Sentry: The guide who's getting extra help is very busy today.

The list was sent to her screen that day.

【Shuzao】: In addition to the Thousand Lantern Guide and her personal sentinel.

Qiandeng could see the circle, and cleaning up the pollutants inside the circle was more valuable than staying to work at the White Pagoda.

[Bethlia]: Yes.

The sentry guarding Bao Shuzao has been changed; he's now Xingyao.

She replied, and Xingyao typed the response.

"Xingyao, open the family group chat and ask them who wants to go."

"Is this a good way to send it?"

"Okay, sure." She took a grape from the plate, put it to her lips, and tilted her head back to feed him.

A message notification sounded in the group chat, and she was passionately kissing Xingyao's neck.

It was ten minutes later before I could reply.

【泊宥】: I'm going.

【舟缈】：I'm going.

It's obvious without even thinking that Etheris can't go!

They were like sentinels at home who hadn't even reached the SSSS-level gate yet, and they were incredibly anxious.

The contaminated area is dangerous, and with their personal guides not around, their nerves are on high alert, which can unleash their potential in dangerous situations.

【鸢礼】：I will listen to Shuzao.

[Fu Yuan]: Me too.

Elizabeth told them about Bethlia's visit to Shuzao.

"How many do you think would be appropriate?"

Xingyao didn't say it was entirely up to Shuzao to decide; she asked herself because she was undecided and conflicted.

What he needed to do was to ascertain her thoughts.

"I suggest three go. Bo You and Zhou Miao must go; they need to grow. Last time, Yuan Li went; this time, let Fu Yuan go."

You need to keep an SSSS-level Sentinel at home!

If we still have to rely on Shuzao to take the lead in everything as before, it won't lighten her burden. What's the point of Fuyuan and Yuanli becoming SSSS-level sentinels?

Only by protecting our own families can we protect the greater good.

Fu Yuan and Yuan Li are fighting coolly at the front, while their base at the rear has been raided.

If their personal guide dies, neither of them will survive.

However, sending Zhou Miao and Bo You alone without an SSSS-level sentry to protect them would be too dangerous.

"Do as you say."

"it is good."

【Shuzao】：@Boyou@Zhoumiao@Fuyuan, you three go.

【Shuzao】: @Boyou, go to the treatment room for a check-up before you leave.

"Ding-dong."

back in seconds.

[Boyou]: Don't worry, the hair color just looks scary, I'm fine.

Shu Zao reached up and touched her palm, palm facing upwards. Xing Yao reached for her hand, touched it a few times, and then slowly spoke:

"Message Bethlia and tell her which ones went to the 88th floor."

"Right away." Xingyao typed quickly, the girl in his arms was being naughty and needed to be 'disciplined'.

While Shu was with Xingyao, Elisai went to Boyou and asked his family for medicine.

These medicines are not available on the market and are monopolized by large families who exchange them for what they need.

"This will help with recovery, this..."

Etheris, who was standing nearby, listened intently, and as soon as Elisa stopped, he quickly asked, "What about me? What about me?"

"You'll get your share; yours is in my room." He's not lacking in emotional intelligence; how could he possibly only want one portion?

Moreover, some of the data in Shuzao's laboratory was provided free of charge to the families behind them.

If I need some medicine, how can my family refuse to give it to me?

I intended to give them to them privately, but I ran into five of them in the hallway!

Fu Yuan: "I asked my family for some life-saving equipment, it's almost finished, and I should be able to get it before this mission."

I urged him as soon as I got back to my room, and I had to get it ready and send it to him even if it meant staying up all night.

Bo You: "I also got something, it arrived today." He pulled out an unopened package.

Etheris: "Um... I need it now, have the family send it tonight."

His family has a poor background and nothing of value, so he doesn't even bother to think about it; otherwise, he would have already emptied the place.

Since Fu Yuan and his family had set an example, it wouldn't be right for him not to ask his family to send something.

Zhou Miao has no family behind her.

Yuanli's family was reduced to just him, and all assets were transferred to Shuzao's name from the beginning.

After they separated, Zhou Miao went to the training room. She had no family and no assets.

(Most of his assets were spent on his medical treatment.)

Similarly, Yuanli, who had no family backing, inherited his family's enormous assets and became the first SSSS-level sentinel in the White Tower and the central city.

The only one without a matching lineage, Bo You, entered the 88th floor with a huge inheritance (all of Bangula's assets) and the support of his family.

While Etheris's family wasn't particularly prominent, the entire clan was loyal and devoted to Shuzao, making them a new force cultivated by Shuzao.

Elizabeth, Fuyuan, and Xingyao are far inferior to him, for they come from great families.

The major families joined forces to monopolize the upper-level resources of the White Pagoda and the central city.

Even if they have many siblings, the family will still help them out if something happens.

This is not as simple as just saying it.

Moreover, now that Shu Zao is in power, their family resources are being poured into her.

All things considered, I have no advantage whatsoever.

The initial strategy of keeping a low profile and waiting for the right opportunity was a joke!

The two rings that Shu had placed on Bethlia were gone, but the two new rings they had broken off were now on her.

The day before departure, Guan Zhou came to Shu Zao to borrow a layer of ring, but she refused, her real reason being that she herself only had one layer of ring left.

The remaining circles were given to Bethlia and her personal sentinel.

The other party arrived late.

"If you won't leave the White Pagoda, I can borrow the remaining ring."

Shu Zao hurriedly left Guan Zhou: "Impossible, go back and get some rest."

This is what happens when you scout out a spot!

Guan Zhou entered the elevator with a resentful look on his face, and Etheris was standing behind Shu Zao at some point.

"Good morning."

"Hmm," Shu Zao turned around and saw his face clearly, teasingly asking, "Who did you mess with and got beaten up?"

"They've all become SSSS-level Sentinels, will you look down on me?"

He stayed at home and didn't slack off or skip training, but training can't keep up with the progress he made in the contaminated area.

With a personal guide, his mindset changed, and he was no longer as resistant to contaminated areas as before.

The main problem was that the gap between him and the team on the 88th floor was widening, which made him anxious.

"What do you dislike about me? Do you dislike that I'm an SSS-level Sentinel at 19?"

Even if he were considered a genius within the family, he would still be considered a genius in the context of the White Tower and the central city.

In Nylonko's words, Etheris's genes must have mutated, otherwise he wouldn't be so outstanding.

"In the current situation, a 19-year-old SSS-class Sentinel isn't anything special. What the world needs are SSS-class Sentinels and special guides."

Even if he breaks through all the barriers, he might not be able to break through to SSSS level.

"You're so dejected, even your spirits have gone weak," Shu Zao slapped his back a few times. "Be firmer. You have to maintain the firmness you have on the bed, even if you don't get even firmer off the bed."

She closed the door, and her words made Etheris blush.

"How come she's so provocative? She's even more provocative than me!" These kinds of words just slipped out of his mouth; he had absolutely no resistance to them.

As Etheris lay in bed, the dejection that had just surfaced in her mind was automatically playing on repeat by Shuzao's words.

He felt less sad and more preoccupied with shame and disbelief.

All night I kept muttering to myself: "Why is she like this?", "Who corrupted her?", "She flirted with me"...

Under the bed was a corpse, a pillowcase.

The team set off.

Etheris hugged his family members goodbye—yes, he hugged them goodbye!

They suppressed their agitation and hugged him.

His desire to enter the contaminated area was known throughout the entire 88th floor.

"Alright, let's stop watching," Shuzao said, leading Etheris home. "You use your abilities every time a Sentinel is promoted, so it's a kind of training."

The polluted area presents both danger and opportunity; he stayed away from both the opportunity and the danger.

"Shuzao, hold my hand tightly." It was too loose; it felt like only he was desperately trying to hold on.

"Hurry up."

Xingyao and the others walked silently beside them.

Agsa Aipa White Pagoda

"Mingyou and Mumai are keeping an eye on the White Tower. Are we sure we should still proceed?"

Why can't we recruit more new members?

Do you know any other living people of your kind?

The White Tower and the central city—all they knew about each other was that they were living traitors without their own sentries!

All of this was Nironko's doing.

The other party is swift and decisive; once they arouse his suspicion, they will all be killed to prevent future troubles.

The reason was given: traitor!

They even found 'evidence'!

His method of killing led him to inadvertently kill many traitors and ruin many plans that had not yet been implemented.

The guides and sentries who tried to assassinate him failed the first time, and afterwards, he was surrounded by a large number of sentries in the shadows, making it impossible for them to make a move.

Enshaw carefully observed Xili's expression: "Shall we surrender? Anyway, neither of us has our own sentinels, so we can just think of ourselves."

If Xili shows a negative expression, she immediately changes her tune.

Given the current situation, it's appropriate to stand with the White Pagoda and the central city. What they initially wanted, they already obtained from the pollutants, so there's really no need to die with them.

Such petty exploitation is nothing compared to the importance of life. If you need anything, just beckon with your finger, and the appeased sentry will offer it up with both hands in no time.

I have experience in this area.

No matter how harsh the environment, he could survive; otherwise, he would never have chosen the path of betrayal.

If you can cover all risks, there's nothing you can't try.

Xili, fully dressed, said, "The situation isn't settled yet, what are we going to do! Let's go."

Enshrin: Nironko held a grudge because I submitted my vote too late.

On the surface, she obeyed Xili: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

I can't beat Xili, and the other party doesn't like repeating the same thing over and over.

As soon as they left the White Tower, the Netherworld Vein contacted Nilonko.

west Li and Shi Xiaoen were people that I, Mu Mai, and our dedicated sentinels had to work day and night to eliminate a bunch of sentinels and guides and keep an eye on for a long time before we finally spotted them!

"Ding-dong."

【Nironco】: If they enter the contaminated area, kill them on the spot.

[Mumai]: Received.

"Keep up with them."

Beslia's team did not return to Maurice Dubonne White Tower. After clearing one layer of the circle, the team urgently returned to Yuri Ruda White Tower for supplies.

The industry is so strange.

Fu Yuan originally intended to clean themselves up at the White Tower of Yuli Ruda before returning to the White Tower to comfort Shu Zao.

To everyone's surprise, she was standing at the entrance of the Yuri Ruda White Tower.

"Did you guys go rolling around in the mud?" Shu Zao wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

The personal sentry was filthy and smelly; even rolling around in a cesspool wouldn't have been as pungent.

The problem is that it not only smells bad, but it also stings your eyes. The closer you get, the more your eyes hurt.

"That enclosure is a cesspool!"

She looked at the sentry who had spoken—Oh ho! He was too dirty for her to recognize.

"Didn't you wipe it down a couple of times on the way back?" Shuzao waved to her personal sentries, signaling them to follow.

They had changed their clothes and were clean, but the "face mask" on their skin was still on.

She took a few quick steps forward before regaining her speed, and Shu Zao thought she had subtly widened the distance between them.

Little did she know, her personal sentinels were watching her every move.

It pierced the hearts of the dedicated sentinels!

Bo You forced a smile: "It can't be wiped off. It needs special treatment in the treatment room. Shuzao, we'll go to the treatment room first and then come back to find you."

In the short term, special cleaning can remove it, but if it's left on for a long time, you'll live with this horrible appearance for the rest of your life.

"You... ate it?" There were black specks stuck between his teeth, and Shuzao felt that she couldn't bring herself to eat Boyou lately.

Bo You gritted his teeth and said, "It's not excrement, there are no exceptions, everyone ate it all." After saying that, he glared at the sentinel who said that the circle was the cesspool.

"Oh right, it's not manure."

"The smell will be gone once it's washed clean."

"Yes, it tastes bitter, but it's not feces."

The scene was chaotic, and the sentries and guides on the mission had obvious black mouths.

Yuri Ruda White Tower's commander arranged for sentries to lead the group.

Guides are given priority to enter the treatment room, followed by sentinels with high contamination levels, then sentinels with their own guides, and finally, single sentinels with low contamination levels.

"Commander Shuzao."

"What does Commander Beslia want with me? To make a long story short, I need to appease my personal sentinel later."

Beslia extended a gesture of goodwill: "I forgot to thank you before. Thank you for not having Speaker Nylonko cancel the team's benefits."

"We have no enmity, and we share the same goal." Those eleven words reassured Bethlia.

"You're best suited for that position."

"Oh, so my ambition is now blatantly obvious?"

Bethlia's eyes were mocking: "You hid it? You were practically saying it outright."

She's done so many things in secret; a little investigation would reveal it.

"Whether it's suitable or not depends on whether we can survive to the end. You messaged me to come to Yuri Ruda White Tower to appease the personal sentinel. When are we going to set off?"

Bethelia told her that the group wasn't going back to Maurice Dubonne White Tower, and that they would probably be leaving soon after returning.

"We'll set off after we've calmed them down."

Shu Zao was greatly impressed and gave him a thumbs up repeatedly: "Model worker! If you need anything, just ask Speaker Nilonko. If he won't give it to you, I'll find it myself."

Ending this matter as soon as possible will benefit the subsequent development of people's livelihoods.

"Okay, I've said what I needed to say. Do you have anything to add?"

Shu Zao shook her head from side to side.

Bethlia left decisively: "Goodbye."

After having a meal, Shu Zao had her personal sentries line up to comfort Zhou Miao. When it was Zhou Miao's turn, she sat cross-legged, not in a hurry to comfort her.

His pollution level wasn't high, but his condition wasn't very good.

"Sit next to me." She patted the seat next to her.

"Um."

"What's wrong with you? Ever since you came back and saw me, you've been turning your face away and looking down."

They looked as if they were afraid the other sentries or guides would find out they knew each other.

"I haven't reached the SSSS level threshold."

"I know." There's no need to emphasize it; even using Nironko's method, only a very few Sentinels can reach the SSSS level.

Her expectations had been lowered to the bare minimum.

"Boyou touched it."

Shuzao: I understand.

She shifted her position, moving closer to Zhou Miao's side, took his hand, and rested her head on his shoulder.

"As long as you try, there is hope. It's not that it's impossible, it's just that the time hasn't come yet, you..."

One comforting word after another left Zhou Miao completely bewildered.

Her personal sentinels are all the type who respond better to gentleness than force; if she speaks softly, they become incredibly obedient.