#2808 - solve
“It's us.”
Zaka immediately said, “I'm Zaka, invited to participate in the West District Federation recruitment. I just heard the broadcast and came to help.”
The carriage paused for a moment, then there was a rustling sound. A crack slowly opened in the other side of the door, and several dark gun muzzles appeared from the gap.
Only when the door was fully opened did the young guard examine the carriage behind Fang Heng and the others. Finding no trace of the spider monster, he frowned and asked, “Where are those spider monsters? Didn't you see them when you came?”
“We took care of them.”
Huh? Killed them?
That powerful?
The guard raised his eyebrows, then nodded and said, “Come in and talk.”
Fang Heng and the others immediately followed into the carriage, the guard closing the alloy metal door behind them.
Many people were gathered inside the carriage. They all raised their heads and cast scrutinizing glances at the newly joined Fang Heng and his group.
A line of guards huddled together, firmly guarding the rear of the carriage and the entrance to the last carriage, blocking everyone else in the front of the carriage.
Zaka sensed that something was wrong, nodded towards the guard, and asked, “Hey, what's going on here? We came to protect Miss Lexie after hearing the alarm. What's your situation? Where is Miss Lexie?”
“It seems everyone is here.”
A middle-aged man walked out from among the guards at the front of the carriage.
The man had a face with distinct features, giving off a sense of imposing authority. “Everyone, I am Bakar, the leader of the guard team, responsible for Miss Lexie's safety. Miss Lexie was frightened just now and suffered a sudden heart attack. She has just received emergency treatment, and her condition is temporarily under control. She is resting in the back carriage now.”
“What? She's already better?”
Many of the people present came after receiving news that Lexie was in danger. Now that they heard the crisis was over, they immediately grumbled in dissatisfaction.
Wasn't this a waste of time?
“It's just temporarily stabilized. The doctor recommends immediate treatment at a large hospital as soon as possible, otherwise, there is a risk of danger at any time.”
“Currently, the train is in the black mist area, and all signals are blocked by the black mist. The Federation doesn't know that the train has derailed halfway and can no longer continue running.”
“Everyone doesn't need to be too pessimistic. The Federation will soon notice the abnormality when the train doesn't arrive at the next station as scheduled. According to our estimate, Federation support will arrive within 5-8 hours, but as I just said, Miss Lexie's condition is very unstable and needs to be treated as soon as possible.”
“I understand.” A player snapped his fingers and said, “You want us to protect Miss Lexie during this time and escort her out of the black mist area, right?”
“No, that's not it.”
Bakar shook his head. “You should have seen the monsters outside when you passed through the carriage. They are very dangerous. Their thick shells can even resist firearms. Forcibly escorting Miss Lexie away in this situation is too dangerous.”
“So? What are you planning to do? Keep guarding here waiting for support? Or try to repair the train?”
“We have checked the train's condition. The front train has completely derailed. Repairing it will take time. Considering that we may be attacked by game monsters during the repair process, even in the best-case scenario, it will take at least ten hours to complete the repair.”
“Alright, stop with the nonsense.” A middle-aged man with a fierce face stepped forward and asked, “Get to the point. What exactly do you want us to do?”
Bakar said, “Completely defeat the black mist and obtain the black mist core. Once the black mist is dispelled, we can guarantee Miss Lexie's 100% safe evacuation.”
Instantly, listening to the guard officer's words, the entire carriage fell silent.
Fang Heng looked at the crowd, feeling strange.
Black mist core? What the heck is that?
The middle-aged man glared at Bakar. “Bakar, do you think we're idiots? Go and take down the black mist tower? Isn't that the same as sending us to our deaths?”
“We know the risks of this trip. If anyone can obtain the black mist core, within my authority, I will waive your subsequent approval levels and directly allow you to join the West District Star Map Project's recruitment list.”
Bakar looked around at the crowd. “This is the best solution we can think of at the moment. If you are unwilling, we will not force you. You can continue to guard here, hoping that Miss Lexie can hold on until support arrives. If everything goes well, you can get compensation from the Federation after this is over.”
After hearing this, the players once again discussed it in small groups.
Su Guantong, who was next to him, heard this and explained, “Recently, a large number of channels between games and the real world have been spreading through the game's black mist. The Federation has discovered that the source of the black mist's spread is a special game pillar. Once the game pillar is completely shattered, the black mist will also be dispelled. The black mist core is the residue after the game pillar is broken.”
“Currently, there is very little information about the specific function of the black mist core. It is only known that the federations in each district are collecting black mist cores.”
I see.
Fang Heng nodded secretly.
Since the outbreak of black mist incidents in the real world, Fang Heng has mostly been fighting wits and courage with God's Domain and Ouroboros in the game and doesn't know much about the black mist.
It sounds like the black mist core is some kind of core.
And all he has to do is completely destroy the black mist source device.
Not a big problem.
Fang Heng thought for a while, raised his head, and said, “Everyone, I want to go out and take a look at the situation. Do you want to come with me?”
“Hey! Are you crazy?”
Hearing Fang Heng's words, Zaka was shocked and stopped him. “Fang Heng, don't be impulsive. Outside is the black mist area, with dense monsters…”
“It's okay, I'm just going out to take a look at the situation. I'll come back if I encounter danger.”
Zaka and Zate looked at each other, carefully shrinking their necks and stopped talking.
“Then okay, we won't go. Be careful.”
See?
What's there to see?
See the big spiders?
Spider monsters are too strong for them. If it were in the game, they would still have the confidence to entangle with them, but outside the game, and with a large number of monsters, they would definitely not dare.
The people in the carriage showed different expressions on their faces when they saw Fang Heng leaving alone and returning to the rear carriage.
Good heavens, is there really someone who was fooled into daring to run out to die?
And alone?
You must know that the game pillar is located in the source area of the black mist, which is also where monsters are pouring out, and is the most dangerous.
Su Guantong looked in the direction Fang Heng left, and a strange look flashed in her eyes.
