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Lucas saw

Looking at her, I noticed that her hair and clothes were a little wet. "...But I thought you wouldn't know until morning, but it looks like you were out there for at least a few hours."

Merry picked up her knife and fork and took a few bites of food. Lucas took a few slices of toast from the toaster next to her.

Emily next to her probably drank some tea and now she was full of energy, completely different from her previous tiredness. She also took the knife and fork and ate slowly, but her attention was on the conversation between Lucas and Merry.

After Merry swallowed the food in his mouth and took two sips of hot cocoa, Lucas asked, "How is it? How bad is the situation outside?"

"The roads are cut off, as are the electricity, telephone and water supply lines. The remaining drinking water in the water tower may only be enough for people to use for one or two days, even if they don't take a shower. Fortunately, there are several wells nearby that were built a long time ago and can still be used."

"The road is blocked? How?"

"Well... do you remember that time when we were there? Beyond the thick fog, there was a bottomless abyss... maybe even one with no end. There were no lights, human voices, or man-made noises on the other side. I drove almost along the edge of the area. I suspect that we have somehow entered the space of the foggy realm."

Lucas's expression changed at this time, "How is this possible... This kind of thing hasn't happened in the Mist Realm for hundreds of years. How could such a change happen after hundreds of years? Your feeling must be wrong. When the fog clears, we will definitely still be in the original world."

Merry tilted his head and shrugged, looking like he was right, and continued eating the food on his plate.

Emily had been to Lucas's "Sinkhole Base". In her opinion, there was nothing to be afraid of in entering the "Misty Realm" space. Maybe she was just curious, or maybe she was trying to trick Lucas, so she asked:

"What if the fog doesn't clear?"

"Then we need to make preparations on many fronts," Lucas answered subconsciously, "Today is only Saturday, and I don't know how many people did weekend shopping the day before. If they didn't, the food supply at home would only last for one or two days, so..."

Having said this, he reacted and glanced at Emily. The girl was grinning at him with her lips glistening with oil.

"There are no large stores in the town. Assuming we have not entered the 'Misty Realm' space and are still on Earth, we need to convince the residents of the few plantations and ranches to give out some food to support all the townspeople until the outside world's rescue arrives."

Lucas quickly got into the situation and simulated the disaster situation: "Collect the information of residents in each street, population, family status, and you police... forget it, you have too few police forces to rely on. First mobilize the residents of each street to form a militia to maintain local law and order. It would be best if these militias can be controlled under the leadership of the police. Then control all the food and water that can be found and implement a rationing system."

"Actively contact the outside world to seek rescue, and at the same time organize an expedition team to find a place to go down in the outer area and seek a way out." Group '⑥九四⑨*三⑥'壹③五

"I thought there were deep tunnels around us, surrounding us?" Merry shrugged again to express his regret. "I got out of the car every few miles and threw a stone out, but I didn't hear the sound of it falling to the ground, not even once. So I'm afraid you have to plan according to our 'what if' situation. I mean, what if we really enter the foggy space?"

"Shet..."

Lucas covered his face, and after a moment, he put down his hand. At this time, the "嘤嘤怪" jumped lightly onto the dining table. Merry also knew of its existence from Hope, but still treated it as an ordinary pet and subconsciously protected her plate.

Lucas brought out a separate breakfast, placed it in front of it, and continued:

"These measures remain unchanged. In addition to organizing an expedition team, is there no way to determine the situation outside? We heard a broadcast from the outside world this morning. It's impossible that they also entered the foggy space inexplicably?"

"We can contact the police stations in several nearby counties, but we have completely lost contact with the city of Roseanki. If we are at a very long distance, we can also contact the garrison in Wickenburg, Arizona, but their situation is exactly the same as ours. They are almost in a semi-paralyzed state. They can't even save themselves, and there is no way to provide any external rescue."

Lucas: "..."

After a moment, he said, "I understand. You try to follow the measures I told you. I will go out later to confirm the air entrance to the Kved Forest."

"OK, let's do it. I'll go see Hope first."

"correct"

"how?"

"Ask Hope's friends. If they want to go home, you can give them a ride. It's probably not safe for them to go on their own. Otherwise, let them stay with me. Basically, nothing will happen here."

"Ok"

……

Later, Lucas changed into tactical gear, put on wrist guards on his wrists and ankles, and carried some weapons he had collected over the past year, planning to head to the Covede Forest.

Emily insisted on going with him, but of course he wouldn't agree.

But the girl knew how to convince him, and asked, "If something really happens, am I safer staying at home or staying with you?"

Lucas was persuaded to take

He also gave her a set of tactical equipment at the scene. After she put them on, he inserted a ceramic protective plate into the interlayer of her bulletproof vest. After thinking about it, he was still not sure, so he took off the two wrist guards on his ankles and put them on her ankles.

The T-Mart on his mobile phone is not affected by the real world and the "Misty Realm" and can be used anywhere as long as you have gold coins.

When he built this villa, he did not build a basement or a teleportation array. Some equipment materials for the photovoltaic panels and home appliances in the villa were also obtained in this way.

After thinking about it for a while, he was worried that the girl, who was wearing the extraordinary equipment for the first time, would easily output power beyond her own endurance limit with the help of the equipment. So he took back one of the wrist guards so that she could wear a full set of protective equipment and still move flexibly.

At this time, everyone else in the villa also got up. Among them, Naomi, Maggie, and Carolina, who had rested well last night, sat in the corner of the living room and listened for a long time.

Hope stayed at Lucas's house. After a brief communication with Merry, the three of them decided to have Merry escort them back to their respective homes.

Lucas woke up Laurel and Zhuo Yisi and gave them some instructions. This time he had no time to cover up and took Emily directly to the underground garage and drove out a military Hummer with the machine gun removed.

Go to the Kweed Forest to investigate.

0030

"Buzz-"

The noise of a diesel engine is not very loud. Although this world does not have chip-related technology, the upper limit of the corresponding mechanical manufacturing is very high. Moreover, as a military product, Lucas's Hummer is very sophisticated.

“Remember how it feels when you normally exercise?”

After coming out of the dirt road behind the low hill, he drove slowly along the highway with the front and rear lights on. The visibility in the fog was about 10 meters, which was enough speed for reaction.

The interior of the car is quite quiet. After he got the Hummer, he modified it slightly, increasing its comfort without reducing the strength of the car body.

"Which one?" Emily was sitting in the passenger seat with her trouser legs rolled up, revealing her ankles with wrist guards. She was fiddling with the wrist guards curiously and feeling the feeling of being "enhanced".

“I was panting, short of breath, trying to run, but gradually losing my strength. It was as if there was a line in front of me, only a little distance away, but I could never cross it.”

"Ah, you said this, remember, why do you mention it?"

Emily put down her underpants, straightened them up, then rolled down the outer trouser legs of her protective suit, tucked them into her combat boots and began to tie her shoelaces.

"I want you to remember that line and not cross it"

With the foreshadowing of the previous few sentences, Emily understood Lucas's meaning very well.

"What? Is there any danger?"

"Hmm." Lucas's attention was mostly focused on the outside of the car window and the road. He was wearing the goggles that could directly see the "space entrance" and observing both sides of the road. "Your body is that line. If you cross it, it's like breaking a line with too much force. Your body will bear the corresponding overload and cause damage. So remember that line, remember your own limit when exercising, and don't exceed it."

"Ah..." Emily said in a tone of "I see." She stood up, gently hugged Lucas and kissed him, "So you took back a wristband like this. Are you worried that I can't control myself and break through that limit?"

"Well, I'm a user myself, and I know how strong that urge is, that feeling of being able to break free, that feeling of being able to do anything."

"Don't worry, I will control myself, and we may not be in danger."

"Well, loosen up a bit, I'm driving"

"Um"

Lucas nudged her gently with his elbow and pushed her body back to the passenger seat. Emily knocked on her chest with her hand. Because of the inserted guard plate, there was a muffled "bang bang" sound. She made an dissatisfied "tsk" sound.

But he did not interfere with Lucas' driving.

The county bureau was short of staff, so Lucas had to go to the county bureau himself to get the key to the entrance to Covede Forest, and then turn to Covede Forest.

It took almost an hour to reach the entrance, where we got out of the car, opened the three iron chains on the iron gate of the fence, and drove into the forest.

Now the whole area is covered with thick fog, and there is no difference between inside and outside. And perhaps because of this thick fog, the temperature of the fog has risen a lot. Otherwise, according to the temperature before the fog, when the cold wind blows, the fog will turn into tiny ice particles and fall to the ground.

The goggles provide only one function, which is to see the "space entrance" that is invisible to ordinary people. The highlighted outline of the "space entrance" can be captured by the wearer from hundreds of meters away and is basically not affected by thick fog or other obstacles.

At least this is true within a few hundred meters, so Lucas's detection range for the "space entrance" is extremely long.

The forest was not large, only a few kilometers in size, and he was able to see the entire area by driving back and forth a few times.

There is no trace of any "space entrance".

"What is the reason why the "space entrance" no longer appears in the place where the "Misty Realm" space entrance appears regularly? "

"Answer A: The interaction between the two worlds disappeared and they moved away from each other."

"Answer B: The real world was eroded by the "Misty Realm" space and became a part of it..."

"Shet..."

Lucas will

The car stopped in the woods, he took his hands off the steering wheel and slumped back in the seat.

Seeing this, Emily, who had been watching him, rolled down the window, spat the gum in her mouth out of the window, closed the window again, took off her helmet, put her hand on his, and with her other hand turned his body around to face her.

"It looks like bad news... I've never been a cheerleader, but I think I know how to cheer you up."

The pure blue eyes stared straight at Lucas, her fair face was a little red, and she bit her lower lip and rubbed it.

Emily was right, the minty taste was indeed very stimulating, and after they separated with a slight breath, Lucas felt that his frustration was at least half gone.

The image of the girl was highlighted in his eyes, so moving that he had a strong urge to buy a Coke from her.

Although Alimi's face was flushed and she looked a little shy, her eyes contained expectation and encouragement.

"Shit, what on earth is this girl from Flower Country thinking about starting the car in this lousy road condition..."

"Oh no, this seems very Hollywood, and also very District 11, Frenzy, Spanish, Etalie, etc. When the male protagonist is depressed, isn't that when his emotions explode? Of course the female protagonist will take the opportunity to have sex..."

"Shit, what am I thinking about? I should focus on the most important thing right now, reproducing... Ugh, the fog crisis!!"

Seeing Lucas's expression change from confusion to a familiar smile, Emily felt a little disappointed, because returning to normal meant that the mature and calm man was back, and she would never have a chance to take advantage of him.

Sure enough, she heard the other party say:

"Ah, thanks, that worked, now I know where to go next"

"Oh……"

Without making a sound, he withdrew his arm from his neck, picked up the helmet from her legs and asked her to put it on.

Start the car and drive through the forest.

"where are we going?"

Emily asked after fixing her hair and placing the helmet strap under her chin.

"If my theory... well, if my speculation is correct, the fog is spreading from Coved here. There used to be a mountain road here, but it was abandoned with the closure of Coved Forest. We can follow it along the main mountain range of Crown Eagle Mountain to the west. Let's go to the edge area that Merry mentioned and see what's going on there."

Lucas sped up slightly. Since no one was entering here, there was no need to worry about any traffic accidents. Twenty minutes later, he saw the exit on the other side of the Covede Forest. Instead of slowing down, he accelerated and drove straight past with a clang.

The iron gate of the fence, which had long been rusted, was shattered into pieces by this blow, and bounced into the field on the other side.

Driving along the mountain road here, you can occasionally see some dilapidated ruins of houses from decades ago on the roadside. There used to be street names and residential areas here.

Later, due to the emergence of the "Coved Forest Misty Realm", the community here was abandoned. These relics from decades ago, the dilapidated and dark old buildings in the mist, look a bit like Silent Hill.

For hundreds of years, although there has always been the "Misty Realm", there are also "Misty Realms" such as the "Coved Forest" that appeared later.

"Wow..." Emily leaned against the window and looked out, exclaiming, "It turns out that people lived here decades ago. These old houses and streets look like something out of a horror movie. Are there really ghosts here?"

"A large-caliber Remington, with a higher proportion of sulfur mixed in the gunpowder, will repel all evil spirits."

Lucas tilted his head and told a cold joke. He did carry two weapons, a projectile-type hot weapon to deal with flesh and blood, a shotgun that could spray more than a foot of flame to deal with skeletons, ghosts and any low-level undead, and a Bazuka to deal with all disobedience.

Emily laughed out loud.

……

An hour later, the Hummer stopped in front of a cliff.

The mountain road was a bit winding to begin with, and the thick fog made it difficult to speed up, so it took an hour to reach the edge.

Lucas parked the car 10 meters away, tied a rope around his waist, connected it to the Hummer chassis, and inspected the edge of the section.

He lay on a mountain road that had not been maintained or opened to traffic for decades and was covered with fine sand and gravel. He took off his gloves and touched the cross-section, which was very flat and smooth. He stretched out his body with a flashlight to look down. Below the cross-section of the road was the cross-section of the mountain, and there was a layer of hard crust on the surface, similar to that of solidified magma.

"Shet"

He responded to another spatial and topographical feature of the "Misty Realm" that he was familiar with, which made him speak eloquently.

More vulgar words were used today than in the past year.

Standing up, he checked both sides of the mountain road again.

Because of the thick fog, we couldn't see very far, but the area within our sight was in the same section as the mountain road. Whatever was originally on this section was split into two by an unknown force.

Up to this point, Lucas wore goggles on one side. If there were other "space entrances" within a few hundred meters of the mountains and forests on both sides, he would discover them at the first time.

but.

After walking to the front of the car, untying and tidying up the ropes, and returning to the car, Emily looked at his expression and asked: