He Ao looked at the opened gate. Perhaps because of the deformation, the gate was not fully opened, but only half opened.

Three men wearing fur clothes were leaning behind the door, looking at He and Ao with surprise, confusion, and a little fear.

And when they were sizing up He Ao, He Ao was also sizing them up.

The appearance of these three people all have obvious characteristics of people from the Newland City State.

What is inconsistent with the simple fur clothes they wear is that these three people are holding a weapon similar to a Gauss rifle in their hands. This is obviously something that cannot be manufactured by the science and technology of the main world.

The characteristics of modern people, the costumes of primitive people, and the weapons of future people.

Such a weird and magical combination seems to have a surprising rationality when placed here.

Moreover, the leading man also exuded the aura of an unstable transcendent.

"Hello, which city are you from?"

The leading man looked at He Ao and Feiya and asked in Tiya language with some respect.

Feiya looked up at He Ao.

"Before we came in, we were in the city-state of Newland."

He Ao replied slowly, and then he glanced behind the man. Behind the half-open and deformed gate, there were vaguely one or two figures looking out.

Then he looked down at the monster corpse on the ground, and then asked, "Can you tell us what happened here?"

"This may be a bit complicated to say,"

Hearing He Ao's reply to the word 'Newland City State', the wrinkled expression on the man's face obviously relaxed a lot. He hesitated for a moment and looked around the dark corridor, "Come in with me and talk."

As he said this, he and the two people behind him moved away, signaling He and Ao to enter the gate.

He Ao and Feiya looked at each other.

Then He Ao was in front and Feiya was behind. The two of them entered the gate one after the other while maintaining vigilance.

After entering the gate, the first thing that caught their eyes was a slightly open hall.

Many ceiling lights were hung on the top of the hall. Although nearly half of these ceiling lights were extinguished, the remaining lights still brought enough bright lighting to the hall.

In the front of the hall, near the gate, are metal chairs that seem to be used for resting. At this moment, sitting on the metal chair closest to the gate is a man wearing a denim jacket with an injured arm, and another person who looks like a nurse.

Treating his wounds.

The open area of ​​the hall is only covered by these metal chairs.

Behind these metal chairs are cabins separated by various metal partitions.

A pair of eyes poked out from behind the iron plate, watching the two people entering the gate with caution, curiosity and a little fear and awe.

Card--

The leading man pulled a ring on the edge of the gate, and the sound of the gate closing slowly came from behind.

He Ao glanced at the ring. Next to the ring, there was a small screen showing the scene outside the door.

It seemed that these people had been hiding behind the door just now, watching the scene change outside the door.

The fear, vigilance and awe in their eyes, as well as the respectful attitude of the leading man, are probably because they just saw He Ao's output on the screen.

"There are so many people here?"

The first person to break the silence was Fiya. She looked at the eyes in the hall and said, "You all came in today?"

"today?"

The leading man stood not far away from He Ao and shook his head, "The first of us who came in have been here for almost a year."

"ah?"

Even Feiya, who had always remained calm and composed, looked slightly confused.

But He Ao just glanced at the leading man's cheek and asked softly, "Your name is Karin?"

"you know me?"

The leading man was stunned.

"I have read your information," He Ao answered calmly, "The first batch of missing persons in Newland City State disappeared on Vinland Island a year ago. They were informants of the institute."

"Institute..."

Hearing He Ao's words, Carlin was stunned, and then sighed in a low voice. His original vigilance and fear were eliminated a lot because of He Ao's words, "You are from the research institute, it has been a long time ago.

Memories, after living here for a long time, I seem to have almost forgotten these things."

Feiya turned her head to look at He Ao in confusion, blinking her eyes.

The city-state of Newland is clearly the territory of Moonlight, but why is she, the person in charge of Moonlight, like an outsider who doesn't know anything.

He Ao glanced at her and reminded softly, "Missing."

Feiya reacted instantly, and then she was a little stunned, "Weren't those missing persons all caused by West?"

"Most of them may have been done by West, but West can mainly target extraordinary people. It is impossible for ordinary people to catch them personally. Most of them are handed over to his subordinates, and these ordinary people are the main subjects of the disappearance."

He Ao shook his head, "There have been hundreds of cases of missing persons in Newland investigated by the research institute alone, and most of them were ordinary people. These ordinary people may not have been 'captured' by West's men.

There may be real 'missing persons' among them."

After all, the institute is not an official organization of Newland City State and cannot obtain detailed information on missing individuals, so the missing individuals that can actually be investigated are just the tip of the iceberg.

However, the detailed information about all the missing people was probably covered up by West, who was in charge of the Newland city-state at that time.

"You mean," Feiya reacted and looked at He Ao, "the 'door' was opened a long time ago?"

"The approach to space may be a gradual process, isn't it?"

He Ao nodded slightly.

In fact, he only speculated on the possibility at first and was not sure.

Only after seeing these people staying here can we be completely sure that some of the 'missing people' have passed through the 'door' and reached the underground palace.

The approach between the two worlds does not happen overnight, but gradually. In the process of getting closer, there will naturally be "doors" opened, but the quantity and quality of these "doors" may be far less than the current fully open state.

The earliest 'door' may have been opened a year ago.

The people behind the scenes put West in front of the stage, which was indeed a clever move. It not only helped them stir up trouble, but also helped them block the gun.

Without West arresting people everywhere, those who disappeared first through the 'door' would become particularly conspicuous.

However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. If West hadn't stolen the Institute's home, He Ao would not have been attracted to it.

Of course, when West got to that point, he had no choice.

And the people behind the scenes pushing West to the stage may not be just to have a shield.

"If you're talking about how we got here,"

Carlin, who was standing aside, carefully interjected, "Almost all of us opened a door, walked in, and then ended up here inexplicably."

"Can you tell us what happened to you here?"

He Ao looked at Karin.

"certainly,"

Carlin nodded lightly, he led He Ao and Feiya to the row of seats near the front, and said slowly, "Where do you want to start?"

"How about starting from this 'settlement'?"

He Ao glanced at the densely packed metal partitions in the hall that seemed to have been around for a while, "Did you transform this place into this?"

"Strictly speaking, no,"

Carlin shook his head and glanced at the metal partitions. "These partitions, including the chair we are sitting on now, were there when we first discovered this place. All we did was make use of them."

"In other words," He Ao looked at the metal partitions, "Before you, there were people who 'lived' here?"

"Yes,"

Karin nodded, "This is also our guess."

"Then," Fiya asked in a low voice, "when you discovered this place, did you meet anyone living here?"

Although she knew it was impossible, she still asked the question.

"No,"

Karin shook his head bluntly, "When we found this place, it was already covered with dust. There were some rotten residues and uneaten food scattered on the ground. The bed was covered with messy things.

The materials and bedding are full of traces of human life, but there are no 'people' left behind, and we didn't find any remaining bone residue.

"Those who once lived here seemed to have left here in a hurry for some reason and never came back."

"Is it because there's not enough food?"

Feiya asked instead.

"I don't know what it was like at that time,"

Carlin thought, "But I think they should have enough food at that time, at least it shouldn't be so short that everyone has to leave."
To be continued...