This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!

Chapter 184: Chapter 184: Pillar

Chapter 184: Chapter 184: Pillar

“What is this red… dust?” Sam wiped his face, as a gust of wind had just blown a cluster of red dust onto it.

Chen Ke didn’t know what it was either. Looking around, there were no dump trucks carrying red debris nearby, but the streets were full of it.

The red dust wasn’t exactly flying everywhere, but it was sufficient to say it covered the ground, some even drifting out of collided cars.

In Chen Ke’s view, the dust didn’t bring up any information pop-ups, and the previous contact hadn’t brought any negative effects.

“I don’t know, but at least it’s not harmful to us. Let’s focus on other things,” Chen Ke said.

“How can you be so sure?” Sam was somewhat doubtful.

“Big guy, I think you are just being paranoid. This place is strange, but that doesn’t mean everything here is out to kill us. Let’s walk around first, gather some useful information, then ask that lady from the Administration Bureau. It’s better than just standing here guessing,” Chen Ke said with a laugh.

Sam furrowed his brows, thought it over, and felt that Chen Ke made sense, so he nodded.

“So, where do we start, just head out like this? Won’t we get lost?” asked a sharp-dressed woman who had been silent until now.

“Let’s start by circling this subway station. If this is the United Federation, we should first figure out which city we are in, and then see if we can contact others,” Sam replied.

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Chen Ke agreed with Sam’s suggestion. He was a cavalryman, and military people have their own scouting and protection protocols on how to determine directions and assess situations in unfamiliar places.

However, Chen Ke doubted they could contact anyone else. Although this place was very likely the United Federation, it wasn’t likely to be transported to another city just by subway, and the whole city was deserted with no cell phone signal.

Chen Ke didn’t dare say this place was the Great Void, but he vaguely felt this place wasn’t of this world.

“We could split up, you being a cavalryman, you take one person and go left, and the three others go right. It could save us a lot of time,” a man with male pattern baldness suggested.

“No… No… this is exactly how horror movies play out. Once they split up, everyone starts dying in bizarre ways,” Chen Ke waved his hands and immediately refused.

Horror movies always have people suggesting they split up, and someone always decides to leave a safe place to find out what happened, only to end up dead.

“Right, I also think we should stick together. Five people is the minimum size for a cavalry squad, able to watch each other’s backs and have one free man. Our current setup is just right, except… we have no guns,” Sam nodded, always perturbed by the absence of a firearm.

“With some luck, we should be able to find some guns here, Sam, don’t worry,” Chen Ke patted his shoulder, looked up, and was the first to step outside the door.

For some reason, Chen Ke wasn’t in a rush at all. Even if this was another version of the United Federation, he felt he could find a way to leave.

For instance, by killing a sufficiently formidable monster with a special soul here, and then pushing open the church doors in Fan Hede. Since he had already broken the first cycle in Fan Hede, the church doors should be able to be opened…

The other survivors trapped here with him, though, might have to stay here forever.

Chen Ke didn’t know if his teleportation ability could bring others along, he hadn’t tried it, nor did he intend to. It was his biggest secret and, in a way, more important than a countdown to death.

Because there was no indication that the Administration Bureau could open doors to the Great Void without using the Blasphemous Dagger.

If anyone discovered Chen Ke’s ability to open doors, he could end up being wanted by all the spiritual energy on Earth, either to be dissected or used as a tool for opening doors.

After all, Chen Ke’s ability to open doors was too environmentally friendly.

Sam and the others followed Chen Ke, staying about two meters behind him. They were very cautious and highly alert to any sound around them.

Although Chen Ke knew there wasn’t a soul around and it was relatively safe, he deliberately slowed his pace and looked around, pretending to be on alert to not seem too out of place.

The buildings around the subway station were mainly office buildings and shops, indicating that this place was a commercial street.

The green metal sign for the subway and intercity rail station had fallen onto a car, creating a large dent in the hood. Fortunately, the sign wasn’t corroded and it had white letters that read: “Carefree City Rail Transit System, 149th Avenue Station.”

Chen Ke recalled the half-corroded sign he had seen underground before. It wasn’t 49th Street, but 149th Avenue…

This wasn’t Opportunity City, it was Carefree City. Chen Ke remembered seeing this place when he checked the map of the United Federation. It lay across an inland sea from Opportunity City.

“This is… Carefree City? How is that possible? Have we actually traveled hundreds of kilometers?” Sam exclaimed in surprise.

“I don’t know, has anyone here ever been to Carefree City? Do you have any recollections of it?” Chen Ke looked around at the others and asked.

A few people shook their heads, all indicating that they had never been here, and Sam had served in another city and hadn’t visited Carefree City either.

“Then we just have to accept it as true,” Chen Ke spread his hands.

The streets were filled with abandoned cars, some with their doors still open, but as they had agreed only to look around this station, Chen Ke and the others didn’t check the vehicles.

Walking along the wall to the other side, the scenery around them remained unchanged. The red clouds in the sky were slowly drifting westward, and there was no sound of insects or birds.

“It’s too quiet here. I’m not used to it,” the capable woman said.

“When I used to live in the countryside, it was this quiet. If you ask me, it’s the cities that are too noisy,” the Caucasian young man chimed in with a chuckle.

“Not to dampen everyone’s spirits, but have you guys considered? If this isn’t the United Federation as we know it, how are we going to get back?” the middle-aged man asked somewhat pessimistically.

“We have to stay confident, man, adhere to discipline, focus, and address things one by one. We will eventually find a way,” Sam reassured him.

“You’re right, we shouldn’t worry about what to do until we have to; for now, let’s focus on the immediate tasks,” Chen Ke agreed.

Even though he felt that the concerns raised by the middle-aged man were legitimate, controlling negative emotions was crucial now. Panic, once spread among the survivors, couldn’t be suppressed.

There was nothing new around them, just empty vehicles and buildings, everything seemingly in the middle of being used when all its users suddenly vanished.

With a sigh, Chen Ke took out his phone, turned on the video recording feature, and was ready to document the upcoming journey of their small group. This was to provide Diana back at the Administration Bureau with reference material to see if she could discern anything.

After all, Diana had seen more Transcendent phenomena at the Administration Bureau than he had.

Skyscrapers towered over the city. Carefree City was far more developed than Opportunity City, at least this matched Chen Ke’s impression of the Western world. Between the large buildings, in the far-off sky, there appeared to be two massive pillars standing on the distant earth.

The pillars were incredibly wide and tall, and because they were so far away, they looked like mirages in the sky. And perhaps it was just his imagination, but they also seemed to be slowly moving.

“Sam, am I seeing things, or do you see those two huge pillars moving in the distance?” Chen Ke looked toward Sam.

Sam looked puzzled, following the direction of Chen Ke’s finger for a long time before he spotted the two large pillars. His face was skeptical, having never seen such things before.

“I don’t know, they look like two large pillars to me too, but they’re too far away, could really be mirages,” Sam stretched his neck, trying to get a clearer view.

“Mirages wouldn’t be this big, and look, the pillars are clearly built from the ground up,” the capable woman added, having seen the pillars as well.

All five of them stared at the two pillars from a distance, counting silently. Chen Ke even used his hands to measure, trying to verify whether the pillars were indeed moving.

It was clear they were moving, just very slowly, and judging by their trajectory, they were moving crosswise, like… a person’s legs.