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Chapter 423 I'm going to the sea, everyone please support me (ask for monthly tickets)
The first day of the nineteenth year of the new calendar, January 1st.

Today is a good day. It is not only a traditional festival with good meaning, but also a new beginning for Xu Shu.

This was the first time since he entered the Penglai District that he was preparing to pass through the Star Tower, leave his homeland, and go to other safe areas.

In fact, this was also the first time in his life that he truly "flew a plane" from the Star Tower.

Before daybreak, Xu Shu quietly got up, packed his small bag, and left his home in Lower Town District No. 2 without disturbing his family who were still asleep.

He is about to embark on a journey to pursue greater strength and prepare to head to the Eastern Pole Region, which is known as the headquarters of the Eastern Theater Command and one of the five special security zones of mankind.

From today on, he could finally set his sights on conquering the ruins that would yield richer rewards, and on the dangerous ruins that contained two or even three copies of his [Beacons]!
Of course, Alice was woken up anyway.

As a superhuman being himself, Xu Shu's action of taking her out of his arms and stuffing her into his sister's bed could certainly not be hidden from her.

She followed Xu Shu with a cat-like step, puzzled.

When she learned that Xu Shu's destination was the new large ruins in the Sea of ​​Death, she suddenly became a little excited.

"Xu Shu is going to put himself in danger? Alice wants to go too, I can protect you meow!" Alice ignored her image and grabbed Xu Shu's neck, her sapphire eyes wide open.

After hearing this, Xu Shu was somewhat moved.

After all, this is no joke. Not to mention the dangers lurking in the "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" that have long been heard on the upgraded network;
As the "creator" of the ruins, Xu Shu is also well aware of the weirdness of this place.

Through the two legendary experiences of [The Collapse of Kyoto] and [The Ruins of the Dead], Xu Shu knew that in that ruin, terrifying evil spirits at the peak of the third level were as common as cabbages in the fields, and only those who were half a step away from the fourth level could say that they had a place to stand.

A team of "newbies" like them, who are in the early stage of the third stage, can only explore relatively peripheral areas and do not have the strength to go deep into the most dangerous areas.

In a place like this, if one could have Alice's one-on-one nursing service, then one's survival rate would naturally increase significantly.

But the team is full and there are already two nurses. As "dragon elephants" that attract hatred and stand in front of teammates, these two nurses are essentially the same as Xu Shu's exclusive nurse.

In other words, one more Alice wouldn't make any more, and one less Alice wouldn't make any less.

Considering that it would take at least two or three days, or at most a week, to return home from large ruins, if Alice went with them, she would inevitably discover that there was another Jiang Biyun in the team, the one with the virgin scent she had brought with her that day.

This will inevitably greatly affect his own glorious image, and may also cause disharmony within the team, so he cannot be careless.

Xu Shu thought about it carefully and finally came up with a good explanation.

"If you want to be a cat, you must have the spirit of a cat! Haven't you always liked to stay at home and practice? How can you be so lazy? You must strengthen your will!"

Xu Shu righteously rejected Alice and put the orange cat on the balcony.

She wanted to leave like this, but after hesitating for a moment, Xu Shu gritted his teeth and gave her another expensive third-level erosion crystal, then went downstairs without looking back.

Alice had no choice but to squat behind and watch Xu Shu leave, with a frustrated look on her face.

"Alice is alone in an empty room, Alice is good; Xu Shu went to find another nanny, Xu Shu is bad! But good people don't live long, and evil will last for thousands of years. I hope the goddess will protect him..."

Alice muttered to herself, drew a star pattern on her chest with blue crystals, and bit it hard, leaving a tooth mark.

More than half an hour later, Alice looked down and saw the message from Xu Shu.

"I'm off!" - Gu Pan.

Along with the words, there was also a selfie of Xu Shu in the Star Tower flight cabin, with a standard straight man pose: head held high, chest puffed out, arms folded, chin almost poking up to the sky.

Tsk, the dog man is really narcissistic, but he is quite handsome... Alice pouted, fiddled with her paws, and replied in the chat interface: "Be careful, meow~"

Xu Shu did not reply again, apparently he had already boarded the plane and left the safe zone.

Alice looked up at the sky outside, and from time to time she saw a streak of light passing through the sky. She couldn't help but wonder, which one of them would be Xu Shu?

At this time, the sky was just getting light. The lights in the house were turned on, and there was some slight noise. It was Zhou's father and mother. They had just got up and came out to wash.

Zhou Shiyu was also disappointed when she turned around and found that her brother was not by her pillow.

"My brother is really working harder and harder. He is always running around and taking risks alone. For the sake of the whole family, he must be under greater pressure..."

"Phew, wait for me for a while! The Astronomical Society has already notified the candidates for the granting of qualifications. In a few days, I will be able to go and participate in the first round of sheltering! By then, it will be my turn to protect my brother and my family!"

Zhou Shiyu walked to the balcony, jumped onto the railing and sat down, hugged Alice, gently kneaded the orange cat's head, and murmured to herself.

She didn't notice that the big fat cat in her arms rolled its eyes in a very human way after hearing it.

"Shiyu, come here and wash up. I'll cook dumplings for you in the morning." Zhou's mother's voice came from the kitchen.

"Ok."

Zhou Shiyu nodded slightly and jumped down from the balcony railing lightly.

She was about to enter the kitchen when she suddenly felt a chill on her back. She quickly looked back and her pupils shrank immediately.

The fluffy orange cat looked like it was under stress, its fur stood on end, and it was looking at me with a very scary and frightening look!

"Mimi...Mimi?" Zhou Shiyu was a little nervous and tried to call out to calm the other person.

However, the next second, she saw the orange cat's tail curled, and a huge shadow instantly swept over her, Zhou's father, and Zhou's mother, instantly "hiding" their traces.

Click!

Click!

Almost at the same time, a gray-haired mouse suddenly opened a crack in the window and sneaked into Xu Shu and Zhou Shiyu's room.

Its eyes were lively and its face was full of expressions, just like a living person, as it rummaged around the room.

"I was really mistaken. I never thought that the owner of this seemingly ordinary family was actually a cultivator!"

"Interesting, really interesting. The place where the Deactivation Society found me was said to be obtained by killing a living cultivator. But the one next door to this house is also a living cultivator. There are such coincidences in the world."

“Hahaha, a strange servant with the aura of a succubus, this is so precious, and it has very important research significance for the great return of the Holy Lord! I am grateful for the Lord’s guidance, which has led me to see through the fog.”

The gray cat-mouse muttered to himself, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses perched on his nose.

He is "Bruce White", who used special means to transform into a gray-haired mouse and is the bishop of the Red Emperor Army hiding in room 18B!

Bruce White muttered to himself while exploring everywhere with his eyes, holding a tiny red ball in his thin claws.

He was observing the scene, trying to determine where would be best to place the trap, so as to attract the attention of the suspected succubus cat, and then take the opportunity to capture it.

After observing for a period of time, he knew very well that this repairman usually went out in the morning and came back at least in the evening, so now was the best time to start.

"Strange, the others are not at home either? Did they go out?"

"Maybe it's the old couple out for a walk, but it's just fine for me, it saves me the trouble."

After some rustling exploration, Bruce White came to the bottom of Xu Shu's bed.

His eyes turned and suddenly he saw a brocade box lying horizontally.

The brocade box was not placed too hidden, but its surface was quite gorgeous, which immediately attracted White's attention.

"It looks familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere before... Wait, this? This seems to be that person..."

After a brief observation, White's pupils suddenly shrank and his eyes enlarged more than ten times!
As a senior extraordinary person, a big man who coordinates and is in charge of one side of the Red Emperor's army behind the scenes, he is knowledgeable and knows many extraordinary people who are powerful enough to stand before him.

And he happened to have seen this brocade box before.

It belonged to an old man with congenital disabilities, a super master who was once removed from the list of masters because of identity fraud. The impression that man left on him is still indelible. He is simply the dirtiest and most evil thing in the world. His powerful and terrifying methods are completely engraved in White's mind.

Even though he was the bishop of a district and a high-ranking figure in the Red Emperor's army, White still couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine and goose bumps when he thought of the other party's methods.

"This brocade box appears here, doesn't that mean that the young man is actually an old man in disguise?!"

"Inside his body is actually that filthy mummy who should have died a thousand times already?"

White's eyes rolled around and he didn't dare to stay in the room any longer.

He used all four legs to run to the window, like a stray dog, through the outer wall, through the hole, and escaped back to his room.

In the room, the majestic White was unable to calm down and was fidgeting.

"Damn it, why is this old ghost hiding here!"

"That day he smiled at me and pretended not to know me. Damn, that's disgusting!"

"Why is he hiding across from me?"

"What exactly is his intention?"

"We had already broken up the cooperation talks, why is he haunting me again?"

Bruce White was quite conflicted.

The appearance of the mummy here not only poses a strong threat to his own safety, but is also likely to affect the organization's next important plans.

In other words, this community is no longer habitable and we must leave immediately!

Bruce White packed his luggage immediately, but he was somewhat unwilling.

This is the contact place they found with great difficulty. It is very secure and will definitely not attract the attention of the upper echelons of Baiyujing.

In the end, it was lost. Although it is not impossible to find another place, it feels like a complete loss of face.

After thinking for half an hour, White gritted his teeth, transformed himself into a kind-looking old man, rushed out of the room and headed towards the Star Tower.

He is going to call the police.

He is going to report to the Judgment Department!
The Astronomical Society’s wanted criminal, the “Six-Fingered Lute Demon” who is ranked 51st on the predecessor list, is now hiding in the lower city area!
Just hiding at the door of your own house!
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The Star Tower "private jet" is quite fast.

In less than half an hour, Xu Shu flew all the way from high altitude, across two safety zones and three wastelands, covering a distance of thousands of kilometers, and finally landed successfully at the East Pole (D9).

During the flight, he felt more than once that there were some powerful and malicious beings in the wasteland below, looking at him.

However, although this was an area known as the "Death Sky", not even one monster tried to attack him from beginning to end.

This is the sense of security that riding the Star Tower aircraft brings to Xu Shu.

Whenever this happened, Xu Shu would sigh from the bottom of his heart: Praise the formation!
The place before us is the front line of the Eastern War Zone of Humanity and one of the five existing special security zones.

Just as Xu Shu knew from the information, Area D9 was extremely special.

Its star tower landed on the shore, and the border line drew a big circle, as if the coastline just cut it in half into two areas.

The western area is on land, while more than half of the eastern area is built on the sea, and there is a small island in the far east.

This is not only the place with the strongest military preparedness, but also the most dangerous place.

Although it is a "special" safety zone, judging from its prosperity, perhaps the Dongji District cannot compare to Penglai, a first-class safety zone.

Because this place is quite grim, it looks exactly like a war front, which is completely different from the D9B3 area which seems to be peaceful and prosperous at first glance.

Even Penglai has places similar to the front line of defense, such as the estuary in front of the Laoshan Sect and the area leading to the super-large relic "Jimo Island", where there are also loud gongs and drums.

But compared with the Eastern Pole Region, it is still dwarfed by the giant.

Looking from afar, on the eastern sea, huge ships were sailing far away. Relying on the large number of "ferrymen", they fought and hunted the surrounding monsters directly on the sea surface where not even a feather could float.
In the other three directions, a large number of troops also penetrated deep into the wilderness, with artillery fire everywhere.

Xu Shu's feeling was that the Dongji area was more like a camp for an expedition than the front line of defense.

People who come to the Eastern Region do not come to enjoy life. Their purpose is to go out to sea or out of the city to conquer ruins and open up the wasteland.

As soon as he left the Star Tower, Xu Shu saw a huge banner hanging in the air ahead:
"We are extraordinary people, what joy is there in life? We are not afraid of sacrifice, nor of fighting to the death!"

A chilling wind blew in my face.

When you go further and enter the dock area, you can see small warships waiting to be crewed out to sea.

This is the inland sea area. These ships are responsible for transporting the extraordinary people who come to the East Pole area to fight, and go to the narrow island "Dongyi" on the eastern border.

That is the offshore dock, the real "front line" for entering the Sea of ​​Death.

Xu Shu boarded an ocean-going ship and crossed the sea to the east.

The people on this boat are of strange shapes and their clothes are all strange.

There is a mecha that looks like a warrior from the galaxy fleet, there are fairies in white clothes as white as snow who look like they walked out of a painting, there are all kinds of bald heads, Taoists, preachers... they are all strange and bizarre.

It seemed as if civilizations of countless years had converged here. Xu Shu even felt as if he was attending the "World's No. 1 Martial Arts Conference" or something.

I was lucky today. I didn’t encounter any stupid monsters on my way across the sea.

Of course, there is also a possibility that there are no living monsters at all in the "wasteland" of the Eastern Pole.

In a place where everyone seems to be a soldier, it is hard to imagine that anyone would be knocked down by a first-level monster that has penetrated the border.

Once we entered Dongyi Island, we could feel the atmosphere of worldly life a little more. Many residents were selling various crystals of local specialties or the flesh materials of mutant fish monsters.

Xu Shu didn't quite understand. These ordinary people played with the erosion crystals every day. Aren't they afraid of erosion and infection over time?
But there isn't much else on this island except for hospitals, so I felt relieved after thinking about it.

When we arrived at the outer sea area dock, it was much more lively here. There were team leaders shouting everywhere, saying things like "two missing from ten" and "four missing from twenty". It felt like we were back at the vegetable market.

Most of them just look for a suitable "ferryman" before setting sail.

These are the teams preparing to go into the Sea of ​​Death to explore the ruins.

"It really has nothing to do with prosperity. Here, there are only two words left, and that is fighting! But if you live here, it seems to have a different flavor."

Xu Shu was slightly moved, and rejected the solicitation of several "boatmen". He walked aside, turned on the upgrade drive, and sent a message.

"I went into the sea, where are you?"

"So fast? I just arrived. I'm in the advanced team, and one person is still on the way." After a while, Xie Xiaochan popped up a prompt box to him.

[Your friend "Xie Xiaochan" invites you to join the team, do you accept? ]

【You have joined the team. 】

[Current team size: 8]

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(End of this chapter)