Chapter 1192: The Ruin's Telltale Signs

Ning Chen glanced at the crowd, got into the elder's car first, sat in the back, and pulled Gu Yanqi in with him.

Lin Yi naturally wanted to sit with Ning Chen, but just as he was about to climb into the back seat, Ning Chen stopped him.

"Xu Chenchen, you come to the back."

Xu Chenchen, whose name had just been called, looked utterly shocked. Before he could figure out what was going on, his body had already climbed into the car first.

Lin Yi: "…"

"Brother Ning, is love transferred this fast?!" Lin Yi's words, paired with his little glance, looked especially… like a jilted wife.

Ning Chen felt his temple throbbing. He pointed at the front passenger seat and said, "You sit up front."

Having been granted permission by a car, Lin Yi was thrilled all over. He climbed into the passenger seat in high spirits, looking happier than New Year's.

Huo Jinglin could hardly bear to watch Lin Yi. If it were just the few of them, fine, but there were three outsiders here too—did he have to be this embarrassing?!

Ning Chen looked out the window. Xiao Han was standing right outside, and just then he happened to look up and meet Ning Chen's eyes.

Ning Chen gave Xiao Han a nod. "That side is in your hands."

"Mm, I know." After saying that, Xiao Han walked straight ahead toward the car driven by the butler Tianze, pulled open the passenger door, and got in.

The remaining people could only sit in the car behind.

Seeing everyone was seated, the elder got in the car. He had a pair of sunglasses in his hand, put them on his face, and then said, "Let's go, we're off!"

The car drove along the road, the scenery on both sides gradually receding. They weren't far from the gate of City F, but the car was slowly veering away from City F.

The elder took out a walkie-talkie and said, "Everyone, I need to take you out for a spin first. If I brought you straight in the moment I came out, it'd be a little too conspicuous."

With an explanation, the others relaxed.

The elder drove and brought everyone to a ruin.

The others might not sense it, but Ning Chen and Xiao Han could clearly feel that there was a very strange wave inside.

Ning Chen got out of the car, looked at the ruin, and immediately used his ability to scan the surroundings.

This wave was very strange—it felt a bit like those infected ones, yet also seemed not to, leaving one rather baffled.

Moreover, there was a very familiar aura inside, truly very familiar; he seemed to have come into contact with it before.

Ning Chen turned his head and looked at Xiao Han, only to see him frowning too, as if something was on his mind.

"What's wrong? Did you think of something?" Ning Chen turned to Xiao Han and asked.

Xiao Han nodded, then pointed at the ruin before them and said, "There's the aura of that fragment from before inside. The aura is faint, but at least, it did exist here at the time."

Prompted by Xiao Han's reminder, Ning Chen finally remembered what this strange feeling was.

Wasn't this exactly the aura of that fragment when they were trapped in the forest?

Ning Chen looked into the ruin, frowning tightly. So what on earth was going on now?

"Is it in here?"

Xiao Han shook his head. Although there was a faint aura inside, the remaining fragment's aura definitely wouldn't be this weak, and besides, he hadn't sensed any physical object's aura.

Since neither of them was sure, Ning Chen planned to ask the person who had brought them here—who might know the situation.

"Grandpa Yuan, what is this ruin?"

The elder seemed to have been prepared long ago. He looked at the ruin and said to Ning Chen meaningfully, "Here? This place, you know, was where the apocalypse first hit."

That sentence carried a lot of information. Ning Chen frowned—this would mean the apocalypse might have something to do with that fragment.

Ning Chen explored the ruin. The ruin was very strange, full of jars, bottles, and shards of glass; Ning Chen even spotted the silhouettes of some odd instruments.

Wait—instruments? Ning Chen suddenly thought of something and snapped his head toward the elder.

But the elder was looking at him with a smile, not at all surprised by his sudden shock.

Ning Chen had a bold yet absurd guess, waiting to be confirmed: "Grandpa Yuan, this place—was it originally a laboratory?"