Gate

"Behind the Gate"

Hesitant and indecisive.

Silence. The dozen or so Awakened following behind Lin An felt a flicker of unnatural wariness in their expressions when they heard the term.

It was clear that the military kept this information under exceptionally tight control.

"I'm sorry, Lin An."

"Comrade?"

Not knowing what to call him, the few of them braced themselves and said that they truly couldn't provide any information.

Even though Lin An had saved them.

His expression unchanged.

Lin An casually mentioned a few keywords, indicating that this wasn't the information he was trying to investigate:

"1875 Secret Chamber, at the second corner."

"There was a middle-aged man who looked like an officer. He was wearing a white glove on his right hand."

"Before he died, he told me that ghosts had come out from behind the gate."

!?

Their footsteps halted. The news struck them like a bolt from a clear sky.

"Brother Zhao!? Captain Zhao!?"

"He's dead!?"

The military Awakened at the very front blurted out the words instinctively.

The white glove—throughout the entire Agility Trial, only Zhao AnGuo had that piece of equipment.

It wasn't any special equipment, just an ordinary cut-resistant glove with a tiny bit of additional attributes.

Not long ago, Zhao AnGuo had been the one to unlock his Gene Lock at the critical moment and lure the monster away.

If the information Lin An had given them concerned some other Awakened being able to speak before death, they definitely wouldn't have believed it.

But Zhao AnGuo?

They believed it.

This stern, taciturn, stone-like middle-aged man had a talent ability just like his personality.

When he was on the brink of death, he would automatically enter a severely wounded state, avoid death, and disengage from combat.

In the capital, this middle-aged man often