Arknights, the Angel of Justice is waiting for level 16

In the sewer emitting a pungent smell, thick steel bars were welded into two huge cages. More than 20 huddled figures were imprisoned inside. Only a small ball could be seen in the darkness.

Among these people, there were young boys, young girls, and thin women. They were dressed in rags, thin, and sickly. Some were sick and could only collapse on the ground. Some were beaten and had scars all over their bodies. Some were so hungry that they bit their arms until they were bloody.

The most impressive thing is that their pupils look so bright under the faint light reflected by the glow sticks.

"..."

Ye Ban covered her mouth, shocked by everything in front of her. She held Ji Luo's hand tightly, and Ji Luo held her hand back gently and firmly.

"These two cages, one holds normal people, and the other holds infected people. Normal people can be sold to the upper city, while infected people can only be circulated in the lower city."

Jiu held an account book in her hand and wanted to hand it to Ji Luo to look at, but Ji Luo waved her hand to refuse, indicating that she should handle it completely.

"However, the wealthy and powerful people in the upper city seem to buy only young boys or girls. Those who are slightly older, even normal people, can only be digested in the lower city."

Chapter 100: Fire in the Dark

"Is there a place to buy people in the lower city?"

She could tolerate killing and looting in the middle of the night, but she really couldn't accept the scene before her where people were treated like animals.

——This is too cruel and too insane.

When Jiu heard her question, he was silent for a while, then turned to a certain page in the account book and showed it to Yeban.

In downtown, besides the red-light district, where else would there be a need to buy young men and women?

"..."

Ye Ban bit her lip, with a sad and sarcastic expression on her face. She turned to look at Ji Luo, tears flashing in her eyes.

"Ji Luo, even if they kill people, it's better than torturing them like this!"

"It's okay, it'll be okay..."

Ji Luo held Ye Ban in his arms and patted her back gently. He turned his head and looked at the boys and girls who lived like animals, smiling and clenching his teeth.

"People should be human. People must be human. Nine, just do it. I will support you."

"I won't leave any of the Jingnan Gang behind."

Jiu put the account book into his pocket, pulled out a long knife from his waist, and cut the iron lock of the cage. At this moment, footsteps suddenly came, and Ji Luo immediately stood in front of Ye Ban. Jiu stopped what he was doing, but he was not too nervous.

"It should be one of ours."

Jiu’s judgment was not wrong. The people who rushed in from the darkness were indeed the first group to carry out the rescue.

Eleven is the leader of this group. According to her judgment, all the members of the Jingnan Gang should have been wiped out.

"In addition, there is another place... a place specifically for detaining the infected."

The petite Pero girl was a little hesitant in her words at this time. Noticing her abnormality, Jiu turned her head and looked at Ji Luo, and at the same time decided not to let the night pass.

"Ye Han, you stay here to treat these people. Jiu and I will go."

"it is good……"

Ye Ban had calmed down by this time. She had never been a fragile girl, but the sense of justice taught by Ji Luo made her unable to accept such evil.

"Ji Luo, be careful."

"Don't worry, I'm the best at keeping myself alive~"

Ji Luo blinked at Ye Ban, then followed Jiu out. There was no lighting in the long passage, but the two were not affected at all.

"Ji Luo, you have already guessed it, what is that place for?"

"Heh~ What else can we do? The only scene more cruel than what we just saw is probably a slaughterhouse."

Ji Luo accidentally heard that some people would deliberately detain the infected in areas with high concentrations of Originium to aggravate their mineral sickness and stimulate the production of Originium in their bodies.

In jargon, this is called "breeding". When the infected person's condition reaches the terminal stage, they will kill the person, dig out the Originium from the corpse, and then sell it to a specialized purification agency.

Finally - it turned into the purest Originium.

"Now that you know this, don't go and watch it."

"No, let's just watch it, before I get soft-hearted."

Ji Luo looked calm, but his hands were shaking. The blazing and upright holy flame was flowing in his blood, making him want to burn everything.

However, Ji Luo held back.

Even if - saw the situation inside the 'slaughterhouse'.

"vomit……"

Jiu had been a criminal investigator for many years and had survived countless tragic battles. She thought she had no feelings for the dead, but when she saw the blood and evil scene in front of her, she couldn't help but vomit.

——If there really is hell on earth, then it must be here, and it must look like this.

"..."

Ji Luo pursed his lips, shook his head vigorously, and then laughed uncontrollably.

"Nine, please forgive my naivety and ignorance. Longmen... has always been the same as Ursus, always has been!"

"Ji Luo, don't burn this place down. I want to bring Chen here and let her see what the Dragon Gate she is guarding looks like."

Jiu wiped her mouth and revealed a happy and crazy smile. She was laughing at Chen, at Wei Yanwu, and at herself.

——These people said that they were guarding Longmen, but what were they guarding?

"Well, let her see. Her naivety... must end."

Ji Luo turned and walked out. He walked a long way in the dark, and finally at a certain point, he covered his mouth and squatted on the ground.

Ji Luo's stomach was throbbing like a tidal wave, and he vomited out everything he had eaten today. His face looked hideous and full of tears.

"This world is so fucking dirty! Ursus is filthy and corrupt, and Longmen stinks too!"

Ji Luo laughed wildly. He thought that after escaping from Ursus, he could find peace in Longmen, but the world he saw was so crazy.

If he was wrong, why were people calling for justice? If he was right, why were people not willing to show him mercy?

"Because of your weakness, because of...your hesitation."

A faint whisper suddenly sounded in Ji Luo's ears. Ji Luo suddenly clenched his teeth and tore off the bandage wrapped around his right hand.

At this moment, the core of the evil star is glowing brilliantly. Its gem-like interior is flowing with a scene that seems like the vast starry sky. Countless stars are burning in it with their own brilliance. The first light at the birth of the universe is shining here!

"Bad star, you. Don't. Think about it!"

Ji Luo had never expected that the erosion of the star core would come back so suddenly and violently. Because of the scene just now, his mind was too shaken, and even the Holy Flame dimmed because of his self-doubt.

【Erosion of the Evil Star】7.8%

【Erosion of the Evil Star】7.9%

……

【Erosion of the Evil Star】8.5%

"Just give me - stop!"

Ji Luo gathered all the holy flames in his right hand and released his power with all his strength. He finally curbed the erosion of the evil star and stopped the final number at 9.0%.

"..."

When everything was over, Ji Luo collapsed on the ground with sweat all over his forehead. He turned his head and looked into the distant and empty darkness. The expression on his face gradually became stiff and cold.

"If there is no justice in this world, I am justice. If there is no dawn in this world, I will kill the dawn—"

Ji Luo did not make an impassioned oath. He just murmured his beliefs in a low voice and slowly got up from the ground.

Then, Ji Luo began to move forward slowly. He held his stomach and walked very slowly at first, but after a few steps, he put down his hands and made his steps steady.

After a while, he smiled and relaxed his whole body, as if nothing had happened. He passed through the deep darkness and saw Midnight who was rescuing the children.

"Yo~ Yeban, your bandage-tying technique is really good, better than mine."

"Of course, I practiced secretly~"

Ye Han no longer had the previous frustration. She turned to look at Ji Luo, smiling so brightly that she squinted her eyes, as beautiful as the surging waves of wheat in the sun.

"That's great, really...very good."

Chapter 101: She is no longer the moonlight

That night, that tragedy, what happened underground was never exposed to the sun, but those who have seen hell can never turn back...

In the dormitory of the Longmen Guard Bureau, Chen woke up from a nightmare again. Her pajamas were soaked with sweat. The girl was gasping for breath and her hands were shaking uncontrollably.

“Hahaha…haha…”

Chen covered her eyes and forehead with her hands. Her stomach began to churn again. She lay on the edge of the bed, pulled the trash can over, and dry heaved, but nothing came out.

“Mmm…Mmm…Ah…”

The girl curled up her body, covered her head with the quilt, and sobbed softly in the darkness.

Ever since she was taken by Jiu to the city's drainage system a week ago and saw a hell on earth, she has been having endless nightmares and her body has been vomiting as if she was suffering from stress.

She... was not frightened by the bloody and cruel scene, but because the beliefs she had always adhered to were shattered, and the outlook on life she had built up over more than ten years was shattered.

That scene seemed to deny everything about her - her past persistence, past efforts, past pride, all seemed as ridiculous as graffiti on a blank piece of paper.

As the guardian of Longmen, what exactly was she guarding? She had committed all kinds of crimes imaginable, but she had never committed even one ten-thousandth of the crimes of some people.

"So... I'm so ridiculously naive, right?"

Chen heard the alarm on his cell phone, got out of bed, and finished washing up like a ghost.

Then she sat at the table, drank a bowl of porridge, forced herself to eat some fruit, and then got up to change into her uniform.

The barbecue a week ago was the last time Chen ate meat, but he vomited it all out late at night.

In the days that followed, she could hardly eat normally and could only drink tasteless porridge and eat some sweet fruits.

Even with the body of a Super Terran, Chen couldn't hold on any longer. Her face was pale and her lips seemed to have lost their color.

"Take some medicine."

Chen found some vitamins and nutritional supplements, drank them with boiled water, and then left the house.

At the gate of the community, the old security guard greeted Chen with a smile as usual, but Chen could no longer smile. She nodded in response.

The car was driving so slowly that it couldn't speed up. Chen would occasionally be distracted for no apparent reason and almost hit the car in front of him a few times...

As she walked into the Guard Bureau, people kept greeting her. Chen couldn't even say hello normally. She nodded like a puppet, making her subordinates, who thought she was still angry, even more nervous.

"Changfen Long! What's wrong with you? You've been acting like a deadbeat these past few days. Who has pissed you off?"

Shi Huaiya couldn't stand it anymore, so she rushed into Chen's office and tried to make things clear with her. But Chen's answer of "no" made Char Siu Cat stunned.

Because... it was too hoarse and dry, like the voice of a dying person.

"Chen, are you heartbroken? That Ji Luo dumped you?! I knew this guy was fickle and definitely not a good person!"

Shi Huaiya had specifically confirmed that none of the cases Chen had taken on recently were difficult. She must have suffered a major emotional blow to be in such a state of mental and physical disarray!

"Chen, wait a minute. I'll grab Ji Luo and give you a good beating for this unfaithful man!"

"Shi Huaiya! What are you talking about? What do you want to do?!"

Chen coughed after saying these two sentences. She leaned back in her chair and breathed with difficulty as if she had asthma.

"It's not because of Ji Luo, but because of something else...very scary."

"Ah? What's so scary?"

Seeing that Chen didn't seem to be lying, Shi Huaiya became even more curious, but before she could get Chen to tell her, both of their phones rang at the same time.

——There is an urgent mission!

Shi Huaiya answered the phone without saying a word, pushed the door open and walked out.

Her speed was already fast enough, but Chen's movements were simply outrageous, so fast that it even made people wonder if she was using Originium skills.

Shi Huaiya had just gotten into the car with his team members when they heard the roar of an engine - in front of everyone's shocked gazes, Chen stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and as if flying off the ground, he smashed the garage barrier and disappeared at the end of the street.

"Is Changfenlong's brain damaged? Or is he so happy about the promotion that he has gone stupid?"

Shi Huaiya suspected that Chen was possessed by some evil spirit, so she started the car and rushed towards the crime scene.