Before leaving, Xu Ting glanced at the equipment covered in canvas in the middle of the grounds and asked curiously:
"Xu Le, what are those?"
"Those? Toys Councilor Moen gave me."
"Councilor Moen's toys? Why are they set up here?"
"Because they haven't been tested yet. Unless it's absolutely necessary, I hope we won't need them tonight." Xu Le smiled.
Xu Ting nodded thoughtfully.
"All right. Zion will win."
"Yes. Zion will win."
Time ticked by, and Xu Le glanced at the sky.
Just as he had predicted, the Red Moon's color had grown vivid again, its vibrant hue conveying a sense of tremendous power.
"Is this a regular pattern, or has it received some kind of replenishment?"
[Red Moon Calamity Countdown: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes, 23 seconds]
As the moment drew closer, Xu Le did not remain by the Furnace. Instead, he brought most of the team to the gates of Zion's Area 3.
The gate guards murmured among themselves as they watched Xu Le and the strangely equipped Law Enforcers.
Under orders from above, Xu Le and Xia Libo held Level 1 and Level 2 authority over Area 3's gates, respectively.
As guards against the Black Tide, they had to obey Xu Le's orders.
Obeying orders was nothing unusual, and they had already learned about Xu Le through the recent publicity.
But this fellow actually wanted them to open the gates. Of all the things to do during the Black Tide...
"Are you afraid?" Xu Le suddenly looked at a young guard beside him.
The guard visibly froze. He had just been cursing Xu Le inwardly, after all. But duty demanded that they stand here today, because Zion lay behind them.
"Uh, no."
"I sensed anger in your heart. Don't be like that. We're