The lifeless park was however still shrouded in shadows, appearing extremely gloomy.
Sensing danger, Song Qinglan silently made a gesture.
Everyone was on guard. They stood in line and looked around at their surroundings.
On Song Qinglan's left was Ji Yushi. His beautiful fingers held the gun and his act of holding it looked very well practiced. With tacit understanding with his teammates, he similarly looked around but, in view of his reaction when they encountered danger in the forest, Song Qinglan tilted his head towards him.
The meaning in Song Qinglan's dark eyes was obvious: Go to the middle of the team.
Ji Yushi however had no self-consciousness of his flower vase identity. As if he didn't understand his meaning, he continued moving forward.
A few seconds later, he said quickly in a suppressed voice, "Cap Song, eleven o'clock, park management office."
Song Qinglan squinted in the direction he had pointed out. It was completely dark there. He couldn't see anything.
Ji Yushi again spoke, "There seemed to be lights inside."
The minimum requirement for a scout was to have good eyes and ears. Song Qinglan regarded the previous scout of the team, Old Yu, as their eyes and never doubted the scout's judgement.
And so, Song Qinglan said solemnly, "Go and see."
Turned out, Ji Yushi's eyesight was excellent.
With his notice, everyone walked a certain distance before finally distinguishing a building hidden by the bushes. A sign hung at the entrance of the building: PU-31 Central Park Management Office.
"What's PU-31?" Someone whispered, "I don't remember a place called this?"
Everyone was puzzled. The current time coordinate was Star Era 1470. Although they came from more than ten years ago, they shouldn't be using something like that as a place name in just ten years?
At such a long distance and such small writing, they didn't know how Ji Yushi managed to see it.
After entering, Song Qinglan realised that the so-called light was just a lamp sitting on the wooden desk in the corner of the room.
Did this person's eyes have the ability to zoom in?
The park management office was empty and was completely silent like the outside world. Several teammates started to check the rooms while Song Qinglan picked up the communicator on the administrator's desk which had turned off because it had run out of power. The desk was also a complete mess. Keys, newspapers, registration books, takeaway boxes, everything was there.
Very soon, Tang Le appeared, "Cap Song, a body was found in the bathroom!"
The corpse found in the bathroom wore a uniform and appeared to be one of the staff here.
The corpse was lying down facing the floor and there was a large bloody hole on the back of his neck. Through the rotting flesh, arteries and veins were clearly visible. Song Qinglan casually picked up a towel and turned that person over. As expected, this person was just like the drifter and his face was pale, covered with blue and green blood vessels. The only difference was that this corpse had a stiff face and closed eyes, but he still retained the state of screaming. Through his opened mouth, maggots could be seen squirming around, making the onlookers feel disgusted.
There was no airflow in this small space. The smell was very strong and there was even the sound of someone quietly retching.
Song Qinglan didn't look back, "Li Chun, I dare you to vomit again."
The group standing in the bathroom turned their heads back angrily. Li Chun innocently raised his hands, "It's really not me this time!"
Ji Yushi who was standing by the door covered his mouth and quickly walked away.
Finally couldn't stand it? Song Qinglan thought this.
But, no matter who it was, he didn't have the time right now to worry about their mental state.
He examined the corpse in thought for a few seconds. Instead of touching it directly, he used a military knife from his calf to pry open the eyelids of the deceased.
Sure enough, just like the drifter, the eyes were grey and turbid. It was even difficult telling where the pupil was.
Li Chun said, "Fuck, the same as that madman just now. What is this? An infectious disease?"
Li Chun recalled the moment he was almost bitten. It basically meant that he was almost infected just now. Li Chun shuddered.
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Song Qinglan said, "It's possible, but we can't be sure."
Adding to that the corpse in the park and those other blood stains...Could a mad drifter cause so many murders? He expressed his doubts.
Ji Yushi didn't really vomit.
When Song Qinglan returned to the administrator's office, Ji Yushi was examining a communicator which had no signal. Except for the slightly pale face, he appeared to have mostly recovered.
Seeing them come out, Ji Yushi said, "I found a video."
"I found the communicator's charging port in the drawer." Ji Yushi didn't seem to be very used to expressing his opinions in front of everyone. He continued to explain without any emotion, "After turning it on, I saw a video that was downloaded a month ago."
The communicator projected the video.
A man with a pale face and skin covered in blood vessels appeared on the screen. His slightly bulging eyes were grey and at this moment, he was rushing desperately at the camera. The person filming it screamed and the scene shook. The man's neck had been violently scratched and bloodied but, even so, that man continued to let out growls.
The person filming this scene was female. In the video, you could hear her cries: "Help! Help me.....My husband has mutated! And outside, there are more of them out there! Save me, I don't want to die! I haven't been bitten! Someone save me!"
The video ended on the man's grotesque face.
Everyone shuddered.
"Zombies!!"
"If it's really a zombie, how many of them are out there?!"
"Fuck, no wonder it's so weird here!"
"That was a video from a month ago!"
After watching such a realistic horror film, Ji Yushi's expression was also strange: "The communicator has no internet but I just received a message. It was probably sent to us."
Zhou Mingxuan was confused, "The message was sent to the deceased's communicator, but the message is for us?"
He placed emphasis on the word 'us'.
That was too ridiculous.
Ju Yushi however affirmed it, "I think so."
Song Qinglan was calm, "Open it."
The blue light on the screen flashed slightly and a holographic projection gradually lit up.
[Welcome Guardians from Star Era 1456. Welcome to PU-31.]
The familiar welcoming voice from the Tianqiong system should have made them feel relieved but everyone just felt a chill down their back as they wondered what was going on.
Not only was this message really sent to them, several more lines of words appeared one after another.
[The transfer this time has been locked in. Unlocked after mission is successful.]
[Mission mode: Ouroboros.]
[Mission rule: Death elimination]
"Everyone, look!" Tang Le who was standing by the window suddenly pointed outside and shouted.
Everyone quickly walked over.
They were all left dumbfounded.
A large black wall suddenly appeared, connecting the sky with the ground. It spread all the way from the direction they had just come from.
No, it cannot be described as a black wall.
If it had to be described, it was like a black screen one would see when a game loads. It moved very quickly, submerging everything in sight before finally coming to a stop before the park management office.
"Beep——–" The communicator let out a reminder.
The last line of words had appeared in the projection.
[Mission objective: Chaser of darkness.]
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