Just because of a piece of information from the parliament, major urban areas entered a state of emergency preparedness overnight.
The information was very short. Although it only contained a few words, it affected the nerves of all those who knew about it. Many people could not even sleep all night——
"Some restricted areas are expanding outwards."
The restricted area is expanded!
But no one who knows something about the current situation can ignore the terrible meaning of this sentence.
Since the advent of the restricted area two hundred years ago, human living areas have been severely compressed, and only a small amount of land suitable for survival remains.
Some places were not suitable for survival, coupled with the dense population, so when the restricted area first appeared, humans even had internal disputes for a period of time over land.
It was quite a bloody conflict, with everyone fighting to the death for a suitable place to live. It was not until the establishment of the Parliament that things eased.
Even today, some urban areas have not forgotten the conflicts between them. Although they did not lead to a fight, they have never been easy to deal with.
After the emergence of the restricted area, humans rebuilt their homes, recuperated and recuperated on the land outside the restricted area, and called this area a safe zone.
For two hundred years, the forbidden area has always been firmly limited within the scope of the forbidden area stone monument. There has never been a tendency to expand outwards. At most, there have been a few changes, but the impact has not been big.
The most dangerous change in the forbidden area was the change in the S-class forbidden area Huangquan. It is said that this also contributed to the establishment of the Huangquan organization, but the specific details were quite tightly sealed, and only a few people knew the inside story.
In the past two hundred years, various urban areas have naturally not been idle. Under the leadership of the parliament, they are trying to solve the population problem, and at the same time, they have established a ban removal bureau to clean up some restricted areas and try to turn the restricted area into a safe zone.
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The restricted area has always been dangerous and unpredictable. No one can guarantee whether the cleared restricted area is really safe. Therefore, the council has specially developed a set of standard storage procedures for the restricted area.
First, clean up all life in the restricted area, search and clean it repeatedly within half a month, and remove all suspicious items to ensure that there is no longer any threat of force.
Second, carry out large-scale elimination of restricted areas and identify and clean up possible hidden dangers such as curses.
Third, observe the restricted area for at least half a month. After preliminary confirmation that there are no problems, the experiencer will be sent to live in the restricted area for half a month.
After this set of basic procedures, if the physical functions of the experiencers are intact, it will be possible to initially build the restricted area as a safe zone.
Of course, not all restricted areas can support human survival. Some environments are barren of grass and even extremely hot. Therefore, although the cleanup of restricted areas has been carried out in an orderly manner over the years, the scope of the safe zone has not actually expanded much.
And under such circumstances, the restricted area that has not been moved for two hundred years suddenly expands outwards. What does this mean?
This means that if this matter is not resolved as soon as possible, if the situation becomes serious, the territory of the safe zone will become smaller and smaller, and may even be completely engulfed by the restricted area!
There are restricted areas everywhere... No one dares to imagine such a situation.
This is the latest intelligence brought by the parliament. No one will doubt its authenticity, so how to solve it has undoubtedly become an urgent matter.
At the request of the parliament, each urban district needs to confirm as soon as possible which restricted areas are expanding outwards. While sorting out the data, they must also find ways to understand the reasons for the expansion of the restricted area.
Of course, if no reason can be found and the restricted area does not stop expanding, then the final measure must be taken - to forcibly clear the restricted area by force.
You must know that clearing the restricted area is not a simple matter. It takes a long time to prepare every time. If it really comes to this step, many people will undoubtedly die in the rush.
After the parliament's observation, the restricted area has not stopped expanding. Although it is slow, it has been advancing slowly.
If... exploring restricted areas was considered optional in the past, then this time people may have no choice.
Those who knew the news were heartbroken.
At this moment, everyone realized that the truly cruel era might be about to begin.
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The night is dark.
In the darkness, an old man in ragged clothes walked slowly.
His pace was not fast, but he seemed to have traveled a lot in a short time.
Yizhuang, old houses, museums, deserted villages, deep valleys, jungles, and even passed a bus...
These places have distinctive characteristics and clearly belong to different eras, but the strange atmosphere is exactly the same.
There is a stone tablet not far from each place.
There was darkness inside the stele, and a pair of scarlet or green eyes slowly opened, silently, as if silently watching the rickety old man.
The old man seemed unaware. Every step he took was firmly on the ground, stones, or dead branches and leaves, but he never made the slightest sound. It was extremely strange.
Suddenly, a burst of beating firelight rose from the old man's hand. The firelight was too weak and seemed to be blown out by the wind at any time. However, it never went out. It just kept beating, illuminating the old man's face.
After staring at the firelight for a long time, those prying eyes disappeared silently.
The old man muttered words indistinctly, like some kind of ancient chant.
Suddenly, he threw the firelight in his hand into the air, and there seemed to be more cold and biting fireflies in the night.
The fire flickered again, and the old man seemed to have lit something again. Only then could he barely see clearly. It turned out that what was beating in his hand were burning yellow paper and paper money.
Ashes spread like fine snow.
He walked in the snow like a mourner.
I don't know how long it took.
A gust of wind blew by, and the old man's figure quietly disappeared, leaving only the gradually extinguishing fire and a cold black stone tablet.
"Everything will start again."
Vaguely, there seemed to be such a sound coming.
I don't know if it came from the restricted area or outside the restricted area.
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Also in the night, a camouflage jeep was driving rapidly in a certain direction, and the scenery on both sides of the window quickly receded and disappeared into the darkness.
A special license plate was hung on the front of the jeep, and it was driving at high speed on the highway, as if it couldn't see the checkpoints along the road, with no intention of slowing down.
After seeing the license plate, all the checkpoints didn't even ask, and they let me go without any hesitation.
These people all know that this is the car of the Secretariat.
The Affairs Bureau, also called the Council Hall, is the mastermind of the entire Dongyang City government system and the power center of Dongyang City. It is responsible for the unified dispatch of departments in various districts in Dongyang City and the control of all affairs.
The composition structure of the chamber is based on that of the parliament, and a voting system is adopted for major events. It has a director and eight members, and then there is one representative from the scientific research department, the military department, the prohibition bureau, and the police station, for a total of thirteen people.
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The decisions of these thirteen people represent the will of the entire Dongyang City.
As an S-class special taboo sequence, how to deal with the tomb keeper is of great importance. A series of studies on him obviously fall into the category of so-called "major events". Therefore, Lu Zhan had thought clearly early on that the order to arrest Bai Mo was issued by the council.
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It's just that he didn't understand that in order to trap the tomb keeper, the Council even hesitated to use a city to carry out the city prison plan at first, and spent so much energy and financial resources. Now it directly arrested the tomb keeper, which obviously required responsibilities.
It's a huge risk, and it's very likely that the gain will outweigh the loss.
What are those guys in the meeting hall thinking, and what do they want to do to Bai Mo?
Lu Zhan thought for a long time and finally came to a conclusion.
Could it be said...that the Council has found a way to control Bai Mo?
At this moment, Bai Mo was sitting in the back seat of the jeep, enjoying the treatment a prisoner should have.
He was wearing a pair of silver handcuffs and a black hood on his head. The "soldiers" were sitting at attention, with guns pointed at his head all the time. It seemed that he was facing a really vicious criminal.
Among all the people present, only Xu Han, who was sitting in the passenger seat, knew the danger of Bai Mo, and she was the only one who knew that this taboo man named Tombkeeper had indeed never done anything.
But this does not prevent him from becoming a prisoner.
The jeep was moving very fast, but the people in the car could hardly feel the vibration.
It could actually be faster, but considering that the tombkeepers should not feel "abnormal", Xu Han chose to ask the driver to control the speed within a more reasonable range.
The car was silent except for the howling wind outside the window.
No one spoke. Except for Xu Han, the others in the car did not know the special nature of this mission, let alone what kind of being they had captured.
They just treat this as an ordinary mission, otherwise they would be in a very delicate mood.
"If I remember correctly, I should call you Mr. Bai, right? Are you interested in chatting?"
Suddenly, Xu Han in the passenger seat spoke. She flipped up her hair that was blown by the wind. Her tone was soft, but there was more of a hidden alienation.
Bai Mo in the back seat was motionless and didn't answer. He seemed to have fallen asleep in the car.
"No need to pretend, I know you are not asleep."
Bai Mo remained motionless, and after a long silence, his voice came out of his headgear, saying helplessly: "I just don't want to talk to you."
"It's okay if you don't want to say it." Xu Han smiled faintly and said, "You have the right to remain silent, but if you continue..."
"I'm not a prisoner." Bai Mo interrupted her and sighed, "Can you stop talking to me like you're talking to a prisoner?"
"Oh? Not a prisoner?" Xu Han pretended to be surprised, "Well, Mr. Bai, can you first explain what the blood stains on your body are about?"
"It's not my blood anyway."
"That's even more proof that you have a problem."
"I have no idea."
Xu Han shook his head and said: "Such an obvious prevarication can't help you clear away the suspicion, Mr. Bai."
Bai Mo remained silent. His mind was very confused and he was in a bad mood.
Xu Han knew that something must have happened on Masked Beast Mountain, and if he continued to force Bai Mo to recall, there might be problems, so he changed his voice and said: "Don't be nervous, I just ask you to go back to assist in the investigation this time. This is a necessary process, we don't
Good people will be wronged."
Bai Mo complained: "This is the first time I heard that you have to wear a hood to assist in the investigation... Why do you feel like you are sending me to the execution ground?"
"This case was taken over by our military, and it happens that many things in the military are confidential and cannot be seen by outsiders. Some methods are necessary... I hope you can understand."
Bai Mo was silent for a moment and sighed: "Since the military affairs are confidential, why don't you just send me to the police station?"
"That's not possible. After all, we are responsible for this case."
"But to be honest, I think there's something wrong with your work. I still can't figure out why you think I'm suspicious."
Xu Han looked at Bai Mo through the rearview mirror for a while and said, "Of course it's because we have evidence."
Bai Mo smiled. Anyway, he was not afraid of the shadow, so he asked: "How long will the investigation last?"
"soon."
"How fast?"
"It depends on Mr. Bai's cooperation."
"The sooner the better, I still have to go back to guard the tomb. If I don't go back for a long time, maybe something will happen in the cemetery." Bai Mo muttered.
Xu Han smiled slightly: "Your time and mine are both precious, so of course we won't waste it."
Bai Mo stopped talking, and she stared at Bai Mo, looking thoughtful.
S-level taboo sequence... Tsk.
The jeep moved forward rapidly and gradually entered a strange city.
Even though it was already late at night, the whole city was still brightly lit, with people coming and going on the streets, tall buildings standing tall, and huge display screens hanging everywhere, which were very eye-catching.
The latest video of exploring the restricted area was played on each display screen. Everyone stopped and watched it with great interest. Occasionally, an advertisement would be inserted, which would cause them to yell and curse.
Someone openly sits under the screen and makes a handicap. There are many options to bet on, and the odds are also ridiculously high. For example, whether this exploration will be successful, how many people can survive this exploration, and even how long a person can live?
among the options.
This is a good pastime. Many people have long been accustomed to it and quickly ran to place bets. Some planned to make a fortune from it. After thinking for a long time, they invested a large amount of money, and then watched the video with bated breath, praying that their guesses were correct.
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There are many people watching the video and many people visiting the supermarket.
Most supermarkets are divided into three areas, the daily area, the ordinary area, and the extraordinary area.
The products in the daily area are no different from those in supermarkets in the past. In the general area, small-caliber firearms and a variety of cold weapons are openly displayed. It has obviously been fired long ago, and the cold light is everywhere.
There are many products in the extraordinary area. All kinds of charms, strange fruits and flowers, their effects are all written on the shelves, and the prices are staggering.
The waiter introduced the uses of these things to the guests with a smile. The security guard was big and round, and one of his eyes was glowing. If you look closely, you can see that half of his body is a machine. This is the latest cyborg transformation plan launched by Xinhai Group. This guy
Should be one of the volunteers.
The streets are not deserted.
Some people went out with swords on their backs, some people went out with bodyguards who looked lifeless, and some people ran so fast that they even exceeded the speed of the car, and the air flow they brought overturned someone's talisman roadside stall.
The stall owner had a disagreement with him, and the two met to jump onto the open-air ring and fight to the death.
There are dense electronic eyes floating in the sky, watching the city coldly to ensure that no big problems will arise.
Today is the release day of Dongyang City.
The past is long gone. This is the most basic appearance of the city under the restricted area. Because of the arrival of the jeep from the Secretariat, everything in it has even become somewhat restrained.
This is the main city of Dongyang City, the number one city, also called the central city.
