"Hmm?"
Lu Xin looked at the gecko with some confusion, not quite understanding what this meant.
Gecko lowered his voice, as if afraid of being heard by others, and whispered: "Brother, our Qinggang City is very powerful now. The major forces and abandoned cities around us have been explored almost completely. Even if we haven't explored them completely, we have some understanding of them."
"But in addition to these places, there are some very mysterious places that are still unknown."
He looked at Lu Xin and said, "Such places are called mysterious restricted areas!"
"Restricted areas?"
Lu Xin frowned slightly and said, "Has no one explored it?"
"It has been explored, and explored many times!"
Gecko frowned and whispered, "But no matter whether it is the pioneering team, or the researchers and armed personnel sent out by the city, once they enter the restricted area, they either go crazy or disappear. Countless people have sacrificed, but they have not brought back any useful information..."
"If the only useful information brought back by their exploration is: this place cannot be explored!"
"Because we know nothing about them, these places are called mysterious restricted areas!"
"..."
Speaking of this, Gecko tapped the map lightly and emphasized his tone.
"The place you are talking about is one of them, and it is also the most dangerous one."
"I heard that this place once swallowed up a fully armed pioneering team of 100 people. There were generous investors behind those people, who equipped them with the most advanced rituals and the most powerful firepower. In addition, there was an information team to pass on news to the outside world in a timely manner. But after they entered, they also suddenly lost all contact. Since then, no one has seen them again..."
"..."
Lu Xin listened to Gecko's words quietly, looking into the rearview mirror.
Mom also listened to Gecko's words with interest. She noticed the look Lu Xin cast over her and smiled.
"What a great place to travel..."
While saying this, he touched his sister's head: "Are you right?"
"Yeah!"
The sister nodded vigorously, her eyes somewhat excited.
Lu Xin sighed softly, nodded slightly, and then said to the gecko: "Then let's go!"
The gecko stared at Lu Xin with wide eyes, thinking he had heard it wrong.
Lu Xin explained seriously: "Whether it is a restricted area or not, the person must be brought back."
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"Reporting the latest action route, after investigation, it is known that Qin Ran, the main culprit of the 8.18 incident in Qinggang No. 2 Satellite City, is very likely hiding in Happy Town. The Qinggang Special Action Team member Shan Bing proposed that the action team enter Happy Town to continue investigating..."
"…Yes, as the deputy captain, I have expressed different opinions and even severely criticized him!"
"It's useless. He is the captain, and he insists..."
"Hey, what do you mean by being careful? Shouldn't you continue to persuade us?"
"Oh, oh, okay."
"…"
Seeing Lu Xin said calmly that he was going to Happy Town to bring Qin Ran back, the whole person of the gecko was furious.
He didn't dare to refuse, and he didn't even dare to show that he wanted to refuse.
But when he finally drove to an open area, he set up a signal receiver with great expectation under the pretext of reporting the work progress to the headquarters, and then dialed the satellite phone of the headquarters. Lu Xin didn't pay much attention to the specific conversation, but just heard a few intermittent words with a sudden increase in voice, and then saw the gecko tinkering with some electronic equipment again.
In the wilderness, even communication work is very troublesome, and Lu Xin couldn't help but miss the life in the city.
After a long time, the gecko finally came back with his head down and his steps a little weak.
"What did they say?"
Lu Xin also asked the gecko with some concern.
Gecko handed over a tablet with an iron frame weakly, his voice desperate:
"They sent the information directly to me..."
"They also said that it would be nice to explore these mysterious areas, and taking the records back can also be a mission..."
"..."
"Huh?"
Lu Xin was surprised to hear this.
Then he took the tablet with a smile and said to Gecko: "Then hurry up, I'll read it in the car."
...
...
Gecko really didn't want to drive, because he didn't want to go to that unknown and scary place.
But he didn't dare not drive, because he felt that he had little say in this crowded car...
Sitting in the car, Lu Xin slowly looked through the information on the tablet.
There was very little information, and I didn't know whether it was because they were in the wilderness and the information was difficult to transmit, or because there was very little information.
The first document was just a simple photo of a page with some information written on it:
S-level mysterious restricted area - Happy Town
Location: End of Highway 85
Introduction: This area is extremely dangerous, covering an area of about 50 square kilometers. Approaching this area, a strong mental force field can be detected. Approaching the edge of the mental force field will produce various reactions such as dizziness, irritability, coma, auditory hallucinations, and hand and foot cramps. Going 50 meters deep into the mental force field will not be able to return and will disappear from the sight of all witnesses.
When electronic equipment approaches the mental force field, circuit system failures and signal confusion will occur.
Cause: Unknown
Pollution level: Unknown
Effective exploration record: None
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...
"There is such information, it looks so unprofessional..."
Lu Xin couldn't help shaking his head, and scrolled to the second page, and found that it was a photo.
The photo was taken from an abandoned road, in an area that looked extremely empty.
The weather was gloomy, as if there was fog, and everything looked unclear.
But as if to prove that there was no problem with the lens, a small fish tank was placed in the lower left corner of the photo. There was an electronic time display on the fish tank, which was taken two years ago. The fish tank was very clear, and the algae and red goldfish in it could be seen clearly, but if you go deeper, you can only see ripples like air distortion.
There is no specific content.
When I scrolled to the third page, I saw a photo of a person wearing a light blue overalls. He looked like a worker in a chemical factory. He was about 20 years old, with a happy smile on his face, and his eyes were dull as he looked at the camera.
There was a text title under the photo: Residents of Happy Town.
Turning to another page, there were handwritten notes taken, which seemed to record some legends about Happy Town.
It is impossible to verify the exact appearance of the town. The first abnormality was discovered ten years ago.
The town is isolated from the world and rarely interacts with people.
But occasionally, some residents of the town go out and exchange food with people outside for some salt, cloth, hoes and other supplies.
Because the residents of Happy Town always have an unchanging smile on their faces, it is called "Happy Town"!
…
Finally, there is a paragraph marked in red:
Every study of Happy Town will bring immeasurable losses.
All researchers who enter the spiritual energy field of Happy Town have no survivors.
Electronic exploration devices such as drones and mechanical dogs also lose all signals immediately after entering the spiritual energy field.
Someone once detained a resident of Happy Town when he went out to exchange for salt and interrogated him.
Result of the interrogation: Residents of Happy Town cannot answer complex questions.
That night, the residents of Happy Town, the interrogators, and the research report all disappeared at the same time without a trace...