Xu Le successfully evaded the search of law enforcers and guards by passing through the second-floor window in the form of blue elemental electricity.
It is now past 8 o'clock, and because of the Kuroshio Current and the time, the bus service has stopped around 8 o'clock.
That means if he wants to go back now, he has to walk.
The Zion Progressive Building is located inside Zion, while the studio is very outside.
In the current situation, there is not even a tricycle, which is a bit disappointing!
"Forget it, let's just walk back."
After taking two steps, Xu Le suddenly stopped. He didn't expect Ai Li to appear in front of him.
When seeing Gou Zi, Xu Le felt inexplicably guilty, because he didn't know what would happen to Ai Li if he killed Zhang Nuoan.
After all, Ai Li has been a bootlicker for many years, and it is not known whether she can change this identity during this period of time.
"Why are you here?"
"It's been over 3 hours now. I went home to get my gear and went to your studio to look for you, but they said you weren't there, so I went back to the Zion Progressive Building.
After confirming that you were not there, I looked for you in the nearby area. I came to this place after hearing the explosions of battle and the sirens of law enforcement officers. "
Xu Le scratched his head in embarrassment. He had been trapped in the bus for too long. More than three hours was indeed too long. There was nothing wrong with Ai Li's movement trajectory.
"Something happened to me."
"Is Zhang Nuoan dead?" Ai Li stared at Xu Le.
Xu Le's scalp tingled when he was looked at. Are women's intuition so strong? In his previous life, Xu Le had heard that a woman could turn into Sherlock Holmes just because of a strand of hair.
He now feels that Rewi Alley should also have potential in this area.
"He is indeed dead."
Xu Le had no intention of hiding it. Even if he concealed it tonight, after today's black tide, Ai Li would know the real result when he went to work tomorrow.
Unless, neither of them survived tonight's black tide.
When Ai Li heard that Zhang Nuoan had died, his expression was slightly dazed.
After all, they were true childhood sweethearts. They grew up together. She chose the path of a warrior, while Zhang Nuoan became a sorcerer.
They once had common ideals, all chose to fight for Zion, and also joined Zion's official system.
After that, they continued to work together for a long time.
When did the relationship between them change
The appearance of Xu Le? No, it wasn't. Before Xu Le appeared, there were already problems between her and Zhang Nuoan.
To be precise, the relationship between her and Zhang Nuoan began to change when Zhang Nuoan became power-seeking.
He wants greater power, better resources, more support and connections.
In fact, she should have woken up when Zhang Nuoan pursued Li Qingcheng, but she just didn't want to wake up.
It was not until Xu Le's licking dog remarks appeared that she came to her senses.
Now, after hearing about Zhang Nuoan's death, Ai Li seemed to understand that his former companion was really dead.
Just think of it as saying goodbye to the past.
Ai Li did not act like a daughter. She just hesitated for a moment and then said:
"You're not hurt?"
"Ah? Me?"
"Would I ask a dead person? I don't know why, but I always feel that things that I used to think were very important are not so important now."
“This is a relief.”
"Relieved?" Ai Li tilted her head slightly, then immediately straightened it, because she seldom showed such an action.
"Maybe it's because of different world views. You feel that your world views are different and you are not on the same path, so you let it go."
"What do different values mean?" Rewi Alley didn't quite understand the meaning of the word.
Xu Le nodded and began to explain patiently:
"What are the three different outlooks? Let's put it this way: you respect the laws of nature, he worships authority, this is a difference in worldview; you believe in conscience, he pursues material things, this is a difference in values; you want to be an ordinary person, he wants to be a superior person, this is a difference in outlook on life.
This is what a famous scholar from my hometown said. Maybe there are different understandings, but this statement is very close to my own thinking. "
After hearing Xu Le's explanation, Ai Li nodded slightly:
"That scholar must be a very powerful person. What is his name?"
"His name is Yu Hua."
But Ai Li frowned again soon:
"That's not right. Isn't Zion your hometown? Why haven't I heard of this famous scholar named Yu Hua?"
Xu Le was silent for a few seconds, then said:
"What do you, a martial artist, know about academic matters?"
"Neuropathy!"
Seeing that Ai Li was still quite stable, Xu Le thought for a while and decided to tell her what he had discovered during the battle:
"But there was a third person intervening in the fight between Zhang Nuoan and I."
"The third person? Who?" Ai Li was a little surprised.
"Xia Libo."
"Doctor Xia?"
"This man's condition is hard to describe. In short, he is definitely not an ordinary doctor."
Xu Le roughly told Ai Li about the situation at that time. After all, they both worked for Zion Progressors, so it was necessary to inform Ai Li in advance so that she would have an idea.
However, Xu Le basically omitted everything about the ancient sound imprints.
Since Ai Li no longer has the mark of Gu Yinduo, let her be a good Zion Progressor Garrison Officer.
Being a normal extraordinary person is always much better than being a mark holder.
If Ai Li really became the puppet's little brother, then I would have to be careful when practicing with her at night in the future.
What if she kills herself
"What was Dr. Xia's reason for attacking Zhang Nuoan?"
"Um, I don't know about that..."
Xu Le changed the subject. Ai Li saw that Xu Le knew the inside story, but since he was unwilling to tell her, she did not force him.
"What do you mean now? It's almost 9 o'clock."
"Hurry back to the studio."
Xu Le glanced at the already very obvious red moon, and his heart was slightly moved.
Red Moon Countdown: 3 hours, 14 minutes and 33 seconds
…
At this moment in that ordinary church.
Xia Libo looked a little dazed, with a blank smile on his face.
Xia Libo was not very clear whether his soul had been redeemed, but he felt that his body had been redeemed, and physical redemption was a kind of happiness.
The succubus nun Lailai is very well-behaved and careful. She can tolerate Xia Libo's clumsiness and let him repent sincerely.
Confession, this is absolutely true confession.
This is a kind of repentance that I have never experienced in my life over the past 20 years.
Xia Libo was earnestly repenting his past. He felt that his previous actions were full of sins, and now was the time to atone.
"Come on, Master Xia Libo!"
Lailai was still encouraging Xia Libo. At this moment, Xia Libo felt that she was not the embodiment of evil, but a caring and warm sister.
After the extreme happiness, Xia Libo let out a long breath and murmured to himself.
“I don’t know if this is my redemption or an indelible sin.”
Xia Libo sensed the time. The black tide was approaching, but he was sitting here experiencing such an unbearable thing. He felt really ashamed.
"These weird Xule..."
After saying this, he shook his head again:
"No, this situation happened because of my spying. If I hadn't taken the initiative to spy on his behavior, he wouldn't have been contaminated by the energy of desire.
In the final analysis, it’s still my own fault.”
Just as Xia Libo was about to sit up from the wet floor, a slender hand passed through his armpit, stopped on Xia Libo's chest, and kept drawing circles.
"Do we have to get up so early? There's still some time left!"
Xia Libo frowned, his mind told him that this was not redemption but a sin, and he should not let his actions remain in such a sin.
But his body told him the exact opposite feeling, an unprecedented experience in more than 20 years.
"Forget it. If I don't go to hell, who will? In this case, I'll have to restrain her more from now on."
As he spoke, Xia Libo grabbed Sister Lailai's fingers and pulled her onto his body.
Joy.
…
Another two hours passed. Outside the Rose Studio, Wang Shu and other members of the mercenary group were arranging some defenses.
The first is the weird layout of ashes outside the studio. Wang Shu used the gradient technique of the lighthouse watcher, which is not very consuming but has a significant effect.
Then came the placement and construction of the fence. Wang Shu left a passage, which the other mercenaries didn't quite understand at first.
But Wang Shu's explanation made sense to them:
"Generally speaking, monsters above level 3 can ignore the fence, and I can block monsters below level 3, so leaving a walkway like this to give some opportunities is a good choice."
"Is the boss not back yet? It's already 11 o'clock."
Wang Shu shook his head. At this point in time, it was indeed a big problem that Xu Le had not returned.
These Kuroshio tides are very different from previous ones.
Starting from the time in June, at this point in time, the power of Gu Yinduo and Hongyue will begin to radiate the earth.
Weirdness can even appear long in advance, like the incident at Beacon University.
Because they were completely unprepared, a large number of monsters were missed in the upper city area, and there was even a situation where everyone in a classroom was wiped out.
The second time they were wiped out by Xiong Zemo without participating in the mission, but that time, there were already a large number of high-level scattered monsters in the black tide that directly broke through the city wall defense. Now is the third time.
It is said that Zion's defense is very strong, and before the reinforced black tide came, it was almost completely in a state of smooth advancement.
No level 3 monster can break through Zion’s long-range firepower coverage. Even a level 4 monster cannot withstand Zion’s dense close-range defense artillery.
As for level 5, normally, level 5 anomalies rarely appear in the Black Tide in the past. Even if it does appear, the extraordinary people in the city are not there to sit there and do nothing.
All we need is some experts to restrain the high-level monsters, and then assist with intensive firepower.
Considering that Zion can produce weapons of the level of Slaughter Lord, it won’t take much time to deal with the level 5 monster.
However, the premise of all this is that the city defenses can be stabilized.
Wang Shu looked at Levis standing beside him. It seemed that Levis was the only one among them who had experienced the last Zion black tide.
"Dr. Lewis, how was the last black tide?"
"Last time, due to the lack of plain areas on the battlefield, a portion of the Black Tide monsters rushed into the city from Area 6, and it eventually developed into street fighting and tug-of-war.
Fortunately, the Zion Council reacted relatively quickly and responded quickly, issuing instructions for law enforcement officers to clear the city.
Zion's defense is very strong, so there is no need to worry too much."
"Thank you, Dr. Lewis." Wang Shu nodded.
"You're welcome. After all, you are all Xu Le's friends." Levis was also very polite.
As a Zion native, he still has confidence in Zion.
"Let's wait for Xu Le and the others to come back. We just need to wait now. Maybe the city defense will be strong and everything will be fine."
"I hope so."
Wang Shu could only respond to Levis's statement in this way. He was not from Zion and did not trust Zion's defense as much as Levis did.
Taking out his broken knife, Wang Shu leaned against the flower bed.
In a place where no one noticed, he extended a branch of the Golden Light Tree underground.
This is his new means of perception, which is not exposed on normal days, but now that we have reached the Kuroshio, there is no point in hiding it anymore.
The streets were not empty at this time.
Because there are studio buildings nearby, most studio staff have prepared various defenses.
There are also many studios like Rose Studio that hire mercenaries for defense.
This is a very normal means of cooperation. During times like the Black Tide, mercenaries will not charge very high fees because most of the time they will not choose to fight to the death.
Just as Wang Shu was listening to a few mercenaries bragging about their past experiences not far away, he suddenly sensed something wrong.
Winter! Winter! Winter!
It's not a sound, it's the vibration of the ground, it feels like heavy high heels stepping on the ground.
Wang Shu quickly stood up and looked around. At this moment, the people on the entire street were standing there chatting. Among them, the researchers in the studio were all staying at home and were unlikely to make such a heavy noise.
Mercenaries usually wear combat boots. Even female mercenaries cannot wear high heels at this time.
How should I describe the sounds? They don't match.
But Wang Shu's perception was very clear that the footsteps were approaching!
"Be alert and prepare for battle."
"Uh? Wang Shu." Ge Sini looked at Wang Shu with some confusion. It was only about 11 o'clock and the surrounding environment was also very humorous. Why was he preparing for a battle
"I said, prepare for battle..."
The other mercenaries looked at each other. They still seemed reluctant to obey Wang Shu's orders.
Only Gusini obediently put on her helmet, picked up her weapon, and assumed a alert posture.
The other mercenaries all took the initiative to look at the team leader Wang Jing, even though Wang Jing had said before that they needed to obey Wang Shu's orders in this mission.
But it is obvious that Wang Jing still has absolute control over the team.
The widow Wang Jing hesitated for a moment. She did not sense any danger, but she looked at Wang Shu. From his serious expression, she could tell that he was not joking.
Since she had said before that Wang Shu would be in full command, she naturally could not deny her previous words at this time.
"Everyone, obey Wang Shu's orders and be on alert immediately."