There are only two minutes left.
There were four carriages waiting at the meeting point at the town entrance.
A large number of crazy townspeople chased here, and a small number of them naturally noticed Yi Chen approaching from the lakeside and turned around to chase him.
At this time,
The trunk of one of the carriages suddenly opened.
An arm as strong as a stone pillar stretched out. It was Dagbert from the North, with whom he had worked together before.
The blond Edmund was also sitting nearby, waving at Yi Chen.
"Isn't this William? Come quickly, we are just short of one person."
This is a critical moment related to the end of the assessment, so there is naturally no need to refuse.
Quickly move forward.
When Yi Chen stretched out his hand and touched Dagbert's palm... an unimaginable force was transmitted.
He didn't even make a move to jump before he was pulled onto the carriage.
Edmund, who was sitting next to him, closed the door at the same time.
Since the carriage was full, the driver did not wait any longer.
Bang!
The reins whipped the horse's back as it quickly drove away from the town filled with the smell of fish.
There were only four of them in the carriage.
There were two strangers, both injured... One had a bandage wrapped around his waist, and the other had a lot of flesh cut off on his right arm, and was spraying medicine on the wound.
In comparison, the injuries suffered by Edmund's team were minor.
Dagobert had a small bandage around his left upper arm.
Juliana was resting against the carriage, with one hand on the right side of her waist, and seemed to have some injuries.
Blond Edmund only had a sticky bandage on his cheek, similar to a Band-Aid.
In contrast,
Yi Chen, who was unharmed, naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.
Edmund leaned closer to her face and asked curiously:
"Mr. William, I'm a little curious~
The three of us fought our way through the town center to the meeting point, stopping twice along the way to observe, but we didn't see any trace of you at all.
Did it come from the lake?"
"Um."
"How did you do that? When a town riots, the most dangerous thing is a lake that breeds pathogens... Almost no examinee would go near that place at the last minute."
"I just accidentally discovered a gap."
"Is that so? That's amazing."
"By the way, how long does it take to get to the organization from here?"
Seeing the taciturn Yi Chen asking, Edmund quickly explained:
“Generally, the places chosen as examination sites are not too far from the organization… This is conducive to monitoring the examination sites and avoiding unexpected situations.
We will be at G&D headquarters, Zion, in three hours at most.”
"Um."
Yi Chen didn't ask any more questions.
Use this time to close your eyes and rest, recovering from any remaining mental trauma.
at the same time,
You can also pay close attention to the condition of Little Grape.
With the help of this lake bottom operation, although Little Grape has certain selfish motives, it is still trustworthy overall.
Crunch! Crunch!
The plant roots move inside the body, trying to touch the growing grape to check its condition.
When it was about to get close, all the plant roots dispersed again.
"Forget it, let's not disturb it..."
Put your hands in your pockets,
I leaned against the wooden door in the carriage and prepared to have a good sleep.
But I found that there were some things left in my head, and I couldn't fall asleep.
Whenever I close my eyes, I will think of the abyss laboratory and the untouchable unknown existence.
Since I can't sleep,
The engineering student's habitual thinking began by trying to think about the root cause of the Green Lake Town incident.
“The real mastermind behind this should be the unknown entity that I accidentally saw.
The giant eye at the bottom of the lake is just a product of his experiment.
The eye and some parasite samples were released into Green Lake Town... Rather than a pathogenic invasion of the town, it would be more accurate to say that the town was being used as a breeding farm.
Once a high-quality patient is produced, he may be taken to the abyss.
It’s really scary…
What kind of people are ruling this world? 』
Recalling the epic music of the sea, and the golden frame floating above the head of the unknown being,
Yi Chen actually smiled and was eager to explore the secrets of this world.
…
About two hours later
Suddenly there was a strong jolt.
at the same time,
The carriage gradually tilted upward, obviously going uphill.
"Are we finally up the mountain? Oh wow~ We'll be there soon. I'm really looking forward to it."
Blond Edmund stretched himself, and then took the initiative to open the rear door of the carriage. The driver did not say anything about this behavior.
As long as you go up the mountain, there is no risk of becoming ill.
At least that's the case for now.
The moment the carriage door was fully opened.
"Oh shit!"
The effect of acrophobia instantly swept through Yi Chen's brain, and he instinctively widened his eyes... Fortunately, he was not sitting near the outside, otherwise he would have been scared.
current,
The carriage was moving up along an extremely steep mountain road.
On the right is a cliff, estimated to be more than 200 meters high.
The most terrifying thing is,
The mountain road is only less than ten centimeters wider than the carriage.
The rolling wheels were almost touching the edge of the road and could skid at any time... Any ordinary person would feel an instinctive fear, a fear of death.
However.
The other examiners did not show much change in expression, and they completely trusted the driver's skills.
When the carriage passed a bend between the cliffs,
Hundreds of meters away,
Looking at the top of the cliff,
There stood a black city.
The city is built on the cliff, and even one-third of the area extends beyond the cliff.
The sky above the city was filled with thick fog, and some areas were even covered with black film, which effectively blocked outside prying eyes.
"This is Zion."
I don't know why,
When Yi Chen looked at the city, his body automatically produced a feeling of cold comfort, as if he had found a safe refuge in a world full of sores.
Just then,
There was a sudden commotion in my body.
The skin on Yi Chen's shoulders bulged rapidly, and black threads grew out from it.
Tearing the skin gently and painlessly,
Drill out a black meat ball that is exactly the same as the original one,
The neural connection between the two also returned to normal.
Then came the voice of Little Grape:
"Are we almost at the organization? It's so fast."
"Little Grape, are you ready now? I thought it would take you a few days."
“It’s just a nice little meal, which will take a few hours to digest… It’s barely good stuff, and it gave me a certain improvement.
Let me let you experience it too.
When Little Grape shared the new visual features,
In Yi Chen's field of vision,
There was actually an extra dotted circle line that symbolized locking.
As long as any living target appears in the field of vision,
This dotted circle will automatically fall on the other person.
current,
Blond Edmund happened to be in Yi Chen's sight.
The dotted circle is like automatic aiming, immediately circling the target's head.
One second later,
The dotted line gradually turns into a solid line, which means the locking is complete.
The voice of Little Grape came,
"Okay, the target has been locked! As long as you have a relevant thought, the mental radiation will directly affect it."
"What!?"
Yi Chen quickly looked away and blinked at the same time.
The lock will be released naturally.
Blond Edmund seemed to sense that Yi Chen was stealing glances at him, but he didn't care at all.