Uchiha of Zero Zone

"Everyone, corpses are constantly being born in this new cavity, so please be careful!"

Somewhere in the cave, a team of investigators wearing protective clothing and almost fully armed were carrying out a rescue mission issued by their superiors.

They had to rescue the civilians in the cave who had not been evacuated in time and had not yet been corroded into corpses.

Among those who were rescued, most of them had an ether suitability of more than 50 points, otherwise, they would not have been able to survive in the void for such a long time.

Afterwards, the Void Investigation Association will extend an olive branch to those among them who pass the assessment, and those who have lost their houses and jobs will basically choose to become a Void Investigator.

This is considered a relatively secretive industry chain in New Eli. It's not that the Hollow Investigation Association deliberately let those unqualified people die, but mainly because they really have no way to complete the rescue operation before those people are corroded into corpses.

The scene returns to the present. Just as the investigator team is advancing in an orderly manner, a pair of cats suddenly appear without warning behind a wall not far from them.

As the camera zoomed in, they discovered that the owner of the ears was the Nekomata who had secretly followed them into the cave earlier.

After entering the hole, Nekomata did not intend to follow the investigator team, but turned around and drilled into a space node that she had discovered in advance.

Not long after she left, a sharp-eyed member of the investigator team suddenly saw a figure slowly crawling up from the ground in the ruins not far away.

No, it was not a person at all, but a creature with a humanoid appearance.

Driven by curiosity, he couldn't help but take a few steps forward and soon saw the other person's appearance clearly.

It is much taller than an adult, with a gray crystalline body, part of which is covered with green ether crystals. Behind it is a crystal cloak that is silver-gray on the outside and light green on the inside.

Coupled with the corpse's iconic [core], the team member who saw its appearance clearly was stunned.

"Captain...Captain!"

In panic, he couldn't help but shout, and the sound quickly attracted the attention of other team members.

The entire team looked over here, especially the captain, who was about to open his mouth to reprimand, but after seeing the appearance of the corpse not far away, his face suddenly changed drastically.

The next second, his almost roaring voice came from the protective hood: "It's Thanatos! Everyone prepare for battle!"

As his roar spread throughout the team, everyone's expressions became tense.

They were not unfamiliar with the name Thanatos, as he was a recorded superior in the Hollow Investigation Association.

Its characteristic is that it has extremely high maneuverability, and can disappear from its original place in an instant, and then suddenly appear from behind.

Such attack methods often catch inexperienced Hollow Investigators off guard, and even some experienced investigators find it difficult to defeat Thanatos alone.

It is not uncommon for Thanatos to wipe out an entire team of investigators by himself.

“Don’t be afraid! Thanatos has little resistance to ether-attributed attacks. Hold on to your weapons. As long as we can hit him, we will definitely win!”

Seeing that his investigators all had expressions of fear on their faces, the captain quickly spoke out to comfort them.

Thanatos is weak to ether, and this fact has been recorded in the association's archives. It just so happens that they are equipped with ether weapons this time, so if a fight breaks out, it is hard to say who will win or lose.

However, just when the captain felt a glimmer of hope, he discovered that another tall Ikai stood up next to Thanatos.

It was also a Thanatos, but unlike the first one, the originally green crystals on its body were all a striking bright red, even the inner layer of the cloak on its back was the same color.

That is a variant of Thanatos, Thanatos Accumulation Type, which is also recorded in the association's archives.

Compared with Thanatos in normal state, there is almost no difference in appearance between Thanatos Charging Type and Thanatos in normal state. The only difference is the resistance to attributes.

In fact, Thanatos has many variants, and almost every variant is Weak Aether, with the exception of Thanatos Accumulator.

In other words, facing such variants, they completely lost the advantage of attribute restraint, not to mention that they were facing two Thanatos!

Under such circumstances, an unprecedented feeling of powerlessness accompanied by despair gradually enveloped the captain's heart.

He knew that it was unlikely that anyone from the investigation team would be able to return alive.

......

While the investigation team was attacked by two Thanatos, on the other side, Ling and Nicole were still using the existing carrots to locate the possible locations of Zhong Yan and An Bi.

There was no way. They did not have professional equipment like the Void Investigation Association, and could not accurately locate the two people through life signals, so it would be a very time-consuming task to search for the two people in the void.

Unless they are lucky enough to meet Zhong Yan and An Bi as soon as they enter the cave, but this is obviously impossible.

"Ropemaker, we have been in the cave for at least an hour, and we still have no clue?" Looking at the ether crystals still spreading on the streets around her, Nicole couldn't help but frowned slightly and asked.

Ling, who was walking in front, heard this and immediately turned around while controlling Ies: "There is no other way. If I am the only one controlling the system, the efficiency is too low. My brother has to be responsible for meeting you over there, and judging from the time, he won't be able to come back in time."

Ling seemed somewhat helpless when she said this. She had been operating the HDD system for the entire night, which consumed most of her energy. It was already quite good that she could still stay awake.

However, for Zhong Yan and An Bi, she had no choice but to persevere.

It was at this moment that the air not far in front of the two of them suddenly trembled inexplicably.

Immediately afterwards, a space vortex gradually formed. By the time the two men reacted, a figure wearing a dark blue robe and a white mask had emerged from it.

"U...Uchiha?!" Nicole was the first to react. The person who appeared was the Uchiha with whom she had cooperated once before.

Nicole was very surprised at Uchiha's appearance. After all, the other party's style of doing things was always like a dragon that was never seen.

Unless the other party is willing to show up, finding him would be harder than climbing to the sky.

Uchiha ignored Nicole's shock. He looked at the man and the cloth in front of him. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke.

"I was asked to come and lend a helping hand."