"What? What's the matter?"
The person in charge of the third round of actual combat ran out hurriedly in his nightgown, with a mixture of confusion and doubts on his face: "What happened?"
"It's Chief Mu's call."
The person in charge answered the phone, his expression becoming more and more consterious and solemn.
After hanging up the phone, he sternly said: "Quick! Close the actual combat zone simulation! Evacuate all the students in the test!"
"No, no!" The staff panicked, with sweat on their foreheads: "The simulation cannot be closed from the outside... Everything inside seems to be out of control!"
The person in charge turned to look at the monitoring station on the side.
Just five minutes ago, there was a terrible peak in the abnormal magic response of a zone in the actual combat simulation.
Immediately afterwards, all the students' communication devices were offline.
All the GPS collars of all monsters failed.
It's like... In just a few minutes, the area of simulated actual combat was swallowed and isolated by some powerful force, becoming an isolated island, where no one can enter and no one can leave.
The person in charge has a pale face, cold hands and feet, and a blank mind.
He turned his head to look at the staff on the side, with a hint of trembling and fear in his unstable voice: "Hurry up... Call the crisis management office of the Administration."
The development of this matter has exceeded their abilities, and now there is no other option except for the intervention of the Administration.
Lin Yanming raised his head blankly and stared at the sky in front of him.
The color is still pitch black, but it seems to be subtly different from the previous one-although the night sky originally simulated is dark, it still has a faint gleam of stars, but now it has become a pure gloomy black, as if all the light is in front of you The sky swallowed like a black hole, giving people an unpredictable sense of danger.
This is... What happened
He turned on the backup light source and lowered his head to look at his watch.
The watch’s integral dial is still on, but the map and communication can no longer be called.
This means... unable to contact the outside world, unable to know where you are.
Lin Yanming was panicked for the first time.
"Oops, it should be that the magical activities in this place have been too frequent during the recent period, and the abyss of the crack has expanded in advance."
The Demon Insect shrank in Shi An's sleeve and said quietly.
Shi An lowered his eyes, and his long black eyelashes hung down gracefully, and the concealed pupils slowly returned to their human state.
He looked at the palm of his hand, his five fingers were slender and white, and there was nothing unusual about it.
"But the concentration here is still too low."
Shi An touched his palm that hadn't changed much, and said disappointedly:
"Still not enough."
"Hmm... After all, this area is actually only initially alienated, and the concentration is definitely not as good as that inside the Abyssal Fissure."
The demon worm paused and continued: "Actually, if you wait here a lot, you can wait until the degree of alienation deepens to a state similar to the abyss, but I am worried that this gap will not last that long."
After all, the outbreak area is too central, and humans will definitely take it very seriously.
Therefore, it is estimated that before the alienation is completed, this gap has already been closed by the administration.
"Or... Your lord still enters the abyss crack according to the original plan?" The Demon Insect suggested.
Shi An thought for a while: "I like this."
But it seemed that something suddenly came to my mind, and my mood suddenly fell down and said, "Then... Do we have no time to find the Grey Crow's lair?"
The corners of the devil's mouth twitched: "... Yes."
Shi An was frustrated all over.
"But... But..." The Demon Worm racked his brains and said, "Is it okay to find the Grey Crow's Lair any time? The most important thing now is to restore your strength first, and then what treasure will not be available, right? ?"
Following the description of the Demon Insect, a silver-haired figure flashed in Shi An's mind.
He finally cheered up: "You are right."
—Waiting for the restoration of the original body, what treasure can't be grabbed!
Shi An turned to look at Lin Yanming not far away.
Lin Yanming lowered his head anxiously fiddling with his watch.
But no matter how hard he tries, the positioning mode and communication equipment can't be called... This is the end.
Generally speaking, an emergency exit will be set up in the center of each area.
But... They are now at the junction of the forest area, the rain forest area, and the scorched earth area, and they are far away from each other.
Now it's so dark that it's impossible to recognize the direction at all, and there is only a dead end if you look for it.
Shi An turned to look at Lin Yanming: "Do you still want to go to the eastern district now?"
Lin Yanming's eyes lit up: "Do you know the way?"
Shi An gave an "um", nodded, and said solemnly: "I have a strong sense of direction!"
With the spare light source, Lin Yanming raised his eyes to Shi An, who was standing not far away.
The boy's eyebrows were soft and peaceful, and his pitch-black eyes looked back silently from the shadows. There seemed to be nothing that could make him lose his current calm posture, giving people a strange sense of reliability inexplicably.
I don’t know why, although everyone has said that Shi’an is a rare waste in a thousand years, but after such a long time, Lin Yanming always feels that there is an indescribable mystery in the other party, and even a subtle difference from ordinary people. The strange feeling-this makes him always involuntarily want to believe what the other person is saying.
And most importantly...
Apart from following Shi'an, there is only the option of staying in place and waiting for rescue—and who knows what is going on outside and whether they can locate each of them. Instead of resigning to fate, it is better to be a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
After thinking about it, Lin Yanming took a slow and deep breath, and seemed to finally make up his mind, saying:
"… Ok, I trust you!"
—Maybe, Shi'an really knows the way to the forest area!
Shi An smiled happily at Lin Yanming.
—Of course he knows how to get to the gray-black area on the east side, after all, there are monsters in his sleeves secretly showing him the way.
In the silent darkness, Lin Yanming walked forward with difficulty.
Contrary to when he came, Shi'an was at the forefront this time.
The young man's back was straight and slender, and he kept staying within Lin Yanming's line of sight all the time. The invisible darkness seemed to have little effect on him. The steps under his feet were always smooth and steady without hesitation.
However, it was too quiet around me.
I could only hear the thumping sound of my heart and the rustling of the grass under my feet.
Lin Yanming swallowed his saliva, carefully breaking the silence, and said:
"that… "
In fact, he didn't think about what to say, but he couldn't bear the painful silence.
However, at the moment he made his voice, Lin Yanming heard a strange echoing sound against the back of his neck, repeating what he just said in a strange hoarse voice: "That..."
Lin Yanming's hair straightened up immediately.
He slammed into a short stature, and the arrow made of magical power immediately struck in the direction of the sound!
The arrow fell into the empty space and was swallowed by darkness.
The spare light source on the watch illuminates a small area behind it, and the pale light appears so small and faint in the overwhelming shadows around it.
It was a monster with a height of three meters. Its body was thin and long like noodles, with a huge and heavy head hanging down its neck, exactly the height of Lin Yanming's head.
It turned its head, and the seven irregularly arranged eyes on its dark face stared at the two humans in front of him.
He made the same weird and hoarse voice, repeating mechanically:
"that… "
Lin Yanming felt his hair suddenly rise, and a strange chill rose from the depths of his spinal cord.
He grew up so old and had never seen such a monster.
And what's more terrifying is...
Lin Yanming's gaze fell on the monster's neck, and he swallowed hard.
—The above is empty.
Without a school collar, there is nothing.
Lin Yanming is not sure, is it breaking free or...
Isn't it a monster caught by the school
No matter which option, he couldn't help but feel terrified.
The monster swayed its slender body and quickly approached in a strange posture. The seven eyes on its face were blinking at different frequencies, the face was cracked with a huge mouth, and the circles of sharp teeth gleamed with cold light.
"Run!"
Lin Yanming shouted in horror, turning around and dragging Shi'an to flee.
"Run..." "Run..."
The monster behind it mechanically repeated what Lin Yanming said over and over again, while chasing them.
Lin Yanming was sweating profusely, and he could only hear the sound of his sudden gasp and the lingering whisper behind him.
The darkness swallowed his sense of direction, making him feel like he was running in an endless swamp.
Sudden.
The sound of footsteps came from all directions, and the identical mechanical murmurs overlapped each other, resounding in my ears:
"Run..." "Run..." "Run..."
Lin Yanming stopped abruptly.
His pupils shrank, his face pale, and beads of sweat fell down his cheeks.
With the help of the spare light source, he saw that there were dozens of slender monsters surrounding them from all directions, and each heavy head was staring at them closely, repeating two words: "Quickly run".
But... there is no way to escape.
"Try it, try the light magic attack. It should, should be effective against this kind of thing."
Lin Yanming said to Shi'an incoherently.
He released it to the one closest to him, but it was effective, but he only pushed it back for a few seconds. After the magic faded, the monster began to approach again.
It's over, it's over, it's over—
Lin Yanming only had the last two words left in his mind.
"Then, is the fire system okay?"
At this time, he heard a soft, curious voice coming from beside him.
"..."
What
Lin Yanming did not react.
"Similar to this."
The moment the voice fell, the scorching flames rolled up like waves, instantly ignited the darkness, wrapped in an astonishing high temperature, and rushed toward the monster in front of him fiercely!
The violent flames roared as if possessing sage, and swallowed the slender figure one by one.
However, in just a few seconds, the leaping flames circled around the two, firmly locking them in the center.
The soaring fire dispelled the haze, and illuminated the vast plain as bright as day.
In the raging fire, the monster screamed sternly, and the slender figure swayed wildly in the scorching fire, but could not escape from it no matter what.
"..."
-How destructive, overwhelming, aggressive and powerful.
Lin Yanming stood there blankly.
His face was flushed with the light of the fire. Although it was far away, he could still feel the temperature of the flame not far away on his skin, and he could hardly think when it was so hot.
I don't know how long it has been.
Maybe only a few seconds, maybe a few centuries.
The flame and heat went out together.
It seemed that everything was just a cruel and grand hallucination in his mind.
In the darkness, only the weak brightness of the standby light source remained.
The light faintly illuminates the open space not far away, as well as piles of ashes on the ground.
Wait, isn't it an illusion
Lin Yanming felt his head become paste.
After a long time.
He turned his head hard, he could almost hear the gurgling of his neck, incredibly, looking stiffly at Shi'an beside him.
The boy seemed to notice his gaze and turned to look back.
The facial features appear softer in the dark, and the outlines of a pair of eyes are rounded. When looking at people intently, they give people a feeling of acting like a baby.
Shi'an pursed her lips embarrassedly and smiled:
"I really don't know the light system, I only know this."
Lin Yanming: "...…… …"
"The people from the bureau are here!"
"What? Come in quickly!" The person in charge was startled, and hurriedly stepped out to greet him.
Mu Heng lowered his eyes and tied his long hair meticulously behind his head. The pale skin was covered tightly by his coat and gloves, making him look regular and abstinent.
Wen Yao stood not far away. She changed into combat attire. She had light brown skin and sharp eyebrows. She was handing over intelligence to the staff and asked what she was doing in a low voice.
This time, they are all elites specially trained by the combat department of the Administration to deal with this special situation.
The person in charge stretched out his hand anxiously: "Mr. Mu..."
Mu Heng lowered his eyes and glanced at the opponent's outstretched hand, without moving.
The person in charge suddenly remembered the other party's unwillingness to have physical contact with others, and retracted his hand in embarrassment: "Excuse me... I am too anxious too."
He asked: "What are you going to do next?"
Mu Heng's voice was cold and deep, as if he hadn't been affected by the opponent's panic: "Have you set up emergency exits in the actual battlefield?"
"Of course! Right in the center of each area!"
Mu Heng nodded slightly, and continued to ask, "Are there any teachers or staff who are familiar with the terrain of the actual battlefield?"
"Yes!"
Mu Heng: "Arrange one in each area and let them follow my team in to rescue the trapped students."
Person in charge: "Then... what do you plan to do with that abyssal crack in the scorched earth area?"
"Close it from the inside." Mu Heng said calmly:
"I will go in person."
Person in charge: "Then I will be with you..."
Mu Heng interrupted him: "No need."
The person in charge was stunned: "Why...?"
Mu Hengyan said concisely: "It's too dangerous."
The abyss will continue to release poisonous gas outwards, so you must always use magic to protect yourself. Even if he goes deep into the cracks, he will lose the home battle advantage and be weakened to a certain extent, let alone other self-protection capabilities. Weak people.
"What's more, after the start of alienation, the closer the chasm of the abyss is, the deeper the area will be transformed. Even if there is a guide, it will not help."
Although the person in charge was still unwilling, he could only sigh and obey the other party's arrangement: "You are right."
Mu Heng nodded, turned and walked forward.
The person in charge hurriedly followed up: "Eh... Then do you have nothing else to need?"
Mu Heng's silver-blue eyes were calm and indifferent, without the slightest arrogance, as if they were merely stating a fact:
"unnecessary."
"I am enough."
The author has something to say:
Lin Yanming (sluggish):………… I’m a good boy