Chapter 1476: District 30!
Under the night veil, the dark walls seem to meld with the night.
But the crimson ’30’ stings the eyes.
The entirely metal gate exudes an indescribable sense of oppression.
"Is it a ritual?”
"Or perhaps special materials?”
"Or maybe…”
"Both?”
Jason walked up to the metal gate and couldn’t help but raise a hand to touch the gate, which was a full five meters tall.
The surrounding walls were of the same height as the metal gate.
This kind of height is indeed insurmountable for the average person.
However, for the residents of ‘Nightless City’, it means nothing.
Especially for the residents of District 29, they could walk on it like flat ground.
So, there must be some special defensive measures here.
Of course!
The most likely thing is…
Death!
It’s not the walls or the gate that will kill you.
But once you cross over, you’ll die.
The residents of ‘Nightless City’ are very persistent, with an extremely strong sense of obsession about everything.
Unless they face death or matters leading to death, they wouldn’t compromise.
Based on the behavior of the resident from District 29 just now, Jason had a rough guess.
However, with someone beside him who had been to District 30, Jason naturally didn’t mind asking more questions.
"What’s up with District 30?”
Jason asked.
"It’s a desolate scene, always shrouded in fog, gloomy even during the day, and pitch-black at night, and moreover, there are… monsters.”
Faced with Jason’s question, Lauren Delder truthfully said.
When mentioning ‘monsters’, this former collaborator of the ‘big shot’ couldn’t help but show a fearful expression.
"Those monsters are bizarre, some without even a normal shape, just a cloud of fog, or simply a comb, a mirror, or even possibly a plunger.”
"Plunger?”
"What a stench.”
Jason couldn’t help but comment.
This made Lauren Delder’s expression turn serious.
"Never underestimate it, I’ve seen it swallow a monster the size of an elephant whole, and before that, that monster chased me for at least 5 kilometers, rampaging all the way, and the assault rifle and grenades I carried couldn’t harm it at all.”
Lauren Delder said.
“5 kilometers?”
Jason keenly caught the keyword in Lauren Delder’s words.
Most people can hardly recognize directions when fleeing.
Let alone discerning distance?
People who can achieve this need to be absolutely calm.
And apparently, Lauren Delder was not such a person.
At least, that’s not how it appeared in Jason’s observations.
In fact, that was indeed the case.
Lauren Delder immediately said.
"Because there are road signs!”
"There are very conspicuous road signs at 1 kilometer, 5 kilometers, 10 kilometers marks, but only the distance signs remain. The signs indicating directions have been removed—leaving traces of decayed nails on them.”
Lauren Delder perhaps once became arrogant because of ‘Extraordinary Power’, but he still had basic qualities like observation skills.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been selected as a pawn by the ‘big shot’.
"Removed road signs?”
Jason muttered to himself.
The previous owner of the secret tunnel, ‘Kulin’, had said that District 30 was ‘Jing’s trap.
A place with no greater dangers.
This is naturally a lie.
But there was one truth, which was that District 30 used to be a battleground against outsiders; a war had broken out there.
If a war broke out, not providing directions to the enemy would be reasonable, destroying landmarks, road signs is basic.
But why not destroy them all?
Why leave the distance markers?
"Can you tell how old those road signs are?”
Jason continued to ask.
"At least over ten years, specifically, I’m not sure.”
"District 30 is very damp due to the fog, and wood rots quickly.”
"Moreover…”
"The buildings in District 30 are very ancient.”
"Unlike the reinforced concrete buildings we are in, they are those wooden buildings, stone buildings, from decades, even a hundred years ago. Those stone buildings are full of moss, yet if those wooden buildings were indeed decades or even a hundred years old, they should have decayed long ago, yet they haven’t and are still intact.”
Lauren Delder said while shaking his head in confusion.
Then, this former collaborator of the ‘big shot’ continued.
"In short, the place is strange, not only are the buildings odd, but also those monsters, they seem to follow some kind of pattern, rarely appearing at the 1-kilometer markers, but once you leave beyond the 1-kilometer markers, the numbers are terrifyingly many, the hideout I found before was in a stone cave within 1 kilometer containing ancient household items, but no food at all.”
"Hmm.”
Jason nodded, quickly collecting information about District 30.
He believed Lauren Delder wouldn’t lie to him.
Both were now like grasshoppers tied to the same string, such lies would be practically courting death.
However, there must be something hidden.
This, Jason didn’t mind.
Friends all have secrets.
Let alone allies brought together under temporary and compelled circumstances.
"What else should we be cautious of there?”
Jason continued to ask.
"Hmm…”
"I don’t know if it’s just my illusion, but when I was in District 30, I kept having a feeling that something was watching me—at first I thought it was a delusion, but over time, I could confirm that something was indeed watching me.”