Chapter 514, Polluted Zone 24 (Part Two)
Yun Zhao was speechless for a moment. She sent a message to He Xiang, asking them to send someone over to watch the car.
In the middle of nowhere.
If anyone passing by has malicious intentions, they'll be left with nowhere to turn when their car is stolen after they come down from the mine.
After finishing these tasks, Yun Zhao did not wait for anyone to come down from the mountain. Qi Ling was anxious to get to the contaminated area and did not want to be delayed on the way.
The armored vehicles continued their journey.
The distance had become very short; from afar, one could see a circle of tents set up in the shady area below the mountain.
Two military transport vehicles were parked on the desolate ridge opposite.
They are sentries who hope to accompany the base.
"Hopefully, the base isn't sure how long Xia Mingang will stay. The four teams of sentries who came with him are mainly responsible for escorting Professor Qi," Xie Tu said.
If he didn't say it that way, Xia Mingang probably wouldn't agree to let others follow.
S-class Sentinels have their own sense of pride.
Imagine a pampered young master who has lived a life of ease for over twenty years suddenly awakens to become a top-tier Sentinel and finally has the opportunity to leave the base and see the world.
As a result, the family was worried and insisted on arranging for someone to accompany him.
Xia Mingang was definitely not happy that an S-class individual needed a group of A-class individuals for protection.
Yun Zhao asked curiously, "You've never even met him, so why do you talk about him as if you know him very well?"
Xie Tu brought the car to a stop: "It's just a deduction based on his behavior and other people's descriptions."
Outside the car.
Hopefully, the people from the base are heading this way.
Qi Ling, who was on the roof of the car, quickly checked the hood of his cloak and bent down to hide himself behind the panel.
He didn't want to be seen by others, to draw away a bunch of scrutinizing gazes.
Xie Tu had already gotten out of the car and went around to the other side to help open the passenger door.
"Thank you, Captain!"
Xie Tu turned his head and nodded slightly. "The person hasn't come out yet?"
The leading sentry captain, Guan Hong, said with a wry smile, "Yes, we were just about to go in and take a look when you arrived."
On the first day, the base commander said this was an opportunity to train Young Master Xia, and that they should just stay outside.
It's been three days now, and the person still hasn't come out.
Even the base commander, Xia, couldn't sit still and changed his mind, ordering a team to be sent in for rescue first.
"Xia Mingang didn't drive?" Yun Zhao only saw two transport trucks.
Guan Hong was taken aback when he saw her, probably because he remembered her exorbitant missing person notice. It took him a while to reply, "I didn't see Young Master Xia's car. When we arrived nearby, he had already entered the contaminated area."
Guan Hong briefly explained the situation.
The weather outside was hot, the journey was tedious, and the area along the way was full of polluted zones.
The sentries, knowing it was Young Master Xia's first long trip, advised him not to drive too fast and kept his car sandwiched between them throughout the journey.
Once they reached the last outpost and entered the territory of the Dawn Base, they lowered their guard.
Who would have thought that Young Master Xia would suddenly accelerate and leave them behind?
The surrounding area is all mountain roads, so large transport vehicles can't drive fast.
As a result, they failed to catch up with the person.
The next time they received news from Xia Mingang was when the No. 24 sentry post informed them that someone had suddenly entered the contaminated area.
The sentry post still gave this young master some face, not telling anyone directly that he had been kicked in by the Bixi (a mythical creature).
Yun Zhao was speechless.
This young master is so unreliable, even more so than Jiang Mu.
Xie Tu nodded, "Understood. You all stay outside and I'll go in and take a look."
"Okay, thank you, Captain Xie." Guan Hong nodded in agreement.
It's too hot outside.
After clarifying the situation, the two got back into the car and drove towards the contaminated area.
Only when he was far away from the group of sentries did Qi Ling dare to show his face.
He had been into the contaminated area a few times before and knew it was a bizarre and wonderful place, so he silently clung to his robot to avoid getting lost.
...
All the gray fog was now spiraling in one direction, forming a tunnel-like path.
In the final second, Yun Zhao's communicator activated.
She glanced at it briefly and saw it was a reply from He Xiang. She was surprised that he knew the car was parked at the foot of the mountain.
But Yun Zhao didn't have time to reply right now.
In the blink of an eye.
The armored vehicle had passed through the gray fog and appeared in a ruined street shrouded in a distorted halo of light.
The multicolored lights in front of me were so bright they hurt my eyes.
It flickered eerily, standing out starkly from the surrounding ruins, as if it had forcibly torn a phantom opening in this desolate landscape.
"This is what they call Cyber Street? It hurts my eyes to look at it."
Yun Zhao raised his arm to cover his eyes.
"Those lights... are moving."
Qi Ling lay on the roof of the car and noticed the nearest billboard. The lights were too bright to see what was written on it, but the black characters, which looked like tiny black dots, were clearly moving.
Yun Zhao removed his arm and squinted at the scene.
She was surrounded by a transparent barrier, impervious to mental pollution, but according to the base's intelligence, the gatekeeper was not one of this light pollution.
Her eyes hurt from looking at it, so she only glanced at it twice before looking away.
Xie Tu slowed down. Ahead lay a dark, dirty street with stone steps leading up to it, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Chongqing is not only known as the Cyber City, but also as the Mountain City and the Fog City.
The armored vehicles clearly couldn't get through.
Xie Tu slowed down and stopped at the side of the street. "Let's start walking from here."
He turned off the engine, then pulled a pair of sunglasses from the drawer and handed them to Yun Zhao, saying, "Wearing these will make you feel better."
Although the rating is low, rule-related pollution is the most troublesome.
Yun Zhao deftly put on his sunglasses, and the signs no longer looked so glaring.
She slightly raised her hand, and the barrier expanded, enveloping the three people and the car.
The little bluebird and the fire phoenix emerged.
Wow, so beautiful!
The little bluebird likes shiny things, and these colorful lights happen to fit its aesthetic.
This two-star zone is more interesting than some four-star zones.
The fire phoenix echoed, "How beautiful!"
Two phoenixes flew towards those dazzling signs.
The three of them got off the car with backpacks on their backs.
Qi Ling controlled the robot to raise its arm, and seeing the robot do so, she breathed a sigh of relief.
He was initially worried that he wouldn't be able to operate in the contaminated area.
With the robot around, he wouldn't have to trouble the captain and Yun Zhao; he could protect Qi Shiqi himself.
Qi Ling looked around; the streets were deathly silent, with nothing but severe light pollution.
"Captain...should we go find someone first?"
Xie Tu held the gun in his hand, squinting as he examined the signs. "Yes, finding the person is the priority."
The neon signs on both sides, like the glowing viscera of some living creature, pulsated eerily in the silent street.
White, blue, red, yellow, all sorts of colors intertwined, and text fonts filled everywhere.
Each page displays different advertisements.
Chongqing hot pot, so spicy it'll make you question your existence, so spicy it'll make your soul leave your body!
The Yangtze River Cableway: A wondrous journey traversing the divide between life and death!
[Geleshan Spicy Chicken, every bite is like biting into your soul!]
Store your precious memories! First month free!
The small print below scrolls rapidly: 327 customers have said they can no longer remember the content they saved.
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A flashing red warning sign reads: "Attention passengers in carriage 14, please keep your left eye on the boarding gate."
Such as these.
The information is too cluttered and chaotic, seemingly normal yet mixed with the bizarre.
A wisp of green spirit spread along the street corner.
Yun Zhao looked puzzled. "How strange, why isn't there a single mutant in this contaminated area?"
Without mutants, there would be no obsession.
How can I get the key?
Xie Tu also thought of this. Could it be that Xia Mingang and Professor Qi couldn't get out because they didn't have the key?
But it shouldn't be.
Dawn Base wouldn't make such a basic mistake.
Even if there are no mutants inside, the sentry post will let two in, making it easier for other teams to search for keys when they enter.
Anyway, let's find the person first.
Xie Tu lowered his head again to check the shadows of the three people; everything was normal.
"Let's go. Since there are no monsters, let's try shouting loudly."
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