PFRG: Chapter 78

Chi Ting was indeed intrigued by this ability that had too much application in this instance.

Then after learning more about it, he could only sigh deeply.

Song Xuefeng’s ability was Holy Light Realm, which was essentially a healing ability. It couldn’t delay the occurrence of alienation. It could only provide some support in the process of enduring this stage and assist the other party through this period of extreme suffering.

It wasn’t as targeted as Cang Si’s ability but it could at least be used to assist others. Meanwhile, Cang Si’s ability was only effective on himself.

It only took effect on himself which meant that Cang Si’s ability wasn’t of much significance to others.

The young man noticed Chi Ting’s expression and looked at him with a bit of apprehension, “T-Then can you take me with you?”

Just as Chi Ting was about to answer, the man next to him asked with a smile, “Why should we take you with us?”

Chi Ting glanced at Yue Ren and took back the words that had risen to his lips.

Cang Si was obviously confused by such an overly emotionless question. He paused for a moment before saying, “There is a problem with this instance. I’m afraid that I will be in danger alone. If possible, I still hope to have the opportunity to act collectively.”

He tried to make a comparison. “You should be able to see that apart from my personal ability ensuring a stable degree of alienation, my combat ability… is really weak.”

Yue Ren disagreed. “As long as the development level is pushed to 100%, this instance can be successfully cleared. Isn’t it enough to ensure that the alienation level is stable? You can withstand the pressure of alienation and not be caught as a volunteer. What dangers can there be for you?”

Cang Si was stunned for a moment and looked surprised. “Huh? Don’t you know yet?”

“What should I know?”

Cang Si explained, “…It has already spread. There is trouble in Area B! I heard that some volunteers from there ran out uncontrollably. Many researchers couldn’t bear the heavy casualties and were alienated. Basically, it is occupied by alien species. At the time when I opened the permissions for Area C, the person in charge just received the news and left in a hurry. I don’t know how to deal with it. If it continues at this pace, Area C and Area D will be affected sooner or later.”

His expression was full of sorrow. “There is a really big problem in this instance. Isn’t it obviously a development game? Why did it evolve into this situation?”

Chi Ting’s eyes showed a bit of surprise.

Everything was normal when they arrived in Area C today, and they had been checking information in the database since then.

He had noticed that there were noticeably fewer researchers around on the way to the archives, but he hadn’t taken it to heart. He never expected that something like this had happened outside.

If Area B got out of control.

Song Xuefeng had probably gone back to sleep with Ji Xingque at this time. It wasn’t known how many people in the Watchtower team were still in the danger zone.

Yue Ren glanced at Chi Ting’s expression and didn’t need to ask. “Do you want to save people again? Tsk, didn’t you plan to set up a cold and ruthless persona?”

Chi Ting: “……”

Yue Ren sighed slowly. “Forget it. Since you want to, I will accompany you to see it.”

After talking like this, he naturally put his arm around Chi Ting’s shoulder and looked around. “Where is Song Xuefeng’s lounge?”

Chi Ting was silent for a moment but didn’t push the man away. “This way.”

Before going back to the rest area, Chi Ting didn’t forget to find a researcher NPC in Area C to confirm the situation.

After inquiring, it could be found that the current situation in Area B was much more serious than what Cang Si said. Even the NPC they questioned only gave a hasty answer before leaving immediately. His inhuman characteristics might be very obvious, but this look of rushing to pack up and run away seemed to be full of a desire for survival.

The officially determined difficult situation allowed Chi Ting to quickly return to the rest area without hesitation.

He found Song Xuefeng, and this person was indeed sleeping. Song Xuefeng heard about the incident in Area B and glanced around with a blank look on his face. Then his eyes stayed on Cang Si, who had been following them.

Without any surprise, his focus of attention went astray. “Who is this?”

Chi Ting said, “A player who entered in the same batch as us. He is the one who told us about the situation in Area B.”

“Oh.” Song Xuefeng nodded slowly but it wasn’t known how much he understood. He stretched out his hand and rubbed the top of his hair. “Several members of the Watchtower team aren’t in good condition at this time. They should still be resting. If nothing happened, Captain Rong and Lan Pengyue should still be in Area B. Their luck has never been good. If there is any trouble, they will most likely be trapped.”

Yue Ren said, “You don’t look worried at all.”

“What is there to be worried about?” Song Xuefeng looked like he wasn’t interested in life or death at all. “Life or death are determined by destiny. Wealth and honor are in the sky. When it is time to die, you should die.”

Yue Ren clapped slowly. “It would be good if your captain could be as transparent as you.”

“……” Chi Ting interrupted Yue Ren’s in-depth discussion on life issues and drew Song Xuefeng’s attention back. “Old Song, do you remember the location of the rest room of the Watchtower team? Take me there to confirm the situation. If anyone is still trapped in Area B, I will push the development level to 60% and go there to take a look.”

Song Xuefeng had guessed this would be the result early on and sighed deeply. He had no energy, but he still stood up. “Okay, come with me.”

Chi Ting turned around and was about to leave. Then he noticed that the person behind him was about to follow him again. He paused and looked back. “You can stay with Little Bird. You just pushed the research progress once today. You should wait until tomorrow to see the situation.”

After saying this, he saw that Yue Ren was about to open his mouth to refute it. Chi Ting said slowly, “I’m going to Area B now to see if I can help save people, but this move to Area B will be meaningless if I end up putting any of you in danger in order to save people. Do you understand what I mean?”

Under such a gaze, Yue Ren listened calmly. Then he showed a smile and stopped his feet that were about to follow.

He stood there and made a ‘please’ gesture very cooperatively. “Of course, I understand. I feel your concern.”

Chi Ting: “……”

He always felt that the focus of this person’s attention was a bit too biased, but it seemed that there was no big problem in understanding if he really wanted to study it in detail.

He didn’t say anything else. He let Song Xuefeng lead the way in front and left quickly.

Yue Ren stood there for a long time until the two figures completely disappeared around the corner. Then he turned his head and looked at the other person left. “Aren’t you going to take a look together?”

“Huh? I’m not going.” Cang Si repeatedly shook his head. “If I really go to that type of chaotic scene, it would be good if I could protect myself, let alone do things like rescuing people. I guess I will only detail things. I will wait until the situation is more stable.”

Yue Ren sighed. “You are very self-aware. I guess you are more likable like this.”

These words with an unknown meaning fell into his ears, making Cang Si look dazed for a while.

Yue Ren obviously didn’t intend to explain anything. He smiled meaningfully and silently. Then he turned around and left.

Cang Si noticed the direction in which he left and was stunned. Then he said, “Oh, the direction you are walking in seems to be…”

Yue Ren didn’t look back and waved with his back to Cang Si. “Go back to your lounge and don’t worry about other things.”

On the other side, Chi Ting was led by Song Xuefeng and found the lounge of the Watchtower team.

As speculated before, apart from the two members who stayed in the lounge to rest, Rong Jie and Lan Pengyue did stay in Area B.

After hearing about the incident in Area B, the expressions of the two team members changed. They were about to stand up, but Song Xuefeng calmly stopped them. “You just lie down. If I was you, I would never think about causing trouble. In this case, you might not be able to save people even if you go. Or do you want to rush to join the team of the alien species to hunt down your captain?”

The two members of the Watchtower team: “……” This pierced their hearts.

“It’s okay. I’ll go check the situation and try to help you bring the two people back,” Chi Ting said before clicking on the panel to confirm. Currently, there were still five people with authority in Area B. It could be seen that Rong Jie and Lang Pengyue were still alive.

He closed the panel and glanced at Song Xuefeng. “Old Song, you stay too.”

Song Xuefeng nodded without any objections.

After entering Area B, he had only been fulfilling the daily demand to push the development progress. This meant his alienation degree was currently relatively stable. Even so, he had been in Area B for several days, and his research progress had reached 76%, while his own indicators were close to 50%.

In an area where an alien species crisis had broken out, the radiation-like pollution would reach extreme levels in a short period of time. Just walking through the area was already a very dangerous thing. If drastic measures were taken, the consequences would be even more unpredictable.

After all, Song Xuefeng was a healer. The most suitable position for him was to wait behind the battle lines, ready to receive the wounded at any time.

His self-awareness had always been clear, and he had no intention of going. However, when he saw Chi Ting getting up, he couldn’t help giving a reminder, “Captain, you should also pay attention to yourself.”

Chi Ting paused slightly before smiling. “Don’t worry. I know myself.”

Song Xuefeng didn’t say anything else.

He saw Chi Ting’s figure gradually leaving his sight. After making sure the other person couldn’t hear it, he sighed helplessly. “If only you were really aware…”

The volunteers in Area B had a development level of over 60%. According to the current known situation, the researchers inside might have been affected by this outbreak. In this case, the intensity of the surrounding radiation-like contamination was estimated to rise infinitely toward 80%.

Placed in their own world, this level of alienation was definitely a high-risk area with S-grade security. Even with Chi Ting’s current degree of alienation, the risk was huge and it wasn’t advisable to stay for long.

However, there was no hesitation at all in the silhouette that left just now.

Many scenes from the past slowly flashed through Song Xuefeng’s mind. Vaguely, he felt that he seemed to have returned to the scene of the Dawn team searching and rescuing people in various risk areas.

There was a hint of a strange emotion in the aqua blue eyes that were always in a sorrowful state.

After coming to this unlimited flow world, he had clearly decided that he would never live such a hard and tiring life again.

All he could say was that there was really nothing he could do against the captain…

Song Xuefeng sighed deeply in his heart and finally moved.

“Brother Song, where are you going?” Such a movement made the members of the Watchtower team look over.

“Go to the exit of Area B. After lying down for so long, it is time to get ready to work. If there is no one to respond when they really need it, things will be really troublesome,” Song Xuefeng replied in a lazy tone as he slowly put on his coat. He rolled his sleeves up before suddenly smiling with an unknown meaning. “I don’t want to admit it, but this is really… a feeling I haven’t felt in a long time.”