothing.
"Let's go."
Qi Ling nodded repeatedly and skillfully climbed onto the roof of the car.
Yun Zhao quickly climbed into the passenger seat. "I'll send a message to Ayu and the others to let them know."
There's no need for everyone to go to a level-two contaminated zone.
Moreover, judging from Qi Ling's impatient appearance, he probably doesn't have the patience to wait for everyone to come over.
"Okay, while you're at it, ask the intelligence team to send over the information on the 24th." Xie Tu waited for her to sit down, then started the armored vehicle and drove away from the training ground.
"good."
Yun Zhao agreed, first leaving a message for his teammates, and then informing Jiang Mu in the 4S group.
It's only 7:30 now.
Jiang Mu and his teammates probably haven't gotten up yet, as they haven't received a reply.
Fu Heng popped up in the 4S group chat and said, "Bi Xi hasn't come out yet?"
Yun Zhao: "Yes, so let's go take a look now."
Fu Qian: "So weak."
Yun Zhao didn't know how to respond, so he didn't reply and switched to the internal system to send a message to Team Leader Huo of the intelligence group.
The other end replied quickly.
Yun Zhao looked down and suddenly asked, "What is cyberpunk?"
“Two interpretations.” Xie Tu said as he drove. “One is the art style, such as Chongqing, where the Dawn Base was once located, which was known as a cyber city in the old days.”
Yun Zhao, with his head down, continued flipping through the pages, asking, "What about the other one?"
"Another type is the worldview constructed from science fiction works."
Xie Tu: "Technology and resistance, high technology and low living standards, towering buildings with dirty streets, flashing neon lights with dejected crowds, and a gloomy life hidden beneath the city's exterior."
Neon lights and darkness, psychedelic and oppressive.
The world of stark contrasts attracted countless teenagers from the moment it was created.
Qi Ling leaned on the roof of the car and listened intently. He had seen many cyberpunk movies before.
"Are there mechanical or prosthetic bodies?"
"No."
Yun Zhao read the contents of the document aloud: "The No. 24 polluted area covers 74.7 square kilometers and was once a small town within the jurisdiction."
"But the style inside is very cyberpunk, full of light-polluted signs and advertisements, and dirty, potholed streets. According to the descriptions of the sentinel teams that have been inside, they figured out three rules."
"First, the light pollution is moving, so you can't stare at it for too long, or you'll be mentally polluted."
"Second, if you hear a strange electronic synthesized voice broadcasting, please leave the contaminated area immediately."
"Third, sometimes there will be an extra shadow under neon lights. If you find that there are extra shadows, immediately find a corner without light pollution to hide in."
Qi Ling felt a chill run down her spine. "Why do I feel like I'm being haunted?"
Yun Zhao said calmly, "Ghosts? You mean ghosts? If that exists, I'd like to see one."
The world is already so dark, are mutated ghosts really that scary?
Xie Tu tilted his head, gesturing for her to continue reading, "Is there any information about the gatekeeper?"
Yun Zhao turned his attention back to the communicator. "Yes, the base has sent out eight sentry teams to deal with it. We have determined through the process of elimination that the gatekeeper is not a mutant."
"The sentry initially suspected light pollution, but after dealing with it, there was no change. Later, they shifted their suspicions to electronic broadcasts and shadows, but these were not the cause."
It may be because the danger level is too low that the rate of erosion is very slow.
Everyone who goes in looks for the key first, so so far, no one has died in the No. 24 contaminated zone.
With the strict control from nearby sentry posts, there were no abnormal mutants inside.
The gatekeeper received too little obsession, making evolution almost impossible, which is why issue #24 hasn't been resolved yet.
Xie Tu pondered for a moment and analyzed, "The first and second points are aimed at spiritual pollution."
"It would probably interfere with people's normal thinking and tempt humanity to stay forever."
"As for the third point..."
The extra shadow?
"Without seeing it with my own eyes, I don't know what it is."
Xie Tu continued, "It's fortunate that Gatekeeper No. 24 has no room for growth, otherwise, once he grows to four stars, the danger level of this contaminated area may be on par with five stars."
The gatekeeper was too well hidden.
Any one of these rules would be extremely difficult to deal with in a four-star contaminated zone, making them a complete nemesis of the Sentinels.
Qi Ling felt increasingly uneasy as she listened.
The domain of an S-class Sentinel is notoriously unstable. If something happens to Bixi, Qi Shiqi will be left unprotected...
"Let's go and see what happens." Yun Zhao was already used to going on missions.
This is only a two-star contaminated zone. Gatekeeper No. 24 will definitely not be able to break through her mental barrier, let alone bewitch her.
The first two rules were useless to her.
Yun Zhao took his backpack, pulled out some bread, and handed it to Xie Tu.
The two ate breakfast in the car.
Qi Ling brought his own bag, but he had no appetite and just hoped to get there as soon as possible.
Armored vehicles sped through the wilderness in the morning light, with dilapidated buildings lining both sides of the road.
After driving for more than two hours.
Traces of pollution zone number 24 are gradually becoming visible in the distance.
A swirling gray fog rose from the sky, the fog like living tentacles, constantly wriggling, sometimes condensing, sometimes dissipating.
There's still some distance between here and the outside, and the dirt road turns into a bumpy, gravelly mess.
Xie Tu slowed down and approached the polluted area.
After driving for a while, we turned around the mountain ahead.
"Stop the car!" Yun Zhao suddenly called out.
She saw a familiar SUV parked on the side of the road ahead.
Xie Tu saw it too.
That was the vehicle of the Qingshan Town search team, parked on the edge of the gravel road.
There was no one inside the car.
Yun Zhao was both shocked and furious, rarely losing his temper. "Where are they? What are they doing here!"
Xie Tu paused for a moment, then replied, "The coal mine is over here."
Yun Zhao: "..."
The anger in my heart immediately subsided.
She only knew that the sentries in town were in the coal mining business, but she really didn't know where the coal mines were outside.
Xie Tu spoke up for the townspeople, saying, "They're not children; they know the dangers of the contaminated area and won't go there unless absolutely necessary."
The coal mines near the base had long been occupied.
People from Qingshan Town arrive at the base too late; they have to travel further to find resources and make money.
Moreover, from the sky, the polluted area looks very close, but in reality, it is at least tens of kilometers away.
The 24th is within the control zone and cannot spread here.
As long as people don't go there on their own initiative, nothing will happen.
Yun Zhao stared intently at the SUV, still stubbornly insisting, "Even so, you shouldn't have just parked the car here without leaving anyone to watch it. What if the car gets stolen?"
Xie Tu naturally sided with his girlfriend, "Yeah, you can scold them when we get back."
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