Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 515 Whitewashing the Truth

Tang Zijun and Yedi stopped at the edge of the shadow of the last ruin in the target area.

Ahead, between the leaden sky and the dark brown earth, stands a majestic and enormous building.

It was a huge, suffocating stone wall. It was not made of regular boulders, but rather looked like the product of blasting up the ruins of countless dilapidated high-rise buildings, taking out the hardest parts, and then roughly fusing them together to fill the gaps.

The walls are covered with pits and all sorts of scars, many unrecognizable metal sheets, rusted vehicle shells, and even huge industrial pipes, all poured together to create a very savage style.

A barbed metal mesh extends from the top of the wall, topped with detectors flashing red light and laser cannon bases pointing towards the desolate wasteland outside the wall.

The wall winds its way to the farthest point in sight, enclosing this area. The only gap in the wall is the gate that the road leads to.

The gate itself consists of two massive gates made of heavy alloy, with red warning stripes painted on their surface.

At this moment, it opened only a small gap, allowing large vehicles to pass through, letting in a faint artificial light.

Outside the gate, there is an area enclosed by shipping containers and metal plates—that is the checkpoint and quarantine zone, the final test that everyone who wants to enter the City of Glory must pass.

"These prosecutors don't care about your identity. In fact, they don't care if you're deceiving them. The only thing they need to make sure of is that you're not carrying any contaminants or foreign objects," Suolin said calmly, gazing into the distance.

"Foreign object?" Tang Zijun was a little curious. He understood pollution, but he wasn't quite sure what a foreign object was.

"Foreign objects are a general term; they refer to strange and unusual things. Common examples include alien germs, alien parasites, and special viruses that sprout from contamination. The alien life that comes to the wasteland isn't just intelligent life; there are also bizarre alien creatures among them." Hearing Suolin's answer, Tang Zijun finally realized that he had always subconsciously overlooked the fact that there were quite a few aliens in this world. The group continued forward and soon arrived at the checkpoint. At this moment, Tang Zijun finally got a clear look at the inspectors.

They did not appear to be purely human; cold metal and strange biological tissues were combined on their bodies, making them look somewhat similar to the people of the Church of the Ages.

However, there is a difference: the parts on their bodies are so worn out that they are obviously made of inferior materials.

Most of the prosecutors had at least one eye replaced by a prosthetic eye that flashed red light, the cold beam of light scanning each person who entered from the shadows.

Their arms were even more bizarre. Some arms still vaguely showed human structure, such as five fingers, but others were directly modified into multi-barreled rotating gun muzzles and laser cannons.

A sense of oppression hung in the air, and the homeless people approaching from all directions in twos and threes couldn't help but lower their voices. Tang Zijun also fell silent. He gently patted Yedi's head to soothe the little girl's nervousness, and then walked towards the queue.

I don't know if it's because the activities of the Omnics have been too frequent lately, but the number of wanderers has decreased significantly. In the past, the lines here would have stretched for a long distance.

Two men were standing in front of Tang Zijun. At first, they turned around to observe Ye Di curiously, since such a pretty young girl was rare here. But when they saw Tang Zijun, they immediately turned their heads back obediently.

It must be said that Tang Zijun's "brand new" metal armor is quite impactful in the wasteland.

At least here, no one dares to come up here and deliberately cause trouble.

"Next, come to the isolation cage." The prosecutor, who was not far away, spoke in a hoarse voice, his tone devoid of any emotion.

Upon hearing the instructions, the two men in front immediately set off and entered a rectangular metal cage one after the other.

The cage looks like an ancient pig cage, but it's made of a special metal and has countless sharp spikes inside, making it seem like it was designed for prisoners.

If it were any normal person in a normal world, no one would want to enter such a dangerous and disrespectful cage, but the two men in front of them seemed to be used to it.

The two stood silently inside the isolation cage. Then, the arched device above the cage began to flicker and release beams of light with constantly changing frequencies. A ghostly blue light screen, almost tangible, swept over them, and Tang Zijun sensed a familiar energy reaction from it—the core energy of the Epoch Gods. Before he could discern it clearly, a sharp alarm was suddenly triggered.

Radiation levels are too high! Radiation levels are too high!

A loud alarm began to sound above the isolation cage, but it wasn't loud enough to affect the orderly screening at the other checkpoints.

The two people in the isolation cage panicked instantly, but their first reaction wasn't to resist; instead, they looked at each other warily. "I have anti-contamination serum on me; my radiation levels couldn't possibly be above the limit!"

One of the men suddenly shouted at the prosecutor outside the cage, then pointed at his companion.

"It's him, it must be him!"

"Don't slander me!" another man shouted angrily. "Sir, my radiation levels are not above the limit. I had my radiation measured just recently, and I haven't been attacked along the way, sir. There's no way I could be contaminated!"

"There are indeed no signs of combat on you." The prosecutor smirked and turned his head away with a cold laugh. "Because the Corrupted Monster doesn't attack its own kind."

"Wh-what do you mean?" The man froze on the spot, then his gaze met that of his companion, who also looked horrified.

"I...I'm not overexposed to radiation...Tell them! Tell them! I came here with you the whole way, how could I possibly be overexposed to radiation?"

Before they could finish speaking, the hinged panel at the bottom of the isolation cage suddenly opened, and the two men, without even a chance to react, plummeted down and disappeared into the dark cave.

Clatter!

The hinged panel closed again, and the cage door quietly opened.

"Next." Without pausing, the prosecutor immediately turned his gaze to Tang Zijun, Yedi, and Suolin.

Tang Zijun glanced up at the scanning device. Just then, Yedi had already entered the isolation cage.

"Weren't you together?" The prosecutor couldn't help but ask when Tang Zijun didn't enter.

Under other circumstances, he would never have been so polite, but noticing Tang Zijun's peculiar armor and the mechanical head she was holding, his tone softened slightly, and he wasn't as impatient as before.

Surviving in the wasteland requires tact and awareness, because those who lacked tact are basically all dead here.

After hesitating for a moment, Tang Zijun shuddered, deactivated her transformation, and then stepped into the isolation cage.

Watching the man remove his armor in a dim light, not only the prosecutor but also Yedi was stunned. It was the first time she had seen Tang Zijun's full appearance.

Seeing everyone around her staring at her in a daze, Tang Zijun raised an eyebrow. "Is there a problem?"

"No...no problem..." The prosecutor paused for a moment, then subconsciously replied.

He had initially thought that the armor was a product of the person in front of him undergoing physical modification, just like himself, but he did not expect that the armor was actually removable.

And most importantly, this armor disappeared without a trace, which clearly shows that the other party has mastered controllable space technology!

It's important to understand that in today's wasteland, it's simply impossible to possess this level of technology. There are only two possibilities: either he is a member of the gods of the era, or he comes from an alien planet with a unique technology tree.

The former was someone he, a mere prosecutor, could not afford to offend, while the latter would bring greater benefits to the City of Glory, though that had nothing to do with him.

The energy scanning device quickly swept over Tang Zijun, Yedi, and Suolin, but this time it did not issue any alarms.

The prosecutor then nodded slightly and opened the door on the other side of the cage.

"Alright, you can go and complete the entry procedures. Just go through this passage."

As he spoke, regardless of whether Tang Zijun cared or not, he shouted again at the backs of Tang Zijun and the others.

"If possible, I hope you can give me a good review. My number is easy to remember: Prosecutor No. 007."

Tang Zijun didn't stop moving forward, but the expression on her face was somewhat strange. "There are good reviews here?"

"Heh..." Zorin grinned, revealing a smile. "The more chaotic a place is, the more it craves order."

"No matter how chaotic it is inside, at least on the surface, they have to present a picture of peace and prosperity. This is the unique wasteland shelter of the Western region."