459: Haki wolf, what are you doing!

“Strange? Is it raining at Dam No. 0?”

On the way from the Substation to the Visitor Center, Xia Ming felt raindrops hitting his face.

First a drop, then a splash.

Only when it caught his attention did he slowly look up, then realizing that the sky above Dam No. 0 was a bit darker than before.

Dam No. 0, already under the cover of night, now had layers upon layers of dark clouds shrouding the sky.

Within those layers of dark clouds, a blood-red moon, like a pupil, was silently gazing down upon the land.

“This is... a Red Moon? How could such a phenomenon appear in the Restricted Zone? And... it's still nighttime.”

Noticing the various abnormalities appearing around him, Xia Ming's steps involuntarily slowed down.

Logically speaking, a Red Moon is a special phenomenon that only appears during the transition from day to night.

When the sun sets on one side and the moon just rises on the other, reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, the moon turns an orange-red color.

However.

Not to mention that at this time, under the Eternal Night Mode, the time at Dam No. 0 should be late at night; even if it were the day-night transition, the red color of the moon in the sky was far too vivid and dazzling.

Under the Red Moon's illumination, the entire world seemed to be shrouded in a layer of blood, and the cold tones of Dam No. 0 were replaced by an eerie red.

This feeling, Xia Ming had only experienced before in Confidential Aerospace.

At that time, he was severely injured, his ear pierced by a sniper rifle used by the team blocking the bridge, and blood splattered into his eyes, making the scene he saw similar to what he was seeing now.

“Hey! Dragon down there.”

Just as Xia Ming was wondering about the drastic change in the sky, he heard a slightly wary human voice coming from the glass platform on the valley, outside the nearby Visitor Center.

“We've detected you. Come out and talk.”

It sounded like the other party had no intention of starting a fight.

And facing the sudden anomaly at Eternal Night Dam, Xia Ming also lost the desire to wipe out their team for a moment.

“If you want to talk, then you come down.”

Xia Ming said indifferently.

“No, you come up.”

The two sides fell into an argument, and a vein throbbed on Xia Ming's forehead, making him want to rush up with his gun and blow their dog heads off.

But just before he acted, he heard a gentle female voice from that team, beginning to advise their team leader.

“Captain, why don't we go down? It's easier for us to go down, and it's not convenient for him to come up.”

“But we only detected him alone. We don't know where his teammates are ambushing.”

“Given the current situation, even if he has teammates ambushing, they probably wouldn't be focused on this match, would they?”

“Alright...”

Their captain sounded very unwilling, but the three still slowly walked down the mountain.

The Dam No. 0 map has rugged terrain with significant elevation changes, and the Visitor Center is located on a small hill, which is a high vantage point.

Originally, if they had set up their guns there, with a Hacker Claw in their team, they could have cleared out every single point and then retreated safely even if they didn't fight.

But the sudden weather change at Dam No. 0 made them lose their desire for a match.

“Hello...”

As the three met Xia Ming, the girl spoke first.

“I am Hacker Claw, he is our captain Red Wolf, and the other one is Ural.”

She began to introduce herself, but instead of their names, she used their professional titles.

This behavior conformed to the Restricted Zone rules, an unwritten rule among GTI Professional Teams. After all, no one wanted people they randomly met in the Restricted Zone to know their real names, nor did they want to bother remembering others' names.

“Mm.”

Xia Ming nodded silently, indicating he acknowledged them.

“I originally thought you were a brother, but I didn't expect you to be such a beautiful young lady. I'm sorry, we were too rude just now.”

Red Wolf, the captain, seeing Xia Ming's attire, immediately looked a bit embarrassed, his right hand continuously scratching his cheek.

“By the way, let your teammates come out. Since we can lower our guard and come out to talk, we hope you don't need to keep any tricks up your sleeve either.”

“It's just me. I'm playing solo.”

Xia Ming smiled sweetly and said lightly.

“Is that so? Alright, but you're really amazing to dare to solo Eternal Night Dam alone.”

“Hey, hey, Captain, why are you so readily agreeing with what she said? What if it's false information she made up? Saying something like that isn't like you. Logically speaking, shouldn't you be more skeptical?”

“Shut up! Don't be so disrespectful to a beautiful lady!”

Ural had just opened his mouth when he was choked back by Captain Red Wolf.

Ural immediately felt a bit speechless. When had he ever been disrespectful to others?

It's you, Captain, who changes your attitude when you see a pretty girl! You're such a simp!

And the female Hacker Claw next to them also gave an awkward smile at this moment.

“Do you have any idea about the sudden weather situation at Eternal Night Dam?”

“I'm not sure. This Eternal Night Dam only appeared recently, and I haven't encountered this situation before.”

Xia Ming said indifferently.

“But I suspect someone has done something in the Restricted Zone, causing the weather change. Otherwise, Dam No. 0 wouldn't have rain for no reason, and... such a Red Moon wouldn't appear.”

“Red Moon?”

Hearing this, the three on the opposite side simultaneously looked up at the sky.

Then, the three saw that, just as Xia Ming said, the moon in the sky had indeed taken on a red hue at some point. That vivid red indicated that the rain at Dam No. 0 was by no means a normal phenomenon, but rather some abnormal situation they were unaware of had occurred.

“Why do you think someone did something?”

After seeing the Red Moon above, Ural also asked.

Xia Ming just smiled lightly, a hint of mockery appearing on his face.

“Eh~ You can't even figure this out? You're a team of three with Special Operations Agent identities, yet you can't even analyze such simple information? So weak, so weak.”

“Damn it! Can you speak properly?!”

Ural immediately felt his fists clench, but Captain Red Wolf glared at him fiercely.

“Hey! How dare you speak to this beautiful lady like that? Apologize to her quickly.”

“I'll apologize to you...! I'm sorry.”

Looking at Red Wolf's sharp gaze, Ural immediately softened.

At the same time, however, he cursed him a hundred times in his heart.

“Alright, alright, they're not good at analyzing intelligence. Let me guess.”

The female Hacker Claw chuckled softly, then began her own speculation.

In the Restricted Zone, whether it's material spawn points or enemy distribution, almost all content is a pre-fixed pattern.

No matter which Restricted Zone, as long as it's the same level and the same map, then aside from different drop rates and different materials appearing in containers for each match, the rest of the situations are basically the same.

Therefore, the appearance of such special weather at Eternal Night Dam obviously wouldn't be a coincidence.

The appearance of the Red Moon was clearly a pre-set rule in the Restricted Zone, but no one had discovered it before, and in this match, someone had triggered this rule.

“I'm right, aren't I? You must be thinking the same thing.”

Hacker Claw smiled softly and said with certainty.

“Mm, so what are you planning to do now?”

“Of course, we're going to find the source of this change.”

Captain Red Wolf said without hesitation, hands on his hips.

“Since someone triggered the hidden condition for the Red Moon's appearance, perhaps they have already gained richly rewarded benefits, maybe special big red materials, or something else. In short, given the Restricted Zone's usual behavior, he must have made a huge profit!”

“Oh? If that's the case... I'm sorry.”

Xia Ming smiled faintly and quietly stepped back.

“I'm afraid I can't let you have your wish.”

“What do you mean? Are you trying to stop us?”

Ural frowned, immediately sensing Xia Ming's thoughts and the meaning conveyed by his current actions.

This guy... wants to start a fight with them now!

“Are you crazy? One versus three, we're very strong, you know?”

“Ural, shut up!”

Just then, Ural had already pulled out his rocket launcher, but Captain Red Wolf immediately stopped his action.

“Don't speak so presumptuously to this beautiful lady!”

“Damn it! Captain, what exactly do you want to do?!”