In City 26, beyond the high mechanical walls and steel-heavy gates, the sky is gradually darkening in the wilderness.

Inside the city, there is a glorious twilight dome.

The man-made dome simulates a time before the catastrophe and is breathtakingly beautiful.

Inside and outside the door, there is a world of difference.

And now......

Lin Qiusheng glanced at the silver-white mechanical watch in his right hand from time to time, and it was getting closer and closer to half past five.

When the time comes, the city gates will be completely closed, and there will be no surprise.

This is an iron law among all the surviving human cities today, and even the only three 06-level powerhouses in their 26th city cannot change this fact.

However, the kid hasn't come back yet......

"I've seen you here for a long time, what, look like you're in a hurry? There's no one your inspection team wants to arrest here, right? ”

Beside Lin Qiusheng, a long-haired man wearing a blue slim uniform approached and stood still, looking at Lin Qiusheng's appearance, he couldn't help but quip.

Hearing this, Lin Qiusheng glanced at him and shook his head.

"Private ......"

"It's because of your brother-in-law? If I'm not mistaken, his son is in his third year this year, right? It's just in the quota for holiday homework......"

was broken by an acquaintance, Lin Qiusheng had to sigh and say softly.

"It's all a family, so you have to take care of it."

"If you want me to say, the gap between you is too big, so it's better to break the matter. How much have their father and son dragged you down over the years......"

Lin Qiusheng shook his head, unwilling to say more on this topic, and instead asked the question of the long-haired man.

"What are you doing here?"

"Me?"

The long-haired man took a puff on his cigarette and looked at the end of the black highway with a somewhat ethereal look in his eyes.

The unknown wilderness beyond the city is full of mysterious wildness in his eyes.

"Something happened outside this time......

"Something's wrong?"

Lin Qiusheng frowned.

The long-haired man nodded.

"Hmm...... There are quite a few new unknown monsters appearing, and some bounty squads would rather just abandon the mission and come back. ”

"New unknown monsters?"

Lin Qiusheng frowned.

Even if his job is to fight some evils inside the city, it does not affect his understanding of the world outside the city.

In the face of monsters, the unknown is often the biggest factor in causing human casualties.

"Which other world is fluctuating?"

"Without a sample, it is difficult to analyze the specific source from the characteristics described by the mercenaries."

"The squads of Night Owl and Han Feng didn't gain anything?"

"No...... The monsters that appeared this time were a bit weird, and the team members who went out on their mission were only barely escaping, and it was difficult to kill and capture. Our scientific research department has issued a bounty of 10,000 energy coins, and we have not received a single sample, it is estimated that there is really none. ”

"Hey...... Eventful period. ”

Lin Qiusheng shook his head and sighed softly.

Seeing that the time was approaching, the long-haired man also gave up waiting.

There are still seven minutes left, and this point has not returned, and most of the time it will not come back.

One can only hope that those who are late will be lucky enough to survive the night in the wilderness.

"Let's go, have a drink?"

"We've got to be on call 24 hours a day."

Lin Qiusheng smiled and rejected the other party's proposal, but he still left with him.

Running over to see the city gate while he was free from work was his biggest fishing, and now he had to hurry up and report it.

……

The black cart deftly flashed a piece of gravel, and the shining electric light illuminated the roadside sign for a moment.

As the time approached, the parrot, which had been staring at the map on his instrument, breathed a sigh of relief.

"One Ring......"

"What's the link?"

Jiang Bai asked curiously.

"A ring of wilderness, it's a little safer."

The cold voice of the flower cat sounded.

The bald captain followed closely and explained in detail to Jiang Bai.

"The place where we carry out the mission is the Wilderness of the Third Ring Road, and we release missions every seven days to clear out some spatial anomalies and prevent large otherworldly creatures from appearing too close to the base city.

The Second Ring Wilderness that I passed by just now will also issue a mission every three days, which is also to clean up spatial anomalies. Because the frequency is a little more diligent, the possible danger will be a little less.

And now the first ring of wilderness will be carpeted by the city defense army every morning, and it is difficult for spatial anomalies and beasts to survive. As long as it's not too unlucky, you basically won't encounter any danger after entering the first ring. ”

Jiang Bai nodded knowingly.

Low-level danger zone, right?

High-risk, intermediate-risk, low-risk......

It's easy to understand.

However, no matter how small the danger is, it is also a risk.

As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Bai slammed the accelerator under his feet.

When I got here, even the road conditions were much better.

"You can turn on the lights."

Hua Mao said, helping Jiang Bai turn on the front and rear lights of the vehicle in the co-pilot's position.

For a while, two bright pillars of light shot out from the front of the car, illuminating the way back to the city for Jiang Bai.

The first ring of wilderness is said to be wilderness, but Jiang Bai can also see a lot of dilapidated buildings.

Many of the buildings are dilapidated and abandoned, but some are clearly still alive.

When the vehicle roared past, Jiang Bai even saw some traces and even figures of human activities from the flashing headlights.

"I think I just saw ......"

"Some people who can't get along in the city or don't want to live in the city just survive in the first ring."

Flower Cat explained briefly.

Jiang Bai didn't ask again, just swept in silence.

In a trance, the gaze looking out the window seemed to be intertwined with the gaze of some wilderness humans.

Jiang Bai drove onto the road.

The dilapidated roads, which are unmaintained, are still much better than the pure wilderness, and the speed is a little faster for a while.

"Thirty seconds left!"

The parrot's tone was a little excited, the gates of the city were so close that the orange glow from the dome of the city was already draped over the body.

No one wants to spend the night in the wilderness, not even a ring of wilderness.

"Don't worry!"

Jiang Bai stepped on the accelerator under his feet, and the car rushed into the city along the black highway.

After entering the city limits, Jiang Bai slowed down.

From the rearview mirror, he could see the steel gate behind him, under the central control of the city defense system, slowly falling, cutting off the black highway and completely dividing the city and the outside of the city into two worlds.

The black thick steel wall stretched out in front of Jiang Bai's eyes, stretching to the end of his sight.

On top of it, there is a fort-like watchtower every 100 meters, which is even more reassuring.

In this gloomy era, only these cold steels can provide some hard-won security for human beings.

"I'll do it."

In Jiang Bai's ear, the flower cat came over at some point and said softly.