The sun had set, the moon hung high outside the window, and the night was like water, a peaceful and peaceful scene.

However, in the eyes of the awakened Báb, the space is once again divided into two, and the surrounding scenery is the same, but the atmosphere is diametrically opposed. One night is like water, one is full of red mist, one is peaceful and peaceful, and one is full of fear. Just like the last time I saw it in the tavern, the separation between the two spaces is clearly demarcated, but they are entangled and blended, you have me, I have you, both trying to expand to the other end, trying to swallow up the other space on the other end.

And Babu himself, as if he was in two different spaces at the same time, seemed normal, but also seemed very strange, very safe, but very dangerous.

The sense of contradiction and disobedience made Babu feel that his spirit was about to split, but he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, at least not now, like last night, a polluted monster suddenly appeared. As soon as he thought of this, Babu immediately looked around again, and fortunately, it was indeed not, so that his wish would not come true.

Little Anna in her arms slept soundly with her fingers in her arms, and Babu pulled her fingers out of her mouth and replaced them with her own, and then carried her to the window and looked out of the window. The night was dark, the town had fallen into a deep sleep, no one seemed to notice the surroundings, the streets were silent, the wind was calm, and even the barking of dogs could not be heard. However, listening closely, farther away, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves, far away, like the direction of the town center, but in this silent night, it still came all the way.

Something is wrong.

Babu searched for his memory, and the people of the town were not in the habit of riding horses in the middle of the night, so I was afraid that something was wrong. Looking at the blood mist and dust in the other horizon, and thinking about the tentacle monster he encountered last night, Babu made a decision in his heart.

Patting the little guy in his arms, I don't know if he was too sleepy after not sleeping all night, the little guy waved his paw to open Babu's hand, and did not wake up. Bablo hesitated, but still didn't dare to leave her at home, just took her in his arms and went out like this, anyway, it was just a small group, and it was not in the way.

As soon as he went out, he was sure that there was indeed the sound of horses' hooves, and one of them was coming in this direction, and Babu walked in the direction from which the hooves came, and walked along the deserted street towards the center of the town.

Sure enough, he didn't go far before a horse came coming at him, and he could see clearly through the brazier illuminated by the roadside, the other party was wearing the uniform of the garrison regiment and carrying a weapon.

When he encountered someone wandering on the street in the middle of the night, he obviously startled the other party, not only immediately stopped his horse, but even pulled out his weapon, until he looked at Babu a few times and confirmed that he had no signs of contamination and mutation, and then scolded him dissatisfiedly: "Damn, scare me, little Babu, what are you doing running out into the street so late without sleeping?" ”

Babu took a closer look, it was actually one of the two members of the garrison who appeared with Captain Gauss last night, and it was one of them who was responsible for inspecting the corpse, Babu casually greeted and asked, "I heard the sound of horses' hooves, come out and take a look." Is something wrong? Why are you going out in the middle of the night, where are you going? Security station? ”

Sol Town is centered on the headquarters of the security team in the center of the town, and more than 20 security stations are radioactive, which can basically cover the entire town, and it is not far down this street, which happens to be one of them.

The other party didn't intend to hide it, so he replied casually: "Yes, go to the security station to do joint guard." You should also be careful, don't run around with your children if you're fine, it may not be safe tonight. ”

"How?"

"Not Captain Monica of your scavenging team yet." The other party had already assigned Babu to the scavenging team as a matter of course, "Just now I suddenly ran to our garrison group to issue an alarm, saying that there was a sudden edge shock. Inevitably, last night's accident happened again, and it was too late to respond, so the captain sent everyone to the security station to carry out joint defense. ”

"Shock on the edge?" Babu looked around, especially overhead, at the strange overlap of the normal and the unusual, and gradually realized that what he was seeing might be the edge shock he had heard last night.

"yes, I'm also curious, didn't it happen once last night, how could it be so often."

"Okay, thanks." Babu waved his hand, "I'm awake anyway, I'll go to the center of town, if something happens, it's safer there." ”

The other party soon left without looking back, and Babu hugged Anna up again, and hurried towards the center of the town, where the headquarters of several combatants were, as he said, and where it was safest in case something really happened.

Along the way, the sound of horses' hooves continued to move in other directions, and the number of houses on the street gradually increased, perhaps awakened by the sound of horses' hooves, and the lights began to be lit in a few houses, and some windows facing the street began to occasionally hear whispers.

As soon as I arrived in the center of the town, I saw four people standing in the central square from a distance, and on one side was Captain Gauss last night, who was wearing chain mail and followed by two heavily armed warriors, standing straight in the middle of the square. In front of them, an old man who looked to be forty or fifty years old stood face to face with them, talking loudly, and before they could get closer, they could hear a few words drifting in the distance.

"Absolutely not." "Signature from above." "I can't be the master." "That's not going to work, I can't take responsibility." "Wait, wait until the normal procedure is completed, it's just an hour."

Gauss was visibly getting agitated, but the other refused to budge at all, and the two of them quarreled more and more fiercely, until they were interrupted by a shadow that appeared in the darkness beside them.

"Da, da", with the dull sound of leather boots hitting the ground, a slender figure slowly walked out of the darkness, the two sides stopped arguing at the same time, seeing the person walking nearby, shook his wavy long hair, his wrist suddenly shook, and a long whip wrapped around the old man's neck, pulling him violently in front of the black shadow.

"I don't have the patience of Gauss, and I don't bother to talk nonsense." The shadow was clearly Monica, and she let out a mouthful of alcohol, her voice low and dangerous, "You have two options now. First, he honestly ordered the mobilization of the security team to start reinforcing the security stations, so that they could gather all the nearby townspeople and rely on the security stations to resist them. Or second, I'll kill you on the spot, and the deputy who will replace you will give this order, and it doesn't matter if he can't be the master or take responsibility, go down in order, and there will always be one who does the master, right? ”

"You can also look forward to it, maybe the mayor or the old men of the town elders' council, who will want to turn their faces with me over this matter." Monica looked up at the night and continued, "Okay, let's choose, I'll count to five, and if you haven't chosen yet, I'll help you choose." ”

"Five."

"I order, I order, you calm down, I'll go dispatch." The old man broke out in a cold sweat, squeezed out a smile, turned his head and ran back to the headquarters of the security team not far away, and soon, the headquarters became more lively than during the day, from time to time there were patrols of two people running away with torches, and soon, more than a dozen fires were like fire dragons, extending along the street into the distance.

"Bobby, you call a few more guys to follow and take care of it." Gauss said with a calm face, "They are just ordinary people in the end, and in case of a real crisis, we fighters need to come forward." ”

"Yes." The warrior who followed him knocked his hand on his chest, then turned and left.

"Rhine, you ......" Gauss turned to another warrior.

"Whoosh." As he watched the excitement around the corner of the building, Babu suddenly tilted his head, and a small stone flew past his ear.

"Hey, you're hiding so fast." Monica beckoned in the direction of Babu, seemingly casual, but there was a bit of joy hidden in her voice, "Why did you suddenly come here." ”

"What's wrong with your legs?" Babu came, but instead of answering, he turned his gaze to the wound on her thigh, frowned, and asked, "It can't be so fast." ”

"Ha, such a small injury, just lick the wound and heal it." Monica patted the location of the wound through her long skirt, and although the corners of her mouth twitched, she still said very carelessly, "Don't worry, it's okay." ”

"What kind of energy is there, oh, yes, I can smell the smell of the illusory energy in it, I can smell it outside the square, and I don't know if I think there is another polluted monster here." Babu sneered and pushed back, "You said that you want me to help you, and you also said that you are tired and want someone to share it, and then tell me now...... It's okay? ”

"Tsk, you heard it when you left." Babu's persistence made Monica sigh and explained, "The quick way has a price, but it can be borne for the time being, I also want to take care of it for more than ten days to let it heal naturally, but the situation has changed, and there is no time." ”

"Huh?"

"Are you really willing to help me?" Monica didn't answer directly, "You can still say no now." ”

"You've started to preach everywhere that I'm a member of the scavenging team, and what else do I refuse?" Having said that, Babu's eyes looked at the center of the town around him, a little farther away, at the town that was suddenly awakened in the middle of the night, retracted his gaze, lowered his head and gently stroked Little Anna's withered yellow hair, Babu was silent for a moment, and said with a straight face, "I have decided, I can help you, but, first, my salary should be the same as yours, and second, additional work will have to be paid." They want me to observe things, add money, ask me to work overtime, add money, ask me to take all kinds of risks, add money, ask me to go to work, add money. ”

"Wait."

"Ahem, you can skip this last one, anyway......"

"In short, I want money, right, it's a pity that you don't have a marginal merchant with this kind of character, if you enter the marginal caravan, you will definitely be able to sleep with gold every day." Monica glared at Babu, but couldn't help but smile, and held out her hand to Babu, "Anyway, thank you, please help me in the future, new Babu observer...... Poof, why did you bring her here too? This is your Anna, the little one, it's fun. You cover her so tightly, I don't even see it, how can there be someone like you, be careful to suffocate her. ”

I don't know if I like children very much, the moment I saw the little guy, Monica's eyes lit up, her tone also increased several stops, her hands were ready to move, it seemed that the next moment she was going to pinch the little guy's face, and even Babu's angry eyes almost didn't stop her. In order to protect Anna's little face, Babu could only divert her attention in time: "I was afraid that she would be in danger, so I took her with me, after all, the situation outside is obviously wrong." What the hell is going on? ”

"Like yesterday, the edges are shaking." Monica sighed, "According to the time, you should have set off here as soon as you sensed the shock, otherwise it would not have been possible to be so fast." ”

"yes, such an obvious anomaly." Babu nodded, "I wonder how the others didn't react at all, as if they couldn't see at all. ”

"They wouldn't have seen it." Monica stared at Babu with an angry and envious look, gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think anyone has a talent like yours, and is simply a natural observer?" It's because of some special reasons that my perception is stronger than others, and I can roughly sense the fluctuations of phantom energy, so I can barely count half an observer, and others, even if they are Gauss's strength, can only vaguely feel that something is wrong, and ordinary people can't sense anything. If you let the rest of our scavengers hear you ask this kind of question, they're probably going to want to fight ......."

While the two were talking, Gauss had already instructed his subordinates, first nodded to Babu with regret and said hello, and then asked Monica: "Captain Monica, everyone has been sent out to pick up the townspeople, how do you need us to cooperate?" ”

"It's another sudden eruption that doesn't make sense, but theoretically it's not very dangerous right now, but Gauss, you know, the longer the edge shock lasts, the more dangerous it becomes. Now that it's lasted more than an hour, it's almost dangerous, and there may be a fringe monster or even a phantom beast running into the world. ”

Monica slowly straightened up, like an unsheathed sword, exuding sharpness all over her body.

"So get your people ready for battle, scatter out, keep an eye on your defensive area, and once you find monsters entering the world, destroy them as soon as possible, and protect the safety of every townsman as much as possible. Remember, don't run away like last night, and hold on no matter what it takes, at least until tomorrow morning. ”

"Is tomorrow morning enough?" Gauss was silent for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Are you so sure that it will be over tomorrow morning?" ”

"No, I'm not sure, I ask to hold on until tomorrow morning, because if it doesn't end by then, we need to take the last resort, we have all seen the emergency plan, so I don't need to say more." Monica's face was gloomy, and she was about to continue, when her eyes suddenly widened, "Babu, you ......"

In the eyes of the others, Babu suddenly moved silently, and circled around Monica's back as fast as he could, and the black dagger in his hand thrust into the air.

And in Babu's eyes, a vague black shadow, sneakily condensed behind Monica, and crashed into her body.