Restricted area grave keeper

Chapter 282
The air in the room was exceptionally dull, and the sky outside the window became dim at some point. The dark clouds kept gathering and gathered into a thick layer of clouds, like an invisible big hand covering the sky, oppressing the entire land.

There was a damp smell in the wind, and the hurried passers-by on the street were even more hurried, because they knew that a downpour was coming.

Xia Yuxi stood by the window, staring blankly at the gloomy sky, a little at a loss.

The fear brought about by the weird experience just now still lingered in her heart, and the faint coolness seemed to still surround her back, so that she was extra cautious even breathing, for fear that the paper centipede would go away and come back——

For a moment just now, she thought she was really going to die.

Fortunately, the worst did not happen, and the paper centipede seemed to have really left.

During this period, Lu Zhan on the other end of the phone did not speak. Xia Yuxi knew very well that this was because the other party was not sure of his current situation and was worried that speaking out rashly would bring him danger.

"I'm all right."

After a while, Xia Yuxi took a deep breath and said into the earphones.

Lu Zhan's voice sounded quickly, as if he breathed a sigh of relief: "I have already let Chen Shi pass by, and he will arrive soon. How is the situation on your side?"

Previously, Liu Qingqing was hunted down, and now Xia Yuxi was in danger again, and two of his subordinates suffered accidents one after another. One can imagine his mood.

"Paper centipede, a centipede made of paper entered my house." Xia Yuxi said with a heavy tone

"Paper centipede?"

"Ah."

Xia Yuxi recounted what happened just now in detail, but she still felt a little lingering after the lecture.

"Does the breath alone make you unable to move..."

Lu Zhan was silent for a moment, and said solemnly, "If the influence of ability is excluded, then the opponent is at least at the level of an A-level transcendent."

"But that's just a paper centipede."

"That's right, so the guy who manipulated the centipede...maybe his strength has surpassed A-level."

"Beyond Grade A..."

Xia Yuxi's body froze suddenly, and said hurriedly, "Could it be S-rank?"

"...Maybe even higher."

Since seeing the terrifying power of Hei Heina half a year ago, the S rank is no longer the highest extraordinary level in human cognition.

However, even if there is a dungeon that seems to have "experience bonus" in the restricted area, there have been no rumors of someone breaking through the S rank.

"Is there such a thing in Dongyang City?" Xia Yuxi asked.

"There must be S-level ones, but I've never seen them before. This kind of powerhouse is usually hidden in every city, and only used at critical moments... But I don't think this matter may have something to do with Dongyang City."

At this moment, Lu Zhan suddenly said, "Chen Shi is here, go and open the door for him."

After hearing this sentence, Xia Yuxi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. In her impression, although Chen Shi was a taciturn guy, he was a very reliable companion and a professional transcendent who was good at fighting.

This guy is here to stay.

She looked out of the cat's eye, but she didn't see anyone, but even so, she opened the door.

"How are you?"

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came from behind her, Xia Yuxi turned her head, and saw a figure appearing on the sofa at some point, looking around the living room expressionlessly——

This person is Chen Shi.

I didn't notice this guy's arrival at all.

However, Xia Yuxi has long been accustomed to this, because this is exactly Chen Shi's ability - the ability to greatly reduce the sense of presence in the environment, to the point of almost non-existence.

"I'm fine," she replied.

"Remember to close the door." Chen Shi reminded suddenly.

"You don't need to remind me."

Xia Yu closed the door angrily, and then told Chen Shi the ins and outs of the matter.

After Chen Shi listened expressionlessly, he stretched out his hand and said, "Give me one of the earphones."

He took an earphone from Xia Yuxi and put it on his ear.

"How was the scene?" Lu Zhan's voice just came from the earphones.

"No abnormalities were found."

Chen Shi shook his head, this is the result of his repeated observations.

"I checked carefully just now, and nothing is missing in my house." Xia Yuxi added.

"Manipulating such a powerful paper man to come to your house, neither to get anything, nor to kill you, what is that for..."

Lu Zhan on the other end of the phone pondered for a long time, then pondered: "You shouldn't have provoked anything weird recently, have you?"

"No."

Xia Yuxi is very sure about this, she has been working in the police station recently, even if she wants to provoke weird things, she has no chance.

"Since that guy went to your house, but didn't do anything to you, or even turned a blind eye to you, then the other party obviously has a very clear purpose, so that the other party can ignore everything that is irrelevant, and there is likely to be something behind it. Is a top extraordinary person with at least A-level, then..."

Lu Zhan's thoughts changed sharply, and he suddenly said in a deep voice, "Chen Shi, you have to mobilize all the monitoring immediately, and focus on observing the area I asked you to monitor - including the police station."

"Understood." Chen Shi said lightly.

"Any clues?" Xia Yuxi was a little curious, as if the other party had discovered something.

Lu Zhan did not answer, but calmly said: "Chen Shi."

Chen Shi suddenly realized something, glanced at Xia Yuxi, and stretched out a hand towards her.

Xia Yuxi understood instantly, gently grabbed his hand, closed her eyes and activated [Telepathy].

In the next second, her eyes widened.

Chen Shi told her enough information through his heart.

Because of his ability, most of Chen Shi's previous tasks were to clean up and assassinate the superhumans, keeping an eye on those dishonest forces, such as Huang Quan, and rarely performing surveillance work.

And there was only one surveillance mission he was in charge of——

That is to pay attention to the whereabouts of the gravekeeper.

And if you want to say who is the most terrifying existence that Xia Yuxi can have a relationship with, it is undoubtedly the grave keeper.

The key point is... that guy has been to her house!
So... could that paper centipede follow Bai Mo's breath?
Of course, the appearance of the paper centipede may also be related to the mud-stained corpse that disappeared after only appearing for a while. That thing is also very strange, and it is suspected to be related to the mysterious burial place...

In addition, the investigation cannot be related to the matter of asking the pen fairy today - but this possibility is small, otherwise the target of the centipede should be directly on Xia Yuxi.

Gravekeeper...

Xia Yuxi withdrew her thoughts, suddenly seemed to think of something, and said in a panic: "By the way, what I 'saw' today..."

"Don't say it on the phone." Lu Zhan interrupted her seriously.

"why?"

Lu Zhan did not explain, but said in a solemn tone: "You have been hiding with Qingqing recently, and Chen Shi went to contact Xu Han in City No. Take Qingqing to the parliament."

"Meeting, Parliament!?"

Xia Yuxi was taken aback, for some reason, she sensed a sense of crisis from Lu Zhan's words.

"In three days, the council will hold a district meeting. It seems to be discussing the issue of 'restricted area spokesperson'. All remaining districts in the safe zone must participate, and I will also go."

Xia Yuxi was stunned and said, "Why did you go to such an important meeting..."

"I am not representing Dongyang City. This is a separate invitation from the council, and Xu Han is among them."

I see, is it related to that incident...

Xia Yuxi soon realized that although, for various reasons, the council had a poor sense of Dongyang City, perhaps it was because they had dealt with the Equality Paradise with Lu Zhan half a year ago, they seemed to remember Lu Zhan and Xu Han these two people.

"clear."

Xia Yuxi and Chen Shi answered in unison.

"But why do I need to hide?"

Xia Yuxi still had some doubts in her heart. According to speculation, this centipede should have little connection with Dongyang City, and she didn't seem to need to hide it.

"in case."

"What... what do you mean?"

Xia Yuxi felt a faint unease in her heart.

"Boom!"

The sky suddenly exploded, and the heavy rain poured down, like a thick rain curtain, and like a huge cage, making the world outside the window extremely blurred.

Lu Zhan was silent for a long time, and said, "Before Chen Shi came to your house, he got some bad news..."

"Shortly after you left the ban...the Han family died."

These words were like thunder, Xia Yuxi's eyes suddenly widened.

Accompanied by bursts of deafening thunder, Lu Zhan's emotionless voice continued to sound——

"That guy died in his own office. It is said that... his heart was dug out alive."

……

Rumble!
The bean-sized raindrops kept hitting the ground, forming a torrent of water, and then quickly flowed into the sewer along the drain, repeating continuously, like a huge waterfall.

And under such a terrible downpour, few couples can be seen on the street, and the world seems to be cleared up.

"It's raining..."

Brown Tang leaned against the eaves, looked at the sky, and murmured.

The water flow continued to fall along the eaves, making the sky much blurred.

The heavy rain was mixed with the cold wind, and she seemed to feel a little cold suddenly. She shrank her neck, hugged her arms tightly, and then turned her head to look at Bai Mo, who was also looking at the sky, with a strange expression.

"Generally speaking, in this situation, a normal man would put his coat on a woman in a gentlemanly manner, right?" She said loudly as if talking to herself.

"I'm not normal, and I'm not a gentleman." Bai Mo retracted his gaze, and replied lightly, "And you're not cold."

"Why don't you say you're not a man?" Brown Tang pouted angrily.

After leaving the sea of ​​flowers, she regained this little woman's posture again, which was quite different from her previous appearance in the sea of ​​flowers.

At this moment, Brown Tang suddenly looked down at the phone, and then said with a surprised face, "It's really strange, this is actually a heavy rain that covered the entire safe zone."

That is to say..., is it raining in all urban areas right now?

There was an imperceptible worry in her eyes.

"Ah."

Bai Mo was extraordinarily calm, "It's fine to take an umbrella when it rains."

Brown Tang took a deep look at him, and then said helplessly, "Are you kidding me, it's raining so hard, we can only let the car pick us up."

"You should have done this a long time ago. It's a waste of time." Bai Mo said.

"Why are you in such a hurry? I just want Xiao Sheng and those two guys to wait there for a while. If you didn't really want to go into the library, I might just let them dove!"

"The matter between you has nothing to do with me, and I'm not interested either." Bai Mo said lightly, "Tell me what the Forest of Steel is first."

Xia Yuxi rolled her eyes, then said with a smile: "If you are willing to give me the coat, I might tell you."

Bai Mo didn't say much, just took off his coat and handed it to her.

"Put it on for me." Brown Tang said with a blushing face.

The white ink was thrown away, and the coat directly covered her head.

brown sugar:"……"

"Can you be gentle!"

She angrily took off the coat from her head, then put it on herself casually, straightened her messy long golden hair, gave Bai Mo a vicious look, and said, "You can never take this dress back!"

Bai Mo yawned: "It just so happens that I don't plan to ask for it either."

"Unappreciative guy! If I hadn't pulled my face and begged Xiao Sheng and those two guys, you wouldn't even have the chance to challenge the Forest of Steel!"

Brown Tang said viciously, "And I'm your girlfriend now anyway, so forget it if you don't thank me, but I'm so cold!"

"Since when did you become my girlfriend?"

Bai Mo said lightly, "And if I really didn't thank you, what I have to do at this time is not as simple as waiting here with you."

Brown Tang was taken aback.

She was about to speak again when she saw a luxury car appearing in the rain.

"The car is here."

Seeing this, her expression immediately became cold, and she grabbed Bai Mo's hand beside her into her arms, and dragged him into the back seat of the car together.

The driver is a cyborg, staring straight ahead, as if he couldn't see the scene, he just greeted: "Miss Brown Sugar."

"Go to the library." Brown Tang gave the order lightly.

"Yes."

The car started, splashed a large amount of rainwater, and drove forward at a high speed.

Brown Sugar hugged Bai Mo's arm tightly, and said: "I said before, only a few people have permission to enter the library, and the Forest of Steel is a road specially reserved for those who are not qualified to enter the library. Of course, Even if you want to take this path, you need special qualifications - you should be grateful that you met me."

She once again emphasized her achievements without any trace.

"The Forest of Steel is a rule that existed in Boundless City before the expansion of the restricted area. Because Boundless City has always paid special attention to knowledge, it has specially given value to it. If you want to explore more profound knowledge, you must step through the threshold—and the Forest of Steel, It is the threshold of knowledge."

I really can't tell... Bai Mo said in his heart.

"The "Sea of ​​Knowledge" in Boundless City is not an abstract concept, but a real existence. It is said that the entrance is hidden in the library, which is mysterious. In fact, in the past, it was enough to enter the library with a rich reserve of knowledge, but It's a pity that you came at the wrong time, and now there is only the only road left, the Forest of Steel."

Brown Tang said, "If the sea of ​​knowledge is the baptism of the heart, then the forest of steel is the tempering of the body. If you don't pay attention, you will die—that's why I asked you if you were hard enough when you first entered the city."

She licked her lips, her eyes were watery, she still held Bai Mo's arm tightly, and the huge force almost buried Bai Mo's arm into her chest.

Bai Mo glanced at her indifferently.

"Speak the key."

"The guy who doesn't understand the taste..."

Brown Tang shook his head and continued, "As the name suggests, the Forest of Steel is a ring-shaped corridor made entirely of various metals, with a total length of ten kilometers. Only those who can rely on strong physical fitness to pass through the corridor can be qualified to enter the library."

"The inexplicable rules are as inexplicable as the distorted view of love in Boundless City." Bai Mo commented.

As soon as this remark came out, the driver in front was startled, almost lost his grip on the steering wheel, and quickly pretended not to hear.

Brown Tang's eyes turned cold, the smile on his face faded, and he reminded: "Although you are my current boyfriend, you can't speak ill of Boundless City like this - no city understands love better than Boundless City."

"False love is high above, but true love dies unexpectedly. Tell me... Isn't this kind of view of love distorted?"

Bai Mo glanced lightly at the tortured arm, and said, "Also, let's just give up, no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to pinch my arm off with your chest."

Brown Tang froze for a moment, and his expression suddenly became colder.

"You mean... the forest of steel can't stop you?"

"Ah."

"I am looking forward."

"Expect me to die inside?"

Brown Tang Zhan was silent for a long time, then suddenly smiled and put his head on his shoulder: "To be honest, I really like you more and more."

The driver was sweating profusely, still pretending to be deaf and dumb.

The car drove quickly in the rain, and soon came to a huge building.

(End of this chapter)