CHAPTER XXIII. THE NIGHTMARE Section I.: The Beginning of the Nightmare

Sammy led the two through the small square, then stopped in front of a two-story building that was more formal than the others.

Sammy said a few words to the gatekeeper, and the man went back inside to report.

"We'll wait here, we've already let someone report it."

"Okay."

After a while, the person who had just gone in came out and said to the three of them, "Aunt Neel let you in." ”

Led by the man, the three entered the room. Walk through the hall to a room. The man who had led them in spoke to the doorman, who opened the door and let the four of them in.

"Aunt Neel, I've already brought those two with me."

I saw a woman of about fifty years of age sitting on top of the collapse, and her face was very haggard.

After hearing the report, the woman tried hard to see who it was, because she had no impression of the name 'Ling'. When she saw the person who was coming, the woman staggered up from her seat, and before she could reach Ling, she couldn't stop crying......

"Help us, please! Help us, ZERO!"

Ling hurriedly picked up the woman.

"Sister Neel, speak slowly, what the hell is going on with you? How did it take only a year to become like this? ”

Although Neil in her impression is in her fifties, she is still plump and well-maintained, but the woman in front of her, if she is not sure that she is Neil, Ling can't believe it.

"Auntie, you said he was the ZERO, so what are we waiting for, they are the ones who caused us to become like this, let me kill him! Avenge the death of the people of the Fourth District! ”

Hearing the man say this, not only Sammy, but more than a dozen people rushed in from outside the door to surround Ling and Zhuge Xun.

Zhuge Xun sighed secretly......

"Stop! Stand down! He is the only one who can save us! Neil yelled at the others.

"But Auntie, he's from the Hunters' Association!"

"Stand down!"

The crowd reluctantly exited the house.

"I warn you, if you dare to hurt Aunt Neel, I'll kill you like those beast hunters!"

Neil pulled Ling to sit on the chair beside her, and before she could speak, tears flowed uncontrollably.

Ling comfortingly hugged Neil.

"I've heard that Heleman and Heizer have ...... Cry out, wait until you're done, tell me what's going on, trust me, I'll help you out. Ling gently stroked Neil's hair.

β€œZERO! I heard that ZERO is coming? Where is it? Then two girls and a little boy ran in from outside the door.

"It's Jenny, Minnie, and Little Hela." Ling recognized three children.

"UNCLE ZERO!" The three children also threw themselves on Ling and cried.

"Don't cry, don't cry. You have to be strong, even though your father is not here now, he may be watching you to see if you are taking good care of your mother. Especially Hela, although you are a younger brother, you are a man, you can't cry all the time, your mother and sister still need you to protect you. Ling said as she stroked Black Hair.

I probably cried enough, and my heart calmed down. Neil tidied herself up and pulled the three children to her side.

At this time, the maid next to him brought chairs and fruits to several people, and then stepped aside.

"I'm sorry ZERO, but I made you laugh." Neil looked at Ling's clothes, which were wet from her own crying.

"Out of the way. Can you tell me what happened to you now? It's been less than a year. Also, why did the soldier say that the Hunters' Guild caused you to become like this? ”

"Then let me start with you left here a year ago." Neil calmed down.

"You just left us a year ago, and it was Herman who sent you out. At that time we were still living in the same place.

Although the fourth district is not as peaceful as other civilian areas, it is also peaceful, with a population of more than 30,000 people, and our technology here is also left behind after the 'war', if there is no next incident, our people will live a prosperous life on this land.

About a month after you left, about 10 B(2) class hunters and about 15 medical teams came to us.

Brought us medicine and groceries and told us to move out of our place.

Because their Hunters' Association has received a report that the "nuclear power plant" left over after the "war" in the vicinity of our Fourth District, because it has been unmanaged for a long time, has reached the end of its useful life, and will explode in the near future, and the nuclear energy stored in the nuclear power plant will leak into the ocean, which will also have some impact on the lives of our Fourth District.

Because the temperature in Zone 4 is higher than the rest of the world, and a nuclear leak would exacerbate the temperature and quality of the air in our area, the Hunters' Association suggested that we move to the woods and helped us rebuild our current place, and we were grateful for what they had done to us.

Sure enough, as we started to move this way, there was an explosion at the nuclear power plant, and the dust left over from the explosion drifted to our side in just three days.

Because we were prepared in advance, we weren't affected much.

But the ocean has changed, because of the leakage, the temperature of the sea water has risen, and many of the marine animals we usually eat have died one after another, and those who survive have become inedible because of nuclear contamination.

Hellman also encouraged everyone to say that as long as people are alive, there is always a way to live.

The hunters and the medical team have been helping us deal with what happened, and to be honest, without their help, our Fourth Sector would have disappeared from the blast.

However, this is also the beginning of a nightmare.

After about half a year, we have settled down in the current place, and people have adapted to their new life.

At this time, the Hunters' Association Headquarters was in charge of medical care for Edla. Dr. Xia came to us.

He said that he had received a report from his men that we were in danger, so he came to see us and brought us a large number of special drugs that could only be used by the protective circle.

He and his men also examined each of us and told us:

Although we are a civilian area, in the eyes of the hunters, there is no distinction between a protective circle and a civilian area, all people living on this planet are equal, and the people who live here are no inferior to those who live in the protective circle.

And he came to us because Zero mentioned to him that we lived in the environment and made him want to do something for us civilians, so we took him as our savior, and had no doubt about everything he said.

One day, he gathered together several managers of the Fourth District and said he had something to talk to us.

I didn't go because Hela was crying, it was Erman and Heyzer who went, and a few others.

Listening to Erman, he said to me:

Edla. Xia and the others are going to leave here to go somewhere else, to help other more people in need, but because they don't worry about us, they want to check the bodies of all the people in the fourth district before leaving, to see if there is any nuclear contamination.

This was something that was good for everyone, so no one objected, and then everyone was divided into several waves according to age group and went to the doctor for examination. Then the doctor injected everyone with an antibiotic that they said would improve our immunity to the environment, and this antibiotic is usually only given to people who live in protective circles.

Almost everyone in the 4th district has been injected with this antibiotic. Then the hunters and the medical team left us and left us with a way to contact them, saying that if people had any symptoms, they could contact them at any time.

When they left, we went back to our normal life, the ocean was polluted by the nuclear leak, and we had no way to go out to fish and had to rely on what we planted.

About a month after the hunters left, some people began to undergo abnormal physical changes.