Chapter 113 00113
113 Chapter - This Is A Trial
When Zhou Qing and the others saw the prompt, Ye Yao was also observing from the shadows.
Anyway, there weren't many clues right now.
She might as well see how they would react after knowing that everything would be reset.
The result surprised Ye Yao a little.
Zhou Qing and the others didn't seem to give up; instead, they continued to search for the traces of sequence 077.
This was meaningless in a looping world.
Why was that?
Ye Yao felt puzzled.
During this time, she also discovered many Countermeasure Bureau Ability Users.
Although she only watched from a distance and hadn't interacted with them yet.
But based on Zhou Qing's group's behavior, the others had clearly also fallen into some kind of looping memory from the past.
If ordinary people only experienced continuous bad luck.
Then Ability Users experienced a more abstract loop.
An entire day might pass incredibly smoothly.
Without any trace of interference.
All the Countermeasure Bureau Ability Users were acting according to their true intentions.
Each team was actively dealing with the problems they encountered.
Ye Yao could see that they wanted to find Wu Mi to end the loop and leave this place.
But they were always held back by the things they encountered.
Thinking of dealing with the immediate matters first before handling the later ones.
Completely unaware that everything would be reset after solving the current issues.
Through repeated loops, they would only do that one thing.
They could only be perfectly constrained.
Therefore, Ye Yao wanted to see if telling them the truth would change their strategy.
For example, abandoning the immediate tasks and going to find Wu Mi instead.
However, Ye Yao was very surprised after observing them.
No team changed its strategy at all.
It was the same as Zhou Qing's group.
“Hmm, it's all pointless effort. Once time resets, everything will be meaningless, so why are they working so hard?”
Ye Yao scratched her head.
This was a vicious cycle.
It couldn't bring any benefit.
If Zhou Qing and the others were originally worried that the high-risk sequences resurrected from memories would harm ordinary people.
But after knowing that the world would loop, they should understand that even if ordinary people died, they would be resurrected in the next loop.
In that case, they should focus their energy on the real problem.
The most important thing was to break the loop.
Not to kill the high-risk sequences resurrected from memories.
“Sigh, since I've given them a hint, let's see if knowing the truth has changed them.
If there's no change, I won't hint in the next loop; it's a waste of time anyway.”
Ye Yao muttered, preparing to wait at the final battle location.
Night fell.
Ye Yao walked on the sidewalk, without any black mist swirling around her.
She looked completely like a little girl.
A hat and a mask were enough for a perfunctory disguise.
Anyway, memories would reset after the loop.
Ye Yao looked left and right, observing the surrounding scenery.
“This vicinity should be where sequence 077 appeared.”
The white-haired girl nodded in thought.
“The low-ranking sequences Mu Luo and I hunted before were all B or «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» C-rank. Has it reached A-rank for something like sequence 077?”
According to Luo Jianhua's “Current Battle” statement, acquired sequences are basically ranked by strength.
Whoever is stronger poses a greater threat.
The earlier the number of an acquired sequence, the stronger its power.
sequence 077 sounded like a mid-to-low tier high-risk A-rank Esper.
Excluding those initial sequences, it was probably considered mid-tier in the sequence ranking.
Thinking this, Ye Yao suddenly felt she had misunderstood Zhou Qing and his team.
She had originally thought that five against one, with three being counter-killed, was purely incompetent.
In reality, their final record was like this.
That's why they were endlessly looping within the loop world.
But Zhou Qing seemed to have said back then that he had just been promoted to A-rank not long ago and had to lead four B-rank teammates onto the battlefield.
It wasn't impossible for three to be counter-killed due to insufficient information.
As for why a more stable lineup wasn't deployed.
Ye Yao suspected that the Countermeasure Bureau was short-handed at the time.
A national agency shouldn't be that disorganized.
Just as Ye Yao was thinking this, a sudden explosion rang out in her ears.
A gust of air rushed from a distance.
It almost made Ye Yao lose her footing.
“Has it… started?”
Counting the time.
Zhou Qing and his team had probably encountered sequence 077.
Next, they would fight to the death.
Ye Yao quickly rushed over.
She wasn't a bloodthirsty spectator.
She wasn't interested in others' bloodshed.
But Zhou Qing and the others' choices might allow her to better understand the true nature of the loop world.
Before long.
The explosions caused by the fierce battle grew closer.
Ye Yao looked at the raging inferno before her and immediately realized she was too close.
“Time to go, time to go. I need to find a suitable viewing spot.”
But before Ye Yao could distance herself.
The building above her was struck by a giant fireball.
Half of the building crashed to the ground like a small mountain.
It was terrifying, imbued with scorching flames.
Ye Yao almost instinctively used Data Fission to escape.
But a figure was even faster than her reaction.
“With my Stone Shield here, no one will be harmed!”
A massive amount of earth and stone erupted from underground like a fluid, forming gigantic spikes that pierced through the falling ruins.
Although it pinned the ruins in mid-air, a large number of flame-imbued debris still fell.
Stone Shield spread his arms.
Hard rock layers rapidly formed above his head, blocking a series of falling objects imbued with flames.
He successfully protected the “ordinary citizen” who had inadvertently stumbled into the battlefield.
“Captain! There are still people who haven't escaped the scene!”
Stone Shield yelled into his communicator while comforting the person behind him.
“Don't be afraid, little one. No one can harm you here. You'll be home soon. Just think of this as a nightmare.”
Stone Shield turned around and gave an unnatural smile.
It was clear he wanted to comfort the child, but he seemed completely unskilled at it.
He obviously had no experience in that area.
Ye Yao's previously tense mood calmed down significantly.
When the building crashed, she almost used Fission with zero-frame activation.
Fortunately, Stone Shield arrived.
Otherwise, if Fission was activated, the loop world would crack again.
Everyone would suffer then.
Ye Yao observed the Countermeasure Bureau Ability User in front of her; she had some impression of him.
He called himself Stone Shield.
He was also the young member who stepped forward to explain the team's mission during the first meeting with Team A2.
And this person was not a real person caught in the loop world.
According to Zhou Qing.
He was a fictional character resurrected from people's memories to participate in the loop project.
Now Ye Yao finally understood Zhou Qing's explanation of being unable to treat the other party as an illusion.
If she hadn't known beforehand.
She might have truly believed that the one who just jumped out to protect the public was a genuine protector of the people.
“I'm not scared.”
“Well, that's a pleasant surprise! I'm glad you have such great courage!
Not being afraid in this situation, I believe your future achievements will definitely not be small!”
Stone Shield's response was slightly exaggerated.
He seemed to be genuinely trying hard to soothe the emotions of the ordinary citizen.
Ye Yao couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
Was he like this in his previous life too?
Or was it an embellishment in Zhou Qing and Li Muhua's memories?
Soon, Zhou Qing's serious voice came through the communicator.
“Permission to leave the team and escort non-essential personnel away from the battlefield. Return to the team immediately upon completion of the mission.”
“This is a trial, and we must overcome it.”
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