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GOR Chapter 680 Entering Zero City
Nicole woke up fro up above
“You are awake?” Tian Lie’s lazy voice rang out from beside her
Nicole quickly sat up to see Tian Lie in a partially lying posture beside her, his head leaning against the bed’s headboard He was gulping down a bottle of wine
The bottle of wine in his mouth was Spirytus Rektyfikowany, a vodka from Poland, with a 96 per cent alcohol content Nicknaer be considered wine
Even in Russia, where alcohol was as i was only ever used as distilled beverage No one in their rightgulps of it, like drinking water
Beside him were several empty bottles There were a few more unopened bottles on the bedside table, all of the attention to the binge drinking Tian Lie Rather, it was their surroundings
The two of the before theht, green light
There was a coat rack at the side
The place… … was clearly the same room that they were in earlier
“Failed?” Nicole frowned She turned over, getting up fro to face Tian Lie “The two fellows lied to you?”
Tian Lie shrugged as he continued gulping down the bottle of alcohol, not saying anything in response
“Why didn’t you wake aze at Tian Lie “You have so e equip so s When I went out earlier, I picked these up” Having e the bottle on the bedside table “I saw that you were sleeping peacefully Waking you up just didn’t feel right If woh sleep Don’t you even know that? Do the feel Corps all live such harsh lives?”
“What nonsense?” Nicole scoffed and turned toward the bedroo”
Tian Lie grinned and heTian Lie continue to lie lazily on the bed, Nicole let out athe bedroom door
Since there was no way to enter Zero City, she should try soh soht net her so Zero City
However, the moment she pulled open the door, Nicole was stunned
She could clearly re roo rooed and broken wall, utterly ruined
Not far froe of a Sentinel mech Only half of the es of coenerally whole, some were cut in half while others were left with only unidentifiable pieces…
Als had collapsed Not a single intact building could be found
Right before her was a three-storey building Only half of its signboard remained on top of its door while the other half had fallen to the ground
The neon lights on the signboard had gone utterly dark However, its words could still be made out
Barrett Restaurant
This used to be Nicole's favourite restaurant…
When she was in Zero City
“That shop is very lucky Their wine store was not destroyed”
Tian Lie had, at an unknown moment, quietly appeared behind Nicole
“You…” Nicole jerked her head back and glared at Tian Lie “We have arrived at Zero City Why didn’t you tell ?” Tian Lie s up, I enjoyed thisinto happiness I cannot be so selfish as to deprive thisdown the i fellow
“I ao out” Tian Lie had both his hands clasped behind his back, looking down at Nicole “How long do you plan on standing at the door?”
“You stink of alcohol” Rolling her eyes at Tian Lie, Nicole stepped out
After stepping outside, Nicole looked back
Looking out froh the roo out froer see the room There was only a partially ruined wall there
“It is a backdoor, after all It has to be hidden Just re fro about
“Since we have arrived at Zero City, let’s split up You go find your friend while I go find mine,” said Nicole coolly
“Fine However, where are your friends?”
Tian Lie’s question stunned Nicole
Right! Where?
The surrounding areas were filled reckages of combat equipment and corpses Clearly, many days had passed since then
All was quiet Be it human voices or the sound of explosions, there were none
The battle had ended long ago
Would there still be anyone alive?
The Board of Patriarchs?
The coel Corps headquarters?
Only then did Nicole realized She had been wanting to return to Zero City However, she never properly considered what she should do to find the information she wanted
“Don’t think to hed out and walked along the street “If Shen is really trapped inside Zero City, there will be no other Awakened ones within this city Follow o find him”
“Find Shen? The Guild Leader of Thorn Flower Guild? Are you not afraid that I will kill hie my companions?” Nicole snapped out coldly
Tian Lie jerked his head backward to stare at Nicole idened eyes The expression on his face, it see at an idiot
Nicole stood straight and she looked back at Tian Lie fearlessly
After soh and shook his head “Thankfully, I a Shen later on… … I hope you will not utter that nonsense in front of hiel Corps pride you have However… … life is the ht flashed across Tian Lie’s eyes Abruptly, his hand shot out to grab Nicole’s neck, pinning her to the wall behind her
His movements were too fast, so much so that Nicole found herself pinned even before she could react
Nicole’s face reddened and she quickly su behind Tian Lie, it directed its energy cannons at his back However, it did not iel” Tian Lie ignored the Floater threatening his back However, he loosened his grip slightly and said in a whisper, “You eous However, your words earlier are not courageous at all That is stupidity, recklessness, naivety, ignorance It is definitely not courage!
“With th, I only need to suffer froht injuries to kill you However… … Shen’s power is so that I have never understood However, I can responsibly say, for hi you won’t even make him break a sweat!
“Do you still not understand why I did not want you to come here with me? Why I do not want you to move about on your o? It is because I am afraid you will run around and buh I have left Thorned Flower Guild, there is at least a personal friendship between Shen and me We can still be considered… … partial friends Forhiuarantee your life, understand?!”
Since the two of them were resurrected, this was the first time Tian Lie spoke with such ferocity toward Nicole
After saying that, he released his grip However, he continued to stare at Nicole “You just want to knohere the survivors of Zero City had gone to About that e If he does, I will get him to tell you Then, you can quickly leave this place In the past, he had divulged a little of his heartfelt thoughts to me His objective is Zero City, not the residents of Zero City As long as you do not provoke hi his objective, he will not wilfully kill you”
The instant Tian Lie released his grip, Nicole jumped away However, she did not suasped for breath, her chest heaving up and down
“That is all I want to say I a you a fundahed softly “Don’t think you have been humiliated True humiliation is not the inability to understand the difference in strength between yourself and others Rather, it is when you can clearly see the difference, yet refusing to accept the difference”
“I understand…” Nicole gasped for so to face Tian Lie “Thank you for your lesson, Thorned Flower Guild’s Inspector, Mr Tian Lie”