The vision of this body was average, so Lin Ye moved closer before realizing that the two figures were definitely not the D-Class personnel who had set out earlier. Instead, they were two unfamiliar women wearing orange prison uniforms and helmets. They were waving towards Lin Ye and his companion, but their gazes weren't focused on them. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"This isn't right, is it? We watched them walk over here, and they never left our field of vision. How could they turn into two women?"

Number 4, following behind Lin Ye, spoke nervously.

"It's definitely not right."

Lin Ye didn't continue to approach because the two women seemed to have noticed them and were starting to move towards them.

"Should we go back? Wait, no! Those overseers are gone!"

Number 4 turned his head and discovered that the overseers behind them had all disappeared.

Lin Ye also looked back. He noticed the prison transport vehicle was still parked in place; only the overseers were missing.

"Great! We can drive out of here!"

Number 4 turned and ran towards the prison transport vehicle, but Lin Ye grabbed the back collar of his prison uniform.

"Don't rush. Think about it. After Number 1 and Number 2 came in here, would they have also encountered this situation? If they did, what would they do?"

Number 4's actions could affect Lin Ye, which is why he stopped him.

"...If they looked back and saw no one by the prison transport vehicle, they'd definitely want to drive away from here!"

Number 4 wasn't a fool; otherwise, he wouldn't have survived this long. He quickly understood Lin Ye's meaning.

"So we can't go back, even though there might be weapons we can use stored inside the prison transport vehicle."

Lin Ye swept his gaze over the nearby terrain, quickly planning a route of action.

"Follow me."

Lin Ye ran towards the wasteland to the side, trying to bypass the two women who were moving towards them.

Their speed wasn't fast. After putting some distance between them, they stopped in place, waving towards them, and didn't follow anymore.

"Bro, you must have participated in many missions, right? You're way too experienced!"

Number 4, following behind Lin Ye, spoke while running.

"Not bad. I do have quite a bit of experience."

Lin Ye scanned in all directions. He couldn't use his mental energy to sense his surroundings now, so he could only use his average-vision eyes to gather information from afar.

"So what should we do next? Find a place to hide?"

Number 4 also tried to scan the surroundings like Lin Ye.

"I don't recommend that. This area is already out of control, possibly in a stage of deterioration. We'd better try to find the cause of the loss of control and solve the problem as soon as possible. Otherwise, we'll likely die here due to unknown reasons, just like Number 1 and Number 2. However, that's what I need to do. You can find a place to hide."

Lin Ye didn't have excessive expectations for D-Class personnel. It would be good enough if the other person didn't hold him back.

"No, I'll still follow you. I haven't seen any survivors in this city so far. There might not even be a safe place here."

Number 4 decided to act together with this companion who seemed to have a good head on his shoulders.

"That's fine too. But I hope you won't act arbitrarily. Discuss with me first if you want to do something."

Having an extra pair of hands would also be a good thing for Lin Ye.

"No problem. I only have one good point: I follow orders."

Number 4 patted Lin Ye's shoulder.

"That's good."

Lin Ye looked at the road not far away, where a row of shared bicycles was parked.

This was the outskirts of the city district. To get closer to the area with more architecture, they still needed to travel some distance.

Lin Ye approached those shared bicycles. He checked the bike locks and found they were just ordinary mechanical locks.

"Ride them? Leave it to me."

Number 4 pulled a piece of wire from his braids and very skillfully picked two bike locks.

The two of them got on the shared bicycles and started heading towards the city district.

There were no pedestrians or vehicles on the road, as if the entire world only had the two of them left alive.

"Older guy, I think I see something strange in the middle of the road. Am I hallucinating?"

Number 4 squeezed the brakes, slowing the vehicle speed.

"Probably not a hallucination. I see a utility pole standing in the middle of the road, with many wires around it. Is that what you see too?"

That utility pole was very tall, about twenty meters high. Its base was connected to the ground, and messy wires hung down from above, scattered and piled up around the utility pole.

"Me too. Should we go check it out? Or go around it?"

Number 4 didn't really want to get close to wires that might leak electricity.

"Go around."

Lin Ye re-planned the route. The two of them rode their bicycles through a small path. Similar utility poles were erected everywhere inside the city district. Fortunately, there was a certain interval between each utility pole, allowing them to detour through the gaps.

But as they got closer to the city center, the frequency of utility poles increased, and they finally encountered something alive here.

"...What is that?"

Even the talkative Number 4 remained silent for a long while before asking this question.

"A small utility pole that can walk. Its limbs and part of its body should be flesh and blood structures."

Lin Ye occasionally considered adding some weaponry or equipment to his Alienation body, but he had never thought about sticking a utility pole onto an Alienation body.

'So what's the use of this thing? Can it charge a phone anytime?'

Lin Ye led Number 4 around that utility pole person. As they passed by, he resisted the urge to use his Special Ability on the utility pole person.

The two of them soon discovered that many utility pole people were active in the city center. If they wanted to go deeper, they would definitely have to get close to those utility pole people.

"Bro, let's just retreat. These monsters look very difficult to deal with."

Number 4 whispered behind Lin Ye.

"You can retreat and find a place to hide. They probably won't come looking for you."

Lin Ye looked at the hotel nearby. Perhaps he could approach the city center via the hotel roof. The question was, would there also be those utility pole people inside the hotel?

"...I'll still follow you. Usually, in situations like this, if you split up, the weaker side will definitely get attacked. That's how it always goes in horror movies."

Number 4 didn't want to separate from Lin Ye.

"Then keep up."

Lin Ye quickly entered the hotel. Like everywhere else, the hotel lobby was very tidy. The incident that occurred here caused all the city's citizens to collectively disappear. Before disappearing, these citizens didn't even have time to panic.

Before going upstairs, Lin Ye found a fire axe in the corridor. The axe handle was made of hard wood with high electrical resistance. He didn't want to fight those utility pole people with a metal dagger.

Number 4 also broke off a wooden table leg to use as a weapon. He didn't expect to hurt the other party with a table leg; it was just a weapon to sweep away wires.

The two of them moved towards the top floor along the emergency stairwell. This hotel only had six floors. When they reached the sixth floor, they discovered a large amount of wires piled up in the corridor.