I subconsciously made a sound when I saw a female figure appear. I was surprised that the key to return to reality appeared immediately before I could find it. However, seeing a companion in such a desperate situation is always reassuring.
Although there were various scars all over her body, she was still relieved to see that she was safe.
"Are you okay?"
"We'll talk about it later. Now remove the abilities, equipment, and everything that emits aura. We have to leave here now."
Finding Fang Ran and the two of them as quickly as possible, Selika spoke quickly without any nonsense, and watched her walk directly towards the depths of the subway tunnel after she finished speaking.
Fangran suddenly stopped her from speaking:
"Wait, where are the other two people?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Go save them."
The moment I heard his words, I stopped.
Selika looked at Fangran wondering if she had heard wrongly. After seeing that he didn't look like he was joking, she spoke in a completely unexpected tone,
"Huh? Go and save them? I can't tell. Are you really fascinated by that woman, and are you also interested in the other one? You want to be a hero and save the beauty."
Then, while staring directly into his eyes, he raised his voice coldly.
"Or are you the kind of idiot virgin who still plans to save two strangers even if you can't save yourself?"
Being thrown into a dark world, with tens of thousands of numbered lairs, and trying to save others in a desperate situation where you could die at any time, this can only be said to be a crazy and absurd act.
But at this moment, Fangran just looked directly at Selika, her voice was calm and determined, just like before.
"I won't let others pay for what I did."
At this time, she watched the two people confront each other without saying anything to dissuade her. Osphia was not surprised that the young man she knew said such words.
Rather, she would be more surprised if Fangran ignored the fate of those two people.
The look in his eyes at this moment seemed to detect something that no one else could put a finger on. It was not that the B-level seniors had never seen it in their lives.
There was no contempt or ridicule. In the end, Selica just responded objectively and calmly:
"Unfortunately, after being bombarded here, I could only sense the aura erupting from your place,"
"If they were not torn apart instantly by countless numbered monsters, or died directly from the previous blow, then they heard my warning and hid with all their strength,"
As if giving a final well-intentioned explanation to Fang Ran, she turned around and walked away again this time, as if it didn't matter whether they followed or not.
"No matter which one, it is a situation where even if you are willing to rush out at all costs, it will be useless."
-【reality】-
I was stunned by her objective explanation. Looking at the scale, I got the same result as my intuition.
"It may not be impossible to find them by searching the surrounding area immediately, but if you think the strength of those two people can be hidden, it would be better for us to follow her now."
At this time, I heard Ophia coming to my side, as if she would support her words no matter what.
Taking into account the fact that during the breakout, I really didn’t feel anyone else’s presence and had no direction to search for, I believed in some intuition that Annabelle and Lynn were fine,
Fangran took a deep breath and exhaled gently to make a judgment.
"I understand, let's go, let's get out of here first."
They all removed their abilities, put away the armors of White Wings and Youye Xingchen, walked along the rails, and passed through the pipes, like an expedition team sneaking into some other world.
Walking in the dark and narrow subway tunnel with all the breath under control,
The three figures finally stopped on a seemingly casual road.
"Let's just go here. This is about the midway point between the next stop and the smell of numbered monsters above our heads is relatively small."
After stopping and looking at the top of her head, Selica leaned her shoulders against the wall, covered the injury on one side of her abdomen and breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she had been trying hard to show off, it was not easy for her to get rid of the massive numbered monsters in an instant.
Sliding down against the wall and slowly sitting on the ground, Celica took out a cylinder and threw it between the two tracks. The sparks bounced off and turned into a circle of solid fuel and ignited.
A simple device turned into a bonfire burning in a subway tunnel.
In the ruined city of the dark world where countless numbered monsters roam rampant, the participants gathered around a bonfire and carefully hid in the dark underground tunnels.
In an almost desperate situation, the atmosphere was so gloomy that one could even breathe softly subconsciously.
"As newcomers entering the dark world for the first time, you two are really calm..."
In the silence where only the sound of burning flames could be heard, she took out various medical items and began to treat the wounds. Celica's tone returned to her usual casualness,
And watching her skillfully stop the bleeding and disinfect herself, Fangran suddenly said in a confused manner:
"You don't seem too surprised."
Knowing that he meant that he was the 'ace', he used alcohol spray to disinfect the wound without changing his expression, and then wiped away all the blood.
Selika spoke quietly without raising her eyes:
"If you weren't a C-level person and dared to participate in a commission that went against the association, or if you weren't around every time the ace was active, I would be a little more surprised."
"But you seemed to be a newbie's ignorance along the way, which surprised me."
Is this so...
Although she didn't deliberately hide this, Fangran didn't expect that she had already seen through it.
"What do we do next?"
A clear and calm voice, this time it was Osphia who looked at Celica and spoke,
Since both she and Fang Ran knew very little about the dark world, they could only ask Xiang, the only Class B present, what to do next.
"What to do? What else can be done? Escape from this city at all costs, and then find a place in the wild to open the door and go back."
In response to her inquiry, Celica just injected herself with a coagulant and answered casually, then raised her unwavering eyes and looked at her:
"Or I can't escape and die here."
Listening to her decisive words, Fangran's heart suddenly trembled, and Fangran asked in confusion:
"Can't you just open the door here and go back?"
Already used to his ignorance, Celica gritted her teeth to hold back the irritation and took out a dressing to cover the wound.
"It takes a certain amount of time to open the door, and the numbered monster will instinctively be attracted by the breath of the real world and try to open the door in a large city in the dark world."
"It will only be instantly overwhelmed by countless numbered monsters."
And when her eyes widened and she stopped breathing, when she heard her say such rules about the dark world, Fangran was the first to think of these words,
Even if the other two people hide, it doesn't mean they can open the door and go back by themselves...
At this time, he bit off the medical tape with his teeth and finally roughly treated his injuries.
Selika took a breath and looked at the time, then said succinctly to the two people who were unfamiliar with this place:
"The flow rate of time in the dark world is the same as that in reality. Although there is no distinction between day and night, most numbered monsters will become less active before early morning in their area, which is when most people fall asleep in reality,"
"There are still three hours before we break out in the underground space. We'd better wait until that time to act."
Speaking of this, she glanced at Fang Ran as if to explain casually.
"If those two people are still alive, they should sense our movements and appear together."
"You seem to know a lot about the dark world."
Listening to the attitude she had shown from just now, Osphia looked at the simple and practical campfire device in front of her and suddenly said something.
"Previous experience,"
Hearing the meaning behind her words, Celica casually stated the reason despite being in a desperate situation.
"The two people I met in the factory that time, and the guy who doesn't like to talk tonight, were once members of the Night Seeker team."
Night Seekers—among participants active in many fields, those who pursue night weapons and are willing to venture into the dark world to hunt numbered monsters.
I heard about this group of participants in the tavern and heard Celica tell me this resume.
Fangran finally understood how she got her great strength as a B-level leader.
Suddenly she realized the reason why she and the other party met at the Lakeshore Factory, and thought about the last person she mentioned, Yunyin who forced them here tonight...
"So Celica, you did it because of that adjutant..."
But before he finished speaking, he interrupted. Selica lowered her eyes as if she was remembering some past story that belonged to her, and turned her gaze away as if she didn't care:
"I just want to ask her about some past matters."
After mentioning it in an understatement, her tone raised again this time and she looked at Fangran seriously:
"All in all, I didn't show up there tonight just to help you. Your principles don't have to apply to me,"
"On the contrary, if the situation calls for it, I will abandon you without hesitation."
He spoke cold-blooded words, slowly stood up from the ground and looked down at the two of them,
"Once you understand this, don't waste any more time,"
"The recovery of energy in the dark world will be accelerated, but my injuries, the magic energy consumed by you, the energy replenishment of the armor, weapons, ammunition, trump card preparation and rest adjustment state..."
Counting down the things that needed to be done at this moment, she raised her eyes like a wild animal with determination.
"This is the fourth largest city in Canada. Above our heads are tens of thousands of numbered monsters, and I don't know how many of them are dangerous beings with higher numbers that can serve as scene bosses,"
"Even if you are at the top of B-level here, you will only die a little slower. If you want to escape alive, you have to prepare all these in the remaining three hours."
At this moment, Fangran heard Selika openly express the despair of the situation at this moment.
Then he spoke harshly and forcefully:
"Then use whatever means you can to escape."
When these words fell, the action was confirmed. The perspective flew up from the underground tunnel where they were hiding at the moment, passing through the swarming black shadows to the top of the city.
Sitting on the edge of the tower like him, with the burning clothes flying behind him, in the endless wind of the dark world,
The silver-haired woman looked at their hiding place and smiled frivolously and happily.
"welcome."
Then as she looked up, the view from thousands of meters above was...
The dark and lightless world, the endless wasteland,
The ruined city of more than 800 square kilometers has replaced the real population of 1.5 million, and hundreds of thousands of numbered monsters are gathering and active.
Large urban areas in the dark world, absolute forbidden areas for humans,
