Chapter 197 - City

Chapter 197: Chapter 181 City"Such situations had occurred before. Ordinary people got involved in the killing field, ’frozen’ for a period of time, their memories stuck at the moment just before they disappeared."

Zhao Zijing asked Catherine and the others, "Have you ever heard voices in your mind, talking about tasks, rewards, punishments, and the like?"

The three ordinary people looked at each other hesitantly and then nodded.

"Good."

Zhao Zijing handed out three pieces of paper and pens, "Write down everything you heard. These words appeared directly in your minds, so you shouldn’t forget them in a short time."

After the three finished writing, they handed the papers back. The information was essentially identical to the one Li Cheng and his party received; the task name was also Electric Energy Retrospection, but there was an additional reward—completion of the task would grant player qualifications.

The other reward items were also significantly reduced, fitting for new players.

Click, clack—

At that moment, the sound of mechanical operations came from behind them in the tunnel. A mechanical safety guard that was the size of a car and had eight legs shaped like a crab came towards them slowly.

The Red Driver subconsciously took out two Spirit Balls and held them in his palms, while the Midnight Howl from Monster Alliance tensed his arm muscles.

Fortunately, the security guard showed no intention to attack. Instead, it slowly knelt down, its carapace on the back automatically opened, and a battery rose from its body.

The battery was cylindrical, the size of a bucket, made of crystal and metal, emitting a pale yellow light from within, its design exuding a strong sci-fi vibe.

"Hmm?"

Li Cheng raised an eyebrow, "Why didn’t the killing field system add any notes to this thing?"

"Maybe this energy-gathering battery is just too important."

The Red Driver said casually, then watched as Li Cheng took out paper and pen, and stuck a note on top of the battery.

Both Zhao Zijing and the Red Driver nearly lost their composure, simultaneously criticizing in their minds, this guy couldn’t have attended some kind of advanced class, right? This bizarre note style truly has some essence of the killing field system.

Especially Zhao Zijing, who began to suspect that this Ant might be a freelance member of the Wild Laughter Troupe.

On the top edge of the cylindrical battery, hanging in a circle, were eight small devices resembling radar panels, also belonging to the killing field.

Eight radars, corresponding to four players and four ordinary people.

Without waiting for them to figure it out, the crab-shaped security guard that had completed the delivery task unloaded the battery and radar devices and then transformed from inside out, switching to a submarine configuration, lying still in the tunnel.

Boom!

A deafening sound of rushing water came from behind the tunnel, the humidity in the air suddenly increased, and the entire tunnel trembled and shook.

"This is a flood discharge channel!"

Zhao Zijing’s face changed drastically, and she turned to look at the alloy door fifty meters away.

The round metal door was extremely thick, and there were no valves or control panels around it, only a slit in the middle.

"Get out of the way!"

Midnight Howl seemed even more tense than Zhao Zijing, stomping on the ground and rushing forward, his left leg muscles dramatically expanding and sprouting grey fur during the run, kicking hard at the center of the metal door.

Clang—

The alloy door opened slightly, and the high-pressure damp air in the tunnel immediately gushed out through the slit.

Midnight Howl’s forehead veins bulged, his arm muscles swelled, and his palms grabbed the door slit and pushed forward with all his might, forcibly opening the nearly half-meter thick door.

"Retreat!"

No need for Midnight Howl to remind, Red Driver and three ordinary people had already started running.

Li Cheng casually picked up the energy-gathering battery, and Zhao Zijing used telekinesis with a wave of her hand to gently lift the last unconscious burn victim, bringing them along.

The ten-thousand-ton flood roared from behind. Everyone rushed to the end of the tunnel, only to find it was a cliff over three hundred meters above the ground. Below was a desolate, silent concrete city.

The three ordinary people screamed in terror, but Zhao Zijing didn’t indulge them. With a wave of her hand, she pushed them all down with telekinesis. She followed closely behind, forming an invisible slide with telekinesis, gracefully landing on the rooftop of a building below.

The players jumped off the cliff using various methods. Li Cheng released the temporary skill "Feathered Gliding" to slow his descent, gliding forward slowly.

Red Driver released a Pidgey Pocket Monster, grabbing its claws and being carried away in flight.

Midnight Howl was more straightforward; he took out a parachute pack from his Backpack and wore it.

Everyone regrouped on the rooftop of the building, turning their heads to see a cliff that was even more magnificent than a real-world super dam. Eight discharge tunnels, twenty arc-shaped gates, all simultaneously releasing floodwater.

The water flowed over the silent city, quickly knocking down street lamps and submerging low houses. Some tall buildings also collapsed.

"Wow, such a spectacle."

Li Cheng commented, "Back then, my friend’s grandfather and his wife, along with his aunt, watched the torrential floods come over just like this."

Red Driver’s eyelids twitched, unable to resist retorting, "Your friend’s grandfather, is he Xu Xian?"

"What are you talking about?" Li Cheng replied, puzzled, "That was in 1938 in Zhengzhou."

"Well, good fellow, you mean when Chiang Kai-shek blew up the Garden Mouth, right?" Red Driver’s eyes twitched repeatedly, wanting to say more but stopping. Describing Chiang Kai-shek, one could only say, "The good outweighs the bad, the bad doesn’t cover up the good, a mix of good and bad, sums of good and bad."

Zhao Zijing managed to keep a straight face, cleared her throat and said, "Let’s use the radar to detect the direction of our destination first."

"Alright."

Li Cheng detached the radar device from the top of the battery, pressed a button, and the device’s top burst into a bluish light. Wisps of blue light combined in the air, forming a semi-transparent arrow pointing in the opposite direction of the dam.

This mission, killing field, was given a time limit of 48 hours; the destination wouldn’t be near, relying on legs would be exhausting.

Zhao Zijing took out a Dragon Ball Capsule from the Backpack, throwing it into the air.

The capsule opened by itself, a thirty-meter-long exploration yacht appeared out of thin air, landing on the water surface.

"Wow, does GOC have such good benefits?"

Midnight Howl’s eyes lit up; an exploration yacht is different from ordinary yachts. The former has more redundant designs, aims for high durability, high navigability, high autonomy, and can adapt to harsher sea conditions, thus it’s also more expensive than yachts of the same size.

"It’s just lent to me temporarily by the organization."

Zhao Zijing casually mentioned, calling everyone to board.