Thinking of Zuo An, Duan Chen couldn't help but feel a sense of pity and regret.
If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have said those words.
Perhaps Zuo An could have lived a little longer.
But then…
"Before this, he must have already been infected by this anomaly. Can we still believe what he said?"
Jun Ci suddenly posed the question.
Duan Chen froze for a moment.
Indeed.
Zuo An had already been infected by the anomaly before this. So, who was standing and talking to them before, Zuo An's own will, or the anomaly's will?
This matter...
Had to be investigated.
"Hill, what do you think?"
Duan Chen tentatively asked the medic.
The medic was in high spirits, completely oblivious to the solemn atmosphere among the group.
She thought Duan Chen was asking about the changes in the secret realm's geographical location.
And then, naturally, she replied.
"Well... other things, I know them well."
"But regarding what he said about the secret realm's geographical location changing, it's indeed true."
Hill was very serious.
Her expression was solemn.
"If I hadn't sensed something was wrong here when I entered, perhaps last time, I would have fallen into the secret realm's trap too."
This was quite troublesome.
Duan Chen's heart tightened slightly, then loosened abruptly. Fortunately, they had Hill. Fortunately, Hill had been vigilant.
Otherwise, who would have thought that this secret realm, from the very beginning, harbored endless killing intent, intending for them to never return?
"We're here!"
As they got closer, the place Hill felt drawn to was finally reached. After about half a day of travel, Hill suddenly exclaimed.
Her eyes sparkled with joy.
"It's here!"
Appearing before them...
"Careful!"
Duan Chen only glanced once before lunging forward, pushing Hill, who was eagerly about to charge into the area ahead, down beneath him.
His pupils constricted, and his muscles were extremely tense.
Hill struggled, still confused.
Because she felt that what she wanted was right in front of her.
Duan Chen pressed down hard on Hill, who was struggling beneath him.
He silently cursed.
"What the hell is this place?"
"What's wrong?" Jun Ci asked nervously, reaching out to touch Duan Chen.
"Don't touch me!!"
Duan Chen immediately turned and shouted.
However, the shout was too late.
Jun Ci's fingertips had already made contact with Duan Chen's trouser leg.
More importantly, Yuan Qingqing instinctively tried to pull Jun Ci, and Yuan Yuan was being supported by Yuan Qingqing.
"Damn it!"
Duan Chen couldn't hold back and cursed.
He got up from the ground, raking his hair in annoyance.
"What happened?"
Jun Ci was startled.
He instinctively withdrew his fingertips and looked at Duan Chen, whose face was very grim, with a sense of apprehension.
Duan Chen took a deep breath.
"Wiped out!"
"You shouldn't have touched me just now!"
Facing the group's perplexed and questioning gazes, he pouted in annoyance.
"Just now, I subconsciously activated True Sight and God's Eye. I saw with my own eyes that the area ahead, which we were about to step into, was filled with all sorts of chaotic lines that the naked eye cannot see."
"Even though my speed was fast enough, I still touched a part of my body with the lines in the area ahead. And Hill, who was pinned beneath me, was inevitably infected by the lines."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people nearby immediately changed.
Clearly, they had all thought of their own actions and physical contact.
"You mean we've all been infected, right?"
Yuan Qingqing looked at her hand with a particularly grim expression.
But she couldn't see anything unusual.
She examined her hands, her body, and the exposed skin on her surface repeatedly.
Yet, she found no signs of infection.
The others were the same.
Duan Chen took a deep breath.
"Don't bother looking, you won't be able to tell."
"It's not the anomaly that infected us."
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the rules."
As soon as he finished speaking, their vision suddenly went black.
Following that.
They were pulled into a red and black space.
The intermingling of red and black always made people feel a great psychological pressure.
It was like blood slowly flowing.
Like the smell of decay could be smelled in their breath.
Yuan Qingqing frowned subconsciously.
She hated this feeling the most.
Oppressive, terrifying, restraining.
It made people feel uncomfortable from the inside out.
She almost threw up.
[Welcome to my world.]
[Welcome to the first stop of your journey in this world: The Zoo. We hope all travelers will have a pleasant experience in this world.]
[The following are the zoo rules.]
[The zoo contains all the animals of this world. When touring the zoo, you must abide by the zoo's rules, otherwise, irresistible consequences will occur.]
[One, all animals in the zoo are normal. If you see an abnormal animal, please find a staff member immediately to have the animal contained.]
[Two, the staff in this zoo wear red uniforms. If you see staff members wearing blue uniforms, please report them to the real staff members.]
[Three, if you cannot find a real staff member within ten minutes, please immediately open the nearest animal cage and crawl inside. The animals are all friendly and will not harm you.]
[Four, in the Pallas's Cat ecological hall, there are no red Pallas's Cats. If you see a red Pallas's Cat, please report it to the staff immediately.]
[Five, the macaques are very friendly. If you are treated unfriendly by the macaques, please immediately seek assistance from the staff.]
[Six, all animals in this zoo have transcended base desires. Both carnivorous and herbivorous animals do not eat meat.]
[Seven, staff members will only be at their posts during fixed working hours. If you see staff members roaming freely, please avoid them immediately.]
[Eight, if you come into direct contact with a freely roaming staff member and cannot avoid them, please kill them.]