December 5, 149, 3 p.m

Han Kongwen directly skipped the Council of Elders and found Lin Yan, but Lin Yan told her: "The ownership of the City of Light has been handed over, and now apart from the Council of Elders, the only one who can open the City of Light is ...... There is only the Lord of Balance of the Divine Apocalypse. ”

"Lord of Balance?" It was the first time that Han Kongwen had heard of such an existence within the Divine Apocalypse Clan.

"Well, it's the number balance that maintains the balance of the Apocalypse, and it's self-aware, and it's currently sleeping in the Lightless City."

"Can my sister take me to meet it?"

"Yes, but we can't get to the Lightless City directly from here, so we still need to visit in person."

"That's not a problem, I can leave at any time."

"Well, well, we'll see you outside the Lightless City."

The City of Lightless.

At the beginning of the design, it was used as a starport, but unexpectedly, in the end, the city of no light became a boundary monument between the Apocalypse and the human world.

Although the Elders of the Apocalypse and the "Lord of Balance" currently control the True Eye within the Lightless City, in fact, the ownership of the Lightless City is still in the hands of humans, but some core things are in a state of distribution and management.

Among them, the "Eye of True Sight" system built with the "Scepter of Divine Power" as a template is managed by the Elders of the Divine Apocalypse.

The so-called "True Eye" system is actually a sky net built with a reconnaissance satellite system.

It is anchored by 1,900 space reconnaissance stations and based on 120,000 reconnaissance satellites, and has set up an all-weather skynet on Gaia.

With the help of it, the slightest disturbance on Gaia will be observed and recorded.

Originally, the purpose of the establishment of the "True Eye" was to completely clean up the remnants of the disciples, so after the disciples were basically cleared, the "True Eye" was handed over to the Divine Revelation Clan Elders in accordance with the unanimous decision of the highest management of the original arbiter.

But taking over does not mean that the Council of Elders can use it to observe the human world at will, there has always been a place for the Human Ombudsman within the Council of Elders, so the Council of Elders is more like the custodian of the "Eyes of Truth", and when it is really necessary to activate the "Eyes of Truth", the Custodians will further transform into administrators.

When Han Kongwen set off for the City of Lightless, Zhang Yu had already reorganized his team.

From 11 o'clock to 3:30 p.m., Zhang Yu recovered a total of five members.

Among these people, two were seriously injured, and although the other three also suffered varying degrees of physical damage, their bodies were intact and their overall combat effectiveness was well preserved.

There were more people, and Zhang Yu's confidence returned.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that a crash would scatter everyone so far......

"The next beacon is three kilometers away from here, and we'll have to pick up the pace." Zhang Yu said after confirming the location.

The five people behind him are currently carrying someone with a serious leg injury, and everyone else is capable of moving.

But it's still a bit too hard to find everyone before sunset.

So one of them suggested, "Sir, we're not moving as fast as you, why don't we just build a safe house around here, and you can find the others and come back here?" ”

Zhang Yu thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, you must pay attention to safety." ”

"Yes!"

The loss of five team members is certainly a lot less safe for Zhang Yu, but his speed of action is indeed doubled.

That way he can find more people before sunset.

"The rock formations around here are so strong that we can dig a safe house right down, what do you think?" One of the five who remained suggested.

"Yes, but it's a lot of movement, and I think it's necessary to set up an observation post nearby, just in case."

The person who proposed nodded, and he looked at the other people and said, "That's it, 003, you can't move, but it should be okay to use a sniper rifle, you are responsible for helping us keep guards, right?" ”

003: "Okay. ”

"Then 017, you give him the weapon, and I'll take him to a good position." Proposed 025 said.

017 didn't speak, he silently took off the weapon assembly behind him, and handed it to 003 after the assembly was completed.

After taking the facelifted Heartpier in his hand and testing the weight, 003 asked, "Can it be a little lighter?" ”

Hearing this, 017 stepped forward and removed the stabbing bracket and said, "So what? ”

"Well, it's much better." 003 attaches the weapon to his back, and then follows 025 away.

After the two left, the remaining three immediately set about building the safe house.

The whole process was silent.

By the time 025 returned, they had already begun digging down.

In the silence of the mountain forest, there is only the sound of the machine and the rocks, and the rhythm is very fast and loud.

025 kept an eye on the progress of the excavation and asked, "Do you feel that something is wrong with this place?" ”

017 looked up at 025 and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I don't know...... But I just don't think it'...... right" 025 looked into the distance, then pointed to a forest shrouded in fog in the distance, "I've been observing that fog since just now, and it doesn't seem to have changed all along. ”

017 looked in the direction 025 was pointing, and the fog in the distance was indeed a little abnormal.

The current wind speed is close to 6 meters per second, which is not a light breeze, and at this wind speed, it is difficult to see dense fog in the afternoon......

"Maybe that's not fog?"

"Not fog?" 025 frowned, this was said by 009 next to him.

009 turned the device in his hand to automatic, then put down the mask and said, "If you look at it with your ghostly vision, the fog is green in color and has a high level of radiation. ”

025 did as he was told, and then he saw a green "fog".

This is not good news......

Because he's never seen anything like it.

"Shall we change places?" 017 asked.

025 didn't speak, he kept trying to analyze the exact composition of the fog with the vision module.

But...... Nothing.

After a while, 025 gave up, closing his spectral vision and asking, "003, did you find anything?" ”

003, who was also observing the dense fog at this time, said: "No, it's very peaceful, it shouldn't pose a threat to us." ”

025, who was a little relieved, said: "Okay, let's speed up the progress, and we don't have to worry too much after the safe house is built." ”

Several people nodded silently, and they were no longer distracted by the "abnormality" in this area.

Zhang Yu's journey through the forest was extremely fast, and the journey that would have taken twenty minutes took less than five minutes.

However, Zhang Yu, who arrived at the destination, could not find the team member who sent the beacon.

There was a badly damaged exoskeleton at the beacon's location, and Zhang Yu stepped forward to check it and determined that it was the equipment of Team Member 006.

The exoskeleton was reassembled, and it seemed that he had left because he didn't feel safe in the place.

Zhang Yu got up and scanned the traces of activity around him, only to find that there were footprints all around.

This 006 seems to have danced in this place...... Zhang Yu was a little speechless, he couldn't figure out why this person sent out a distress beacon and then broke the surrounding traces of activity.

After activating the screening system to remove the useless traces, Zhang Yu found that he had gone north.

But in the vicinity, there is a small river to the east, a relatively open jungle to the south, a natural boulevard to the west, and a swampy wetland to the north...... How could this 006 choose this path?

Just thinking about it, a distress signal appeared in front of Zhang Yu's eyes.

If you look closely, it's always far away!

And it's so close, only a kilometer away.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yu decided to ignore 006 for the time being.

But not long after Zhang Yu walked here, a figure walked out of the swamp in the north.

He was drenched, his face covered in mud, and he looked like a monster crawling out of a swamp.

The strange man gasped violently, his eyes were blood-red, and after sniffing in the air, he let out a sound? The laughter of the people followed and traced along the road Zhang Yu left.

Chang Yuan, who was still trapped in the resin, originally planned to melt the core, but when he really made up his mind to do so, he found that the resin of the honey hugo tree had unknowingly penetrated into his exoskeleton, and the core had already been wrapped in resin, so that Chang Yuan couldn't open the core enclosure device even if he wanted to start the meltdown.

Chang Yuan panicked at this time, and he began to send out distress signals constantly, hoping that someone would come to save him.

But as hours passed, not only did the distress call go unanswered, but the dogs and monkeys that could have reassured him suddenly left for some reason.

They left in a hurry, and although they did not exclaim, they did not appear to be on a normal migration, but rather felt threatened.

Like a worm in amber, Chang Yuan's heart became more and more uneasy.

And when Zhang Yu arrived at Chang Yuan's location, he saw a person standing on a towering honey hugo tree from a distance.

At first, Zhang Yu thought it was Chang Yuan, and shouted excitedly.

But when the man turned around, Zhang Yu couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling......

Because that's not a human face at all...... It is more like a dark mirror, which cannot refract light, but can reflect the fear of the human heart.

Zhang Yu immediately took off his weapon and wanted to aim at him.

But he suddenly turned into dust and disappeared in the wind, and disappeared in an instant......

This......?!

Zhang Yu hurried over, and then successfully found Chang Yuan.

But Chang Yuan's eyes were closed at this moment, as if he was asleep, no matter how Zhang Yu shouted, he showed no sign of waking up.

What's going on here?

Could that be an alien spirit?

Wrong...... Although Zhang Yu had not seen the alien spirit with his own eyes, he was sure that the thing he had just seen was definitely not a strange spirit, but something more terrifying.

It's like this forest, weird, dangerous.

Outside the Lightless City, Lin Yan had been waiting for a long time.

When Han Kongwen walked down Zhanyu E01, he found that Lingxin was also there.

I haven't seen him for many years, and he seems to have become more human-like, whether it is his speech and demeanor or his application temperament, he is too human-like......