With a “pop,” the door closed, separating the inside from the outside.
The unlucky six and the four women and one man led by Li Peipei were left alone in the room.
Li Peipei raised her wrist and glanced at her watch.
“We still have an hour. Let's take a break. Right, Rouyun, plant the flesh bombs first.”
The woman named Rouyun stood up and went to the unlucky group of six, who were standing still.
This very pretty woman reached out her hand and touched the hearts of the six one by one.
Xia Lin, whose body was out of control, suddenly felt a warm current flowing from outside his body into his body, and finally taking root in his heart.
As a result, his heart began to convulse, pumping with a strong feeling.
It was as if a foreign body in his heart was absorbing the essence of Xia Lin's body and nourishing itself.
What is this thing!
What have you done to me!
The fear in his heart grew stronger.
It also made Xia Lin realize that the group of people in front of him, led by Li Peipei, were not good people.
However, no one cared about Xia Lin's inner monologue.
Li Peipei spoke again, her voice a little low.
“The frequency of the opening of the Ember Zone is getting higher and higher, and the Sequence War is about to begin.”
“This time, I will definitely obtain the target. With this object, my ranking in the Sequence Battle is expected to rise to within the top 30.”
Sequence Battle... What is this?
Despite the tension, Xia Lin's thoughts still wandered.
The memories of the two souls in his mind quickly integrated, while Xia Lin tried to listen to the five people's idle chatter in the hope of finding information that could break the deadlock.
But soon, Xia Lin despaired.
Because there was no way to break the deadlock.
In the memories of the original owner of the body, there was a rough concept of the walkers of the Ashes District.
This group's main purpose was to explore the Ashes District, taking on an extremely high risk of death on the one hand, but also gaining superhuman strength from the Ashes District on the other.
They had physical qualities and demonic abilities that ordinary people could only dream of—for example, control of the moon, and the flesh bombs of Rouyun.
Numerous cases have proven that even the lowest-level Ember Zone walkers can easily manipulate ordinary people.
From the five people's conversation, Xia Lin figured out their names and the purpose of finding cannon fodder.
Li Peipei, An Yue, Rou Yun, Zhang Wen, and Xie Xiaotian.
Four women and one man.
A five-person elite squad led by Li Peipei, the forty-third in the sequence!
Among them, Li Peipei is a Level 5 Ashen Zone Walker, while the other four are all Level 4.
But what the levels indicate is something Xia Lin doesn't understand.
The purpose of this team's trip seems to be to enter a certain broken Ashen Zone to find something.
This thing can greatly enhance Li Peipei's combat effectiveness, so that Li Peipei can obtain a better ranking in the upcoming sequence competition and receive a greater reward.
But more...
I don't understand... I don't understand, I don't understand!
I still don't understand!
It was his first time in this precious place, and Xia Lin was completely at a loss. The original owner of the body was just an ordinary unlucky person, and he had no experience or knowledge of the Ashes Zone at all.
What's more, he was currently under someone else's control, and couldn't even move.
After about an hour, Li Peipei stood up and looked at her watch again.
“Let's go.”
An Yue snapped her fingers, and Xia Lin, unable to control himself, started walking, following the rest of the group.
...
There was a dedicated elevator in the room, and it wasn't crowded even with eleven people on it.
Xie Xiaotian pressed the -5 button, and the elevator quickly descended, quickly reaching the fifth basement level.
As the elevator doors opened, bright light entered Xia Lin's eyes, causing his eyes to ache but unable to blink.
A glance around the corner revealed an extremely large open area, surrounded by guns and cannons. Ashen Zone walkers and professional soldiers in strange costumes came and went, and the place was heavily guarded.
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The most eye-catching thing was the strange sight in the middle of the open area.
It was a black vortex with a diameter of about five meters, dark and spinning non-stop, like a black hole.
Without needing to be explained, Xia Lin immediately realized the nature of this object.
—The entrance to the Ember Zone!
More memories of the original owner of the body surged forth.
The entrance to the Ember Zone will open at random in various corners of the world, an indeterminate number of times, for an indeterminate period of time. The contents of the Ember Zone are indeterminate, with only one certainty—if the Ember Zone is not penetrated within ten days, and the entrance to the Ember Zone is closed, then disaster will inevitably seep out of the entrance to the Ember Zone and affect reality.
It could be an anomaly, a monster, or an extreme weather disaster...
But legend has it that the Emberswalker can receive a reward in the Embers. This reward can fix the randomly appearing Embers within a certain range in one location, which is also a basic condition for establishing a gathering place.
And the black hole in front of Xia Lin's eyes at this moment is the main entrance to the Embers of the Tieyu Base.
“Lord Peipei.”
“My lord is well.”
Li Peipei's arrival attracted greetings and salutes from the Ashen Zone walkers and soldiers around her, which showed Li Peipei's status in the Tieyu Base.
However, Li Peipei ignored the onlookers and led the group straight to the main entrance of the Ashen Zone.
Standing in front of the entrance, Li Peipei took a deep breath and reached out to touch it.
Then, a heavy mechanical voice suddenly sounded in Xia Lin's ears.
[Reality anchor in progress...
[Anchor complete, reality passage 0375 open.
[Ember Zone open.
It felt like a heavy blow to the head, and Xia Lin's vision went dark.
When the dim light entered his eyes again, Xia Lin found that the scene around him had undergone a radical change.
Around him was a dark underground space.
Fluorescent creatures provided a weak source of light.
In front of him, it was pitch black, and the howling wind was mixed with the low, hoarse growl of an unknown creature, which was chilling.
In his head, more mechanical sounds rang out.
[Welcome to the Ashes Zone.
Current Ashes Zone: Level C, Dark Crypt, Small, Combat Type.
Note: Equipment and props not produced in the Ashes Zone cannot be brought into the Ashes Zone.
[It has been detected that you are entering the Ashes Zone for the first time, and datafication has begun...]
[Datafication has ended. You can open the attribute panel to check your initial attributes and talents.]
[Congratulations on becoming an Ashes Zone Walker! Current level, level 1!
This time, Xia Lin understood a little.
His previous life's experience with web novels gave Xia Lin a vague understanding of the current situation.
And the other situation was that Xia Lin suddenly realized that he could move...
However, when he glanced at the other members of the unlucky group, he noticed that they were still stiff and numb, which made Xia Lin hold back from showing any abnormalities.
He just silently recited the attribute panel in his heart, so that the lines of text clearly fell into Xia Lin's retinas.
[Name: Xia Lin]
[Level: 1]
[Occupation: None]
[Basic attributes:]
[Strength: 6]
[Stamina: 6]
[Agility: 6]
[Spirit: 10]
Note: The average attribute of a normal adult male is 6, the limit of a normal human is 10, and the extreme attribute of a Level 1 Ashen Walker is 10.
Talent: Unstable Mutation
Unstable Mutation (SS-class): The skills you possess will randomly mutate at the start of an Ashen Zone. All buffs and debuffs you receive will also randomly mutate.
It has been detected that you possess a double buff.
[Forceful Control (C-level skill effect): You have been forcibly controlled by an Emberwalker with a higher mental attribute.
[Flesh Bomb (B-level skill effect): You have been planted with a flesh bomb, which will gradually consume your flesh and blood essence to grow and increase in power.
[Buff mutating...]
[Mutated!