Life Dungeon Game

As usual, He Ao asked her if she needed help, but she refused again.

We've been friends for many years, so it's normal for us to meet and exchange information. This is absolutely safe, so don't worry. We'll meet at 1 a.m. in the Zarote district, and I'll give you the data chip then.

These are Hai Xi's original words.

By then, Heo had finished tidying up the house and left for Plant District.

Then the next message came just ten minutes later.

15 Vicente Street, Plante District

That was a location message.

After that, Hai Xi never replied to He Ao's messages again, and He Ao could not get through when he called her.

Chapter 574 That Friend Over There (Happy New Year/Long Chapter, Please Vote!)

15 Vicente Street.

This is an abandoned industrial building.

He Ao got out of the taxi, said goodbye to the driver, and gazed at the building.

Most of the building's doors and windows were broken, and only a few of the surrounding buildings were still lit up; even the streetlights along the road were broken.

He had just done a search and found that this area had been included in the planning of the new industrial zone in Witland and was to be demolished. Most of the surrounding businesses and residents had already moved away.

He Ao did not enter the abandoned industrial building directly, but instead raised his wristband and glanced at it.

The signal strength indicator on the wristband is displayed as '×'.

There is no signal here.

Theoretically speaking, there is no place without a signal inside the fortified city.

In the Federation, which relies heavily on intelligence and automation, the communications consortium has practically covered every location with signal transmitters. Where there is no signal, driverless buses and taxis cannot be used, and various intelligent robots will also go on strike.

Even in some chaotic slums, such as the Zarote area inhabited by scavengers, where there is little use of automated machinery and smart devices, the communications consortium still maintains the weakest signal coverage.

Of course, this is not because the telecommunications foundation has become charitable and is going to do charity at a loss.

Even with limited interaction, the Zarote region still maintains communication with the outside world, including with cleaning companies and the use of some intelligent machinery.

In order to recoup their costs, telecommunications companies charge significantly higher service fees in the Zarote region compared to other areas.

With few users, they rely on increasing the average order value to make a profit.

So the people in the Zarote region have the worst internet but pay the highest communication service fees in all of Witland.

Of course, this is an achievement that the Communications Consortium can be proud of. They can confidently claim that they have laid out a communications network in every corner of the fortress city, allowing users to use their services with peace of mind.

He Ao put down the bracelet and looked at the abandoned building in front of him.

The location here is not remote. Even though it is a demolition area, the area is not large. Even though all the surrounding signal base stations have been demolished, the weak signal can still be transmitted from nearby base stations.

Therefore, the only reason there is no signal is that someone in the vicinity has used signal jamming equipment.

He took out the bone axe and wooden box, which were wrapped in a cloth cover.

Then he took out the super-strong rope he had bought near Whitland University after leaving home, tied it into two nooses, and used them to secure the bone axe and the wooden box to his back.

This rope is made of a strong fiber and is very tough, capable of withstanding a bone axe weighing several hundred kilograms without any problem.

He tried it out, and the bone axe and wooden box could be easily untied from the rope before he finally tied the rope completely around his body.

With his hands free, he looked around the abandoned industrial building again.

It's past midnight now, and the surroundings are pitch black, especially with the brightly lit commercial district not far away, making this area seem even darker.

But this did not affect He Ao's eyesight. He activated his super memory and quickly scanned his surroundings.

He quickly discovered some clues in the details.

At the entrance of the building

On the broken windows and cement walls, there were many smooth cuts, as if made by an extremely thin blade.

This damage was caused by Haixi's silken weapon.

This proves that Hashi was just here, fighting with someone.

Deep inside the first floor of the building, a few drops of blood dripped onto the ground. The fight had just taken place not long ago.

It took He Ao about thirteen minutes to arrive by express taxi. Adding the two minutes of waiting, the entire process from Hai Xifa's location to He Ao's arrival only took fifteen minutes.

The blood on the ground had not yet dried; the battle had taken place about ten minutes earlier.

In other words, before and after sending the address to Heo, Hai Xi encountered some kind of fierce battle and did not know whether the blood on the ground was hers or that of the person who attacked her.

He Ao shut down his super memory and walked into the building step by step.

The surrounding night was eerily quiet.

The abandoned industrial building was located relatively close to North Witland, and Heo had been heading from North Witland toward Plant District from the beginning, so it didn't take him long to get there after receiving Hayes' address.

However, for powerful superhumans, ten or so minutes is enough to end some battles.

Upon entering the building, more details came into view for He Ao.

There were many footprints at the entrance of the building, suggesting that many people had run into the building, but the total number should not exceed ten.

Moreover, the footprints were very messy, which proved that they were not as disciplined as the professional mercenaries He Ao had encountered before. Even if they were professional, their professionalism was not high.

He lowered his head and stared at the footprints.

The footprints were mostly from leather shoe soles, and they were all quite large, suggesting they came from some tall, burly men.

Among these large footprints, there was also a very light, steady, slender small footprint.

These should be Hai Xi's footprints. Hai Xi's feet are not big, about 230 millimeters long, so they are easy to identify.

Compared to other chaotic footprints, her footprints were clearly orderly, proving that she was in a relatively stable mood at least when she arrived at the shopping mall.

Judging from the proximity and mix of these footprints, Haixi and the owner of those chaotic footprints should be together; they are a team.

The footprints stretched deep into the lobby on the first floor of the building, as if they were hiding from something.

He Ao turned around and looked behind him.

There was nothing on the ground behind me; it was so clean that it seemed as if nothing had ever walked on it.

He pondered for a moment and then activated his hyper-memory.

From the perspective of hypermemory, some small areas on the ground behind us that are different from other places are revealed.

It was a person's footprint, so light it seemed as if it had left no trace.

These footprints were not continuous, and some had been buried by dust blown by the night wind. Even with his super memory, He Ao could only barely make out that there might have been a footprint in a certain area.

This person's movements were as light as the wind.

Unlike the panic of Hai Xi and her group, this person's steps were clearly rhythmic, proving that he was not in a hurry and was leisurely chasing after Hai Xi and the others.

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A combat-oriented superhuman, at least a C-rank.

He Ao withdrew his gaze and continued forward.

Signal jamming devices have been installed around the building, clearly intended to prevent Hai Xi from contacting the outside world. It seems that the other party deliberately 'drove' Hai Xi and the others to this area.

The footprints along the way became increasingly disordered.

Then, Heo discovered the first body behind a makeshift partition wall that was only half intact.

He was a tall man in a black suit, who looked like a bodyguard. A tiny wound pierced his heart, killing him instantly.

Judging from his footprints, which were not with the main group's footprints, he must have been completely panicked and wanted to escape from the other side, but because he was alone, he was the first to be killed.

The attacker was ruthless, leaving no chance of survival, and didn't even allow the blood to splatter outside the area covered by the half-wall.

A few steps past the corpse, you'll reach the spot where He Ao had just seen the bloodstains dripping outside.

The bloodstains gleamed with a faint white light, surrounded by the footprints of Haixi and the powerful figure who had pursued them.

It seems they had a fierce battle here. Hai Xi's metal wire can attack from a distance, but the footprints of the two are so close, so the stronger one must have gotten close.

It appears that the powerful figure was wielding some kind of rapier-like melee weapon.

In close combat, the ranged advantage of the Haixi Metal Wire cannot be utilized; instead, the limited space restricts its attack moves.

Looking at the footprints and the traces left by the metal wires around him, He Ao simulated the scene of the two fighting in his mind.

Hai Xi originally intended to remotely hinder the powerful figure from getting closer, so she manipulated the metal wire to launch a ranged attack, but her attacks were easily dodged by the powerful figure.

There were no marks around that resembled those left by a rapier, proving that the opponent easily dealt with Haixi's attack and closed the distance with her.

He Ao stood on the last footprints left by the two, imagining what they had just done.

In this brief close-quarters battle, the powerful man closed the distance and thrust his sword at Haixi's left heart, but Haixi dodged it. In the end, the sword light slashed through Haixi's left upper arm, and blood splattered out and dripped onto the ground.

He looked at the bloodstains on the ground; the shape and direction of the bloodstains were exactly as he had expected.

He completed the simulation in a very short time; he had mentally filled in the entire battle within the few seconds he stood in front of the bloodstains.

Then he looked up at the footprints ahead. The messy footprints came together, separating from Haixi's footprints, and ran into the depths of the building.

It seems that Hai Xi was deliberately covering for these people, buying them time.

He continued following the footprints forward, which led into the deepest part of the building. Here, He saw more bloodstains and traces of Hai Xi's struggle with that powerful figure.

It seems that Hai Xi is not in good condition. She has not been able to easily get rid of the strong man and has been fighting and retreating, and she is getting more and more injured.

The powerful figure didn't seem to want to kill her; instead, he was constantly draining her power.

Finally, the trembling footsteps came to an abrupt end in the abandoned fire escape stairwell.

He Ao walked to the stairwell

She crouched down slightly and picked up a black, crushed object from the ground.

This is a bracelet, a bracelet that has been crushed.

The inside of the bracelet is completely damaged and cannot be turned on.