Allen had said that, so Bai Ye naturally didn't ask any more questions.
However, as they moved forward, Bai Ye paid special attention to Ji Ruyue.
As expected, this woman seemed to possess a precognitive ability, able to anticipate the movements of mutated creatures in advance, but only when she was within a certain distance.
Secondly, this precognitive reconnaissance ability required some time to perceive, so to accommodate Ji Ruyue's ability, everyone had to slow down their pace.
At the same time, although Ji Ruyue was unwilling to talk about her own affairs, others did not mind.
It was not uncommon for androids like Ji Ruyue to have gene mutations. Both Davis and Gonzalez were androids who had undergone gene mutations.
Davis's mutated ability was super speed, while Gonzalez's mutated ability was strength.
Androids with such mutated abilities accounted for about 20% of the total android population, with one appearing in every five.
Ji Ruyue's rarity lay in her brain domain mutation, which had a very low probability, around one in ten thousand. Moreover, brain domain mutations were very dangerous; among these one-in-ten-thousand androids with brain domain mutations, only about one in ten survived successfully.
This surprised Bai Ye quite a bit. He had never heard of this when he came to the Ruined City in his previous life.
But upon closer thought, Bai Ye found it normal. In his previous life, when he came here, the hidden mission only involved Allen, and Allen was not an android who had mutated.
And besides Allen, most of the other androids Bai Ye encountered were not hunters.
After all, Bai Ye could fight himself, so there was no need to interact much with combat-type natives. Androids with mutated abilities were mostly hunters.
This made Bai Ye find the Ruined City quite interesting.
Apocalypse, future technology, biological gene evolution civilization; it now seemed somewhat related to the world of superpowers.
However, overall, the overall superpower level of androids was relatively low. Ji Ruyue's brain domain mutation ability could barely be considered relatively advanced, but she was not purely in the superpower domain.
Lost in thought, the group had already returned to the highway.
Following the road towards the border, without vehicles and with Ji Ruyue in tow, their speed was noticeably slow. But before evening, the massive ruined city appeared before their eyes.
"Someone!"
Ji Ruyue suddenly spoke, signaling everyone to stop, and then looked forward.
Ji Ruyue looked up at the surrounding buildings, her eyes covered with a faint blue light. The surrounding buildings then seemed transparent to her.
Behind the walls, human-shaped silhouettes appeared, imprinted in Ji Ruyue's vision.
Ji Ruyue said, "Humanoid, they should be those crystal people."
Allen asked, "Quantity?"
Ji Ruyue replied, "After entering the city, three on the left side of the main street, one on the right. The first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth, and tenth floors of that building all have people, about twenty or so in total. The first and second buildings on the right also have about twenty or so, spread across all floors."
Allen frowned, "Are they guards? Or sentries?"
Davis commented, "But they seem disorganized."
Ji Ruyue nodded, "And the other party seems to be wandering, but..."
Ji Ruyue tilted her head, deliberating, and continued, "Without any clear purpose?"
Bai Ye was a little frustrated because he knew why but couldn't say it directly.
The crystal people in the border area were all discarded defective products.
There was a reason Bai Ye described the crystal people as "zombies."
In terms of strength, crystal people were generally much stronger than zombies, with swift movements, immense power, and the ability to use the crystals on their bodies as weapons for attack or defense.
However, from the perspective of "living beings," both were walking dead.
No thought, no consciousness, acting entirely on instinct.
The behavior patterns of crystal people and zombies were very similar.
Of course, this was only true for the not-fully-developed versions of crystal people.
According to Rhine Company's crystal person project, crystal people would be stronger, possessing considerable combat and tactical thinking, but no emotional thinking, and would never betray.
The crystal people on the outskirts of the border were discarded defective products from the development process.
These guys indeed had no emotional thinking, but they were far from the super soldiers that Rhine Company desired. Their behavior patterns were entirely that of ordinary zombies.
They didn't even possess the basic requirement of "obedience."
This was something Rhine Company could not tolerate, so Rhine Company decisively discarded these failed products. xxs1
After being discarded, these crystal people wandered around the outskirts of the border. Ji Ruyue's statement that they were aimless was very accurate.
Since their behavior patterns were like zombies, they naturally wandered around aimlessly.
Guards? Reconnaissance?
Allen was overthinking.
In fact, as long as they didn't provoke those crystal people, they could just walk past, but...
Bai Ye felt that Allen wasn't planning to do that; he still treated the crystal people as living beings.
As expected, after a moment of thought, Allen said, "Those guys probably haven't discovered us. We can sneak in and eliminate them, or even try to capture them alive."
No one else had any objections, only Bai Ye knew it was an unnecessary effort, but he couldn't say it, which was very uncomfortable...
Davis opened a box and said, "These are walkie-talkies. The old ones are no longer usable, and the signal tower has lost contact. In this regard, it can also prove that we have entered another world."
As Davis spoke, he handed the walkie-talkies to everyone.
Davis explained, "The signal of these walkie-talkies is not very strong and is easily interfered with, and there is no signal tower. But for this distance, communication should be fine."
Allen nodded, then said, "Ruyue, you command from outside. Davis and Gonzalez go to that seven-story building. I and Bai Ye..."
Bai Ye waved his hand, "I can do it alone."
Allen asked, "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure," Bai Ye lied, "Actually, what I'm best at is infiltration and assassination, so don't worry about me."
Allen looked somewhat uneasy but still nodded, "Then you act alone. I'll go to the building behind."
Bai Ye replied, "No problem."
Ji Ruyue said, "If there are no problems, let's get moving. Inform me after you infiltrate the building, and I will guide you. As for the crystal people on the street, don't worry about them for now. We'll deal with them after we've resolved the ones inside the buildings."
Allen nodded, then clapped his hands, "Remember to proceed with caution, safety first!"
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