Surviving on the highway, I have a best friend who was reborn.

Chapter 92 Guards

The group made do with the energy batteries, each contributing 100, but still couldn't start it.

"The battery indicator shows it's working, but it's already at 400, why can't it transmit?"

Cody: "The batteries you've brought out have a rather low energy content."

As he spoke, he took out a peanut-sized energy stone from his pocket and handed it to them with some reluctance.

"I thought my older brother and sister wouldn't be short of energy, and they could teleport me along, saving me this energy stone. I didn't expect my older brother and sister to be even poorer than my family."

Yuanqiao: ...

Gao Leyu: ...

They were also unaware that the energy batteries produced by the highway were among the lowest energy sources.

Shi Liu readily accepted the energy stone from the little brat and placed it on the teleportation platform, whereupon the flashing red light turned green.

The teleportation platform was small; several people squeezed together on it to barely activate the teleportation function.

As the base of the teleportation platform shone brightly, a strong green light enveloped them. They instinctively closed their eyes, the space seemed to be distorted, and a buzzing sound came from their ears.

As the light faded, the five appeared in a fairly spacious teleportation hall. There were seven small teleportation platforms arranged neatly, with a giant platform at the very front that looked like it could hold 100 people.

The little boy Cody, oblivious to the dizziness and discomfort caused by the teleportation, ran out of the teleportation hall.

The four followed, and the moment they stepped out of the hall, a cacophony of voices rushed towards them, making their eyes light up.

The central street was spacious, bright, clean, and tidy, without a single polluted monster, and there were even some human figures.

Most of the shops on both sides of the street were closed, except for one supply station with a banner hanging over it, which was bustling with people.

Not far away, there were many tents with the insignia of the guards. The tents were made of heavy canvas, and in the open space at the entrance, there were two teams of people dressed in uniform armor, holding long swords, and standing tall.

Cody listened intently to the captain's words and then ran over there.

Yuanqiao wanted to chase after her to stop her, but rushing forward might get her caught. However, Shiliu reached out and blocked her, indicating that they should see how things went.

I was a little confused, but I obediently walked slowly with them.

Cody happily ran to the guard's tent, where one of the soldiers stopped him.

Cody: "Greetings, officers of the guard. I'm looking for my brother."

“Child, the people being rescued need to go to the supply station to have their contamination levels tested. Your brother might be there too.”

The soldier looked serious, but he was patient with the public, especially children.

“No, my brother is also a member of the guard. I came in from the outer city to find him, just to know if he is still alive.”

He hadn't told Yuanqiao and the others something. He seemed to have received news in the outer city that his brother had sacrificed himself while cleaning up the polluted monsters, but he didn't believe it, so he came to find his brother.

He was afraid that if he told Yuanqiao and the others, they would know that he was all alone without his brother who worked in the guard team, and that they had abandoned him.

"It's too dangerous! How could they let a little kid like you come to such a dangerous dungeon? What's your brother's name?"

"These weren't the words of a soldier," the guard captain, who was giving a speech on the platform, strode over and asked.

Cody became somewhat timid when he saw the imposing captain of the guard asking him a rather unfriendly question.

"My brother's full name is Isaac Price. Sir, my brother is very capable; he shouldn't have died. There must be some mistake..."

As she spoke, she began to cry with sadness.

The captain frowned. The name didn't sound familiar; it was indeed possible he had sacrificed himself while clearing out the contaminated monster. However, seeing the little boy crying so sadly, he didn't draw a conclusion and signaled his men to check the information. At this moment, Yuan Qiao and the others approached. Gao Leyu stepped forward and greeted them.

"Hello, we're here to help clean up the polluted monsters."

They thought the little boy with the translation hairpin would have to translate, but to their surprise, the guard captain understood and there was no language barrier between them.

"I know that. People with a certain level of strength will carry language-related props with them or have universal language skills."

Yuanqiao started explaining to them this, something she had learned in Pipi's instance, where she could communicate with the people of Kairiel Town without any problems.

Because their town is wealthy, almost everyone has purchased language-related skills.

The captain of the guards sized up the four of them, somewhat annoyed at the people guarding the entrance to the barrier. How could they so easily let children with no fighting ability and people with weak strength into the dungeon?

Many civilians have already been sacrificed, and now they are sending more people to their deaths. At this moment, he really wanted to contact the person in charge of the outer city and give them a good scolding.

Yuanqiao is registering people. Since they're already here, the team leader should make arrangements. Let's try to assign them to areas with lower risk for cleaning.

A short while later, the soldier returned with his report after completing the search.

Cody's brother Isaac did indeed go missing last week while on a mission to clear out a group of corrupted multi-eyed beasts, which like to drag living people back to their packs to feed their young with fresh brains.

Due to incomplete information, many people were killed and many soldiers were captured alive in that battle.

Cody's brother is likely in grave danger; he has essentially been presumed dead.

Upon hearing of such a cruel way to die, Cody broke down and cried uncontrollably.

At this moment, the soldiers in the camp all looked at him and fell silent, because death was all too common in the current dungeon.

They had long been prepared to sacrifice themselves for the city of Sashara.

I just wonder if my family members will be just as devastated when they learn of my sacrifice.

Later, Gao Leyu led Cody to the tent arranged by the guard team. Now, any building in the city could be infested with polluted monsters, making it unsafe to live there, especially since monsters with special skills could ambush people.

All the survivors and the guards set up camp on the central street, which was spacious and had a large area. Even if the polluted monsters attacked, the central street formation would serve as the last line of defense.

"I wonder where the captain and the others are now, and whether they have found the teleportation platform to the central street."

Whether Gao Leyu threatened or coaxed, he finally shut Cody's wailing mouth.

While having dinner and chatting with An Muya, they were indeed very happy when Huo Zhixing first summoned them, feeling like they had found an official organization.

However, after forming a team and spending more time together, it became clear that Captain Huo was more suited to giving orders from the office and didn't really understand how to lead a team in combat.

He was good at balancing things, and his resource allocation seemed reasonable, but An Muya and Gao Leyu vaguely sensed that it was not conducive to their growth.

Gao Leyu didn't know what to do either. There was still a short time, and he couldn't find anything wrong to make a scene.

So he basically makes excuses not to go on non-essential tasks.

However, Anmuya was very hardworking. She didn't want to slack off or be suppressed in her development, so she would run dungeons whenever she had the chance. Without a team, the things she obtained by doing quests on her own were not something they had the right to ask her to hand over and distribute equally.

The fixed team consists of five people, but Captain Huo wants to expand his influence, so the resources he uses to recruit people are only squeezed from the few who are capable.

More or less, there has been some alienation.

Anmuya did not answer him.

(End of this chapter)