Deep in the Living

Chapter 391 Rain

After the living train had traveled for a full twelve hours, its internal structure changed.

Cracks appeared in the originally closed interior space, eventually forming a fully transparent soft-film window, through which one can see the outside situation very clearly.

This means that everyone has left the area covered by the "Gaze Disaster".

Rody also looked curiously at the area where the vehicle passed, wanting to stand outside and see what the scene was like while staring at the disaster area.

But I can't see anything.
The area about 500 meters behind the train was covered in darkness, as if it was a black curtain hanging from the sky, completely enveloping that area.

The middle layer in the corner is similar in structure to the shallow layer. It is not a vast open world, but is also composed of independent areas.

It's just that the area in the middle layer is much larger, unlike the train stations and streets that Luo Di visited in the superficial layer. The area here is about the size of one or two provinces, or even larger.

Rody also turned his gaze forward.

This living train was crawling on a road. In front of it should be the entrance to a bridge. Only the bridge head could be vaguely seen, and the interior was completely shrouded in thick fog.

Hua Yuan's voice followed: "After crossing the cross-sea bridge in front, we will arrive at the City of Sin. I haven't been here for three months... I'm really looking forward to it~ Fortunately, I have saved a lot of money, so I can spend it well. Maybe Mr. Di can make my wallet thicker.

As long as we can make money, we'll split it 50-50."

Hua Yuan's flower-shaped pupils began to move, full of anticipation for the trip. He took out a lotus-shaped wallet from his pocket and checked the coins stuffed inside.

Although she is mainly responsible for managing the flower garden, she is mostly responsible for picking and cultivating flowers, and rarely goes out to perform corner events or obtain corner coins through other means.

But the sisterhood does pay salaries, and every time Hua Yuan brings back enough mature flowers, she will receive a substantial commission.

"The sea... the ocean in the corner?"

As the train entered the bridge area, thick fog no longer obscured the view.

In front of me is an extremely long bridge deck with almost no end in sight, and at the end I can vaguely see the outline of an island city.

Beneath the bridge is the azure blue water, which, at least on the surface, looks no different from the ocean in the human world.

It’s just that the ocean is surprisingly calm, but there seems to be something hidden beneath this calmness.

When Rody stared at the sea for a long time, the azure color rippling on the sea seemed to be pulling his thoughts... A strange feeling came over his heart, and the lunar pituitary gland in his brain grew tentacles.

Gray actually permeated the eyeballs, flowing like sea water.

Homology...

"Hua Yuan, is this sea related to Mr. Kraft?"

"As expected, you can sense it. Yes~ It is rumored that Mr. Kraft's true self is hiding in the depths of a certain ocean in a corner."

"Rumors? None of the sisterhood has ever seen his true form?"

“No, Mr. Kraft’s true self is one of the most mysterious beings.

Although he has been incarnated in the human world for many years and actively interacted with humans, his real body in the corner never appeared, or all those who had seen his real body disappeared.

Mr. Kraft is the most powerful monster known to date.
There are also rumors that he has broken through the shackles of the middle layer and reached a deeper area, and only his body remains in the ocean.

Except for very few special circumstances, people will not go near the sea.

Rody, you have won the favor of Mr. Kraft, so you may be allowed to go to the sea, but before you go, you'd better go back to the human side and have a good talk with his incarnation. "

"Ah."

“Ouch~ Let’s take a break. It will take another three hours to drive across the bridge and reach the city isolated on the sea.

By the way, the reason why the City of Sin was chosen here is because it is an extremely rare area in the middle zone that is not affected by disasters. There is no need to worry about being transformed by disasters, and you can enjoy the city to your heart's content."

"Ok."

Luo Di closed his eyes and took a short nap, and Hua Yuan also took a nap. Their heads unconsciously leaned against each other, like a young couple sleeping soundly on the subway.

Yu Lu, who was sitting opposite, looked at this scene, her lips slightly parted, and her half-meter-long tongue actually stuck out, as if she liked this scene very much.

When Rody opened his eyes again, the vehicle had stopped.

Hua Yuan stepped on her little leather shoes, stood up and stretched her body, while Yu Lu floated and stood at the cracking car door.

in addition,

Each of them held an umbrella in their hands.

Hua Yuan took out a paper umbrella embroidered with gorgeous flowers.
In Yu Lu's hand was a very ordinary black umbrella with a large umbrella. "Mr. Di, although there are no disasters in the City of Sin, it rains all year round, which has a certain relationship with the sea. If the body comes into contact with the raindrops formed by the sea water, it will more or less produce hallucinations, and even physical mutations.

"Holding an umbrella" is a must in the city of sin.

Although you are our manservant, you are still allowed to use an umbrella. Do you have an umbrella?"

As soon as Hua Yuan finished asking, he heard a crow's cry. A crow flew out of its mouth, forming a special umbrella with a feather umbrella cover, a bone umbrella handle, and a crow's head decoration at the end.

The feathers serve as an umbrella that prevents the Crow from coming into contact with sea water and being affected. At the same time, they can also serve as external eyes to observe this special monster city.

"Hey! If you open this umbrella, people who don't know will think you brought two of us maids. Change to a simpler one."

"Row."

Gray dyed,

Feathers converge,

The umbrella in his hand turned into a low-quality gray umbrella.

Hua Yuan looked up and down at the umbrella and said, "Your crow is quite useful, but it's disgusting to put it in your mouth.

That’s about it. In this city, we are in a master-servant relationship. Remember to follow us obediently and try not to act subjectively.

Let me tell you about the rules of this city before you get off the bus.

The city of sin has regulations in place, which are used to effectively control the monsters that seek pleasure here.

1. In the city of sin, people are free to kill, rob, eat, occupy, etc., which goes beyond the legal bottom line that we had to follow when we were still human beings.

However, once your "actions" ferment and become regional incidents or conflicts, you will be sanctioned.

For example, if you kill someone, the organization behind this person retaliates against you, and you call on a lot of people to fight back, and the single killing turns into a large-scale gang riot.

Then, the city managers will take action, first clearing out those groups that are trying to cause large-scale riots in the city, and then will pay special attention to you as the initiator of the incident, and you will receive eternal torture that is more painful than death.

2. All buildings in Sin City have been planned in advance, and no one is allowed to expand or change the city structure.

3. Any operator who rents a shop in the city is allowed to sell various prohibited items, but if prohibited items cause regional unrest, they will be dealt with in the same way as in 1.

So the things we buy here are basically safe, and we will take you to a delicious restaurant later.

4. No human is allowed to enter, except for slaves.

We’ll work out the other details once we’re in the city.”

the door opens,
The sound of raindrops came immediately.

When Luo Di followed the two people out of the car and stepped on the concrete floor, he could clearly feel the heavy feeling from the rain hitting him, and it took some effort to hold up the umbrella.

Dark night and heavy rain.

The thick fog was almost as high as the city's tall buildings.
Standing on the roadside, Luo Di looked at the "people" holding umbrellas and walking slowly in the heavy rain, and he actually felt like he had returned to human society.

All "monsters" are like Hua Yuan, hiding their true forms and walking here in human bodies.

The city streets are quite spacious, but there are no cars driving on them, and there is no distinction between sidewalks and motor vehicle lanes.

If the monsters here want to move quickly, they just need to run.

When Luo Di turned his head, the two ladies who were just beside him were gone.

What I got in return were pairs of gazes from passers-by under umbrellas, which were different from the indifferent or friendly gazes in human society.

The gaze here contains hunger, curiosity, violation and malice.

But soon, Luo Di locked onto Hua Yuan's figure.

The other person was standing in front of a sushi restaurant, looking at him with a smile, as if reminding Rody to hurry over to avoid becoming food for these passers-by.

Just as Rody took a step forward, his intuition suddenly sensed something.

He tilted his head suddenly.

A familiar figure seemed to flash around the corner of the street behind him, but when he wanted to take a closer look, the other person had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)