Chapter 528: Chapter 345: Buying Insurance, Choose ’Ping An’! [End of the Month, Asking for Monthly Tickets!]
"Abnormal people!"
"Historical families rely on inheritance, the poor rely on mutation!"
Wang Zhengyi spent twenty days gaining a basic understanding of Twin Cities: "The White Bird Sacred Land is controlled by historical families, who possess numerous ’Divine Artifacts’ and ’inheritances’, allowing them to continuously cultivate outstanding martial masters, thereby occupying more resources and gaining more voice. In contrast, ’abnormal people’ are uncontrollable factors, with the eerie environment of Red Moon City giving rise to wave after wave of abnormal people, challenging the authorities of the historical families time and again."
Wang Zhengyi guessed: "In the mission, those Lower City youths forming the ’Dark Star Association’ should be abnormal people."
But he had stayed in Red Moon City for twenty days, unfamiliar with the place and having to tread cautiously, yet he hadn’t encountered a single abnormal person!
"Red Moon City is too big!"
"Abnormal people, to guard against the punitive strikes from ’White Bird Hall’ of the White Bird Sacred Land, often have dual identities—"
"On the surface, they may be restaurant waiters, dock workers, small hooligans of gangs, or young detectives at the police station. Their overt identities reveal nothing suspicious. They hide in various professions, playing their roles, but at times, they transform into all-powerful ’abnormal people’, combating oppression and injustice, indulging desires and evil."
"In Red Moon City, some abnormal people are loners, unwilling to trust anyone, even their own kind. Some band together to form organizations, with the three most famous abnormal people organizations in Red Moon City being—"
"The ’Abnormal People Hall’ opposing the ’White Bird Hall’!"
"The ’Shining Star Society’ accepting cries for help from abnormal people!"
"And the avenger’s alliance, ’Debt Collectors’!"
Abnormal People Hall!
Shining Star Society!
Debt Collectors!
These might not be the most powerful or populous abnormal people organizations in Red Moon City, but they are the most renowned ones that Wang Zhengyi could gather information about in twenty days!
However—
"Just heard the fame, but saw no people!"
"The three organizations are only legendary; I’ve not met a single abnormal person. Maybe I did encounter one, but I couldn’t recognize them."
Wang Zhengyi spreads his hands, looking helpless.
Yan Chuan shakes his head, realizing that Old Wang was still wandering outside after exploring for twenty days!
Unable to find any member of the three most famous abnormal people organizations, how can he find the ’Dark Star Association’ organization in the Nine-layered Thunder Blade mission, which was likely just recently established and emerging?
However—
"Abnormal people are deeply hidden; not finding them quickly is normal." Wang Zhengyi is undeterred: "If we can find even one abnormal person, that’s the breakthrough. Through one abnormal person, we can untangle and dig up the entire abnormal world hidden in Red Moon City!"
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"That’s the ’Holy Tower’ of the ’White Bird Hall’, Sky-reaching and Earth-penetrating, linking with the White Bird Sacred Land above ground."
"That’s the ’Breathing Station’, Red Moon City’s air is convoluted, living here gives a suffocating feeling constantly. Only in the ’Breathing Stations’ can fresh air from outside the city, from the ground, be breathed in."
"That’s the boundary between Red Moon City and the White Bird Sacred Land, heavily guarded on both sides. But it’s said that hidden inside are ’Border Markets’, where goods imported into White Bird Sacred Land from all over the world are sold at high prices to Red Moon City, while forbidden goods like evil weapons, forbidden medicine, and newly created demon techniques from Red Moon City are secretly exported. The daily turnover of goods in Border Markets is astonishing; without connections, it’s impossible to find or enter."
"This is the Back Street, where businesses on the front deal in normal weapons, Elixir Pills, and Martial Arts, but privately there shouldn’t be a lack of deals in evil weapons, forbidden medicine, and demon techniques. Among the sellers and buyers, there likely are abnormal people, I just can’t see it yet. This is one of my key stakeout spots!"
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’Red Moon City’ is divided into four large regions—southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest—by ravines and canyons, with each region divided into seven, eight, or up to a dozen cities, which are further divided into districts.
Wang Zhengyi, accompanied by Yan Chuan, wandered for two whole days without even finishing the West City.
Red Moon City!
Too big!
"Here, one can get lost at any time."
Wang Zhengyi pats his head, feeling a bit dizzy.
Yan Chuan looks at the staggered high and low Lower City buildings constructed with steel grating; he finds it difficult to adapt to the style of Red Moon City, despite having come from the modern metropolis known as the ’Steel Jungle’ in a previous life.
Darkness!
Odor!
Noise!
People have five senses—
Appearance, sound, smell, taste, touch.
They correspond to sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
This ’Red Moon City’ constantly erodes people’s ’eyes’, ’noses’, and ’ears’, too tormenting.
"We keep staking out at the Back Street, sure to spot an abnormal person!"
Wang Zhengyi has inspected many places, still believing the Back Street, with its bustling trade, holds the most promise.
Yan Chuan agrees without objection.
This Back Street, bustling with people, indeed allows them to better understand ’Red Moon City’, and at the same time enables Yan Chuan to quickly learn and grasp the language of ’Red Moon City’ using the ’real-time translation system’ of ’Heavenly Ladder City’.
So, when this round ends and Yan Chuan re-enters, even without passing through the Earth Gate or having Heavenly Ladder City’s real-time translation, he can still understand, and even speak with an authentic ’Red Moon City’ accent, deeply integrating, and freely exploring without a hitch.
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Dark, narrow alleys full of medicinal residue and discarded scrap metal. The sky here is always shrouded by smoke spawned by Earth Fire, making it hard for the red moonlight to penetrate. Graffiti adorns the walls, reflecting the discontent and rebelliousness of Lower City residents. In this place, people must remain vigilant at all times, as violent conflicts and gang fights are commonplace.