I saw that one of the people in the group was blown off the ground by the wind and snow, but they all had ropes and other things tied to each other, and the others were busy pulling the person back to the ground.

At this time, the wind and snow seemed to be more violent, and the group slowly moved in a circle to this side.

"Xiaoling, we don't know who they are yet, so don't act rashly." Kate held Ling with one hand.

"I understand, and so do you."

The two of them put their things back on their backs, pressed their hats down, and stood at the mouth of the hole.

Ling touched the gun at her waist and pulled out the self-defense dagger strapped to her leg and handed it to Kate.

By this time the men had already reached the entrance of the cave and found two people standing at the entrance.

It seems that the leader made a standby gesture to the people behind him, and then stepped forward to greet Ling and Kate.

"Are you two people who live in this neighborhood? We've gotten so far that we'd like to ask what kind of place this is, and you see, it's not going to be good weather, can we also go in and take shelter from the snow? Of course, we have some food here, and if the two of us don't dislike it, we can also give them a little. The man said politely.

Ling and Kate looked at each other, it seemed that these people were also outsiders, not people from the third civilian area, and they didn't have any ill intentions.

Ling said.

"We're also hiding here because of the wind and snow, and this should be not far from the third civilian area, where are you going?"

Ling and Kate had already moved out of the way of the cave so that the five people behind could also enter, but the cave was relatively small, and people could only barely shelter themselves from the wind and snow.

The head-to-head man beat the snow on his body, and Ling replied when he asked.

"The Third Civilian Zone? Then let me ask how far is this from the fourth protective ring? We wanted to go to the fourth protective circle, but we encountered an attack from the alien on the way, so we had to go this way, but after getting rid of the alien, we didn't know where we were, so I and a few companions came out to find someone to investigate, but I didn't expect to encounter such a big snowstorm, how did the two of you get here? ”

"You're going to the Fourth Circle? It's going in the opposite direction, so I think you'd better wait for the snow to stop and go back and go again. Ling said.

"In the opposite direction?" The man had just taken off the hat on his head, and he asked in surprise when he heard Ling say this.

"You are?" Ling looked at this person with familiar eyes, and couldn't remember who it was for a while.

"Look at me, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Shiron, and I'm from the Eighth Protective Circle. ”

"Shiron? How did you get here? Ling also took off her hat.

“z…… Wing? How are you? How are you? I heard you're being wanted, are you hiding here? Xilong was surprised to encounter Zero.

"Who is he?" Kate asked Ling. He actually knew Ling's name, so he shouldn't be an enemy.

"Oh, he is the second son of the eighth protection circle master Long Ye, the father of Jinlong." Ling introduced herself to Kate.

"Who is this?" Xilong looked at the man who was protecting Ling behind him.

Could this be the one who followed Zero......

"Oh, this is my father, Fryne, who is injured and wants to come to District 3 to see if he can find something that helps."

"Father?! Your father is really young......" Shiron looked Kate up and down.

"Are you going to the fourth lap? The direction is completely reversed, this is the direction to the third civilian area, if you want to go this way, then you have to climb over the snowy mountain, but with you people, it is too difficult, I think you better wait for the wind and snow to stop, and go around. Ling said.

"We don't want to go this way, it's really hard to say, I came out to do things this time, but I was delayed on the road for a while, but it's good, and I have taken so many unjust roads." Shiron sighed.

"Is there any difficulty I can help?" Ling asked.

"It would be great if you could help." Xilong said gratefully.

"Don't be in a hurry to decide, you haven't said what you're going to do in the Fourth Protective Circle, I heard that it's a 'only in but not out' circle, what are you going to do there as a person from the Eighth Circle?" Kate squeezed Ling's hand hard.

Why doesn't he have a long memory, and he wants to help, obviously he has no ability, what can he do.

Ling also reflected that now that she has no ability, it is not certain whether she can help.

"Really? How did you get here? Just the six of you? Ling asked.

"It almost started at the last World Conference." Shiron sighed.

"After the last World Conference, Delena, the owner of the Fourth Circle, asked my father for the metasequoia trees that are unique to our four circles to be planted in the Fourth District. At that time, my father agreed to return to the eight circles and give the healthy tree seeds to the four circles.

But who knew that after my father came back, he was 'sick' with our mountain god Metasequoia, and later with the help of others, Metasequoia came back to life.

My father was afraid that the newborn saplings would not survive in Sihuan, so he sent someone to inform Sihuan that they would wait for a year and wait for the trees to grow a little before sending them over. The four circles also agreed.

However, the growth of metasequoia is relatively slow, and I only took the metasequoia species to the fourth circle on my father's order half a year ago.

However, I didn't expect that the 'border' was so uneven, and we deliberately avoided the 'hard-hit area', but we still walked for half a year, and when I came out, I took 100 people and 10 cars, and not long ago there were only 63 people left, 7 cars......

And the last time we encountered it was not a mutated 'beast', but a human being, but it could not be called an ordinary person, those creatures that were temporarily called 'human' only had a human form, but all parts of the body were made of other animals and machines, and there was no human consciousness, but it seemed to be controlled by something that could act in unison.

Our weapons were already in use, and we didn't know how long it would take to get to the fourth lap, so we tried to flee there, although there was no loss of people and materials, but the vehicle carrying the signal transmission was damaged in the chaos, and we lost the signal connection to our eight and four laps, only knowing that it should be not far from the fourth lap, but we were not sure of the exact location.

We've been staying where we are for five days, and for the past five days, we've been patrolling in small groups to see if we can meet the people who live here, and then ask for directions, but we didn't expect to come out today and encounter a snowstorm.

But as it happens, if it weren't for this blizzard, I wouldn't have met you, and I would have to thank God. Xilong smiled bitterly.

"I see."

Ling and Kate then knew how they met Xilong and his party here.

Metasequoia, is it the same tree that Kaoru gave to the civilian area at that time, he said that this kind of tree can purify the air.

"Since the four circles asked you for it, wouldn't it be better for them to pick it up themselves, and let you send it over?" Kate asked.

"Who's to say it isn't. At first, my father said the same thing, let the people of the four circles come and pick it up by themselves. But the Lord of the Four Circles first said that their circle had a rule at the beginning of the establishment of the protective circle, and they could only enter and not leave, so there was no way to go to the eighth circle to get it, and then he said that they could meet us at the boundary outside the four circles.

At that time, my father was also afraid that they would not be able to take good care of Metasequoia, so he agreed to let them take it, and then I would escort the saplings, and the four and eight circles were inner circles, and the distance of two circles was even if it was slow, and it could be reached in a month, but I didn't expect that we would encounter alien ...... as soon as we entered the range of the 'border'."

"Why is the Fourth Ring only in and out?" Kate asked, puzzled.

"I asked my father about this, but he didn't know. Ling: Do you know? Shiron asked.

"I don't know the specifics, about the secret of the four circles, it should only be known to the current 'Three Kings' and the first batch of members of the World Conference, because at the beginning of the establishment of the protective circle, the four circles that were not yet the four circles had already applied to the central circle for this regulation, and all of us hunters also abided by this regulation, and I have never entered the four circles."

"Aren't you one of the first people? Why don't you know? Kate asked Ling.

"This ......"

"I think you forgot why." Kate quipped.

"Don't talk about that, what are you going to do next? What about the rest of you? Ling asked Xilong.

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