281 Entering the Desolate City (2/2)

”We'll check one spot out at a time.”

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The seventeen people made their way into the desolated city. The road that was meant to be used for transportation into the city was fully blocked with rusted, abandoned cars. The way they had ended up was enough to illustrate how the people decided to abandon their cars to flee for their lives during the incident.

Things like cars were quite useless in a large-scale calamity, since they relied heavily on roads.

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They began to see remains of houses after passing along the highways.

The main road had been broken apart. The cracks spread throughout the entire road, with plants growing in the gaps. It felt like the life force of the trees alone was enough to drill across the road.

The houses were entirely covered in dust, stacked densely together. Vines continued to climb upward and into the windows, growing thickly and leaving the inside in a total mess. The trees everywhere lacked someone looking after them, and seemed to be shrouding the heavens.

Currently, the students from both the Imperial College and the Pearl Institute were walking on the main road. They could hear occasional animal cries in the distance, explaining their alert expressions.

This residential area was the first place they needed to investigate. Judging from the data, it was highly possible that this area was previously the territory of beasts, as most of rooms had animal droppings piled up in a corner.

”I can't imagine what happened here. This used to be a city.” Bai Tingting seemed to be quite sentimental as he sighed.

When a city was at its end, when you could not find a living person on the streets, a person would feel quite lonely and devastated. It was something that they had not experienced before.

Desolated was surely the best way to describe this city.

”We should find somewhere save to settle ourselves,” Shen Mingxiao proposed.

”We finally arrived at the city. We have to make sure we can escape easily. It should be near the edge, with some great defense...” Lu Zhenghe said.

”So where should we pick as our place?” Song Xia asked.

”Inside a building, we should use one as our base. Some of them are connected to the others, allowing us to escape easily,” Lu Zhenghe went on.

”That's right, the taller buildings would also grant us a greater field of vision, which would be better for us when standing guard. Otherwise, it will be hard to tell if a large group of beasts is approaching.”

”I think that one's not too bad.” Mo Fan pointed at a building in the distance.

A large, blocky building stood firmly in the distance. It did not look too filthy, as if it had been occasionally washed by the rain.

Most importantly, the building seemed relatively fine compared to the other buildings. Not only did it have many floors, it had a magnificent aura to it, too.

”You do know how to pick the place...” Song Xia let out a smile as she identified the building on the map. ”That used to be the city's Administration Hall!”