Returning from the abyss

Chapter 363 Helena

There was an elevator behind them. Five minutes had passed since Alpha had used it. Everyone returned immediately and took the elevator to the Summer Garden.

People's activity areas are spreading out.

In the Four Seasons Garden, on average, there are less than forty people in a garden. This number is not easy to meet in a vast garden.But only at first.

As more and more people try out the rules, at least half of the people before the first crisis will definitely master the use of key points such as elevators and realize the strategic significance of these places thereafter.

The door opened, and a stream of heat poured into the elevator. Maoyou yelled, "It's so hot here!"

"After all, it's the Garden of Summer." Lu Ning walked out, and this time she looked behind her for the first time. It was the same layout as the previous garden, but the door on the curved wall changed from a position diagonally opposite the corridor to two. The center of the side room.Lu Ning walked around to the back of the elevator shaft. The door where the weapon warehouse was originally located was gone, and there was still a machine there, with a red label on it that was very glaring.

"Four stars?" The few people who followed were also surprised.

"I want this mission." Lu Ning said directly, "If you are confident to continue, you might as well explain the reason, otherwise I will take it."

This machine is hidden behind the elevator, which is already a very hidden location. In addition, there is no door in the back room, and you can find it as long as you walk to the side, and you can't see the machine from the perspective of that position.

"You are the captain." Mao You naturally supported directly.

The other three took a look. Obviously, what Levanska said before had a deep influence on their hearts. Lu Ning walked over, but they didn't say a word.

Red - four stars.

Lu Ning narrowed her eyes, and pressed the instrument in her hand to the groove.

With a soft sound, the task appears:

[Mission Level [-]: Before the end of the first crisis, release the weather lock of a garden. 】

Great, so her and Levanska's goals overlap.

The difference between the second-level task and the fourth-level task is only the time limit and the unlocking range limit, but this time it jumped two levels, and Lu Ning had already expected the difficulty.

She directly told others about her mission.

"It sounds like this weather lock is a very important thing?"

"But we don't know if unlocking is a good thing or a bad thing..."

Several people began to discuss, and Lu Ning immediately said: "Let's not mention this, let's deal with Qiao's task first."

"Lu, do you have an idea in mind? This is a four-star mission." Maoyou asked uncomfortably.

"no need to worry."

The overall structure of the Four Seasons Garden is similar. For example, the inner garden, and the contrast between the spring and autumn gardens before, the houses on the corridor are different, but the corridors are all in the same state.This made Lu Ning want to figure out the structure of the whole garden more and more. She already had a rough map in her hand, and she never forgot to draw the places she passed along the way, but the elevator couldn't distinguish the directions of southeast and northwest. That's all.

Speaking of directions, there is no sign pointing in this building. Even now, Lu Ning is not sure what kind of structure is between the gardens.

But after leaving this small garden and following a similar short corridor into the courtyard of the Garden of Summer, Lu Ning could see a house similar to the big house of the former mother-in-law house.The courtyard is lush with trees, and the temperature is a bit muggy, so the lights above the head seem to be brighter because of this.The big house has a side door. Lu Ning opened it when passing by, and found that there is a large public kitchen, and there is a small bathroom across a wall. From the similar furnishings, it seems that this is a supply point, but there are only three The place where food is served.

In the center of the kitchen, at the intersection of the main entrance and this side entrance is a task machine. A tall woman is leaning on the machine, holding a bottle of water in her hand, wearing a black jacket and sweatpants. trousers, and a short stick in the other hand.She saw Lu Ning and the others who opened the door turned their heads, a look of vigilance flashed in their eyes, but they hadn't made any defensive moves yet.

"Hello." Maoyou smiled and waved, "Is this a supply point?"

"Nonsense." Lu Ning muttered.

The woman nodded, and pointed to the surrounding pick-up places with a stick: "You can get the food directly from there, oh..."

She noticed the bag in Aunt Pingna's hand, and combined with the clothes of several people, it was not difficult to guess that these people already knew about the food problem.

"Can I ask why you stay here?" Lu Ning asked, "If it's just eating, you should be able to leave after eating."

"My task is to stay here for more than 10 consecutive minutes." The other party's face was a little stiff.

"That sounds like a one-star mission, so you also took this two-star mission?" When Lu Ning walked in, she had already seen the color of the machine's label.

"Yes...how is it?"

"It's nothing, I'm just asking. We don't attack people casually, it will only slow us down."

"Oh."

"Beauty, is it convenient to give me a name? Or can we act together later?" Maoyou started to strike up a conversation again.

"I don't want to act with strangers." The other party's vigilance is very strong, "You seem to be not bad, you don't need me."

"Don't be so oblivious... Poof!"

Maoyou still wanted to talk, but was elbowed by Lu Ning on the stomach.

"You have been here for a while, do you know where there is water?"

"You mean a pond? There is one in this courtyard, and you can see it after a short walk. There is a stream in the next courtyard, and that's all I know."

"That's enough, thanks."

After Lu Ning finished speaking, she backed out from the side door to prevent the woman from being overly vigilant.

After all five people came out, Maoyou rubbed his stomach and asked, "Why don't we win her over?"

"You really want to recruit someone when you see someone." Joe grinned, "I don't even think about how they don't want us to persuade them."

"How do you know if you don't try?"

Lu Ning pushed aside the grass, there was no ready-made road in the courtyard, and the many plants and grass here blocked the view, but you could see other rooms ahead, which was different from the big conference room in the courtyard of the Autumn Garden, here It is three scattered four-pointed star houses, each of which has a corner cut off in half and replaced with a door wall at the entrance. Lu Ning thinks that if he goes in and searches, he should be able to find the task machine, but now let's deal with the task that he started with. That's good.

Passing between the three rooms, the trees became a little sparser, and Lu Ning finally saw the pond surrounded by vegetation.

The water is very clear, there is nothing wrong with it, and it doesn't smell like swimming pool water with a disinfectant smell, just like a natural water source.Lu Ning gave Qiao a look, and he quickly took out the water bottle to pour out the water in it, then approached the pool, and carefully immersed the bottle in the water.

There was no surprise, the 250ml plastic bottle was filled again with water, Joe took out the bottle and screwed on the cap, with a look of disbelief on his face: "This is... finished?"

"Half completed, how difficult do you think the one-star mission is?"

Lu Ning shrugged her shoulders, but at this moment, she suddenly heard a rustling sound from the forest, and someone from the other side pushed through the grass and was moving towards this side.

"Who!" Gorius yelled directly.

"Oh? There are still people here."

There was a reply from the forest, and immediately, the bushes were opened, and several people came out.

It was a woman with pretty brown hair who answered, and with a machete in her hand, she hacked at the obstructing bushes and soon opened a barely passable path.Behind her were a thin-looking teenager and a submissive man, followed by a girl with folded arms and Ji-style long hair.

The clothes on these people have also been changed, and they are leather underwear with strong defensive power. Obviously, the equipment provided by each arsenal is also slightly different. The camouflage uniforms on Lu Ning and others are the same Not wearing.

"Hello, I thought no one would come to this kind of place. Is it for a mission?"

The woman raised her hand in greeting.

"So you are here for the mission?" Lu Ning said.

"We need to visit all the waters." The woman smiled. "Fortunately, we saw a pond here when we passed by before, otherwise we might have missed it."

After finishing speaking, she stretched out her hand to Lu Ning: "I am Helena, and I live near the city walls and streets."

"Your appearance and temperament don't seem to come from that kind of background. You can call me Lu." Lu Ning shook hands with her.

"My mother is in the skin and meat business, but she is relatively advanced, and my father has also given me a little bit of influence."

"Then why did you come here?"

"Obviously, bad luck fell into the brink of some upper-level power struggle, and then became a victim." Helena obviously didn't care much about this, "By the way, have you seen the waters before? It takes three For ten stars, mutual help is indispensable, am I right?"

"I heard that there is a stream in the courtyard next door. I don't know the exact location. Did you meet here?"

"No, I've known each other before, how many of you? Although we need to help each other, at least there must be some connection to form a team here, right?"

Helena glanced at her companion behind her and smiled slightly.

"What direction are you coming from?"

"A room in the shape of a six-pointed star. Some weapons are provided in it. They are all cold weapons, but there are no supplies. Oh, there is another mission, we have already taken it, two-star ones."

"Any hints there?"

"We didn't pay attention. After changing our clothes, we quickly came out to do the task. After all, stars are very important resources, right? But my road has already been opened, you can go over and have a look."

Helena took a step back and pointed to the road behind her.The road broken by the machete is quite obvious in the jungle.

"It's okay, thank you."

"Where, helping others is helping ourselves. We have to continue to act. See you later when we have a chance?"

"Ah."

Helena slashed open another bush and walked towards the exit of the courtyard, followed by several of her teammates.Lu Ning waited for them to leave the road, then walked to the hexagonal room along the opened road.

Lu Ning took a more convenient path, but it was faster, and soon disappeared into the jungle.At this time, the last girl in Helena's team spoke in a low voice.

"Helena, is she just..."

"If there is no disguise, it should be her. But now is not the time, Mayuri, we have to find out the situation of the scene first, and we can put things like making friends later."

"I know."

"But isn't that a bad idea? I heard that some of the people under the ground fought with her and suffered heavy casualties..."

"Kanzaki, Kanzaki, don't say such things in front of the captain." Helena shook her finger, "You have to know, our assassination department has always only considered the meaning of the council and the captain, even if they are on the same level as us. The rest of the assassination team has no right to ask about our standards of conduct, let alone the group of brats who are still wielding knives and guns."

"Yes……"

"Don't act so timid, since you have been selected, it means that you have the talent we recognize - you don't need to doubt yourself." Helena glanced at the man, "It is said that the member of the council, Mijia Luo, also hated it back then. A confident person, but now he is honored at the fifth level...Please grow up with this goal, Kanzaki."

"Yes, but that is Mikaro-sama..."

"I just said, be confident, right?" Helena lowered her tone a little, with undeniable sternness, "Or, do you think the decision maker who selected you—the captain and I made a mistake? ?”

"Yes!" Kanzaki hastily straightened his body.

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After walking less than 100 meters, Lu Ning found herself near the six-pointed star-shaped house.

Because the walls were covered with vines, she didn't realize that it was a room until she got close to Lu Ning. She turned around the room a little and found two doors, which were on the edges of the two corners, and were still symmetrical in the center.After confirming that there were no traps around, Lu Ning opened the door and walked in.

Once inside, the stuffy feeling suddenly eased a lot.The interior of this room is a pleasant lounge, with bamboo and wood cushions on the sofa.There are clocks on the wall showing the time remaining until the first crisis, and there are some calendars on the wall-only summer calendars, corresponding to the seasons in this garden.But there is no day of the week on the calendar, only the date, probably because the usage of the week has disappeared here.

The positions of the two sharp corners are similar to the supply points for receiving weapons. There is an additional control panel, one for selecting the type of weapon you want, only for cold weapons; the other for selecting the type and size of clothes.When Lu Ning was just getting closer to study, she suddenly heard Maoyou calling her: "Lu! Come and take a look at this!"

Lu Ning knew that Maoyou must have found something special, so she walked over immediately.

It was in another sharp corner of the room, and there was a bookshelf with many new books on it.At this time, part of the books had been removed by Mao You, revealing a red button on the background of the yellow and black warning strip, with a name and text beside the button.

【Summer-No. [-] Courtyard Area-Weather Unlock】

(End of this chapter)