This actor is full of tricks.

There is no sense of time in the fog; by the time the map's guidance disappeared, it had been dark in the fog for quite some time.

Lin Jue stopped outside a street that seemed to stretch endlessly. The entire street resembled a giant beast with its jaws wide open, swallowing up all the light. Compared to the outside, this street was even darker, making it almost impossible to see what was inside.

Outside the street, there was a crooked road sign with two large, twisted characters written in blood.

[Black Street]

Indeed, the street lived up to its name, as dark as an abyss.

Lin Jue stepped into the dark street. The moment he stepped in, he keenly sensed the prying eyes around him, like hungry wolves lurking in the shadows watching a plump lamb that had escaped its enclosure.

[Scene 1: You've always known that the Black Street is a dog-eat-dog world. You've lived there for many years, but you've always remained on the outer edge of the bottom rungs, just food that others can eat at any time. You want to go to the deepest part and become the most powerful predator in the Black Street.]

Are the people living on the outer perimeter of this street all from the lowest social class and are considered eerie?

Lin Jue stopped and looked into the deepest part, where it was pitch black like a bottomless black hole, blocking all sight of exploration.

"It seems that the most powerful monsters live in the innermost part; they are the so-called wolves, while those living on the outside are sheep to be slaughtered."

This dark street is a pyramid of power; the further you go in, the stronger the residents become.

Lin Jue withdrew his gaze and stopped in front of the second house on the outskirts of the street.

This is number 153. In front of him is a single-story house, with pieces of flesh and blood still stained on the bricks of the exterior walls. Just as he was about to take out his key to open the door, a wary voice came from inside: "Brother, is that you?"

elder brother?
Does Yan Hui, this charlatan, have a younger brother?

Lin Jue cleared his throat and replied in a deliberately tired tone, "It's me."

"No! Your voice is off! You're not my brother!" The voice inside the house turned shrill, followed by the sound of something being smashed: "Get away from here! There's no food for you inside!"

What a stupid younger brother.

Lin Jue sighed silently, unlocked the door with his key, and caught a metal bucket that was thrown at him.

A thin figure was huddled in the corner of the dilapidated living room; it must be Yan Hui's younger brother.

Lin Jue tossed the metal bucket aside, his face contorted with anger: "Open your eyes and see if I'm really your brother!?"

Although it is not yet clear how Yan Hui gets along with his younger brother, it is normal for an older brother to be angry when his younger brother throws things at him, so Lin Jue is not worried that the other party will notice anything unusual.

The figure was jolted awake by Lin Jue's shout and timidly raised his head.

Lin Jue's eyes had adjusted to the darkness, and he could clearly see the figure's appearance.

It was a very young face, and he looked to be only two or three years younger than Yan Hui when he died. His face was very pale, and his aura was extremely weak, even weaker than the lowest-level E-rank monster.

With a younger brother who didn't even reach the required level and an older brother who was probably only at the E level, the Yan brothers' previous living conditions were truly worrying.

With such strength, it's truly a miracle that one of the two brothers, the Ghost Brother, survived. "Did you see clearly? Am I your older brother?" Lin Jue closed the door. They say the eldest brother is like a father, so it shouldn't be a problem if he pulls out Seven Wolves to teach this disobedient younger brother a lesson later.

"Brother!" To his surprise, his younger brother rushed over and hugged him tightly: "You've been gone for several days. I thought you wouldn't come back."

Although it was strange, Lin Jue could still feel the intense concern and worry coming from the other person, which confused him, and he silently loosened his clenched fist.

"It's alright, I'm sorry to have worried you these past few days." Lin Jue gently patted the other person's back. "What did you mean when you said there was no food in the house? Has anything come to us these past few days?"

“That butcher next door, he’s been loitering outside our door these past few days since you weren’t home. Sometimes I can see him peering through the window.”

Lin Jue didn't react much to his brother's words. Based on his previous speculation, the area outside the street was probably inhabited by some E-level monsters, which were nothing to be afraid of.

"Brother, your voice sounds weird, and why are you carrying such a big bag?" The younger brother stared at Lin Jue with some curiosity. Although Lin Jue looked like his older brother, his voice was a little off, and he inexplicably carried a big bag back.

"I got into a fight with a guy outside, and he stuck a strand of hair in my throat, which damaged my vocal cords a bit." Lin Jue made up a reason without changing his expression: "I killed that guy and took this bag from him. There are treasures inside. I'll show them to you later. You don't need them now."

Is the vocal cord damaged?

The younger brother was taken aback, feeling something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. However, being both innocent and foolishly unaware of the supernatural, he easily believed Lin Jue's nonsense.

Lin Jue found a place in the house where he could barely sit and began to subtly probe his younger brother, managing to extract all the information about this dark street from him in just a few words.

There are a total of 155 households on this street, numbered from 1 to 155. Households numbered 100 to 155 are the outer circle, which is the weakest overall. Households numbered 100 to 20 are the middle circle, which can be considered the mainstay. Households numbered 1 to 20 are the inner circle, which is home to the 20 strongest monsters on the street.

The Yan brothers live in number 153, which means that their strength is among the weakest in the outer circle.

There is only one way to get a place there.

They stormed in with overwhelming force.

Every day, bloodshed erupts in the Black Street, and residents die, but a steady stream of new residents also moves in.

The reason for this is that a legend circulates in the Black Street, saying that an extremely powerful monster lives in the deepest part of this street. Only the monsters living in the inner circle are qualified to see it, and it can evolve the monsters to a higher level of power, making them the most terrifying beings in the world.

That's why strange entities from outside the Black Street keep coming in, trying to fight their way to the deepest part and grasp the secrets of evolution.

Isn't this the real-life version of One Piece? The Black Market is the Grand Line, with treasure hidden at its end, attracting an endless stream of strange beings.

"Evolving to a higher level of power... the most terrifying existence... isn't this what they mean by the most wicked and vicious?"

"The guy living at the deepest part of this street can evolve a monster into an extremely vicious one? It's unlikely. After all, this place is only a three-star scenario. At most, the deepest part is only a B-level monster, which is roughly equivalent to that school."

"Back then, the Extremely Evil Ferocious only used one hand to cripple Li Changming, who was at the fourth level. How could a B-level or even less than B-level monster possibly allow other monsters to evolve into Extremely Evil Ferocious?"

Lin Jue didn't know the purpose of the thing deep inside, but he was certain that it was definitely not a good thing and certainly had no good intentions.

(End of this chapter)