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

Upon seeing the complete list sent by Beslia, Nilonko immediately called Shuzao.

"Commander Shuzao, are you sure you want to enter the safe zone?"

"Sure."

Why?

"For the greater good." She wasn't wrong. If Zhou Miao reached the SSSS level, wouldn't that increase the White Tower and the central city's bargaining power against pollutants within the circle?

"Come back soon." Without saying anything more, Nironko respected her choice.

"Um."

The day of departure has arrived.

She simply tied her hair into a bun, and with everything ready, she opened the door to find her personal sentry already waiting.

"Walk."

The dedicated sentinels: "Roger that."

Guan Zhou was quite surprised to see Shu Zao inside, so he squeezed into the car and sat next to her to find out what was going on.

Shu Zao's attention was drawn to the scars on Guan Zhou's face: "What happened to the scars on your face?"

The scars on the other person's face couldn't be covered up with powder; the wounds were quite deep.

If Etheris, that loudspeaker, were involved in the mission, she would definitely know the details without having to ask Guan Zhou.

Guan Zhou said nonchalantly, "It's from pollutants. It can't be cured; it's just a scar."

She nodded, then said in suspense, "You'll know what I'm going to do when we get there."

If I really don't care, I won't use makeup. I'll deal with scar removal after everything is over.

They can make a profit, and the healed sentries and guides are also in a good mood.

Once outside the circle, Bethlia looked at Shuzao, who shrugged; she wasn't the leader and wouldn't say anything.

"Get into the circle."

The pollutants in the circle were troublesome, so she didn't take action and instead sat on Liuer's lap to observe her surroundings.

Zhou Miao stood guard beside her, as was her intention.

Shu Zao suddenly shoved Zhou Miao from behind: "Go on, fight your way out if you want to live."

Fortunately, it wasn't too far from the ground, otherwise Zhou Miao would have lost its combat capability upon landing.

The other sentries wanted to help Zhou Miao, but Shu Zao scolded them, "Don't break formation! Have you finished cleaning up the contaminants?"

She searched for a long time to find this auspicious spot; why are they just making a fuss over nothing?

Etheris secretly helped Zhou Miao, and in return, he was hit by Xi Yu's stick, groaning in pain.

Immediately afterwards, Shu Zao's sinister voice rang in his ear: "If you disobey my orders again, I'll throw you in too."

"Etheris, come with me." Xingyao pulled Etheris away.

If this hothead keeps standing there, he'll only anger the guide.

Surrounded by layers of pollutants, Zhou Miao heard Shu Zao telling Etheris not to interfere in helping her.

Although Bethlia didn't understand what Shuzao wanted to do, she chose to listen to Shuzao and ordered the team to ignore Zhoumiao's side.

Zhou Miao also heard this order.

He stood below, looking up at Shuzao, who was sitting on Liuer's back, swinging her legs. She smiled and gave him a thumbs-up.

Seeing that he was outnumbered and outmatched, the pollutants swarmed towards him, increasing the number of wounds on his body, turning the entire sentry red—covered in blood! His own!

A large chunk of flesh was ripped off his back.

"what!"

Next came the legs, so deep that the bone was visible.

"Hmm!"

The sentry who couldn't stand it and wanted to step forward was stopped by Xiyu.

Shu Zao loudly warned, "This concerns the 88th floor; everyone, please don't interfere."

"What did Commander Zhou Miao do to anger Commander Shu Zao?"

That's ruthless! It's like being treated like an enemy.

"Who knew? Rumors circulated before that she was protecting her personal sentinel, but now it seems that was just a rumor."

Zhou Miao is practically skin and bones, yet she doesn't make a move; it's clear she wants him dead.

That's terrible.

Xingyao glanced at Zhoumiao, then at Shuzao, unable to fathom her thoughts.

Zhou Miao is not in good condition right now. She just watches calmly, as if she doesn't care at all whether Zhou Miao can live or die.

Never mind, she is Shuzao, and everything she does has a reason. I didn't help her find it.

Shu Zao didn't reveal her method to anyone; what she wanted was to survive in a desperate situation without any preparation.

The will to survive led Zhou Miao to fight her way out of the encirclement!

Even if we fail, Etheris's abilities will come to the rescue, so there's no rush.

In just a short while, Zhou Miao lost an arm.

"Zhou Miao, is this all the strength you have? Too weak." She took a sip of chilled mango juice, gulped it down, and spoke coldly.

If you're going to be a bed warmer, keep fighting like a limp wimp. If you get old and lose your looks and I abandon you, you deserve it; don't blame me.

The indifference in Shu Zao's eyes stung Zhou Miao. She didn't need him, and even had thoughts of abandoning him.

No wonder she only comforted him when they got back and didn't touch him.

Damn it, he actually dared to hope that she would save him. Shu probably already saw him as a burden.

"Hahaha." Zhou Miao's smile was bitter.

The sentry on the 88th floor saw that his smiling face remained unchanged, but his eyes revealed some emotions. Shu Zao, on the other hand, remained unchanged from beginning to end, his mouth as if it were coated with poison.

"So dramatic." He even made Xiyu scoop up a lot of pollutants and throw them at him.

Zhou Miao: "......"

Gradually, his vision blurred, and he struggled more and more to resist the pollutants.

"Shu Zao, Zhou Miao is dying, he's really dying."

"Slap!" Etheris received a slap across the face.

It was Xiyu who dragged Etheris to Shuzao's side to receive the "reward".

"You hit me?" Etheris touched her face in disbelief. She used to only hit him with her fists!

"Have you forgotten what kind of personality I am after not going on a mission for so long?" Shu Zao grabbed Etheris by the neck. "Stop pretending to be so kind. If you're so capable, why don't you turn him into an SSSS-class Sentinel?"

The sound was loud enough to make sure Zhou Miao could hear it.

Pollutants overwhelmed Zhou Miao; if it weren't for their shared senses, she would have thought he was dead.

"Cough cough cough." Etheris coughed as he knelt to the side.

"Shuzao, why?" Her face changed in an instant, and I couldn't keep up with it.

She's so mean now!

dislike.

"No reason why, if you're not going to work, just shut up and stay put."

Etheris looked sadly at Shuzao, wondering if she would suffer the same fate as Zhoumiao one day when she was no longer useful.

Shu turned her back, refusing to look at Etheris's pitiful appearance.

Time passed slowly.

"It's done." Shu Zao's eyes lit up; she sensed something was off about him.

"Domain Replacement".

The spiritual tentacles peeled away the outer layer of pollutants, and Zhou Miao's hand, stained with a bit of flesh, reached out.

She pulled the sentry out and instructed Etheris, "You can save him now."

Zhou Miao grabbed Shu Zao's hand: "I believe you've given up on me."

It turns out, she still wanted him; she hadn't abandoned him!

He had asked for this role; if he hadn't shown how much he cared about it in front of the director, the director wouldn't have let him perform it.

It's a thankless task.

"We'll talk when we get back. I need to clean up the contaminants." After playing the stern face for so long, he wasn't in a hurry to explain.

Zhou Miao wisely let go.

If Shu takes action early, the pollutants will have nowhere to escape.

"Awesome." Guan Zhou's mind was racing, and he guessed what Shu Zao had been doing.

I have the desire to emulate them, but unfortunately, among the exclusive Sentinels, there are Sentinels with similar abilities to Etheris.

We can't afford to play this game.

[Note]: At first, Etheris's abilities were kept secret, but as time went on, his abilities were no longer a secret.

"If you're not ruthless, your position won't be secure," Shu Zao replied to Guan Zhou and walked towards Bethlia. "I'm taking Zhou Miao and Etheris back with me."

She had finished her business and it was time to leave; this wasn't her focus anymore.

"Let's bring another one; it's not safe on the road."

"Then add the stars."

Bethlia smiled with relief: "Your side effects are practically gone, right?" She can still stand up easily after using her ability.

How ruthless must she be to do that to herself!

"Commander Bethlia thinks too highly of me."

Etheris woke up on the way.

"She's awake." Her gaze was calm and indifferent.

"Zhou Miao, you've reached the threshold of SSSS level, haven't you?" Etheris excitedly grabbed Zhou Miao's hand.

"Okay, thank you."

"No need to thank me, you should thank Shuzao, she's the one who asked me to save you."

He shouldn't have said anything; mainly because he thought Zhou Miao was doomed from her posture.

Sigh, he was only thinking of himself.

"Don't thank me yet. You're holding a grudge, and I don't want to hear any insincere words."

The intention was good, but the deception was real.

She accepted the knot in Zhou Miao's heart and gave him time to process it.

"Shuzao, have you talked to Xingyao about this?" Etheris squeezed next to Shuzao, as was his usual tactic.

"No, you two have a good relationship. My plan cannot go wrong. However, I think Xingyao has already guessed it."

Xingyao is definitely a warm-hearted guy (in her mind), and there's no way he would stand by and watch someone die.

Being soft-hearted can lead to mistakes; it's best not to get involved.

"I actually guessed it, but you acted so well that I couldn't keep going." His conviction was still not firm enough.

"I know Etheris is smart." Shu Zao patted the top of his head.

Nilonko waited for Shuzao at the entrance of Yuri Ruda White Tower.

"Did you succeed in what you were supposed to do?"

"It's done." The rest depends on Zhou Miao.

The two of them walked ahead, with the sentries following behind. Before they returned to the White Tower, they had finished their conversation.

"You really dare to dream."

"So-so, the same group of sentries again?" Failure after failure, failure after failure.

"A new one has been added; he's Commander Mu Mai's sentry."

Mingyou and Mumai completed their mission and returned to the White Tower where they used to work. They are about to join Beslia's team to clean up the contaminants in the circle.

"Okay." That's a good thing.

Bai Su stood outside the cabin to receive Nilonko.

After exiting the cabin, Shu Zao led her personal sentry back to the 88th floor.

"I suddenly understand why 'she' is so young."

Bai Su walked alongside him.

Why?

"Young people are energetic, daring, and willing to accept failure. They won't give up easily until they've been tempered and their edges have been smoothed out, and they are also prone to developing ambition." Ambition can provide a continuous source of motivation.

Stagnant water and flowing water are both water, but they are ultimately different.

"So you're already feeling sentimental? Aren't you going to keep thinking about how to secure your position?"

"No, I checked her account, she's very poor."

Bai Su: "Hmm?"

"Do you think she can just easily spend all those Star Coins?"

"Ding~" The elevator has arrived.

"Shuzao, Brother, Zhoumiao and Etheris, you're back so soon!"

Shuzao and his family made way for Kasi to lead the team out of the elevator.

"Where's Fuyuan?" She asked Fuyuan to go on the mission with them.

It wasn't that he was completely at ease with Elizabeth leaving alone, but rather that he knew his return time would be almost the same as Kassi's departure time.

The area where Kashi was on this mission was heavily polluted and covered a large area. It was a newly emerging moderately polluted zone, and if it wasn't cleaned up quickly, it would become a heavily polluted zone again. At that point, only an SSS-level Sentinel could lead the team to resolve the issue.

"He's in a practice match, I messaged him." Kasi was worried and asked 88th floor to be his foreign aid.

Shu Zao sent someone to help him!

Xingyao spoke up: "I'll go with you. Fuyuan will stay at the White Pagoda."

Now that I've made it back myself, there's no need to trouble Fuyuan.

Kasi didn't rush to agree. Seeing that Shu Zao didn't object, he immediately opened the light screen and sent a message to Fu Yuan: "Okay, brother, come on the mission with us."

Xingyao didn't return to the 88th floor; instead, he left with Kashi's team in the lobby.

Shu Zao didn't rush upstairs; Fu Yuan waited for him on the way back to go home together.

"Knock knock knock." There was a knock on the door in the middle of the night, and she opened it with a resentful look on her face.

Elisai, is there something you need?

"I'll bring Sen Sen to sleep with you."

Shuzao: ...A crazy sentry!

She didn't object, and Vincent obediently stayed in Elizabeth's arms, watching her.

Hold back, don't scare the child.

"Come earlier next time. If my son hadn't been there, I would have given you a good judo throw."

Elisay's current behavior is comparable to that of a concubine in a palace intrigue, vying for favor while holding a child.

It's heartbreaking.

If she could split herself into six, she could give every sentry a 'home'!

"it is good."

Seeing Elizabeth place Vincent in the center of the bed, Shu Zao was no longer calm.

"I have a bad sleeping posture, you sleep in the middle."

"Um."

The two, one big and one small, lay down and covered themselves with the blankets. Shuzao said she was going to turn off the light, and then turned it off and lay down.

Elizabeth reached out and pulled her into his arms, catching her head off the pillow.

"Behave yourself."

"I don't want to do anything, I just want to hug you."

Shu Zao rolled over, lay on top of him, and reached out to touch Vincent's head.

Why can't Sen Sen sleep?

"It's Dad who can't sleep." He keeps tossing and turning, disturbing his sleep.

Elizabeth: "..."

I was just starting to think you were doing well, and then you pull this stunt. You're probably afraid your old man will live!

"Who provoked you? Why are you so angry?" She remembered that this guy only had insomnia when he was annoyed.

"you."

"Me? What did I do to offend you by going out?"

"You kept glancing at Zhou Miao while we were chatting, and you ignored Sen Sen reaching out for a hug. He only drank a little milk before bed."

In the end, he was the one who picked up Sen Sen and comforted him. The little guy forgets things quickly, but he remembers.

Does Shu Zao, like most guides and sentinels, think that young sentinels don't need to be carefully raised?

But if that's really the case, she might as well have never given Sen Sen so much love.

"Well, it's a long story... Here's what happened: I don't think I did anything wrong, but I feel inexplicably guilty."

Shuzao wriggled closer to Vincent on Elizabeth's body and carefully hugged him in her arms: "I'm sorry, Mommy didn't notice that Sensen reached out. Next time, if Mommy doesn't see you, call out to him, and Mommy won't ignore you."

"Okay, Mom, I'm sleepy." Vincent was really sleepy; she couldn't even hear what they were saying.

"Oh, go to sleep, goodnight baby," Shuzao patted Elisai's face. "You don't need to comfort us. Don't disturb our son. You should go to sleep too."

"I'll listen to you."

The middle spot was where Shuzao slept, and Elizabeth held her tightly to prevent her from crushing Vincent.

The family of three closed their eyes.

She hadn't closed the curtains before going to bed. When Shu opened her eyes early in the morning, Vincent was awake and staring at her quietly.

"Mom, I'm hungry."

"Wait a minute, Mom will ask your dad to make you some formula," she said, tugging at her long red hair that clung to her neck. "Don't sleep, Sen Sen is hungry. Okay, you change her diaper, I'll go make the formula."