Chapter 515, Contaminated Zone 24 (Part 3)
Qi Ling immediately did as instructed, loudly calling out Qi Shiqi's name.
His voice echoed through the empty, eerie streets.
The polluted area wasn't large, about the size of a small town. Despite the surrounding quiet, shouts could be heard far and wide.
Suddenly, a faint, muffled sound came from afar, as if carried by the wind, intermittently reaching everyone's ears.
Qi Ling's shouts came to an abrupt halt.
"It is a Bixi."
Xie Tu grabbed Yun Zhao's hand and dragged the robot's arm with his other hand, and the three of them quickly went up the stone steps.
The little bluebird at least remembered that this was a polluted area. Seeing its main body leave, it and the fire phoenix flapped their wings and followed.
The exterior walls on both sides of the staircase are covered with various graffiti, colorful and diverse in style, full of artistic atmosphere.
Wearing sunglasses, Yun Zhao scanned the walls but found nothing else unusual.
Going up the stone steps leads to another street.
The street is surrounded by dilapidated buildings with broken windows, peeling walls, and irregular LED light strips emitting a dim blue glow.
It creates a deep sense of oppression.
Various kinds of waste were scattered on the damaged road surface, including abandoned electronic devices, unidentified household garbage, and some vehicle wreckage.
On the rooftop directly opposite them, the words "Parking Lot" were written in white letters on a blue background.
A parking lot built on the rooftop...
On the eighth floor of the residential building to the right, a window was open, and a figure was standing there, leaning against the window, striking a pose, and waving at them.
"Hi!"
The light pollution from outside the wall made his face appear multicolored. He was completely oblivious, flashing a smile at the people downstairs.
"I thought I was being reckless enough, but I didn't expect you guys to be the same, shouting and yelling in the contaminated area..."
Xia Mingang recognized Xie Tu and raised an eyebrow. "It seems we're evenly matched."
Xie Tu didn't even glance at him, his gaze sweeping around as he searched for the stairs leading up.
"Where is Qi Shiqi?" Qi Ling asked anxiously upstairs.
Xia Mingang snapped his fingers and pointed inside the room, "Lying in bed, ha, I told him not to keep staring at those signs and information, but he wouldn't listen..."
"What's wrong with him?" Qi Ling immediately became anxious.
Xia Mingang beckoned with his finger: "Come up and see for yourself."
Yun Zhao remained silent.
The S-rank Sentinel seemed to her to be a bit slow on the uptake.
He provoked Xie Tu on their very first meeting.
Given Xie Tu's vengeful nature, he'll probably get what's coming to him when he gets back to the base.
Xie Tu found the way up.
Compared to the outside, the hallway was dark and unlit, and the ground was dirty, with piles of waste paper and unidentified garbage.
The building inside is a straight corridor with four households on each side, and at the end of the corridor, it seems to lead to another building.
In corners untouched by light pollution, clumps of dark matter shroud the area, occupying every nook and cranny.
Yun Zhao couldn't help but recall the information from the intelligence report.
Could the extra shadows be formed from condensed dark matter?
What do you want to do by becoming the shadow beneath your feet?
This contaminated area has a low risk level and has never had any incidents, so the base doesn't pay much attention to it. The information that has been compiled has not been studied and has been left untouched.
The three people and the robot climbed to the eighth floor.
Xia Mingang had already opened one of the doors, leaned against the door frame, and greeted Yun Zhao again.
"Hi."
Yun Zhao peered at Xia Mingang through his sunglasses.
He had short, flaxen hair with a few strands of fluorescent blue highlights at the ends, which shimmered faintly in the dimly lit corridor.
He wore a silver earring in his left ear, which swayed gently as he tilted his head.
He wasn't wearing combat gear, but rather a casual outfit.
Yun Zhao nodded, speaking in a businesslike tone, "Hello."
She initially thought his hair was just due to the lighting when she looked downstairs, but it turned out to be true.
The last time she saw someone with dyed hair was Duan Xi.
"Where did you get these sunglasses? Seriously, wearing sunglasses in a contaminated area is kind of cool. Do you have any extras...?"
He didn't finish his sentence.
Xie Tu stood in front of Yun Zhao, expressionless, and said, "Excuse me, could you please move aside?"
Xia Mingang met his gaze and pointed at Yun Zhao's sunglasses, "I'm just asking if you have any extra sunglasses, could you give me one?"
He finished speaking.
A huge stone tablet appeared behind him and slammed into his back.
Caught off guard, Xia Mingang stumbled from the impact and slumped against the doorframe.
He finally lost his temper, turned around and angrily said, "I can beat you up, but can't you do it in private? Give me some face in front of outsiders!"
Losing face in front of others is completely different from losing face in front of two equally ranked S-class individuals!
The stone tablet suddenly flipped over automatically, revealing a line of small characters.
[Face value: 0, top up recommended].
It doesn't even bother to communicate with the original consciousness.
Seeing this, the little bluebird flapped its wings and sneered, "Idiot!"
Fire Phoenix chimed in: [Idiot!]
One person managed to be disliked by three spiritual entities at the same time.
Yun Zhao was speechless.
It seems that Xia Mingang has gotten used to being beaten by Bixi during this period, so much so that his first reaction was that he could beat him up in private.
But what is this stone tablet?
What are the attack methods of the Bixi?
Qi Ling couldn't wait any longer and bypassed Xia Mingang, who was leaning against the door frame, to enter the house.
The furniture in the room was very old.
He came in and immediately saw Qi Shiqi lying weakly on the sofa.
Qi Ling's expression changed instantly. She rushed to the sofa, stammering, "You...how are you?"
Qi Shiqi's face was unusually pale. He weakly raised his eyelids and saw Qi Ling appear in front of him. His eyelids twitched violently, and his expression was shocked.
Qi Ling was extremely anxious when she saw that he couldn't even speak.
It is said that ordinary people who fall into polluted areas are extremely susceptible to corruption and can be transformed into monsters.
Qi Ling didn't want Qi Shiqi to end up like him, so she quickly squatted down to check his body. "Are you feeling unwell anywhere? Let me see... Don't be afraid, I'm wearing special gloves, so I won't hurt you."
Qi Shiqi raised his hand tremblingly.
"Are you looking for a cloud guide?"
Qi Ling didn't see where he was pointing either, and turned around in a panic, wanting to go out and call for help, "Yes! Yun Zhao can save you, I forgot in my haste, I'll call her right away..."
"She will definitely find a way to save you!"
Qi Ling felt an unprecedented sense of panic.
This feeling was like when he first learned that he could never go back to his home, and like when Qi Shiqi looked at him like he was a monster when they first met.
He only has this one relative.
Qi Ling didn't want him to die!
It's his fault. He should have come yesterday. Maybe Qi Shiqi could still be saved.
Qi Ling felt increasingly distressed, her voice trembling with tears: "Yun Zhao! Please help save him!"
Footsteps sounded at the door.
Upon hearing the shouts, Yun Zhao and Xie Tu quickly approached, one after the other.
Upon entering the room, Qi Shiqi pointed at Qi Ling's backpack and sighed, "Give it to me..."
Qi Ling quickly reassured him, "What do you need the backpack for? Don't worry, let Yun Zhao help you take a look."
Upon hearing this, Qi Shiqi's breathing became rapid. If he hadn't run out of energy, he would have sat up and started cursing.
"Oh, he wants the food in your bag."
Xia Mingang helped translate, shrugging, "He didn't undergo any mutation at all, he's just starving to death."
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