Act 1: The Broken Heart Chapter 15: The Abandoned City of Tis ...... Promise............

Ressa didn't dwell on it for long, after all, the duration of the Neural Activation Reagent was only 24 hours, and excluding the time he fell into a hallucination, there were less than 20 hours left.

Coming to the city wall again, Resa was still following the previous route, he was not sure if the thunder triggered before was an illusion, but under careful searching, he found 2 disc-shaped mechanical objects about the size of a palm that had been emptied of the drum, but from the perspective of color and oxidation, it was a long time ago, at least the anti-oxidation and anti-corrosion coating on the surface had lost most of it, if it weren't for the excellent metal material, this kind of lightning would have lost its effect a long time ago.

Ressa regretted the disc in his hand, the degree of oxidation and corrosion is quite serious, after excitation has basically lost the possibility of reloading, part of the machine has been in a scrapped state after excitation due to oxidation.

Bypassing the self-guided cannon in a scrapped state, Ressa found another problem bothering him, the city gate was closed, and although he could use the towing device to quickly climb over the city wall, but it was the way to die if he rashly broke in before determining the situation inside.

Because he was not sure about the situation on the wall, Resa decided to scout around the city wall first, this circumambulation, it really surprised him, he found a broken gap more than 3 meters high, more than 2 meters wide, I think it was possible to attack from here when the city was broken.

Ressa checked the equipment on his body, and after confirming that nothing was missing, he carefully walked through the gap of nearly 20 meters in length and went around into the interior of the city, which was different from the appearance of man and beast rampant in his imagination, the interior of the city was very desolate, and there were white bones everywhere, some humans, and some of them did not know what species they were, and Ressa even found some various scales that shone with a dull luster, and the houses and buildings near the gap collapsed and slanted, and huge cracks extended on the ground, forming a ruin.

Cracked walls and floors were littered with dry dark markings and some dark green markings, presumably after blood clotted. The mechanization of the city was perfect, and at least Resa could see that a few guard towers not far away were still intact, and even if there were several huge skeletons underneath the towers, the bottom of the towers was only scratched by a few sharp claws.

The ground has been skewed, uneven, and the bones are piled up, it can be seen that there should have been quite a lot of humans who have resisted here when the city was broken, in addition to the white bones that have been seriously corrupted, countless bullet shells and the remains of various weapons also account for a large proportion, Resa even saw a half-missing self-guided Storm God of War cannon standing in the ruins, Resa walked slowly, in the strange and dangerous wilderness, everything is worth being cautious, I don't know when, this caution can save your life.

This battlefield should have existed for a long time, Ressa's footsteps were slight, after the surrounding environment was confirmed, Ressa's eyes looked into the distance, this city is very large, before the end of the world, it can be regarded as the main city level of the Human Alliance, but in the face of heavenly beasts and natural disasters, even the main city will eventually be destroyed.

I don't know why, since entering the city, Resa has not seen any living creatures, and the huge floating tower in the center of the city in the distance is still floating in the air even though it is dilapidated, which to some extent indicates that the energy system in the city has not been damaged, and the giant characters on the floating tower can be vaguely seen.

Because of the damage, Ressa only saw the "Tis ...... Promise........................ Greet............ Arrive......! The information was relatively fragmented, and it did not help the situation at hand, Resa did not pay attention to it, he walked cautiously, and wondered in his heart, the city that was often breached was a paradise for man and beast, and here, except for the small sound of his march, could be described as quiet and terrifying.

There are no beasts here, no earth beasts, not even insects in the dense weeds, everything reveals weirdness and abnormality, and it is not an exaggeration to describe this place as a forbidden area of life.

Another point is that the outside of the city is desolate, and it is a desert as far as the eye can see, but after entering the city, the vegetation is dense and overgrown, and the two extremes are shown inside and outside the city, which makes Ressa's heart heavy, but he doesn't know what is wrong for a while.

Any weirdness in the wilderness has its own reasonable explanation, but I don't know it, it seems that I need to be more careful, and the exploration distance between personal terminals and tactical goggles has been set to the maximum to deal with all possible sudden dangers.

As Ressa advanced, a depressing atmosphere lingered around, Ressa's brows furrowed, and his wrist armor had transformed into an ability guide mode, which could complete the attack operation without even a moment, and in the process of marching, Resa also tried to find something that could generate value.

It's just a pity, in addition to special metals like watchtowers, even the walls of the houses can be pierced with a slight poke, and Resa also wanted to identify the model of the ground bullet casing, but with a light touch of his finger, the bullet casings turned into copper powder and scattered in the wind.

Ressa's perception had been turned on to the maximum, and in two hours, he had only explored one block, during which time Resa had still not seen half a living thing, and as he went deeper, the strange sense of depression became more and more obvious, and a strange smell began to fill the air, which made Resa have to use a mask to turn on the backup oxygen.

Nearly ten hours have passed since entering the wilderness, and the sky has not changed, which is also the situation that occurs after the earth has undergone abnormal changes, the rotation is disordered, and no one is sure whether the next moment will become night, or the moment before it will be a hot summer, and a few hours later there will be snowflakes.

As for the Far North and the Far South, it's a different story.

The Far North is snowy all year round, and the terrifying cold freezes most of the fluids and life.

The pole of the extreme south has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the original pole has turned into a strange desert, I don't know where the original glacier melted and went, but now it is hot all year round without a drop of rain, and the temperature has even reached a terrifying hundreds of degrees, even powerful heavenly beasts, except for a few few existences, can not penetrate deep into the interior of the extreme south.

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Half a day has passed, and Ressa can be said to have gained nothing, but because of his caution, the reserve of energy bars has been depleted by a third, and now Resa can no longer see the hole in the city wall when he turns around, and even the city wall can only see a vague shadow.

It was learned from the broken zoning map on the side of the road. At present, I am in a common people's residential area on the outskirts, and the buildings are the same, and there is nothing worth looking for.

At this moment, a little red light flashed in the grass under the broken wall in the distance to attract Ressa's attention, he walked over carefully, but found that it was an irregular red spar the size of a little fingernail, after approaching the spar, a faint bloody aura permeated the surroundings, Resa didn't recognize what it was, after hesitating for a moment, he took out a small storage box and put it away, and blocked it into the groove of the wrist armor on his wrist.

After taking care of everything, Resa got up, but suddenly a creepy feeling swept through his body, making his action about to get up stiff on the spot, and even subconsciously he lowered his body down, allowing himself to completely hide in the shadow of the grass under the broken wall, he didn't know what was on the other side of the wall, but the sudden terrifying feeling made him dare not move.

This terrifying feeling was something he had never experienced, even when he faced the fourth-order earth beast alone, he had never trembled with fear like now, fine beads of sweat crawled all over his cheeks and back, Resa held his breath tightly, and his right hand was holding his chest to prevent the slightest heartbeat from coming out.

Time passed second by second, but Resa felt like a year, and a faint feeling of suffocation and dizziness was transmitted to his brain, but the frightening feeling did not disappear, and he did not dare to make the slightest sound.

As time passed, Ressa's complexion began to turn purple, and the abilities in her body continued to moisturize her brain paralyzed by lack of oxygen..................

Ressa lay in the grass inside the broken wall, gasping for breath, but finally persevered, and after his breathing calmed down, Resa carefully made a small hole in the broken wall, and after confirming that there was no living creature on the other side of the wall, Resa carefully turned out of the broken wall, and at this time, several broken red crystals on the ground attracted his attention.

The crystallization was the same substance he had picked up earlier, he didn't know what it was, but it smelled faintly bloody, and Ressa gathered away the few pieces of scrap on the ground like the previous one.

Now Resa is sure that there are not no creatures in the city, but compared to other broken cities, this place has become the territory of higher beasts, so the chaotic humans and beasts are no longer crowded in the city, because if nothing else, these beasts have become the rations of this unknown high beast.

After sorting out everything, Resa hesitated a little, even the highest earth beast had never made him so frightened by breath alone, then the owner of this breath was at the level of a heavenly beast nine times out of ten, and with his own ability, the fifth-order earth beast was the limit, maybe it still needed the right time and place and some luck.

As for the Heavenly Beasts, don't think about it, wash and sleep!

Most of the targets that came out this time were cold, continue to explore, and the probability of encountering that terrifying existence again is not small, if you retreat, you can consider exploring the market area near the residential area in a big circle, as for whether you can gain something, it depends on luck.

Ressa hid inside the broken wall, he didn't have much time to hesitate, the remaining time of the neuroactive reagent was less than 7 hours, and through the interface of the personal terminal, it could already be seen that the air contained an unknown component, and the initial identification of this component would have a paralyzing effect on the nervous system, which may have effects such as hallucinogenic and syncope.

Since entering the city, Ressa has been using emergency oxygen, and the remaining oxygen can be maintained for less than five hours, that is, now that the use of emergency oxygen has been lifted, Resa can stay here for less than 12 hours at most under the condition that the neuroactive agent can immunize against this unknown substance.

After calculating the current situation, Resa let go of the hesitation in his heart, and he decided to continue to explore, with a bit of luck, maybe he could get some good things, after all, some celestial beasts even produce feces that are good hedron ores.

Ressa slowly climbed out of the broken wall, and the next moment, his hair and hair exploded, and not far away, a translucent white shadow was slowly drifting in this direction........................