?The five of them followed the valley for several minutes.
They were walking at a fast pace, but they were not running.
It was important to keep a stable formation.
Eventually, they followed a bend in the valley, and the city vanished behind the valley's wall.
The five of them continued walking for another minute before Nick stopped.
"I want to test out the defensive formation," Nick said. "Assume the defensive formation!"
The others nodded and ran to the middle of the formation.
Then, they turned their backs to each other and looked outside, surveying the surroundings.
Meanwhile, Nick jumped over them and landed in the middle of the formation.
Right now, all four of Nick's teammates had their backs turned to him, with a bit over two meters of distance between him and their backs.
Nick had told them that this defensive formation would protect them in case they were surrounded.
Of course, that wasn't the real point of the defensive formation.
When Nick landed in the middle of the defensive formation, he felt his ability reactivate.
Right now, none of his teammates could sense him.
Nick had created this defensive formation for scouting reasons. nove(l)bi(n.)com
Since none of his teammates could sense him, Nick could check if someone was looking at their team, thanks to his ability.
'No one is currently looking at us,' Nick thought as he silently looked at the valley. 'Nobody inside the city knows of my ability, which means nobody is going to purposefully look away from us.'
'The chances of us being followed by someone from the city are very low.'
"Good job. Disperse!" Nick ordered.
Nick's team assumed its normal formation.
This was an Infester, and it was the minion of a Specter, which was called the Infestation.
The Infestation was not nearly as powerful as the False Hope and the Eternal Hunger.
Additionally, the Infesters, the Infestation's minions, were not everywhere in the world.
The Infesters were only found in a large area to the south of Crimson City.
According to Crimson City, the Infestation was a Fanatic.
The Infestation grew more powerful by transforming human matter into more of itself.
It accomplished that by growing these Infesters all over the place.
The Infesters dispersed invisible spores in a radius of about 200 meters.
Anyone that breathed in these spores would have their mind altered, and they would feel the irresistible desire to approach the Infester and suck on one of the tracheas hanging from the lungs.
This would give them a lethal dose of spores, and their body would "explode" and wrap around the Infester.
Researchers from Crimson City found out that this also worked on corpses, which only needed to be placed near an Infester to trigger the transformation.
Their Barriers had different settings, specifically due to the Infesters.
The spores of the Infesters were not picked up by normal Barriers and were therefore not blocked.
Because of that, it was necessary to have special Barriers when one planned on exploring the outside world.
The group looked at the Infester for a while before they were distracted by something near its base.
There was a group of seven people standing near the bottom of the Infester, their Barriers constantly shining.
As a Fanatic, the Infestation was highly desired by Ghosty's Lab, Anatomy, and Kugelblitz.
All three of these Manufacturers had claimed one Infester for themselves so that they could run experiments on them.
This Infester was the closest to the city and belonged to Kugelblitz, which was also the reason why Nick was okay with coming here.
Out of the big three Manufacturers, Kugelblitz was of the least concern due to Julian's influence over their shareholders and Vernon.
"If you see one of these on our journey, tell me immediately," Nick said before he jumped down into the valley.
"Yes, boss," the others answered before following him.
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