Cheng Ye silently counted in his mind, waiting until the number exceeded 60. The surroundings remained dead silent, without any strange noises.
Only then did he slowly release his hand from Thunder 1 and instead reach for the Defense Communication device at his waist.
Sure enough, this thing was completely out of commission too.
The screen was pitch black, and no matter how he pressed the unlock button, there was no response.
Forcefully pressing the ergency communication button on the back, he felt the button collapse and rebound under his fingertips, yet it was like a stone sinking into the sea, sowhat as if all the power had already been drained.
Faced with such an extre situation, the Defense Communication device actually had a built-in mini gravity generator, at least capable of sending out a distress signal, but it was clear this was a futile effort.
"If this were an illusion, it shouldn’t change so abruptly, making people instantly realize sothing’s off."
"Putting aside the possibility of illusion, then..."
Cheng Ye crouched and slowly approached the isolation net, wanting to see the situation in adjacent Zone B where Song Hai was.
To say the least, this mist is indeed eerie.
The fog, dense and white like solidified milk, laid over the gaps in the isolation net tightly, even blocking the sh completely. You couldn’t even see any silhouettes clearly, let alone light penetrating through.
Cheng Ye attempted to push the muzzle through the gap, but before he could act, a pair of hands reached out from the opposite side, nearly startling him into pulling the trigger.
"Cheng Ye?"
A vague voice ca from the other side, resembling an old telephone with a very noticeable distortion.
"Song Hai?"
"It’s !" After Song Hai retracted his hands, he probably got closer to the isolation net, and his voice beca slightly clearer, "This isn’t the effect of the Infected Body, don’t scare yourself or start shooting wildly. If I’m not mistaken, this is the kind of...Void Mist that’s appeared frequently in Sand Province recently."
"Sand Province, Void Mist?"
Cheng Ye was stunned for a mont, frowning as he pondered.
He indeed seed to have heard of such a thing sowhere, but couldn’t recollect exactly where at the mont.
Thoughts raced while mories searched quickly like pages flipping, then freezing.
Suddenly, his eyes focused, he finally recalled where he had heard this news.
It had to be traced back to over half a month ago, the day he had just activated the Collector, extracting the Dragon Power prototype from Chu Yunfeng. Unaware the skill would modify his body beforehand, he spent a whole night hungry, and at the crack of dawn was waiting at Uncle Dong’s door.
Uncle Dong was listening to a broadcast of Little Sun at the ti, which ntioned a peculiar dense mist in Sand Province.
But back then, separated by a door, he didn’t hear it clearly and only caught a few key terms.
"Void Mist arose from weather anomalies, it never appeared before mid-year."
"So suspect it’s a mobile Extraordinary Curse, but Sand Province’s Super Shelter City denied this theory, as no similar Void Mist outbreaks were reported in other provinces."
"Looking at it now, this theory... might be true!"
A true old Third-Phase Inspector, Song Hai might have his leanings, but he certainly had the ability.
As he said it, Cheng Ye felt reassured, and the two moved to the isolation net to exchange in low voices.
"Did they talk about how to deal with this Void Mist, or how to get through it?"
"The first ti I heard about the Void Mist was a brief ntion on the radio. Later, though I searched for more information, since it only appeared in Sand Province, I didn’t pay much attention."
Song Hai deliberately slowed his speech so that even through the dense mist, it could be heard clearly.
"Firstly, Void Mist has a duration, lasting no longer than two hours, and not less than half an hour. During this period, once enshrouded by the Fog Cave ford by Void Mist, one couldn’t leave, and any electronic devices would fail. Of course, there’s a theory that the Extraordinary can break through by force and get directly out, but I advise you not to try, just stay right here!"
"Because there’s another theory that Fog Caves are interconnected. aning if two places have Void Mist at the sa ti, even separated by thousands of kiloters, if you leave from the Fog Cave here, you might directly cross those thousands of kiloters and appear at the Fog Cave on the other side."
"If the Fog Cave dissipates then, you would have to stay there."
So magical?
Cheng Ye was taken aback and couldn’t help but ask, "Wouldn’t that be like a space tunnel?"
"I don’t know. This information ca from soone who claid to have crossed a Fog Cave, but it’s never been further verified, nor is it known whether he truly traversed such a long distance, or if he was deliberately crafting false information. But if we manage to get out alive this ti, we must conduct more in-depth research on the Void Mist."
"Don’t worry, we’ll get out alive," Cheng Ye said solemnly.
"You’re quite carefree, just like your father," Song Hai sighed, then his tone beca serious again, "But if the theory of connected Fog Caves is true, you should know what consequences may arise."
"Would people directly fall into our inspection station, crossing thousands of kiloters to Happiness City?"
"That’s the best-case scenario."
Song Hai’s voice grew colder, "But if what’s falling isn’t human, you should know what the outco would be."
Hiss.
An angle never imagined.
Cheng Ye instinctively gripped the gun barrel. If an Infected Body fell, wouldn’t it be a direct confrontation?
What’s more terrifying is, what if a source of infection fell, falling in the inspection station would be manageable.
But if it fell into the Buffer Zone, fell into the Inner City, wouldn’t the whole of Happiness City be dood?
"Alright, I suggest you don’t stand in the corner, just stand in the middle of the inspection area."
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