One question after another besieged him like a fog, and Higashinohara's brows unconsciously furrowed slightly, falling into deep contemplation.

Hela, who followed him, looked left and right at the "city of hell" where the air was full of withering and corrupt atmosphere, and felt that the architectural style of the original "city of hell" was no different from the world they lived in.

Is there really a demon here?

Why haven't you seen anything until now?

But thinking of some unknown tasks, her heart became serious again, and she regained her spirits.

As a result, as soon as I looked up, I noticed the figure of the young man walking in front stretched by the twilight.

At this moment, what made Hela curious was not what Higashinohara was thinking about under his slightly frowning brow.

But this gentle-eyed young man even thought all the way from beginning to end, but the pace under his feet never stopped half a step from beginning to end, and even when he encountered the crossroads, he did not hesitate at all, and naturally chose a direction to step forward.

This is compared to the other teammates who walk in the dim light of the dead city like them in the voice of the headset team, and report the situation and their location from time to time.

Higashinohara's performance.... It doesn't look like they're exploring the horrors and nerves of a place called "hell", but rather like a leisurely stroll out after dinner.

Observing this, Hela immediately took it to heart.

She was very astute in her judgment:

This boy should have awakened abilities such as [Scythe], the ability to survey the surrounding terrain through environmental factors, so he can be so leisurely.

It seems that I really followed the right person in this investigation.

Hela was a little happy in her heart, coming to this strange and strange world, it was really a rare help to have a teammate who could detect the surrounding environment.

She really thought about this in her heart, but at this time, Higashinohara, who was walking in front of her, suddenly stopped—Hela who was following behind would have crashed into Higashinohara's back if she hadn't reacted quickly.

"What's wrong?"

Hela asked subconsciously.

Immediately, she seemed to realize something, looked around vigilantly, lowered her voice and asked again, "Did Higashino-kun find something?" ”

Higashinohara nodded and said, "Well, it's not early. ”

Hela was stunned for a moment, and when she looked up, she found that the light around her head was gradually dimming, and the orange-red twilight was gradually darkening, gilding the "city of hell" with a layer of intoxicating luster.

Beneath the farther horizon as far as her eye could see, there was a thick teal hue, and the darkness seemed to have begun to move and stretch its waist, ready for a grand debut.

Regardless of the world, humans seem to be afraid of the dark, because there may be unknown dangers lurking in the darkness.

At this time, Higashinohara and Hela heard a "zizi" electric current in their ears. Myne's cold voice rang out over the squad channel.

"Attention to the teams, half an hour has arrived, and they will return to the meeting as soon as they are notified."

"A group received."

"Two groups received."

“......”

Higashinohara and Hela's temporary squad was grouped into seven groups, and after saying "seven groups received" in the crowd, he turned his head and glanced at Hela with a smile.

Hela also realized what Higashinohara meant by the phrase "it's not early" just now, and couldn't help laughing dryly, and said in her heart that this guy didn't say everything completely, which made her nervous.

Next, the two people who received the message returned the same way.

On the way back, Hela, who followed Higashinohara, was also sure again in his heart that Higashinohara had probably awakened some terrain detection ability, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why the young man could write down all the roads he had walked once.

Of course, she will never admit that she is a "road idiot"...

......

After returning to the agreed gathering point, the other six groups also returned.

Even the elite group from the Enforcement Team of the Adjudication Division was setting foot in this world for the first time, and after just half an hour of surveying, everyone's faces were filled with deep incomprehension.

Even if they saw bulletin boards and newspapers on the street during their surveys, no one knew what was going on in this hellish city.

After inspecting the survey recorder that everyone was carrying, Gray. Myne couldn't help frowning, and his face looked a little gloomy.

He had a mission, seven days, to find the "key" and the location of the next "border" door that could accommodate the entry of those with higher abilities.

But now night had fallen, and the dim light of the dusty moon overhead had become the only source of light in the city of hell.

There was a night wind whining in the withering and rotten air, and the blurred gaps between the tall buildings in the distance were like invisible abyssal maws, so wet that they could swallow the whole without spitting out the bones at any time.

Gray. Myne is the leader of the investigation team, and although he wants to complete the mission, he also wants to spend seven days here safely, and live until the door of the [Border] behind him opens again.

At this time, seeing the crowd converge and waiting for instructions, Gray. Maine thought for a moment, but still spoke, "Just now I have asked you to reconnoiter the situation within two thousand meters of the surrounding area from different directions, and from your detection recorder, no anomalies have been found for the time being. ”

"At the very least, this means that the place we are in is safe for the time being."

Hear Gray. Mayne's words, the people around him, who had been nervous and uneasy since he came to this "hell city", couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

No one wants to encounter something weird and terrifying that makes the scalp tingle just after arriving here, and after making sure that the surroundings are safe, at least everyone can spend the night and have a buffer and acceptance time to explore slowly.

At this time, the leader of the investigation team, Gray. Myne suddenly pointed in a certain direction and spoke again, "I just took someone to scout there, it's an empty house that can still live in people, and we will settle in that house for the next few days, and wait until seven days to complete the mission. ”

Higashinohara followed Gray. In the direction that Myne was pointing, it was an extremely dilapidated old-fashioned residential building about two hundred meters away from them, which looked a bit like the alleys of Jianghai, hidden in this steel jungle full of high-rise buildings.

Naturally, everyone had no opinion on this.

Even the tall buildings in the distance may look better and be more in line with their aesthetics.

But everything in this "hell city" has come to a halt, and the elevators of high-rise buildings are estimated to have fallen into the elevator shaft, and they may collapse at any time.

In contrast, the aesthetic can be slightly further aback.

......

Soon, Higashinohara followed the group close to the residential building.

In front of the iron door of the doorman downstairs, there is a door number with red paint peeling off, and on it is the words "Pujiang Community" that only he knows.

Higashinohara retracted his gaze after a slight glance, and landed on the residents' bulletin board on the wall on the other side, and there were only two vaguely recognizable announcements from the neighborhood committee, "Congratulations to xxx and Ms. Ma Baoli on their happy marriage", and congratulations on "Wang Dongyang's admission to xxx university".

The group walked into the dark corridor, and by the dim moonlight, Higashinohara found that this five-story residential building was really dilapidated.

The handrails in the stairs were rusty, and the narrow, dark stairs were broken.

It's a miracle that the building didn't collapse because of the broken stones everywhere, the smell of vomiting in the air, and the large holes in the corridors that even sink down very abruptly.

At this moment, the investigation team again conducted a second inspection of the building in groups.

As soon as Higashinohara climbed to the third floor, he found a black win squatting at the corner of the corridor, and he was slightly startled in his heart, and subconsciously aimed at the tactical lighting only to find that it was a common roadside black trash can, and he didn't know who moved it and put it on the aisle.

Call... It's just a false alarm.

......

Then, after another repeated inspection that lasted about half an hour, more than a dozen members of the investigation team ran all over the upper and lower floors and reassembled together to summarize the situation.

At this point, they were sure that it was an abandoned residential building, empty and nothing else worth noting, making it a good place for them to stay for the next few days.

All of a sudden, the nervousness and anxiety that everyone had felt when they first stepped into this building disappeared, and smiles and joys gradually appeared on their faces.

Just as humans can't adapt to the dark, things like houses always give humans an inexplicable sense of security, and sleeping in a house is a completely different feeling from being in the middle of nowhere.

The rest of the time, everyone gathered together and had a simple dinner according to the good rations allocated.

While eating the compressed biscuits, Higashinohara noticed that the Celestial Team on the Adjudication Division's side had significantly more and more rations than them.

Everyone else noticed this, but everyone seemed to be used to it, and no one had any objections, and if the celestials ate the same thing as them, they would probably not be used to it...

Higashinohara thought about these things in his heart.

At present, the environment they are in is not in a position to wash, and after dinner, everyone follows the rules of the investigation team leader Gray. Each of the rooms assigned by Maine went into the room to get ready to rest.

A group of two people were left outside, on duty in the middle of the night.

Higashinohara won't be on duty tonight.

He walked into the room he had been assigned, a small two-bedroom apartment suitable for a family of three, and the furniture in the room was so dilapidated and rotten that it was almost unrecognizable.

After entering the door, Higashino opened the window to ventilate, and immediately took out the marching blanket from his backpack and made a bunk on the floor.

Next, he was not in a hurry to sleep, and he probably couldn't sleep.

What happened today was too bizarre and surprising and unbelievable - he himself was uneasy when he first stepped into the door of the Adjudication Division in the morning, but he didn't expect to enter the so-called "Hell" through the gate of [Border] in the afternoon, and then found that he had actually returned to the world where he was in his previous life.

At this time, Higashinohara was doing the daily exercises in the "Civilian Training Method" as before, while thinking about and sorting out these things in his mind, trying to find the places he had ignored today.

However, until he finished the last set of push-ups and the daily workout was over, he didn't sort out any neglected places, and he lay on the ground bunk.

Gradually, the soreness and exhaustion of the body and the fatigue after mental tension hit me, and after a while, Higashinohara fell asleep.

Night... It's getting deeper.

......

I don't know how long it took, but in the haze, Higashinohara suddenly heard the familiar sound of "dong dong" from the ceiling overhead.

At first, he was a little confused, he didn't pay much attention, just thought it was the floor noise, and those who lived in the apartment knew that this was unavoidable, so he turned over and continued to sleep.

Can fall asleep and fall asleep....

In the darkness, Higashinohara suddenly opened his eyes without warning!

Outside the window, a faint ray of moonlight shone through the dust in the air, and the ground that fell above him shook and mottled shadows.

Higashinohara, who was lying on the floor, suddenly realized that he was not renting a room in the Aragaki apartment at this time, but in the empty and dilapidated residential building where he had just settled today.

He clearly remembered that before going to bed, the leader of the investigation team, Gray. In order to facilitate management and communication, Myne lined up two groups of fourteen people, and arranged them all in the rooms on the second floor of this abandoned residential building.

How can there be noise on the third floor with the ceiling above that?

Higashinohara's heart tightened slightly.

Knock knock knock—!!!

Suddenly, the sound from the ceiling intensified.

It feels like... Something upstairs was lying under the bed, frantically trying to smash its face through the floor.

......