Chapter 1220 (1/2)

Chapter 1220: 387. Rumors and Gossip

Noland Lee avoided the objects contaminated by Tarsali, and searched all around at ground level, the situation of the entire Pollution Zone became clear in his mind.

It was indeed a vast Pollution Zone, but there weren’t many places worth exploring.

The combination of a Transparent Barrier and Abandoned Urban Areas was common within the Pollution Zone. After making a round, Noland Lee had roughly encountered the remnants of about 10 urban districts.

Beyond these districts, the sky was filled with yellow sand, and the earth was dark as Scorched Earth.

One could imagine that before the Abandoned Urban Areas became the Death Steel Soldier’s territory, each district, under the protection of the Transparent Barrier, had formed relatively independent ecosystems, isolated from the harsh environment outside.

And between the districts, they were connected by subways.

Unless they could find a small hole in the Transparent Barrier like Noland Lee, it was impossible for an ordinary Wizard to enter an urban district from the ground.

On his exploratory journey, Noland saw many Wizards scratching their heads outside the Transparent Barrier, blocked by the barrier that was both indestructible and crystal clear.

Furthermore, any Wizard entering the Pollution Zone would appear directly upon the Scorched Earth outside the Barrier.

Tarsali and the group of Metal Series Wizards who obeyed him must have received support from the Death Steel Legion to be able to pass through the Transparent Barrier and enter the Underground Area.

Upon reflection, Noland realized that if he wanted to stir up the situation, he must help the Wizards find a way into the underground.

The plan to forcibly break through the rock soil layer above the Underground Factory probably wouldn’t work.

Noland had gone there to check, and although there were no Death Steel Soldiers or Metal Series Wizards or Tarsali’s metal objects on the ground, about ten meters below the soil, there appeared a Transparent Barrier.

The underground Transparent Barrier perfectly wrapped the entire Underground Factory and was connected with the Barrier that protected the subway.

This was exactly as described in the deconstruction result, written by the System:

“The urban area’s Barrier is seamlessly integrated with the underground facility’s Barrier.”

The plan of violently breaking through from the ground level to the Underground Factory was not viable, so Noland turned his attention to the small holes in the urban district barriers.

Out of the 10 urban districts Noland discovered, 9 were Death Steel Legion Barracks.

The buildings in the districts were packed with cold, hard, merciless Death Steel Soldiers, which stood silently in the rooms like dolls in a display cabinet, shoulder to shoulder, crowding against each other.

A few uniquely talented Wizards found the small holes in the Transparent Barrier and penetrated them with a Flight Spell.

This group of Wizards was somewhat reckless.

They had already felt the suppression of their Spell Casting Ability by the mysterious environment outside the Barrier and assumed that the intensity of the Barrier’s environment inside wouldn’t be too different.

The moment they passed through the Barrier and touched ground, they were horrified to discover they had completely lost their ability to cast spells and couldn’t normally use Magical Items powered by Magic Energy to protect themselves.

Before they had time for regret or escape, numerous gun barrels extended from the pitch-black buildings, spewing out intense flames at them.