Li Zhen closed his eyes and remained silent for a while, then let out a gentle breath.

You can't think that everything happens. Or no matter how anxious you are, you can't rush into the enemy's nest when there is a possibility of a fire in the backyard.

Those people may indeed be biochemical warriors. But it is not only the empire that can produce biochemical warriors. You should know that in this regard, the technology of the Gate of Truth is said to be ten to twenty years ahead, not to mention that An Ruosu, the white knight, obtained a large amount of information from the northern base.

When it comes to the Siberian party that Guo Baorong mentioned before, he felt that the possibility of those people belonging to the Emperor's side was slim.

If such a group of people really gathered in Wanzhou and planned something in an area so close to Yuzhou, he would not find any reason to sit idly.

So he smiled at Guo Baorong: "Then we can continue walking the same way. I have to go there and take a look."

He thought he would encounter some things in the other half of Yuzhou, but he did not expect that the journey here would be unexpectedly calm. This place was not as crowded as his side, and the streets were even more deserted. They walked to the city center before they saw the crowd again. People stood on the side of the road in groups of three or three, looking at the pedestrians on the road with insensitive and unrestrained eyes. Many people were dressed in rags, making it even harder to see patrolling soldiers and police on the streets.

In fact, the essential differences between the two sides are not only reflected in wealth or poverty, but also in the spirit of these people.

At least the immigrants on the other side of the door were still thinking about ways to survive. They tried to sell their strength and even get something in their lives, unlike these people. They were confused. Li Zhen was a little confused about this difference, but when he walked out of the door here and there, he finally knew what was the reason.

When I came here before, there was a reason for the lack of people here. It turned out that today the rulers here still had some restrictions on the people here - people here can pass, while the indigenous people here were restricted from freedom. He was not sure what was the purpose of doing this, but many times many decisions were implemented largely because the rulers slapped their butts.

This kind of situation was not uncommon in the past, let alone in this era.

When they were planning to pass the gate here to Wanzhou, they found that the soldiers guarding the gate were engaged in a very old profession - collecting "city gate tax".

"City Gate Tax", they are indeed called this. Everyone has to pay a considerable price to pass through it safely. Judging from their expressions, they are already familiar with doing such things.

Before, he accidentally saw two soldiers searching for the pedestrians on the roadside. There was no reason or procedure. He just stopped and then searched and left with the "trophy".

Then, in such an area where personal property is difficult to be effectively protected, it is strange that someone has the motivation to work hard.

It seems that General Sun here... has not yet expressed his sincerity.

But at least now Li Zhen doesn't plan to pay attention to what's going on here. He even paid some things to the guards guarding the door, and then set foot on the territory of Wanzhou with Guo Baorong's family of three.

He could feel that the temperature was indeed getting higher and higher. The temperature here was higher than the main urban area of ​​Yuzhou, which was full of tall buildings. Now they are only in the suburbs of Wanzhou. They have not yet arrived in the urban area. Once they reach the main urban area of ​​Wanzhou, due to the heat island effect, the temperature there can indeed easily reach more than 40 degrees Celsius.

It was as if there was really a huge stove placed there. Then it released surging heat toward the surroundings.

When they met a car on the road, they took it. Li Zhen listened quietly to Guo Baorong chatting with the owner and kept some information in his heart. Judging from these words alone, the rulers here are normal. In fact, Xiao Heng can also be considered normal, and even belongs to the more "profitable" category - in terms of people's livelihood.

It seems that since he cheated Guo Baorong once three years ago, the man has not done anything out of the ordinary.

But the problem is that Xiao Heng was normal in the past.

So he only went to see the scenery outside the car window and occasionally talked with Guo Baorong. The two planned to continue looking for their daughter in Wanzhou, but Li Zhen wanted to go to the Prince Lake first to take a look.

They were originally a chance meeting, and they were only familiar with each other because Li Zhen was his daughter's "alumnus". In the past, the couple might have enthusiastically arranged accommodation for him and had the same friendship as a landlord. But in such an era, they just told Li Zhen to be careful in everything, and then broke up outside the community where they lived.

The former gatekeepers all failed, and the entire community looked a little dilapidated. It was morning now, but the sun had begun to emit amazing heat. The scenery in the distance became slightly distorted in the rising heat, and a pouring lamp post lies across a path in the community.

He followed Guo Baorong's previous instructions and set foot on the right.

In fact, you can vaguely see Taizi Lake here. A row of landscape trees are planted by the lake, but now the leaves of the trees are yellow and the branches are wilted, and it seems that they are about to die. There is always a process for trees to die, most of which should fall leaves first and then wither. But the death of these trees seems to be particularly fierce, and it is more like the vitality being pulled away at once.

Li Zhen walked over slowly with his bag on his back, and his hands passed over the tree trunk.

After walking a few more steps, he turned a corner and saw someone.

Those people are now standing in groups by the lake, walking back and forth, occasionally turning around and talking to each other. If the weather is not as hot as it is now, if these people are elderly people, this scene is reasonable. But the problem is that those people are young people, and the oldest does not seem to be over forty years old.

Li Zhen stopped and looked at them from afar. Guo Baorong was right. These people looked quite serious. They all had a stern face, pursed their lips, and had a vigilant look on their faces, as if they were performing a certain alert mission.

One person saw him, so the others looked here too.

The same cold eyes were silently warned.

Li Zhen smiled, slowly stepped back, and after returning to the corner of the street.

Then he frowned.

Guo Baorong's wife did not observe carefully enough. And he noticed one thing.

The weather was very hot, and these people were sweating. Apart more than ten meters apart, most people couldn't see the appearance of their faces, but Li Zhen could see clearly. So he found that there was no sweat on those guys' faces.

Perhaps this can be attributed to them being very heat-resistant. However, these people have fine beads of sweat on their exposed arms and necks. It’s not that they can’t sweat, but that they don’t sweat on their faces.

Thinking back to the rigid expression and the sharp eyes that did not match that expression, Li Zhen realized that they should have done something on their face. And now there is that thing on his own face - some special paint. It is used to cover up his original appearance. It is waterproof and light, and can make uncomplicated expressions with the muscles below. However, it is not very breathable.

Those people used this thing on their faces. As far as he knew, only a certain group of people needed to use this thing to conceal their uniqueness.

Or they are no longer considered humans—

Xenogenesis.

There is indeed a problem in Wanzhou. It is a big problem.

Then there are problems with this Taizi Lake.

A bunch of intelligent high-level alien species surrounded the place for a year or two... What attracted them?

Or the word "encircle" should not be used. Instead, it should be protected.

They suppress their bloodthirsty nature and are willing to kill. They have "nothing" to the nearby residents for two years. Things or things that can make them do so must be extraordinary. And the most reasonable explanation he can think of is-

The master of these things.

Types.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen took a deep breath and felt the scorching air that wrapped herself firmly became a little cold.

Every awakening of a species will inevitably be accompanied by heavy casualties. Whether it is Chiyou, Lucifer, or that egg, it has left him with unforgettable deep memories.

Then this time...

He shook the gun in his hand. If he guessed correctly, he would never allow that guy to wake up in the downtown area of ​​Wanzhou.

So he slowly retreated and turned into a dark street corner nearby.

This is a speculation. He needs more evidence to prove it and prepare himself more fully. In fact, in addition to the rough inference just now, there are other doubts that need to be answered.

For example, if this is a species waiting for recovery, then why is a group of higher-level alien species guarding it?

Is it better not to control the head of the local government and turn this place into the sphere of influence of those lunatics?

Or, simply dig it out and transport it back to their base camp in Siberia.

It is not a wise move to spend two years "waiting".

Besides, there is another thing - what did the convoy that Guo Baorong was cheated to go to Siberia for?

So he spent a whole day waving around the nearby area and found that there seemed to be more alien species than he thought. In addition to those by the lake, their figures would occasionally appear in the nearby streets and alleys. These guys seemed to be responsible for the task of periphery, just like those street gangsters in the past, looking at each person he thought was a little suspicious.

All day long, he walked around the neighborhood six times. This was one of the things he learned before at the northern base - if you think there is suspicious place but can't see any clues for a while, then walk a few more times without attracting attention. If the first time is to follow the clockwise direction, then the second time is to follow the counterclockwise direction. The perspective changes, and you can always notice a lot of things that you have ignored before.

He did this and indeed gained something.

The so-called peripheral sentry probes also have regular distributions. They are relatively dense in certain areas.

In the evening, Li Zhen found a small hotel, then got paper and pen, and downloaded a floor plan map of the Taizi Lake area from the computer in the room.

Taiping Lake is not a circular or oval, it is an l-shaped shape.

He also marked the several dense areas of the alien species in his memory during the day on the map, then left the table with both hands, frowned slightly and stared at the piece of paper carefully.

After five minutes of looking at this, I never came to a conclusion. The distance between each stronghold is far and near, and even from the lake shore is far and near, and it seems that there is no rule. There are nine points in total, just like nine flies, which makes him upset.

So after twenty minutes of stalemate, he stood up tiredly, planning to take a shower and then go downstairs to get some food. However, when he entered the bathroom, he found a piece of paper on the wall - 6:00 to 9:00 in the morning and 8:00 to 12:00 in the evening every day.

It was then that he remembered that it was not in the General's Mansion, but in the arid Wanzhou.

He had to shake his head and smile bitterly, and pushed the door open and walked out just to eat something.

Next door to the hotel is a restaurant. The decoration used to be high-end, atmospheric and high-end. However, there is a brand outside the restaurant with the words "Home-Cooked Cuisine". The next row of fly heads is densely filled with the names of dishes and marked with prices. In today's world, it is also considered to be of good quality and low price.

Li Zhen walked in, ordered three dishes and a basin of rice.

The food was quickly brought up. He filled his stomach with great efficiency and then breathed a sigh of relief. Then he leaned on the back of the chair and planned to rest for a while, and by the way, he could hear whether these people in the restaurant could provide him with some valuable information.

But most of the things that are in my ears are worthless family matters and full of negative energy.

He then moved his eyes back to the dishes on the table, made up his mind to listen for a few more minutes, and then got up and left.

But when I saw this, my eyes couldn't move away. Because the four dishes, three large and one small, squeezed together at this moment, forming a triangle.

Li Zhen stared at them for more than ten seconds, then stood up suddenly, checked out, and strode back to his room.

He spread the paper on the table and began to draw circles with the gathering points as the center of the circle. After three attempts, he threw down the pen and breathed a long sigh.

There are nine perfect circles in total, which just completely covers Taizi Lake with the smallest overlapping area.

Then, although he had already made up his mind, he had read the scale of the Taizi Lake area map on his computer again, and added the circles he had just drawn with the system's own drawing function.

The actual diameter of each circle is about 200 meters. This happens to be the maximum radius of the base station force field limiting device!

In other words, those guys he had previously regarded as peripheral sentry detectives were actually the guardians of the base station force field generator!

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Chapter completed!