Chapter 243
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Chapter 243: Abolishing the Review
Due to the Fresnel team, Lin Qingliu’s mental health clinic has been closed for the past few days.
The publicly stated excuse is that Dr. Lin has fallen ill and needs some time to recover.
When he doesn’t need to synchronize his vision to observe what’s happening on the other side, Lin Qingliu often activates the Dimensional Shift to wander around Hope City.
He has set his destination near the city walls. Based on previous intelligence, he knows that Hope City has a unique surveillance and warning system that can confirm the general situation of the beast tide within a several-kilometer range.
As for the specific viewing windows and observation areas, Lin Qingliu has already understood them well through his previous infiltration.
Although this system was developed by research institutes, it is constantly monitored by real human beings, and all anomalies need to be identified by the naked eye.
This brings great convenience to Lin Qingliu’s plan; he is prepared to bring back his spoils tonight…
As night deepens, while the Fresnel team is still trekking through the wilderness, Lin Qingliu’s avatar has already arrived a few kilometers outside Hope City, carrying armor made from a special alloy.
This armor does not proceed further; instead, it presses a button, and the outer shell slowly opens.
Lin Qingliu’s wooden avatar steps out, exhausting its last bit of energy and starting to wither away, while a drop of blood slowly gathers from its head.
This precious item cannot be left for these mycelium aggregates on the ground.
A pair of hands emerges from the ground unnoticed, one hand grabbing the armor, while the other absorbs the drop of blood into its body.
Then, the armor slowly sinks into the ground, and the surface remains quiet, more terrifying than quicksand in its ability to move.
As for the now lifeless wooden avatar, it lies flat on the ground, allowing the surrounding fine mycelium to crawl over its body, certain that it will soon be completely decomposed.
In the inner city, in the basement.
Lin Qingliu emerges from the wall, dragging an armor covered in scratches behind him.
He places this armor in the corner of the basement and retrieves a brand new helmet from another pile of debris.
Connecting the two according to the preset interface, the armor stands silently in the corner.
Lin Qingliu actually has no interest in using this stuff to renovate his secret base.
However, for such items, keeping them upright takes up less space than laying them down.
Standing in the basement thinking for a moment, Lin Qingliu confirms he hasn’t forgotten anything and calmly returns to the second floor to rest.
Starting tomorrow, his mental health clinic will reopen for business.
This is the normal process for recovering from a minor illness.
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Meanwhile, to the south of Hope City.
Ink Drench and her team ride an electric elevator, slowly ascending along the city wall.
At this moment, their emotions are extremely excited; there is so much to report.
After leaving the swamp area, Ink Drench instructed her teammates to check their communication devices every ten minutes to quickly get in touch with Hope City.
Finally, just before they appeared within the surveillance range, the signal that had been interrupted for days finally restored, and the Ink Drench team could verify their identities to ensure they wouldn’t face a rain of bullets from above the city wall.
Just minutes ago, residents of Hope City who had either not slept or woke early to prepare for work heard a temporary announcement on the broadcast, learning that the outgoing team had successfully returned once again, marking another great step in humanity’s revival.
Compared to the previous Nian team, most people this time appeared somewhat unfazed, as such events are like world records that, if not everyone remembers, at least the majority subconsciously recall the first one.
Moreover, the last return of the Nian team caused a great deal of spectacle, with many arriving late to work and facing various punishments from their superiors, which dampened their once proud and passionate spirit.
Thus, this time, Ink Drench’s team encountered no significant difficulties entering the city; although some citizens chose to watch, they were able to easily clear the path for vehicles.
Two military vehicles sped toward the inner city, and they would no longer face the same isolation and review as the Nian team did.
After the Nian team’s disappearance, numerous professionals from research institutes and the military conducted joint analyses and concluded that the current isolation procedures could not completely prevent pollution and external invasion, as returning members still disappeared in bizarre ways at random.
Confirming this, those bureaucratic review procedures that wasted time were naturally abolished.
In their place, multiple senior researchers from the research institutes directly conducted inquiries, while two superpowered individuals from the first superhero team accompanied them throughout.
These two superpowered individuals are Holy Shield and Disaster Core.
Yes, after Lucas and Luke, Hope City again has a Holy Shield.
Behind one-way glass, Zhou Zhuo sits in the front with Ji Yongxing, followed by ten senior researchers selected by the Deputy Director, who have prepared numerous contingency plans to ensure that all developments remain under their control.
On Zhou Zhuo’s left and Ji Yongxing’s right are the new Holy Shield and Disaster Core.
The new Holy Shield has black hair and eyes, with a square face, appearing to be in his thirties, a common look in the military.
He sits formally in the chair, his hands resting on his thighs, his back straight, giving off a make-no-approach aura.
As for Disaster Core, he still exhibits a somewhat cautious demeanor, moving in slow motion as if he were a massive bomb ready to explode at any moment.
In his hand, there are three marble-sized orbs moving in an erratic fashion, changing their distance from one another; every time two collide, sparks emerge along with the crash sound.
Before coming here, Zhou Zhuo had explained to Ji Yongxing that this behavior reflects a slow release of energy.
Ji Yongxing nods on the surface, expressing that he doesn’t mind, more eager to learn about the exploration team’s findings outside the city, but in reality, he occasionally uses his enhanced vision to observe the two beside him, trying to find an opportunity for his own advancement, just like when he spied on that drop of blood.
