Five minutes later, the bullet train sped through the valley.
Inside the train, everyone sat together in silence.
Though they had survived the ordeal, their hearts were heavy.
Holding the still-shaken Aroro, He Zheng grew irritated by his trembling. He simply pulled a cigarette from his pocket and stuffed it into Aroro's mouth.
Fortunately, the second wave of Mechanical Spiders hadn't seemed to "expect" one of their own to turn against them. Unable to attack their own kind, they had been held back by that single Mechanical Spider, which had bought the group precious time to escape.
They had survived, but they still couldn't get into the Starship.
Amid the oppressive atmosphere, An Ke was the first to break the silence over the communications channel:
"Ye Lin, should we keep gathering clues, or give up... and go straight to looking for the Military Base?"
"Maybe there are still clues in the Safe Zone or somewhere else..."
An Ke sighed inwardly after speaking.
With a little over two hours before the Demihumans arrived, they had only two options: search for clues and see whether there was another way to solve the question, or devote all their efforts to finding the Military Base and prepare for the incoming Demihuman Team.
But whichever path they chose, it meant they had wasted precious time.
Ye Lin remained silent, making no decision for once.
No, it couldn't be impossible to enter the Virtual City. The system wouldn't create an inaccessible place that contained crucial clues.
Seeing Ye Lin remain silent, Huang Liang opened his mouth to offer some reassurance. But he quickly realized that, in their current situation, they could very well die here if they couldn't find a solution.
"Ye Lin, I've been wondering-could we use the Demihuman Team to get into the Virtual