Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

"Hurry... look!" Lisa hugged Yukina's arm and pointed at the shore tremblingly. Everyone looked over and saw that under the cover of the fog, the zombies that had been confined to the house had come to the street and rushed to the river. However, they could not get into the water, so they had to bar their teeth and claws at them on the shore. Without the obstruction of the wall, their faces could be seen more clearly. They were all standard zombies that were commonly seen in movies.

The river was not very wide to begin with, and this distance was already a bit dangerous. Shizi looked at the left bank, where zombies were also gathering. She started the engine slightly and moved the speedboat to the middle of the river.

Kita had a fireball in his hand: "Want a big one?" Contrary to Lisa's fear, she was a little impatient. To be honest, zombies were just like small fry to her now. The small fry gathered together only increased her desire to make fireballs.

"It's best not to act rashly, this is not the outside world." Saya said. Even so, she had already picked up her guitar and was ready at any time.

"Is there a bridge there?" PAREO's voice attracted the attention of the others. They looked ahead of the waterway again, and a bridge was vaguely visible.

They were all sure that there was no bridge in that direction.

"Is that... the map structure that is open for a limited time?" Shizi stood and looked over there. She had been sitting in the driver's seat for a long time, so she stood during her breaks.

There was no movement on the bridge, and the zombies on the shore showed no signs of going down to the river. They waited for a while, and the fog gradually thinned, and the shadow of the bridge dissipated along with the fog. The zombies also retreated back into the house before the fog completely dissipated, and continued to demonstrate to everyone through the wall.

CHU? They used AI to time the fog. It took about ten minutes from the time the fog rose to the time it dissipated. They waited again. After about twenty minutes, the fog rose again and lasted for another ten minutes. After several cycles of this, they had almost figured out the pattern.

ps: When this chapter is released, I may or may not have gotten the ticket for group R. But no matter what, EUPD is at the same table with Hai Ri.

Chapter 58: Do you want a knee pillow?

Several people walked slowly through the alleys. They deliberately lowered their voices, but there were still many zombies in the houses around them, furious at them through the smoke. Since it has been proven that it is safe now, several people feel like they are watching monkeys in a zoo.

Liang even put his hand against the wall, facing the rotten palm on the other side that was missing a finger.

"The fog will rise in about five minutes." CHU? counted the time and reminded others.

Shizi responded immediately, walked a few steps quickly, reached the nearest waterway, lowered the boat, and several people boarded it, rowed to the center of the waterway, and waited quietly. After more than ten minutes, the mist dissipated and they returned to the shore.

This process has been repeated many times. Taking advantage of the time when the zombies cannot go out, they go ashore and try to search for buildings like the "Duke's Palace". CHU?'s AI will time them and return to the nearby waterways when the time is up. Anyway, there are many waterways in this place, so they will never be late.

Unconsciously, they gradually approached the fork in the road they had seen before. They had also seen the shadow of the bridge that would appear in the fog many times. According to observation, every time the fog rose, a bridge would appear at a different location at the fork in the road, connecting the two random banks of the three islands. Even when the fog lasted, the shadow of the bridge would disappear from time to time and then reappear in another location. The shadow of the bridge appeared near them once and lasted for about five minutes. It was a stone arch bridge, in the Renaissance style, covered with a canopy. MASKING tried it again with a stand-in, and it was possible to walk on it normally, but they had not really tried it.

During this process, the remaining soul in Kita's body never came out again, as if the previous time had exhausted her.

Across one or two streets, a large flat-roofed building seemed to be visible. It was three or four stories high, and its style was very different from the surroundings, as if it was influenced by foreign culture. Seeing that there was still enough time, Kita followed the others and walked over there. They were walking on a small path in the middle of the island. The houses on both sides became taller and the streets gradually became wider.

However, his head was twitching, as if the remnant soul was acting up again. Xiduo held his head uncomfortably and listened carefully, and seemed to hear a voice: "Stop... Stop..."

She frowned, raised her hand first, signaled to others, then calmed down and asked in her mind: "What's wrong?"

After a while, another voice came, intermittently, as if it was quite laborious: "No need... to go over there... next door..." Kita looked next door, it was an ordinary house, but it looked quite luxurious. Through the foggy wall, he could see five or six zombies gathered inside.

A very ordinary scene.

"You come... kill them... " the voice continued, "It can only be them... it can only be you..." After saying that, the remnant soul could not hold on any longer and went back to sleep.

Kita put down the hand that was pressing on his forehead and conveyed the other person's words.

"Again?" Chu was impatient with the remnant soul's inconsistency, "Why did you change your request halfway through?"

"But this time it's easy. I'll just wait for them to come out and blow them up." Kita raised his hand to defend her. Since he had seen her memory, Kita was somewhat closer to her.

Yili was standing next to the team and turned around to look. There was a blind spot at this location, close to the nearest river, and Kita couldn't launch an attack from the river. They had tried before, and the smoke-like wall was indestructible. In other words, if they wanted to hunt down the zombies in this house, Kita could only lurk here, wait for them to come out, kill them immediately, and then return to the river.

"…Are you okay?" She looked at Kita worriedly. Intellectually, she knew that with Kita's current strength, it would not take much effort to complete this process, but she still couldn't help but worry.

However, Xiduo was already observing the environment. "I can hide on the roof. You guys go to the river first. I'll go over there when I'm done fighting." She turned to Shizi, "Student Wu, build a ladder."

Shizi said nothing, but kicked his foot and a ladder leading to the roof was built.

"It's decided then." Youxina nodded, "See you later." She turned around and was about to go to the river, and the others also made a move to follow.

Kita also climbed up the ladder. "Um... do you want me to stay here with you?" Ichiri asked as Kita climbed up. She looked very nervous and stood still. "It's also an extra guarantee..."

Kita looked down instantly.

"Actually, you're worried that Kita will be lonely, right?" Shizi passed by Ichiri and poked her waist teasingly. Ichiri and Kita's faces instantly turned red.

The few people seemed to unconsciously speed up their pace as they left, leaving space for the two people behind them.

Liang looked at Shizi and said, "Aren't you going to join them?"

Shizi looked puzzled: "Who will drive the boat if I go there?"

"Wouldn't it be better to give us a bamboo pole?" Hong Xia said nearby, "We're just stopping in the middle of the river anyway."

Shizi's face froze: "Oh, right..." After so many days of sailing, she was already used to it, and her mind was not able to wrap around for a while. She couldn't help but glance back. But running back now would be too embarrassing. So she straightened her face and changed her tone: "On the stage, the only person you can trust is yourself." As she said that, she strode forward and quickly walked to Roselia's side.

The two people behind were confused by this sentence. At this time, CHU?'s voice came from the side: "You...really not worried about them at all?"

Hong Xia turned around and said, "Huh? What's there to worry about? There's no problem with their strength."

CHU?'s armor made a dull sound as it stepped on the gray foggy ground: "If we need to let PAREO and the others stay..." She stopped talking, took a few big steps, and walked forward.

Behind him, PAREO's eyes were fixed on CHU?, with his hands pressed against his chest, a worried look on his face.

Behind them, Kita kept looking at Ichiri with passionate eyes, which made the latter feel uncomfortable. They sat on the sloping roof. A window protruded from the attic, creating a small flat area. The two of them sat on this flat area. The house was very large and connected to the roof of the next door. It was naturally spacious. The two of them sat here, but they didn't feel lonely. In fact, for Ichiri, the current scene was a little too exciting.

"Little...Little Xiduo..." She only dared to remind him quietly.

"Hmm?" Kita tilted his head, his eyes still fixed.

Yili turned his head away and secretly used ice cubes to cool his red cheeks. He couldn't say what he wanted to say: "I... I mean... I haven't been alone for a long time..."

"Yeah!" Kita nodded. "Since we left the airship, we have been working as a team. This is a rare opportunity. Do you want to do something?"

"Eh?" Yili immediately thought of something bad and shook his head. "If this is the first time, I still want to do it with three people. Even so, I am not mentally prepared to do it with three people. In fact, I am not even mentally prepared to do this with two people. But I still feel..."

Kita, however, changed his position, put his legs together, and laid his thighs flat on the roof at a perfect angle, and patted his legs: "Want a knee pillow, Goto-san?"

Yili stared at Kita's thighs. Kita was wearing a short skirt that just covered her knees, but now that she sat down, half of her thighs were exposed. If she lay on top of it, she would definitely lie on it, but if she lay a little higher to avoid it, would she smell her scent? She looked at Kita's skirt, then raised her head to look at Kita's expectant eyes.

Finally, she slowly, slowly lay down, just stuck at the edge of the skirt, not touching Kita's thighs directly, and not smelling her scent.

Even though Kita was gently stroking her long hair, Ichiri was tense all over and didn't dare to move at all.

And the fog slowly rose up.

Chapter 59: Two Groups

Less than three minutes after the fog rose, the people in the boat heard noises and explosions coming from the shore, as well as Kita's shouts from a distance, "I'm coming!" Two figures appeared on the roof, one in front and one behind. Kita was in front, sweating profusely, full of energy, and surrounded by active golden flames; Ichiri was behind, and while she was running, she would stop from time to time and send out several waves to repel the zombies behind her - in the fog, she could do this with half the effort.

Liang played the bass twice, and two sound waves formed a slide extending from the edge of the boat to the eaves, under the feet of the two. Yili breathed a sigh of relief and quickly sat on it. With a beautiful slide, she successfully returned to the boat. She was sweating all over and was breathing heavily, making an expression of finally being liberated. Kita was not in a hurry at all. He turned around and pointed a pistol at the zombies that were gathering: "bia~"

A fire lotus rose in the air and bloomed in a destructive form!

[Buddha's Angry Lotus] is activated! In the firelight, Kita is finally satisfied and sits on the slide, her slide is drowned out by the explosion.

Shizi looked at this scene with a complicated expression. The name [Buddha's wrath lotus] was naturally given by her, and even the development of the skill was proposed by her. This skill consumes less energy than [Purifying Dawn], and its power can also meet daily needs. Xiduo likes it very much, especially when he is excited and needs a few big hits.

Shizi now felt a little regretful. She looked at the burning riverbank and said, "Is this... considered destroying ancient monuments?"

Beside him, Kita had just slid onto the boat, unable to hide his smile, as if he was still savoring something.

Shiko glared at her. As soon as she saw their expressions, she guessed what had happened. She decided to stick with Ichiri more often in front of Kita.

The speedboat started moving away from this bustling place of trouble.

The bow of the boat slowly cut through the waves, and Hongxia asked Kita, "Are there any changes?"

Xiduo sat back in her seat: "Yes." She held her forehead. In an instant, her eyes were blank again, and she took the initiative to let the residual soul come out.

"Hello, everyone." A calm voice sounded in the minds of others. Unlike her previous weakness, she seemed to be in good condition this time.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but I need those zombies to regain my strength." The remnant soul explained, "Now, please let me start from the beginning."

"As you all know, I was one of the founders of this Garden of Eden. Before I left, I lived in this city 'Hispania' for most of my life."

"It wasn't like this before I left... Sorry, I'll continue."

"The city is in charge of me, Kezusu Limomi, and Youmomo Mayako. In fact, it has always been Youmomo who is in charge." (Note 1)

"Hello, my name is Kariba Rumconnie..." When Shizi heard these two strange names, he was stunned for a moment, then followed his intuition and read their names backwards, with a strange look on his face, and interrupted in a low voice.

The other party ignored her: "The first residents of the city were accidentally born when the two of us were healing at the Tree of Life. We did not actively induce the birth of offspring, but they were born anyway. My healing time was short, so few offspring were born. You Momo's healing time was longer, so she had more offspring, so we brought them here. Some of the offspring inherited our weak powers. My ability is to stop time, and I sensed the same aura on those zombies."

Yili reacted: "That means, they were originally..."

But Zusu nodded: "Yes, I guess it's my 'descendant'."

"I'm sorry..." Ichiri shrank back.

“I asked you to kill them,” Zusu said calmly, “Now they are just zombies. I also gained the power from them to stay in the outside world for a long time.”

Sayo recalled the previous battle by the lake: "If your ability is to stop time, why can't you act in my rain?"

"My power is incomplete." Zusu did not explain in detail, "Youmomo's power is related to space. At that time, we built a facility that went directly to the center of the Garden of Eden. It was called the 'Rainbow Bridge', and only the two of us could activate it."

"So we need to activate it now?" asked Yukina.

"That's right." Ke Zusu continued to explain, "The Rainbow Bridge was originally fixed in place, but I feel that it is now erratic and changing positions all over the city. I need to go to the Duke's Palace and use the original locking device to temporarily fix it."

Rinko couldn't help but have a strange association: the current development is becoming more and more like an RPG...

"Do we still need to go to the Duke's Mansion?" CHU? was concerned about this.

But Zusu nodded: "I know a secret passage. Since I can stay in the outside world for a long time, I will take you there. It is safer."

"It sounds like something bad is going to happen." Shizi whispered in Yazi's ear. Yazi nodded in agreement.

“…Then, someone needs to hold this—” But Zusu raised his hand, and a cluster of nearly transparent flames was released. It did not jump like ordinary flames, but solidified, and changed its shape instantly every half a second, as if it was on a different timeline from the outside world.

"It holds a part of my power, and I can use it to activate the Rainbow Bridge."

"Mission props..." Yazi couldn't help but complain.

"Everyone, although I forced you to come here...but please help me complete this last journey."

A few minutes later, they had already divided into two teams. One team was Kita (Kazusu), Ichiri, Nijika, Ryo, Rinko, Yukina, and Sayo; the other team was everyone from RAS, as well as Shiko, Ako, and Lisa. CHU? held the "Curse Flame of Time" - the name Ako had just given to the Rainbow Bridge Key - to activate the Rainbow Bridge. Both teams had their own survival positions, and as for combatants, the former was good at indoor combat except Kita and Sayo, Kita was not a combatant now, and Sayo's ability depended on the normal sky, which could not be used now, so it was the same everywhere; the latter was good at ground combat, or they were almost the same.

The flames on the Curse of Time twisted and words appeared, serving as a means of communication between the two teams.

The mist had dissipated, but Zusu indicated the direction. The speedboat stopped at the fork, leaning against the original right bank. But Zusu did not go ashore, but tapped rhythmically on a tile. The mist dissipated, revealing a dark hole. She breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, it can still be used."

"Will your partner be guarding inside?" Saya was still cautious, "Just like the last city."

But Zusu shook his head: "Her aura is not here. The passage is indeed safe."

You Xi Na said nothing and stepped into the cave first. Kazusu followed, then Hong Xia and a few others. When everyone in the team entered, the smoke gathered again and sealed the cave. Shizi tried to beat according to Kazusu's previous rhythm, but it didn't work.

"Maybe it's a setting that she needs to operate herself." CHU? said, "To be honest, I still don't quite trust her."

"Yo~" Shizi leaned closer to CHU?'s mask with great interest, trying to see her face through the light strip, "You're not worried about them, are you?"

CHU? drew back suddenly: "Shut up!"

However, the other people also looked at her with very understandable expressions. She was anxious and sat down with the transparent flame in her hand: "Anyway - just wait!"

After a few minutes, the words on the flame began to change.

Note 1: It is the pronunciation of Mimori Suzuko and Koyama Momoyo reversed~

Chapter 60 I can't be like Xiangzi

What appeared in the flames was a map. On the map was a slowly moving light spot and a small square nearby.

Text appears: "Go to the Plaza. I moved the entrance there."

Shizi looked at the location, not far away, and the right bank where the Duke's Mansion was located was not an island, but the one in front. From the map, there were two docks built on that island nearby, and there were two routes leading to the square: the left one was closer, but the road was winding and winding, with many small roads and many forks, and it was easy to get lost. If you couldn't control the time on the road, it would be very difficult to deal with the zombies when the fog rose; the right one was a big road, but it was far away, and it was probably impossible to reach the destination within 20 minutes. You could only fight the zombies or hide on the roof.

If we have to fight head-on, Shizi and Azi are strong, so there is no problem; Lisa can provide buffs, but she still needs to be protected; as for the rest of the RAS group, although LAYER has recently acquired several skills, he is obviously still better at single combat. If it comes to a group, he can rely on the luck of Qingyu Town to protect himself, but he can only protect himself; MASKING and Liuhua have suitable abilities, but their values are too low; PAREO is also similar to Lisa; CHU? is more comprehensive, and there is also Rhongomyniad, but it is barely enough. There are only two people with spare power, but they have to protect two people and support two people with distraction.

If you go to the roof, the speed will definitely be slower.

She started the speedboat: "CHU?, which way?"

"Huh?" CHU? was a little surprised to see Shizi asking for her opinion.

"Hongxia isn't here, and Youxi isn't here either, so it's natural for you to take charge, isn't it?" Shizi said, pointing to the map. "Make a decision quickly. It's been about a minute or two since the fog last dispersed."

However, CHU? looked at the map and could not make a decision. Shizi frowned.

This is definitely not like her.

At this time, another paragraph of text appeared on the flame, this time it was more urgent: "The energy stored here is not enough, I can't control the entrance for long, please act quickly!"

CHU? immediately stood up: "Left! Take the small path!"

"Yes, CHU? Lord~" Shizi responded in PAREO's voice and tone, and the speedboat started and headed towards the pier on the left at the highest speed.

"So similar?" PAREO blushed a little.