Chapter 972 Thirty-nine. Late Night City

  【Late Night City-Outer City-Jicama Street】

  【Outer city resident Lannar disappeared on the night of the third day of the new year. Neighbors heard Rannell screaming in the middle of the night. Because Lanner lived alone, the neighbors told the landlord about the incident the next day, but the landlord knocked on the door but did not respond, and reported the incident to the local police station. After the police station arrived, the door was opened, and Lanner's room was empty and there was no blood. 】

  【Mission: Investigate the mystery of Lanner's disappearance/death】

  【Advanced: Completely solve this task】

  【Hint: Go to the police station to find Inspector Victor to learn more about the case】

  【Basic reward: 1 credit; 1 team point】

The    mission letter was passed around and returned to Kiruat. Kiruat put away the letter and started distributing tree badges.

   They symbolize the student status of the Giant Tree Academy, and after wearing them, they can bring some convenience and privileges to enter the late night city.

  Lu Li took the tree-shaped badge and pinned it on his chest, the light covered his body.

  The lift lands in the transition area.

  The Holy Light Team left the elevator and moved forward along the alchemy stone slab with the sign of 【Late Night City →】.

   "Naxi, do you want to go see your family after completing the mission?" Kiruat asked.

"certainly."

   The last time Naxi went back was two months ago.

  Students have limited opportunities to leave the Giant Tree Academy, and junior students cannot even leave the canopy. Only from middle grades can go out for a short time through tasks.

   The silhouettes of middle and high grades, and even the lower academies, walked in and out of the dark and empty corridor. Some figures noticed Lu Li, slowed down, or even stopped to follow.

"Land from…"

   Jaeger reminded in a low voice.

   Lu Li put on a cloak and pulled up the hood to cover his black hair and black eyes.

   Giant Tree Academy prohibits fighting, and students will not be too fanatical. But if you arrive at the late night city... Lu Li's recognition is too high, almost no residents can't recognize him.

   Lu Li's appearance in the late night city may cause a disaster.

  Lu Li's actions made the approaching outline no longer follow, and the Holy Light team successfully reached the elevator leading to the outer city of Midnight City and slowly descended.

   Swipe through the rough and rugged rock walls, and the lifts drilled out of the rock formations are suddenly exposed to the vast underground city.

  The buildings that stretch into the distance are orderly and chaotic, surrounding the inner city of the cliff-like towering and exquisite tall buildings. The tens of meters between the outer city and the inner city forms an insurmountable moat.

  The inner city surrounds the taller central city, and the magnificent, fantastic, or tower-like buildings stand at the core of the late night city, overlooking the entire city.

  Late Night City is like a regular three-tiered cake.

   And through the rock formations, or hanging down, or passing through the roots of the city like a stone pillar, the late night city is like the tree hole of the world tree. The truth is close to it - the late night city is located in the core area of ​​​​the world tree's underground root system.

   The lower level is the restricted area swamp, and further down is the core of the old sewer, Midnight City Terminal.

  Lu Li turned to look outside the city, the rugged rock wall at the end of his sight showed the outline of the machine being expanded.

   A few minutes later, the lift landed at the Giant Tree Academy camp.

   Kiruat received a map from the gatekeeper and returned to his teammates.

   "Jicama Street is dozens of minutes away from us. Lu Li, you haven't been to Late Night City, right? Can we walk there?"

"Um."

   The last time I set foot in Midnight City was only three months ago. But the world has been turned upside down, and people have ushered in a new dark age, hiding from the surface to the ground.

   Walking along the uneven rocky road between the hut and the building, Lu Li silently observed the crowd.

  These are located at the bottom of the late night city, and the hard-working residents seem to be doing well. Despite the patches on the linen clothes, no one was naked. While many were tired and thin, no one was scrawny. Residents come and go on the streets, and there are customers in the shop windows.

   After all, they are not the real bottom. Those poor people in slums, old sewers, or outlying **** towns struggling to get food and clothing are.

   Just quiet observation made Lu Li vaguely aware of the changes in the people... Some residents had scales on their skin, some residents had hair like dreadlocks and thick knots, and some residents' limbs became either flat, long or slender.

   Due to the long-term use of contaminated food, people have morbid distortions…

   Although it is only a prototype that can only be discovered by careful observation, the bustling and terrifying scenery makes Lu Li familiar and unfamiliar.

  The rest of the Light Team didn't care. Because they were born in this world, what happened in front of them was the original appearance of the world. The old days are a distant and illusory wonderful imagination.

   "This is the real, no longer false world. It is also the world we want to change. Remember the meaning of Giant Tree Academy, remember the meaning of your existence... Don't walk into that good night gently."

  Professor Chris's speech at the New Year's dinner reverberated in the ears.

The Giant Tree Academy badge worn by    allows the Holy Light team to avoid the trouble of pickpockets and gangsters, and it will approach the Jicama neighborhood in forty minutes.

   They first found Inspector Victor at the police station.

"The elites of the Giant Tree Academy?" Inspector Victor, who had his legs on the desk and lazily holding the morning paper, "crashed" tore open the newspaper, resumed his sitting, and stretched out his hand to invite them to sit opposite: "Please sit! Did you come for Lanner's disappearance?"

   Kiruat swept across the wet foot marks on the desk, and said calmly, "We need more news about Lanner's disappearance."

   "The materials are here!" Inspector Victor took out a stack of paper materials. "If you need me, I can go to the scene with you to investigate."

   Kiruat briefly flipped through it and handed it over to Lu Li, then nodded to Inspector Victor: "Take us there."

   Following Inspector Lanner, they came to a connected shack in a dark alley. The surrounding area is much quieter as nearby residents are temporarily moved or evicted.

   "Have you found the clue?" Kiruat asked Lu Li, who had turned to the last page.

   "Notes. Rannell is illiterate, but there is a notebook on the table."

   "That's right, Lanner doesn't know how to read, he is indeed a student of Giant Tree Academy!" Inspector Victor flattered.

   "So we've locked the source?" Kiruat was slightly surprised.

   "Not sure yet, it may be that Rannell was cursed or controlled by a strange creature." Jaeger continued, took the key from Inspector Victor's hand and walked towards the closed wooden door.

   Kiruat propped up his diamond-shaped hand shield to shield Jaeger from approaching the door.

"and many more."

   Lu Li stopped them. Open the stomach bag and take out two bottles of protective medicine, and distribute one bottle to Inspector Victor.

   The other team members understood and took out the protective medicine in their stomachs and took them.

   followed Inspector Victor who drank the potion, smacking his lips and staring at the empty bottle thoughtfully. On the other side, Jaeger twisted the door lock.

   Kiruat took his place, with the diamond-shaped shield in front of him, knocking open the loose wooden door.

  嘭—

  The wandering tranquility was disturbed, and the floating dust scattered in the dim light.

   (end of this chapter)