Chapter 604, Contaminated Zone 6 (Twenty-Eight)
As He Guanghai uttered his last word, an eerie silence fell over the room.
No one spoke.
Yun Zhao's breath hitched, and he looked up at Xie Tu.
The man noticed her gaze, looked up at her, and their eyes met for a moment, exchanging a silent exchange.
Having spent so much time together, she and he had developed a tacit understanding.
In just a brief exchange of glances, Yun Zhao understood that Xie Tu shared the same thoughts as him.
That place that uncle can't get into...
"This thing was found in that area."
He Guanghai didn't hide anything, and took out the crystal-clear rhomboid crystal from his pocket. "It was after I found this that I slowly regained my senses."
Initially, he was just one of millions of mutants controlled by the gatekeeper.
They have no thoughts of their own, no soul, and are at the mercy of the master of the domain.
But mutants need to find food, and there was no food in the area where He Guanghai was originally located, so it wandered out based on instinct.
The gatekeeper doesn't care whether a single mutant stays or goes.
It is like a god high above, completely indifferent to how the living beings below survive.
He Guanghai was in a daze, not knowing where he had wandered to. After a long time, it seemed that something was blocking his way, forcing him to keep going around in the same place.
Until he picked up the crystal stone.
He had no recollection of how he picked it up.
After holding the stone in his hand, it was as if he had just woken up from a dream. All his past memories flashed by, and He Guanghai finally slowly remembered who he was.
“I recognize it.”
Yun Zhao's thoughts were in turmoil. He took the crystal from his uncle's hand and finally said, "It belongs to my father."
He Guanghai was shocked to hear her words.
He only heard Zhao Zhao mention her biological father for the first time last night.
"The domain that Uncle can't enter is the manor castle where I used to live."
Yun Zhao's eyelashes trembled slightly. "There, there is a barrier left by my father. Neither the mutants nor the gatekeepers can get in."
Later, the barrier seemed to weaken, and occasionally monsters would break in from somewhere.
Xiao Yunzhao can't repair the barrier, and neither can the nanny robot.
Fortunately, she grew up well by then, and the mutant was no match for the little blue bird, so it did not affect her life.
"Back then... I think I also ran away from that place."
Yun Zhao's emotions were clearly off at this moment.
She never expected that what Yun Jue left behind would, more than a decade later, protect another person who loved her in such an unexpected way.
Fate is sometimes a circle.
Xie Tu reached under the table and gently took her hand.
"The crystal stone can penetrate dark matter. Its material is the same as the spacecraft key. It's not any known substance. It could only be something that Yun Jue brought himself." Xie Tu paused noticeably when he mentioned Yun Jue's name.
Jiang Mu raised his eyes slightly, "It can suppress dark matter and also function as a protective shield?"
"Hmm." Xie Tu said, "But later, something went wrong, and a piece of crystal fell off, causing the barrier's energy to weaken."
The piece of stone that had fallen off was the one that He Guanghai was holding.
He Guanghai looked somewhat dazed. "When we rescued Zhaozhao back then, we saw her lying on the edge of the contaminated area. We thought she was a lucky child who hadn't been caught in the contaminated zone."
She was wearing a beautiful dress and was clearly not an ordinary person.
But she couldn't remember anything.
The eight sentries were soft-hearted and thought they would let her stay in town first, and then go to the main base to help inquire about her family.
They set off for the main base that very day.
I asked around, but I didn't hear of anyone losing a child.
A six-year-old child was left alone in such a dangerous place, and in the end they all agreed that Zhao Zhao's parents were probably dead.
Who would have thought that she had walked out of the contaminated area on her own?
Fearing that Yun Zhao would associate this with something bad, Xie Tu changed the subject, "Intelligence is very important. Let me tell you about my situation after we separated."
"I and six other sentries encountered the gatekeeper. The woman recognized Yun Jue and revealed the name of Yun Zhao's hometown."
Yun Zhao was immediately drawn to these words and stared at him with her almond-shaped eyes.
Xie Tu patted her hand and slowed down his speech to tell her, "It's called Mistweaving Star. It's said that the planet is shrouded in white mist all year round, hence the name."
Mist-woven Star...
White mist?
Yun Zhao was taken aback.
She thought of the white mist in her spiritual realm.
Yun Zhao had never understood why her mental realm was filled with white mist.
It was clearly a mental landscape of hers, but many parts were shrouded in white mist, making it impossible for even she to see clearly.
Later she discovered.
Each time the white mist dissipates a little, her power grows stronger.
If it's related to his hometown, then it must be Yun Jue's doing again.
To prevent her from dying from the mental strain that her body could not withstand.
Under the dual suppression of Pollution Zone No. 6 and the white fog, the little bluebird's power was also suppressed, remaining in its infancy, thus allowing it to stay by Xiao Yunzhao's side.
How many safeguards did her father provide for her...?
The others' attention was on the goalkeeper.
Fu Yu frowned. "That gatekeeper with peculiar habits, is she a woman?"
Xie Tu then briefly recounted his encounter with the woman, saying, "Based on what she said, she's not from Blue Star either."
Xia Mingang scoffed, "Is Blue Star a free tourist attraction in the universe? Can everyone come and go as they please?"
And these indigenous people were completely unaware!
"Is there any connection between the dark matter and that woman?" Fu Yu asked with a solemn expression.
Xie Tu: "I'm not sure, but she seems to know a lot about it."
Xia Mingang stood up abruptly. "Then what are we waiting for? I refuse to believe that with the strength of the 5S Squad, we can't catch a mere gatekeeper!"
Xia Mingang wanted to know the truth: what exactly those extraterrestrial beings had done to their planet.
Jiang Mu remained as languid as ever, saying, "What's the rush? Let's confirm the other gatekeepers first."
Yun Zhao composed himself, remembering that he was the team leader, and got up to take out paper and pen from his backpack.
"The place where the chamois vine grows should be the location of the red giant eye."
Yun Zhao recounted their experience in detail, "I suspect that it killed Gatekeeper Number Four. When the domain of Contaminated Zone Number Four was broken, the vines instantly rushed in, and then I sensed its consciousness."
At this point, she looked up at everyone and said, "Do you remember when tall buildings, like mirages, appeared on both sides of the farmland?"
Xie Tu nodded, "That matches what Uncle He said about gatekeepers who like big cities and lively atmospheres."
He Guanghai looked up at him but didn't say anything.
Yun Zhao didn't notice and analyzed, "This proves that there was another gatekeeper at the time, and they all wanted to swallow up Number Four to strengthen themselves."
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