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Chapter 687: Chapter 588: Xu Xi: Do you like that sister?

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Chapter 687: Chapter 588: Xu Xi: Do you like that sister?

Safety Bureau’s temporary gathering place.

After Xu Shuo’s figure reappeared in the lounge, his Character Card automatically dissipated, and the Player’s Handbook also showed as closed.

Then, an intense wave of dizziness instantly assaulted his brain, accompanied by the fatigue of mental overexertion.

Gloating feels good for a moment, but the aftereffects are a funeral pyre.

“Brother!”

Xu Xi, who was sitting on the chair, immediately stood up and supported Xu Shuo’s unexpectedly staggering body.

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“I’m fine,” he waved his hand.

Xu Shuo shook his head slightly and recovered.

He looked around.

In the lounge, only Xu Xi was sitting.

Captain Zheng was nowhere to be seen again, and outside the room, many guards of the Safety Bureau were still on watch.

“Is everything resolved?”

Xu Xi asked with concern, seeing his poor state.

Her fingers gently massaged his temples.

“Sort of.”

Xu Shuo sat down beside her and took out his mobile phone to send a message to Captain Zheng.

He rubbed his forehead, slightly frowning.

Even though Alpha’s Character Card might not seem very useful at first glance, as all the abilities used are the player’s own spiritual power and skills, having it or not makes a difference nonetheless.

This is probably similar to the difference between activating Frenzy and not.

And after Frenzy, one is mostly left weak.

Especially after this mental exertion, Xu Shuo always felt there was something strange.

While his brain was focused when using the Character Card to handle the Abyss issue, now that the problem was solved and his thoughts slightly dispersed, he felt inexplicably unwell all over.

In particular…

It might be reflected when Captain Zheng walked in with his secretary, and Xu Shuo’s gaze involuntarily lingered on the secretary’s outfit.

——She had quite a figure.

Although she wore a common chiffon blouse and straight suit pants, it showcased her figure well, and her demeanor seemed simple and efficient.

Xu Shuo: “…”

Xu Shuo silently diverted his gaze.

He seemed to already know the reason.

He blankly cleared his mind.

At this time, Captain Zheng approached, took the documents from the secretary’s hand, and handed them to him.

He then said, “The contamination events that have occurred in Yang City are all recorded here, mostly handled by you and Mr.

Luo.”

Xu Shuo flipped through the file and asked, “Besides Yang City, has the Abyss appeared anywhere else?”

“Apart from Yang City, there have been cases in Rong City and Qiongzhou, but so far, only one incident has appeared in each location,” replied Captain Zheng.

“What was the specific cause?”

“The specifics in Rong City are unclear, though it occurred near the Minjiang River; the incident in Qiongzhou was a continuation of the Ghost Ship matter, where fishermen were contaminated earlier on undetected, causing it.”

“Is it serious?”

“Not particularly, some players showed up in Rong City precisely because of this incident.”

Xu Shuo nodded and didn’t say anything more.

In his mind, he automatically pieced together the information just mentioned.

——The Abyss has appeared in cities around Yang City.

As if radiating from Yang City as the center, it was gradually spreading to the surrounding areas.

Besides these places, darkness from the Abyss had also appeared in other parts of the country, although those were self-inflicted.

As mentioned by Luo Kai.

Officially, for the sake of researching Abyss Darkness, an entire research facility was accidentally turned into an Abyss Domain, shocking all the players in the capital!

Xu Shuo asked, “Didn’t you tell them about the contagious nature of the Abyss?”

Luo Kai: “They wouldn’t believe in the curse.”

Xu Shuo: “…”

However, it was also due to these events that officials became extraordinarily cautious about the pollution from the Abyss, as they were all bloody lessons.

Besides the capital, other research facilities elsewhere had also caused such incidents more or less, and it seemed humanity’s progress was built on creative self-destruction.

“Give me the map.”

Xu Shuo spoke up.

Captain Zheng turned his head toward his secretary.

The secretary hurried forward, took an electronic tablet out of her briefcase, placed it on the table in front of him, and then unfolded a map.

The map marked the locations where the Abyss had appeared in Yang City during this period.

And when the secretary leaned in, an inexplicable fragrance wafted over, causing Xu Shuo’s fingers to stiffen imperceptibly.

Then, Xu Xi, who was beside him, seemed to notice something as well.

She looked at the secretary sister, then at Xu Shuo, and back at the secretary sister again…

After repeating this action twice,

Xu Xi had an epiphany!

But before her thoughts could emerge, Xu Shuo interrupted her train of thought, pushing the electronic tablet towards her: “Help me plot the distribution of these locations on the map.”

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“Oh.”

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Xu Xi responded subconsciously.

The secretary beside her, already very considerate, had passed her paper and a pen.

Xu Xi quickly sketched out four locations on the map and connected them with a red line.

Before the alley incident had even occurred,

the line from Yuhua Dam, passing through the mountain village, to the subway station, resembled the shape of “ヘ”.

The Ghost Ship incident later took a turn,

changing the line into a spinning “⺄”.

But it didn’t matter.

This time it had bent back, the curvature forming a twisted “M”.

If one were to disregard those unexpected events, the line from Yuhua Dam to here would be completely straight.

Xu Shuo had reason to suspect…

“Did you discover something?”

Captain Zheng, who had been silently observing, couldn’t help but ask when Xu Shuo hesitated to speak.

He was mainly worried that the situation might become even more serious.

“Nothing for now, but you’d better conduct a thorough search of the underground in this area,” Xu Shuo said without revealing that the Abyss might be targeting him.

He simply took a red pen and circled the large area covered by the “M” shape.

Let’s not talk about the polluting and spreading nature of the Abyss.

Just the scope of this sewer transmission was already vast.

What was most fearful was the nearby sewage treatment plants, which processed a large amount of wastewater originating from the underground drainage pipes.

And that processed water was then recycled.

It would be a disaster if, in the end, everyone in Yang City ended up with a cup of water contaminated with Abyss essence.

Then the game would be over.

The world would directly hit GG.

Captain Zheng was aware of the gravity of the situation and nodded his head gravely.

In fact, since the subway station incident and the Ghost Ship incident in Yangjiang, the authorities had already dealt with this kind of situation once before.

In a sense, when it came to handling the Abyss, Yang City had become quite experienced.

Just then,

Captain Zheng received a phone call.

He took the call in the break room without avoiding Xu Shuo.

From the conversation, it appeared that the player who had come from another city had arrived.

The events had come to an end.

His timing was just right.

Xu Shuo said, “There’s nothing else that requires my presence anymore, right?

Your Safety Bureau should have procedures to handle the rest.”

Captain Zheng nodded and said, “We’ve utilized some tools to develop equipment to counteract the source of the contamination.

Although the effects aren’t as obvious as the items you players have, there is still some protective and suppressive potential.”

Although there were many research projects that seemed like death wishes, there were also not a few that had yielded real results.

After the Abyss Creatures were cleared out, the soldiers could enter with protective gear, reducing the risk of being contaminated so easily.

Xu Shuo had no intention of staying here any longer.

With the main target resolved, Captain Zheng rushed to the scene to direct, and Xu Shuo left through a small path, returning to his home that was still in the security zone.

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The entire Peace Street was locked down.

No matter what the people previously in this area were doing, even if they were just lying at home sleeping, they were pulled out by Safety Bureau officers.

This urban village suddenly became very quiet.

Without its usual hustle and bustle.

The sun set behind the West Mountain.

The last rays of sunlight lingered in the sky, and a deep misty blue swept over from the east, the falling night like an overturned inkstone.

Xu Xi, who had followed home, stood on the balcony and quietly watched the vigilant officers on the street, as well as the noisy, bustling bargain market further away.

In a daze, she felt an extreme sense of alienation, as if the world before her was no longer the world she knew.

It was just overnight.

The world had completely changed.

It no longer felt as familiar and beloved as before.

“Come over for dinner.”

Suddenly, her brother’s voice echoed from the kitchen, instantly pulling back her drifting thoughts.

Xu Xi withdrew her gaze from the street and turned to look inside the house.

Xu Shuo brought out two bowls of noodles.

He reheated the tomato, egg, and meatball soup, then added the blanched noodles–dinner was ready in five minutes.

Xu Xi walked back into the room.

She sat down at the dining table with proper posture, expressionlessly accepted the chopsticks Xu Shuo passed to her, and then watched as the young man sat down opposite her, stirring the noodles and about to start eating—

Xu Xi suddenly spoke up, “Brother, do you like that lady from before?”

“Pfft…”

Xu Shuo almost choked on his noodles.

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