Cyberpunk, but urban

"it is good."

After some time, Ye Lan took Luna to the streets and searched for the location of the Lobelia branch based on the information about the branch he had seen in the headquarters of the Lobelia Corporation.

However, someone soon stopped them.

"A young man in a suit and a little girl with albinism... You saw three escaped rats in Pingnan Alley last night, right?"

There were two people who stopped Ye Lan and Luna. One of them was wearing the uniform of the Sixth Department of the Second Association and looked like a low-level finisher for the association who ran errands.

The other person had a small serrated dagger hanging around his waist and was wearing a campus-style short jacket. Judging from the turned-up collar, it should be fleece-lined.

The two of them took out their respective cleaner licenses from their own storage tools and waved them in front of Ye Lan. Then the cleaner from the Second Association continued to say to Ye Lan: "We checked with the residents around the crime scene and learned that you two saw the three fleeing rats last night. Do you admit it?"

"Rats? There are so many rats in the alley. Which ones are you talking about?"

It’s not that Ye Lan didn’t realize who this closer was talking about, but he was a little unhappy with the attitude of this closer from Section 6 who was so aggressive and accusing him of something.

Therefore, a little bit of trouble was just the right punishment for the person who was in charge of the second association and the sixth department.

"Senior, what this gentleman said is correct. You should be more specific, such as their clothes and so on." The closer, who should be from Run Firm judging by the firm badge on the license, said to him.

"Don't come and order me around, kid... Do you really think I don't know?"

The second association's sixth department's closer scolded the young office closer impatiently, and then said to Ye Lan: "There are three suspects who escaped, two men and one woman, all dressed in rags. Oh, yes, they should have a backpack in their hands."

"To be honest, your description is not very detailed."

Ye Lan sighed. The person in front of him who was in charge of the Second Association and the Sixth Section looked to be at least in his forties or fifties, but he still needed to go to the scene.

Before talking to him, Ye Lan could still think that he insisted on visiting the site because he was responsible. But after these few brief exchanges, Ye Lan clearly understood why this person could not be promoted.

He couldn't speak at all, and the few words he said didn't contain even a speck of useful information. Even if the closer from Run Office who was following him had told this guy what information he should provide, he still couldn't clearly describe the image of Pete's three mice.

"Senior, why don't you let me do it."

The young collector flattered the association collector in a good-humored voice, and soon, the association collector, who was pleased with what he heard, left the job of describing the suspect and the subsequent questioning to the collector, and ran to the street corner to smoke.

"I'm so sorry..." He apologized to Ye Lan first. Then he introduced himself: "I'm Finn from Run Office. Although I'm just a new closer who can only help others, I will try my best to do this job well."

"So what do those three back alley rats look like?" Ye Lan asked Finn.

The two of them wasted a lot of time on boring things, and Luna next to Ye Lan had already started yawning.

"It's like this. The leader of the three back alley rats was about thirty years old, looked old, and had a beard. The second person was a woman, wearing a scarf, and her dyed hair must have faded, which was particularly obvious. The third person was a dark-skinned man with a hooded shirt. If he hadn't thrown away the tools he used to commit the crime, you would have seen a hammer on his waist."

"You should have said it earlier..." Ye Lan sighed helplessly, and then said to Finn, "They did pass by me last night, but we didn't have much interaction. The only thing I remember clearly is that the three of them mentioned an invitation letter from the library while they were escaping."

"Invitation to the library?" Finn took out a pen and paper from his bag, ready to record Ye Lan's next words. But when he opened his backpack, an invitation to the library fell out of his bag.

Ye Lan pointed at the invitation on the ground and said to Finn, "Yes, this is the invitation."

However, to Finn, the appearance of this invitation had a strange tone.

Chapter 69. Division

"This...when is this?"

Finn looked at the library invitation that fell from his pocket in surprise. He had no idea when this invitation, which was obviously too big for his pocket, appeared in his pocket. It was as if it had always been there, and as if it had finally turned from an illusion into reality when the man in front of him mentioned it.

"That's all I know. Mr. Finn, do you have anything else to ask?" Seeing that he was staring at the library invitation letter, Ye Lan spoke to break his daze.

"Oh, sorry, I seem to be distracted. I already know what you said about them mentioning the library and the invitation letter, so do you remember which direction they left from?"

"After they crossed the alley, they should have gone to the left. My girl and I just came to this back alley and are not very familiar with the terrain here."

Ye Lan pointed in a direction, but Finn and the closer from the Second Association and Sixth Section were destined to not find Pete and the other three back-alley rats.

After all, the people had already turned into books and fell asleep in the library. There was no way they would appear in the city again until Angela fulfilled her wish.

But if Ye Lan didn't say it, no one would know about it. Finn followed the second association and the sixth department's finisher and continued to investigate in the direction pointed out by Ye Lan.

"Finally, we left," Ye Lan sighed, then reached out and held the little hand that Luna handed over and said to her, "Then let's go too. I hope there are still people alive in the branch in Lane 12."

"Ye Lan doesn't seem to have any hope that the employees there can survive."

Luna dragged her suitcase and walked beside Ye Lan. Those dead people and other things didn't seem to be anything worth mentioning to her.

Only at this time could Ye Lan see a strange sense of alienation from this little albino girl.

The two continued along the route in Ye Lan's mind. After passing most of Alley 12, they finally saw the collapsed branch of the Lobotomy Corporation.

In Ye Lan's memory, Ayin should have made arrangements for the branches and their employees after the implementation of the Seed of Light Plan, but for some reason, quite a number of branches failed to fully implement the arrangements in this plan, and eventually became the collapsed branches in front of him.

"Come to think of it, one of the surviving employees of one branch may have opened a firm now."

While Ye Lan was chatting with Luna about some irrelevant topics, he used the power bonus brought by Zayin-level ego equipment to move the building debris that blocked the entrance to the branch.

The ego suit he chose this time was [Wing Flutter] extracted from the Elf Feast. A pale light flickered on the short staff in his hand and the clothes on his body that were very similar to those of elves in fairy tales. The small wings vibrated on one shoulder of the weapon and armor, emitting star-like dust.

"It looks like the passage inside the door is passable. Let's go in."

After extending his hand to wave to Luna, Ye Lan took her into the collapsed branch of the Cerebrovascular Corporation.

Generally speaking, the structures within the branch are basically the same as those of the Lobotomy Corporation headquarters, but unlike the headquarters, the Lobotomy Corporation branch does not have the function of turning facilities around and climbing to the surface, and usually does not fill up all the containment chambers.

After all, in a branch, an employee with a level five level can already meet all the requirements to become a branch Sephirah.

Such overall quality is totally insufficient for the headquarters, but it is enough to accommodate only a part of the subspecies of abnormalities and produce energy to supply the corresponding areas.

The elevator at the entrance of the branch unexpectedly still had power, so Ye Lan took Luna in. After pressing the only button, the elevator began to move towards the control department.

In the elevator, Luna asked Ye Lan with a hint of curiosity about the unknown: "Ye Lan, what kind of strange abnormality do you think we will encounter next?"

"It's hard to say. It could be an Abnormality that the headquarters cannot contain. If it's one of them, it's easy for me to deal with it. But if it's a subspecies Abnormality, I don't know much about them."

"Isn't that very dangerous?" Luna smiled. "Ye Lan actually brought me to such a dangerous place. He must think I'm troublesome and wants to find a place to consume me."

"What a joke you are, girl."

Ye Lan hit her hard on the forehead, causing Luna to stick out her tongue. The elevator arrived at the control center of the branch during this somewhat inappropriate joke.

As soon as the door opened, a corpse fell in from the open door and fell at Ye Lan and Luna's feet.

"Is this considered a show of force?"

The short staff of [Wing Flutter] hit the corpse that was twisting and trying to get up. It had turned into a derivative of an abnormality, leaving a bite wound on its body.

It seemed as if some invisible creature was devouring his flesh wantonly on this derivative body. Soon, under Ye Lan's continuous attacks, this derivative body was turned into shapeless remains.

"It's a bit difficult to hit it with the wings... Maybe there is an abnormality above He level that escaped from it."

Then, Ye Lan's ego equipment turned into fairy dust and disappeared, while the furry teddy bear doll costume appeared on his body in the shining dust.

"Wow, so cute!"

The next moment, Luna pounced on Ye Lan. Even a little girl like her with a strange spiritual world, when faced with a cute teddy bear, she would hug it like a normal girl of the same age.

Before Ye Lan could say anything, Luna had already crawled behind him, pulling her small suitcase and hiding in the fur on Ye Lan's back.

"Uh...that's okay."

Shrugging his shoulders, Ye Lan carried Luna on his back and walked deeper into the control department. There was still electricity in the control department of this branch, and bright lights were on in the corridors and lounges.

But such bright lights also made the bloodstains on the ground look extremely vivid. Soon, after walking through the entire control department, Ye Lan could only announce that the branch department had been completely wiped out. But the only problem was... he did not find the bodies of the abnormalities and employees that should have existed.

"Could it be deeper?" Ye Lan thought about the possible location of the abnormality and took Luna into the elevator leading to the training department.

There was a hole in the floor of the elevator car, and Ye Lan could see through the hole a corpse falling into the groove under the elevator.

Chapter 70. Abnormality

"A corpse?"

The elevator descended rapidly, falling towards the body that should have fallen into the groove under the elevator. As the body embedded in the door sill got closer and closer to the elevator and became clearer, the lights in the elevator car became dimmer and dimmer.

"Ye Lan, do you feel a little cold?"

Luna, who was curled up in the fur of the ego armor behind Ye Lan, poked her head out and asked in his ear.

"It's more than just getting colder. The elevator should have reached its stop a long time ago, but after I saw the body clearly, it has been falling faster and faster."

When Ye Lan was explaining the current situation to Luna, the elevator got closer to the body. At this time, Ye Lan could see the whole appearance of the body clearly.

The corpse was covered in blood and judging by the injuries, it must have fallen from the elevator car while it was still alive and hit the threshold of the car door.

But when the elevator approached the corpse again, Ye Lan discovered that the corpse's face did not have the facial features that should have been there. The corpse was actually a faceless man without a face.

"Ha, I see."

If Ye Lan still can't figure out how this elevator can kill people, then he is not worthy of being a Level 5 employee of Lobotomy Corporation. When the elevator approaches the faceless corpse again, his face will gradually appear on the faceless corpse, and the injuries suffered by the corpse will also gradually appear on his body.

"Luna, this elevator might be an abnormality itself."

"Eh? Should we get out quickly then?"

"Probably? But I guess this is just a tool-type Abnormality on Zayin's level, so it's not too dangerous."

While talking to Luna, Ye Lan inserted the sharp nails hidden on the [Bear Hug] gloves into the gap in the middle of the elevator car door.

The door of the elevator creaked, making a harsh sound that made Luna feel uncomfortable. Then, Ye Lan pushed it open with absolute strength, revealing that the corridor outside the door might be the training department.

Ye Lan, carrying Luna on his back, stepped out of the elevator. The creepy coldness from his body left his body with this step and flowed into the elevator shaft through the hole in the elevator like water.

Walking along the corridor to the end, the two finally saw the first door on the corridor. This door was very familiar to Ye Lan, it was the door to the holding room.

The door was damaged for some unknown reason. Ye Lan simply pushed it lightly and the door fell in the dark corridor, making a loud noise in the silent corridor.

Then, in the darkness, there was a rustling sound, and a large number of things had gathered together.

"Ye Lan, something is coming."

Luna, who was lying on Ye Lan's back, poked her head out, her fragile red eyes staring towards the ceiling, as if something dark was moving there.

Behind Ye Lan, there was a faint light flickering in Luna's eyes, which allowed her to vaguely see the scene in the dark.

Soon, the things hiding on the ceiling of the corridor jumped down and surrounded Ye Lan outside his field of vision. At this distance, Luna could clearly see what these things looked like.

It was a group of distorted spiders with three abdomens and two heads, each with a huge mouthpart. They surrounded Ye Lan and Luna, but none of them dared to step forward.

"Ye Lan, there are a lot of spiders."

"Hmm? Luna, you can actually see that?"

"Ye Lan, can't you see?"

"I can't see it. With your behavior, I almost doubt whether you are a blood demon. But my little Luna doesn't drink blood. In this respect, she is completely different from a blood demon."

"Eh~"

While the two were chatting, the spiders, which were the size of small dogs, were making a commotion outside, and none of them dared to come forward.

Although Ye Lan couldn't see, above his head, a huge sac covered with layers of spider webs and with countless eyes was staring at Ye Lan.

"Don't worry about these spiders. They won't dare to take any action until the 'mother' above our heads decides to take action." Ye Lan said to Luna.

After hearing Ye Lan's words, Luna looked over their heads, and at the same time, the mother spider that looked more like a sac also looked over here.

"Wow!"

The little girl was startled by the spider nest, but her curiosity soon outweighed her fear of the strange spider nest. She asked Ye Lan, "So what is it doing by letting these spiders surround us?"

"It wasn't that it let its children surround us, but the little spiders surrounded us, so she came to watch." Ye Lan said: "But I thought it should be sleeping in the library now, I didn't expect it to appear in this branch."

"So...how do we get out of here?" Luna asked.

Ye Lan signaled Luna to get off him first, and then took back the [Bear Hug] ego suit from Happy Teddy. Then, Ye Lan took out the reserved food from the dimensional bag he bought in the back alley hotel, and handed it to the surrounding spiders one by one.

"These little spiders are just hungry, and as long as you don't hurt them, the mother above us won't attack us."

"Under normal circumstances, this mother would not take the initiative to attack us. But with her here, there should be no one alive in this branch."

In fact, people attacked by the Spider's Nest Abnormality will not die on the spot. The mother will tie them all up in spider silk and then inject them with venom that will slowly stop their hearts.

However, although these victims were still alive at the time, the venom from the Spider's Nest Abnormality did not actually exist in the human body, so those who were injected with the toxin were naturally incurable.

"Then haven't we come here for nothing?" Luna was a little disappointed, but soon joined Ye Lan in feeding the little spider.

"Who said that."

Ye Lan threw the last bit of food in his hand to the little spiders, and then said to Luna: "This itself is our biggest gain."

Soon, the full little spiders returned to their mother and fell asleep next to her.

"Although you probably didn't see me in the last reincarnation, I should still exist in your chaotic memories, right?"

Chapter 71. Downward