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Chapter 278: [Nothingness] that contradicts common sense (1/2)

The forest at night is particularly cool, with red barn trees standing in rows. The breeze passes through the treetops, bringing a rustling sound.

This effectively conceals the various factors lurking in the forest, but also makes it more mixed with uncertain dangers.

Below, at the roots of the tree where Kevin was standing, several dark shadows with portable stone lanterns appeared one after another. In the light of the fire, their shadows were particularly large.

The sky was extremely dark, but there was a bright fire under his feet, which allowed Kevin to see their faces clearly.

There were eight people in total, five men and three women.

Judging from their aura, these people are all destiny travelers without exception.

"These people exude the same aura and the same fate, but I can't judge..." Kevin stared down, his brows slightly furrowed with doubts in his heart.

Exploration, destruction, knowledge, preservation, joy, abundance, hunting, and even incomplete immortality… This is the fate Kevin has witnessed so far. As for the fate of the following people, Kevin has no way to judge based on past experience.

Kevin did not intend to go down and contact these people directly, but the appearance of the Destiny Walker undoubtedly interfered with his next plan.

Let's not talk about why there are destiny walkers in this world? What kind of fate do these people have?

Everything has its own way back. Recalling Yalilo-VI, that desolate world covered in ice and snow, the city builders defended the will to preserve it, but the number of those who were destined to fail could be counted on one's fingers.

In comparison, the aura emanating from these people was not strong, but they were genuine destiny travelers. Moreover, there were eight of them at the first appearance, which was a very strange number.

It's almost like wholesale.

...

"Who are you looking at?" The speaker was a sturdy blond man. He was wearing a fine leather jacket, with a heavy sword on his back, a dense beard and a very long scar on his face, extending from his left eye to his chin.

Judging from the shape of the scar, it seemed that this was not caused by an ordinary sharp blade, but more like the claws of a wild beast, with great force and no pause.

This scar looks hideous on the face, but it seems like a record of battle and glory, bringing even greater majesty to the blond man.

He did not carry a lantern, for companions with hand-held lights had gathered around him.

"Strange..." A relatively quiet voice answered him. The young man looked around and said in a weak tone, "Captain, I clearly saw two figures standing right here. How come they disappeared in the blink of an eye?"

Qing Ge pointed at the big tree beside him, and his teammates all looked towards the tree.

Some people moved around the back of the tree, but found nothing. Some people leaned over to check the land at the roots of the tree, but found no signs of being trampled...

As if he had a premonition, the man called the head of the group frowned slightly. He suddenly raised his head and looked upwards. However, all his guesses came true.

The high branches were empty, with only a few desolate red leaves swaying in the wind.

"There's nothing. Did I guess wrong?" The captain muttered to himself, but he still stared at it vigilantly for a few seconds before looking away.

"Report to the captain, there is something unusual in the west!"

"Nothing unusual in the northwest direction!"

"There is nothing unusual in the south!"

"Southwest, like..."Is that so?" The team leader heard the results of his companions' investigations one after another. He held his chin and looked around. Finally, he shifted his gaze to Qingli who was the first to discover the abnormality.

"During patrol, any abnormality you encounter must be reported promptly. Even though nothing was found this time, it's a good thing that nothing happened. As a newcomer, you are very alert. Keep up the good work."

The team leader patted Qingji's shoulder with an attitude of teaching and appreciation. No matter what the result is, he must give the newcomer a certain degree of encouragement, which will help boost his enthusiasm and speed up his integration into his new group.

"Yes!" Qing Yu was flattered and responded quickly.

The leader waved his hand and called out without turning back: "Let's go, there is nothing unusual here, and there is no trace of the evil beast. Continue patrolling and don't waste time."

"Put it away!"

...

"They're gone." Looking at the light spots gradually fading away in the woods below, Kevin's mind moved, and he immediately removed the ideal fluid surrounding his body and the dark substance that concealed his presence.

If the team leader just now knew that the target he saw when he looked up was standing above his head, and even looked at him when he looked up, I wonder what kind of expression he would show.

Kevin finally did not choose to contact these people, but from the brief conversation between them, Kevin analyzed some useful information.

"According to what Xi Xinya said before, there are a large number of troops stationed in the border cities of the kingdom. The few people before were not wearing uniforms, but were on patrol. There is a high probability that they belong to another force - the beast hunters."

"The scarred man led by his comrades calls him the leader. From this, it seems that these people should be a group organization among beast hunters - the Beast Hunter Group."

Kevin was guessing in his heart, but his eyes were looking at Xixinya who had been lying on the branch in silence.

The child was quite clever. Even though Kevin didn't try to persuade her to shut up, she still kept her mouth shut and didn't say a word.

On the contrary, even if she shouted loudly, it would be of no avail. Although the weak power of wind had been greatly weakened compared to before, it was still easy for her to stop the sound from spreading.

"Do you recognize those people?" Kevin asked quietly, looking at the little guy hugging the tree like a sloth.

After asking, Xi Xinya still held the branch: "..."

Kevin frowned slightly, and only after hearing a series of relatively slow and comfortable breathing sounds did he realize that this guy had fallen asleep.

Kevin sighed silently.

Crunch.

Kevin stepped lightly on the branches and walked behind Xixinya.

"Hmm, why... is it so hard..." This guy held the end of the branch, opened his mouth without any image, and bit down on the last branch. It looked like a puppy biting a teether.

It's only been a few hours and you're already so sleepy.

Kevin didn't remember that he had done any child abuse by not allowing the other person to sleep in the past few days, but now was not the time to sleep.

Kevin crossed his arms over his chest, raised his legs slightly, and immediately activated his leg muscles to stomp downwards.

Click——The twigs broke instantly under the huge force.

With a whoosh sound, Xi Xinya woke up suddenly, as if a piece of driftwood on the sea was submerged and lost the sense of security of its foothold.

"Fuck... me?!" Her brain wasn't functioning yet, and Xixinya couldn't utter a complete sentence, but her body reacted normally.

His hands happened to grab a branch below, and with the help of inertia when falling and the toughness of the branch, his thin body rotated several times and bounced to another branch.

Looking at the girl jumping back and forth among the bushes below, Kai felt that this scene lacked the continuous cry of monkeys.

After landing lightly, Xixinya quickly looked upwards, her eyes glaring, her heart full of innocence and dissatisfaction. It seemed that even she herself did not realize that she was a little too emotional. This reaction was completely different from her previous calm and Weino.

But when her eyes fell on the branch, the man was not there.

"Do you want to say something?" A familiar voice came from behind her, which made Xixinya feel a chill on her back.

"No! Yes..." Xixinya gritted her teeth, looking angry but not daring to speak.

Kai did not react to her two completely opposite attitudes. In fact, he had been observing her words and deeds consciously or unconsciously along the way.

Being Wei Nuo and Jing were nothing more than a fear of his power, which was a superficial form of self-protection; and the angry look just now was nothing more than a resistance to the crisis and the threat to his life, which was an inner protection.

But these two reactions are not the other person's true appearance. Humans are complex creatures. When facing unexpected situations, people will always put on unexpected masks to protect themselves. This is normal.

"You are quite skilled." Kai made a seemingly casual comment, but in fact he had already seen through the other person's extraordinary qualities.

If he was physically weak, he would not be able to keep up with his pace along the way, nor would he be able to hold on for so long under the condition of lack of supplies. Otherwise, he would not have done what he did before.

However, the skills displayed by a child alone cannot really attract Kai's praise. What he did just now was just a small show of power to let the other party recognize his position.

...

The forest was still deep and dark, and no third person could hear their conversation.

Xi Xinya's attitude became much more serious. After listening to Kai's explanation of the previous situation, she nodded and said firmly: "The auxiliary patrol mentioned by the regiment commander means assisting the army in patrolling."

"It looks like it's a hunter for sure." Kai thought thoughtfully.

"And they are at least intermediate hunters." Xixinya said seriously, "Because only those who start from the intermediate level are qualified to take on missions issued by the army. Patrolling is not that dangerous, so there are more people participating. That group of people should be a hunting group."

In fact, Xi Xinya couldn't judge the identities of the people below at first. Her eyesight was not as clear as Kai's. She only knew that they were human.

"The Beast Hunter Group..." Kai looked at the girl and mentioned the incident again, "What level was that hunter group at the time of the Rift Valley?"

Kai had no intention of hiding the truth about the cause of death of those people. There was no need for him to tell her, so he had told Xi Xinya about it on the way.

After learning the truth, the child did not react. Perhaps there was some regret in her eyes, but not much, as if these people had nothing to do with her. In comparison, she obviously cared more about whether she could survive.

Sure enough, after hearing Kai's question, Xi Xinya still did not react, but said thoughtfully: "They are the lowest hunter group, the lowest level."

In this world, hunter groups and beast hunters use the same level system: from bottom to top, there are bottom, middle, high, and extremely rare absolute.

When more than half of the members of the lowest-level beast hunting group reach the middle level, they will have the opportunity to be promoted to the middle level, and the same applies to other levels.

Xi Xinya didn't know much about the high-level level, and her introduction was only brief, but Kai didn't pay much attention to this aspect. Even if his strength had not recovered yet, he could still do it in this world.After restoring some of the energy in his body and using a little bit of his power, Kai began to have some guesses about the condition of the Cocoon of the End.

Judging from the current situation, he did not think that the cocoon would disappear directly. Unless there was a more powerful force, the cocoon of the end, which occupied the branch position of the tree of imaginary numbers, would not be easily shaken. Or maybe it is a more permanent and covert arrangement, so hidden that one cannot detect it.

It is possible to eliminate that kind of existence in your heart, but compared to the factor of the cocoon body, blocking the connection between yourself and the cocoon is undoubtedly a more direct method.

From this, Kai thought about the strangeness he felt when he first came to this world, and why the giant golden tree affected him? Is there any connection between the two?

Kai didn't think any more about it. The most urgent thing was to figure out the mystery of this world. From the current perspective, the problems he needs to face are the group of beast hunters and fate seekers.

"What's the difference between the worst and the average?" asked Kai.

"I don't know. I only know that the higher the level, the more powerful they are." Xixinya shook her head, looked at Kai, and added, "In my opinion, none of them are as powerful as you, adult."

"What's the difference between hunters and ordinary people?" Kai asked again.

"This... I can't describe it. If I really have to put it into words, it's like heaven and earth." Xixinya touched the back of her head, "But I heard from them that the lowest-level hunters are only slightly stronger than ordinary people, while the middle-level ones are much stronger than the lowest-level ones. Starting from the middle-level level, there is transformation. As for the difference, maybe it's because they kill more beasts..."

"Kill the beast..." Kai frowned slightly.

The so-called beast is the evil beast, but the difference is that it is a killing beast... Is there any connection between this and the fate of the murderer?

A person who lives his life by killing alone, but this behavior does not lead to [destruction]...? What kind of destiny are these people?

Just as Kai was thinking, the voice in his head appeared after a long absence.

[The problem is not killing.] ]

It was a voice similar to his own, and when it echoed in his mind, it seemed as if it was just asking himself, but Kai still realized that it was not his own thoughts.

Not killing?

[Killing is only a means, not the essence. ]

The voice in his head responded to Kai's question, but it was no longer as rigid as before. It seemed to be thinking, thinking about how to answer.

What is the quality...

Kai thought of those "beasts", ferocious and strange, born from the red fog, and turned into blood and melted into the earth.

Not for survival, as if appearing out of thin air, what is the meaning of the existence of this monster?

After this thought, the voice in my head responded, and this was the answer He gave on his own initiative.

[Why? because...]

[nothingness...]

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The lonely wind blew through the mangroves, slightly cool but not deep.

There is no moon in this world, but the giant golden tree in the middle of the night is like a quiet bright moon. Its cold light shines through the gaps between the branches and leaves in the forest, guiding the two people forward.

Kevin moved quickly through the forest, his robe fluttering in the wind without getting stained by a single leaf.

Xixinya followed closely behind Kevin, jumping and shuttling between the branches swiftly and steadily.

After the other party deliberately forced her to show her agility, she no longer hid it, because if she was careless, she would not be able to keep up with the pace of the person in front of her.

After a while, Kevin's steps gradually slowed down, and finally he stopped on a high branch.

Standing at the highest point, with a panoramic view of the scene below, he glanced around with a calm expression.

There were still a few flickering faint spots of light not far below. Based on what Xixinya had said, he could already tell that these spots of light were all beast hunting groups without exception.

The two main combat forces of the Kingdom of Vilja are the army and the beast hunters. However, the former is an orthodox armed organization with excellent equipment and unified management, while the latter, although beast hunters are a formal profession recognized by the government and even have a department called the Beast Hunters Association set up specifically for this purpose, most of them are still a mixed bag.

What's more, the kingdom's treatment of these two major forces is righteously biased towards the army. Not to mention that the army has a more systematic management method, the treatment they receive is far beyond the reach of ordinary beast hunters.

During the training, not only did he lose his life in a fight with evil beasts for some beast cores, but there were also more reasonable and excellent training programs in the kingdom. Although the army also had the system of military merit, he had taken fewer detours than ordinary people.

After all, in most cases, the experience gained from fighting to the death is really not as good as that of an iron-clad army that has received more comprehensive training, is well-equipped, and has excellent combat effectiveness. Moreover, there is no shortage of experience gained from fighting to the death in the army.

This kind of comparison is similar to the comparison between independent cultivators and sect disciples in the novel Xianzhou Huayu.

Furthermore, those who can enter the army are naturally excellent. Apart from the most basic age limit, the assessment standards have extremely stringent requirements on various physical qualities. At the starting line, this surpasses the vast majority of beast hunters.

Although the military's assessment standards screen out the vast majority of people, there are many rising stars among those who are screened out.

Therefore, in order to prevent the loss of good men, a new rule was added in the kingdom: "Fanggu and other hunters have the opportunity to participate in the military assessment again."

In this regard, some people are enthusiastic and grateful. As long as they join the army, everyone knows the treatment within the system, but the vast majority of people are dismissive.

As beast hunters, they have their own pursuits and freedoms that the military cannot give them. Moreover, the standard for re-examination is to start from a high level. Who among those who can get to this point has not eaten beasts and drunk blood?

Except for the obligation to stand firm in the face of an attack by a doomed beast, or in a life-and-death situation, the rules of the army cannot interfere with the actions of the beast hunters.

At this point, the relationship between the army and the hunters reached a delicate balance.

In many cases, the army only issues some commissions to the Beast Hunters Association. Most of these commissions are not difficult, but can bring reasonable benefits to the Beast Hunters.

Assisting the army in patrolling is a relatively easy task. Most of the beast hunters who have just been promoted to the middle level have insufficient combat power and lack of funds, so they are willing to take on such tasks. Therefore, there are often many medium-sized hunting groups competing for these few "easy things".

Kevin estimated that these beast hunters were all of medium level. After all, the job of auxiliary patrol, in other words, was not as good as the best but better than the worst.

The top ones look down on it, the bottom ones are not qualified, leaving only the middle majority trying their best to get in.

However, these people are all destined to be...

"Hu…ha…"

Behind him, Xixinya arrived late. She landed on another high branch of the same tree, but she was now out of breath. She had tried her best to catch up with Kevin. Of course, this was also due to the fact that the person in front of him stopped for a while.

However, by the time Xixinya followed Kevin out of the desert, the only supplies she had were already used up. She was starving and had not had a drop of water, but she could still do this. Her physical condition can't be described as excellent.

After recovering slightly, Xixinya looked at Kevin's profile. The other party still looked calm and expressionless.

But she asked, "Sir, are you worried?"

"Why do you ask?" Kevin glanced at her quietly.

"Why, after those few questions, you stopped asking me and stopped talking..."

In her opinion, the other party seemed to have many more questions to ask, but he stopped abruptly for unknown reasons.

"..." Kevin was silent for a moment, and said, "Just thinking about something."

Kevin answered casually. There was no need to hide anything. When he saw the confusion in Xixinya's eyes when facing the concepts of "fate" and "fate", he already knew that some questions were useless to ask.

But as he walked through the woods, Kevin was indeed thinking, as he had just said.

Kevin was surprised to hear the voice in his head again, but it just said a few words briefly and then fell silent again.

"The problem is not killing."

"Killing is only a means, not the essence."

"Why? It is nothingness."

Kevin could feel that these few sentences were different from the previous ones. This time, the other party seemed to be answering his questions sincerely.

He no longer had the inexplicable convulsions like before, saying words that made people frown; nor did he ask questions without reason like in the past, hiding in his heart; but like this, he seemed to be able to think, as if he could see through what was in his heart, and took the initiative to answer Kevin's doubts.

The state of the voice in my head seems to change without stopping. Looking back at the present and the past, compared to the past when the voice was like a zombie, the other party now seems to have a mind, as if this is what He is like.

Kevin recalled the explanation the frizzy-haired girl gave to the voice in her head during the game of truth or falsehood - the voice of revelation from the future.

If that inexplicable question and Ru 㫇's answer were His revelation, then... was the other party, Ru 㫇, recovering?

If he recovered, then what had affected him previously, and how did he recover?

Kevin put away his speculations that had no answer, but his thoughts had become much clearer, and his mind returned to these three answers. Of course, if the other party is actually answering you.

Previously, his focus on the fate of those beast hunters was on their behavior, that is, hunting the evil beasts, but the voice in his head shifted his limited thinking to another point - the evil beasts.

The relationship between the beast hunter and the evil beast, the relationship between the destiny and destiny...

As for the nothingness mentioned by the voice in my head at the end, if the fate of these people is nothingness, why are their conditions... somewhat inconsistent with my expectations?

"Nothingness, shouldn't it be..."

With doubts in his heart, Kevin's mind emerged with the dark sun, the existing ground line, and the woman named Lei Dian Wangchuan Shou Yi. In the realm where all colors were lost, the only color she retained was red.

The red marks clung to her body, making her seem oblivious. Even the man with the same name and face as her was in a similar state.

Remove those colors, those traces, and the oblivion of memory seems to be the only influence of nothingness...

But are these destinies and journeys under our feet, which rely on light to illuminate the way forward, really related to nothingness?

Watching the light in the forest gradually fade away, perhaps even Kevin himself did not notice it. He had clearly never seen the true manifestation of the fate of nothingness, but he subconsciously regarded the dreamlike scene he saw as reality.

As if it really existed.

...

It was no longer the rotation of the sun and the moon. Instead, the gloomy sky suddenly became brighter, accompanied by the rustling sound of leaves in the wind, as if someone had suddenly pressed the light switch in the dark room.

And this bright light is the giant golden tree in the distance that emits brilliant light and towers into the clouds.

Kevin walked out of the bloody forest, and the patrolling hunters had already retreated.

Although Kevin didn't feel it, he learned from Xixinya that the night in this world is dangerous, and the beast tide in the dark is more dangerous than during the day, so the martial law of the troops stationed in the city at night will be stricter than during the day.

The border cities of this kingdom will directly prohibit all unrelated personnel from leaving the city at night, and those returning at night will also be subject to careful investigation.No one dares to violate the army's thundering methods, and no one is stupid enough to break the rules.

There is a bloody lesson behind a seemingly unreasonable rule, and the same is true behind this rule in the city. It is a kind of evil beast that can change into human form and often touches at night. It is unknown when it was born.

There used to be a frontier city in the Kingdom of Qi. It was the negligence of the guards on duty at night that caused a catastrophe, causing the city to be quietly destroyed overnight.

Many disasters at night occur silently, and by the time people discover them, it is already too late.

One can imagine that when people woke up, they found those bloody and brutal monsters gnawing at their internal organs, sucking their blood and flesh, and they died in despair and pain, or even died forever in their dreams.

Lessons can serve as a warning. Normal people will not joke about their own lives, but there are always some people who take risks.

This was the case with the lowest-ranking hunting group traveling with Xixinya. These ignorant people had walked for two or three days in a row, completely disregarding the rules of the city. Their outcome can be imagined.

Kai felt that nothing was that simple. He glanced at the small bag that Xixinya carried closely beside him, but said nothing.

Standing at the edge of the forest, one can clearly see the city in the distance. As Xixinya said, after a day, the defenders in the city will greatly lower their guard, the city gates will be opened, and a large number of predators will walk out.

Most of them traveled in groups, some even in groups of several hundred. Without exception, judging by the aura of these people, nearly half of them were traveling together on a destiny mission.

"..." Kai frowned slightly. In his opinion, the quantity was too much, like wholesale. Although not powerful, what exactly is it that causes these people to act as they do?

It seems that it is time to estimate the extent of this world.

"Sir..." Xi Xinya looked at Kaiyu, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself. Perhaps because of her situation, she didn't want to attract other people's attention.

Hou Yi shook his head: "No hurry."

Looking at the hunters walking towards the forest, Kai did not choose to enter the city immediately. The current timing was still too early. After all, it was a bit abrupt to walk in the opposite direction against the flow of people.

However, once he attracts attention and is under the gaze of everyone, his position is likely to turn passive.

Leaning against the tree trunk, Kai narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes were extremely deep. He was still unsure whether his concealment method, which was weakened by his eyes, could be effective in a crowd.

Thinking back to the state when he was affected by the golden tree, the dimmed lights were always less intimidating than when they were on.

If possible, Kai would prefer to leave the city at night when the whole city is on alert. With the protection of the night, he would be more confident that he could do it quietly.

It was a pity that the timing was not good. This frontier city was not within a straight-line distance from the forest. In order to get out of the forest, Kai had to take a long detour, which also took some time.

However, it is not difficult to leave the city in a low-key manner.

"Don't you want to be noticed?" The footsteps in the distance gradually became clearer. Looking at the red-haired girl next to him and her slightly nervous expression, Kai asked.

"Hmm..." Xixinya nodded stiffly.

"Hold on to me then."

Jiyi subconsciously grabbed the corner of the man's clothes with her slender little hand.

The next moment, a thick and dark substance precipitated from the man's body and instantly spread throughout his body.

"Ah!" The girl's voice was small but surprised. The black substance seemed to have life and it climbed up to her body along the hand that was holding the corner of her clothes.

Xixinya subconsciously wanted to let go and throw away the disgusting thing, but the cold voice warned her mercilessly in her ear.

"If you feel disgusted, then let it go. Of course, those people should be happy to see you."

As soon as these words came out, the hand that was about to loosen tightened even more.

In less than a moment, the black substance completely enveloped the two people, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if nothing had happened.

"What's happening to me..." Xi Xinya looked at Kai, feeling an indescribable feeling in her heart.

"Follow me and don't let go." Kai reminded him and continued to lean against the tree trunk.

"yes."

The dark matter comes from the gift of imaginary numbers and has the effect of reducing the sense of existence. It can be effective even if it is hidden in the body. However, this can only work on Kai himself. With such means, many obvious behaviors will become reasonable and difficult to detect.

Behind them, the footsteps not far away became more frequent and clearer, indicating that many people were walking towards them.

However, Kai's face remained calm, and he leaned against the tree expressionlessly.

A group of hunters passed by him, and as the sound of footsteps rang in his ears, he turned and walked out from the tree trunk with great decisiveness, like an old hunter on his way to the palace.

Just like that, the two of them passed by a group of people without any intersection.

"Huh?" A hunter suddenly turned around.

"What's wrong?" asked the companion.

He shook his head slightly but didn't look at anything.

"It seems like there is a strange wind..."

...

Going against the flow of people, the two men walked towards the city gate. During this time, they passed by many people, but no one noticed this abrupt behavior.

They were like students who were late for class. They did not enter the classroom in front of the teacher, but waited until the get out of class was over, then blended in with the crowd of people going out and quietly slipped into the classroom.

In order to prevent the beast tide from taking advantage of the situation, the opening of the city gates is time-limited, and the number of times they can be opened within a day is also limited.

The number of people walking out of the city gate had become sparse. Seeing this, the two of them quickened their pace.

At this moment, an unexpected figure caught Kai's attention. The man seemed to come from another direction, also going against the flow of people, and walking towards the city gate.

He was hunched over, limping with a cane, and his clothes were tattered, covered with claw marks and tears, and even the original color had been stained bright red.

Looking at this miserable appearance, one can imagine what kind of tragic battle the other party had gone through.

Looking at this man, although Kai felt uncomfortable at first, he did not pay too much attention to it. However, as the two parties approached the city gate, the distance between them was getting closer and closer.

Finally, he discovered the cause of the disharmony.

There was a familiar aura emanating from the other person. Was it destiny, or something else? Kai was slightly stunned. He couldn't tell clearly. The weakening of his power made his senses blurred to a great extent.

But he felt that the other person was of the same kind as him.

And that person, as if he also sensed something, gradually slowed down his pace.

Looking at the hunched back in front of him, Kai's Adam's apple rolled and he called out tentatively: "Walter...?"

䯬䛈, after this name was uttered, the other person's back shook violently, and the hands that were struggling to support themselves on the crutch could not help but tremble.

He raised a hand and rubbed it across his face, then he stared and turned his head away very stiffly, with fear and disbelief in his eyes.

He had messy brown hair with dark highlights on his forehead, and his original glasses had long been broken.

He spoke with a trembling voice, his voice extremely hoarse: "Kai... Kai㫧?!"Chapter 280: Human Detection into the City (1/2)

The morning was full of vitality, and it was the time when hunters went out of the city in large numbers.

Outside the city gate, the beast hunters heading west were full of noise, their faces filled with vigor and vitality.

And in the high sky in the east, the brilliance of the giant golden tree was shining brightly on the earth. The golden light was like a veil draped over the shoulders of the hunters, as if it was protecting the brave warriors and ensuring their safe return.

For them, a new day is a brand new beginning.

But not everyone in this world can be high-spirited and ambitious. There are always people who come from the legacy of yesterday.

They were in tattered clothes, walking in groups of three, some with hideous wounds, some dragging the bodies of their companions. Compared to the vitality and excitement on the faces of those leaving the city, their expressions were completely different.

Fatigue climbed up their limbs, as if every step towards the city gate took up enormous strength; fear surged on their faces, showing that their spirits were still tense after surviving the disaster; numbness filled their eyes, perhaps this experience had already been engraved in their memory.

No one knew what they had been through, perhaps it was a beast, or perhaps it was man-made, but fate was kind to them after all, allowing them to survive yesterday, or even in the past few days, and save their lives.

The glimmer of hope supported their will that could collapse at any time. After a long and arduous journey, they finally went against the flow of people and came to the edge of the human realm.

Perhaps, he is in the same situation as these people... ?

"Kai... Kai?!"

Almost like a miracle, the hunched back of the man with a cane in front of him called out Kai's name.

He turned around, looking ragged, with messy hair and a dirty face as if his blood was mixed with dirt and sweat. The glasses that used to decorate his nose were only left with a broken frame, and his face had long lost its former brilliance.

If the other party had not been holding the barely recognizable Star of Eden in his hand, Kai would have been unable to associate the "beggar" in front of him with the high-spirited Walter in his memory.

"Well, it's me, Walter..."

The first moment he sensed the other party, Kai deliberately released the power of wind to cover himself. Although it was a bit risky, he believed in his own feelings.

However, the black substance covering his body is still working, minimizing his presence and making all his actions inconspicuous.

Kai didn't know what kind of mood he should be in when he met his lost companion by chance, but he knew very well that Walter must have gone through a lot of hardships to be able to get here and end up in such an embarrassing state.

The disappearance of the Cocoon of the End had a profound impact on Kai, but fortunately, in addition to his powers, Kai also had his own power from the fusion warrior to rely on, but it took quite a while to recover some of his strength.But Walter is different. He does not have a body and ability as strong as Kai. The sudden disappearance of the source of the Cocoon of the End will undoubtedly affect all his powers. Even with the protection of the pioneering power, his means will be greatly weakened.

Although Walter was in a bad situation, his appearance brought good news to Kai.

The space transmission on the way to Yadrifen was forced to be interrupted. Kai was unconscious at the time. After waking up, he was alone and inexplicably landed in this unknown world. His communication ability disappeared along with his power, and he had no way of knowing whether his companions had also landed here.

But fortunately, Walter's appearance gave him a certain degree of inner peace.

Perhaps, Su and Vita also landed somewhere in this world?

However, the two of them are clones who crossed over from the Quantum Sea, and their status is special. I wonder what impact this sudden change will have on them?

"Kaye, I..."

As if he wanted to say something, Walter opened his mouth, his lips were cracked and his voice was very hoarse, as if he had swallowed a ball of sand.

Kai shook his head quietly. He also had a lot of questions to ask Walter.

But the current situation does not allow the two of them to talk too much, not to mention that the other party's current health condition is extremely bad, they must find a place to settle down first.

If you want to gain temporary stability, you must go into the city.

In front of us, the towering city walls were extremely solemn, and the soldiers on duty on them were staring down with sharp eyes. Any abnormal situation would not escape their keen observation.

However, as Xixinya said, compared with the strict patrols around the city at night, the martial law in the city during the day is much looser.

As if it was a tacit agreement known to everyone, the soldiers in the city simply checked those who returned the next day and then let them directly into the city.

"Let's catch up with them!" Xi Xinya, who had been silent all the time, shouted hurriedly.

All the while she and Kai were walking against the flow of people, she had been observing, observing the best time to enter the city. This serious spirit was so intense that even Kai's initiative to call Walter couldn't divert her attention.

Xixinya didn't want to attract attention. The inferior hunter group that had gone out of the city with her had been wiped out. Everyone who left the city had to register. Although casualties were normal when traveling outside, she was the only ordinary person left among a group of beast hunters. This seemed a little strange.In this kind of situation, if anyone wants to investigate, they will find her first.

Due to the special nature of what she was carrying, she must not reveal herself during the inspection when entering the city. Now the city gate was about to close, and the sparsely distributed people returning to the city gathered towards the gate.

Even if the number is not crowded, as long as there are more people, there will be opportunities to fish in troubled waters.

"What is she doing...?"

Seeing the girl pulling Kevin's clothes and taking the initiative to move forward, Walter noticed her.

"Let's go into the city first."

Kevin didn't say much. He could sense Xixinya's intention beside him. Although the girl was a little anxious, she remained rational. Due to the concealment of the black substance, she kept holding on to the corner of her clothes and did not let go.

Immediately, he grabbed Walter's shoulders, and in an instant… the black substance spread along his palm to Walter's entire body.

Following closely in the footsteps of the Guicheng people, the three of them reduced their presence to the minimum and quietly observed the situation ahead.

"Take out the package, we need to check it." In front, the armored officer gave orders to the beast hunters returning to the city.

Behind him stood a whole row of soldiers holding swords, ready to go. They were like swords hanging above the city gate. On the inside of the gate, a pale golden light curtain covered the entire entrance to the city, and its purpose was unknown.

"Yes! Yes..."

A low-ranking beast hunter nodded repeatedly and quickly handed over the items on his body.

He had not been hunting beasts for too long, because he and his friends tried to ambush the beast's lair in the hope of getting away with it and did not return at night. As a result, he was the only one left when he returned in a panic.

A serious atmosphere permeated the air, and the people returning to the city dared not even breathe.

These people who returned to the city should bear the consequences if they violated the rules, but the city still let them in. If they have any objections, they would be ungrateful.

"The item has passed. You can now pass through the light curtain."

The commander snorted coldly and threw the package back to the hunter unhappily, but still maintained the most basic attitude.

Why, when there is a martial law in the city, are people willing to turn a blind eye?

It is only now that these people understand the significance of doing this - to provide a constant warning.

Most of the hunters returning to the city are low-level and middle-level beast hunters. Everyone in the city knows this rule, but there are still people who try to test it with a fluke mentality.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, this blanket rule of "no entry or exit at night" is too formalistic and unreasonable, but behind every unreasonable rule is a real lesson.

Only through personal experience, suffering losses, and learning lessons through blood, will these people understand the significance of establishing rules.

This is what is called "only when disaster strikes oneself do you realize its meaning."

Seeing that the inspection had passed, the last-rank beast hunter hurriedly picked up his bag, held his weapon, supported his injured body, and limped towards the light curtain, passing through unhindered.

Kevin was observing silently from behind. He noticed that when the man passed through the light curtain, all the light golden light on it gathered towards him and then immediately dispersed.

That style... looks like an inspection?

"In order to prevent the evil beasts from confusing the crowd, the light curtain will check whether the people passing through are human." Seeing the inquiry in Kevin's eyes, Xi Xinya explained quietly.

Hearing this, Kevin and Walter looked at each other. It seemed that they had thought of the other side of the problem.

Will this light curtain react to outsiders in this world like them?

Although Walter's power has been reduced to an extremely weak level, this does not prevent his body's physique from being slightly different from that of ordinary humans.

As for Kevin, after the transformation of the fusion warrior surgery and the subsequent filling of the Chimera Project, the difference between him and humans in nature can only be described as having form but not substance.

As time passed, the beast hunters ahead passed the test one after another. For the people in this world, this kind of test was simply a matter of closing their eyes.

But for the two people at the back, it is really hard to say whether they can withstand the detection of the light curtain.

There were only a few people in front of them, and the Guicheng people behind them were still pushing them forward. Kevin glanced at Walter, who looked troubled, and said in a deep voice: "Let's go, I may have thought of a way."

Ps: Lu Yiyi won't hold back on Sanjiu, those who understand will understand.