The man who had been injected with the medicine swayed, feeling the beauty, and couldn't help but say.
In the shadow of the old Dunling, this hallucinogen has become an indispensable thing. As long as it is cheap, you can enjoy the happiness that you can never enjoy in this steel city.
Although the authorities have cracked down several times, their greed for money and happiness will only make them more stubborn. Under the current martial law, the price of hallucinogens has skyrocketed, and these goods are enough for them to make a fortune.
The mounted police were patrolling the land above their heads, but they never imagined that they would hide here and transport goods in this way.
"Don't use it too much, I won't carry you back." Another person said.
These words seemed to make the man sober up. After all, a few days ago, a man used too much potion and lost consciousness and fell into the channel. Maybe he would be saved by an interception net, or he might be drowned, or directly killed.
Throw it into the combustion chamber.
"Huh...these new products are really good."
He rubbed his eyes vigorously, like taking a stimulant, and he felt that his whole body was full of strength.
"I'm a little curious about where these things are made." Picking up a hallucinogen, behind the exquisite container was the wealth of the liquid.
"I hope you give up this idea. This involves the wealth of those big people."
The leader said, his tone was extremely cold, they were all mice living in the shadows and could not see any light.
"I know, I know...but these things are awesome."
The man flicked the cold surface. Under the afterglow of the searchlight, the liquid inside glowed with brilliant colors. I don't know whether it was the effect of the hallucinogen or the nature of the liquid. The inside seemed to be glowing with starlight and colorful.
They continued to carry the goods. This was one of the exhaust systems deep underground, close to the furnace pillar, and the high-temperature steam threatened their lives at all times.
Fortunately, they have done this many times and have become familiar with the complex route. They have also re-reinforced the ladders that were in disrepair and were severely corroded.
Perhaps it was due to factors such as the safe venue, the joy of wealth, etc., but they did not notice at all that a strange shadow had appeared in the darkness. The distance between the two was neither far nor close, maintaining a delicate balance.
Lorenzo was walking in the blind spot of their sight. He approached cautiously, trying to hear their conversation.
The moment the man injected the hallucinogen, Lorenzo could clearly detect the smell of the demon, or the smell of secret blood.
Hallucinogens were mixed with secret blood. Only Lawrence had done this. But now that he is dead, where do these potions come from?
Thinking of this, Lorenzo couldn't help but sigh at the strange connection. The answer that the purge agency had been looking for for a long time, Lorenzo found it inexplicably, or in other words, those big dark hands pushed the two together, just like Lorenzo
Zuo initially kidnapped Eve, which triggered the beginning of the story.
From the smallest things, we reach the center of the vortex bit by bit.
Lorenzo might be able to trace this shipment to its source, Lawrence's accomplice.
It is for this reason that Lorenzo's murderous intention just mentioned was suppressed by him with all his strength. He needed these people alive, at least to take Lorenzo out of this underground maze and see where they wanted to transport the goods.
The folding knife and firearms were hidden under his body. There were no extra metal parts on Lorenzo's clothes, which would not reflect any glimmer of light in the darkness. He held his breath and followed them like a shadow.
There were the same shadows in the darkness as Lorenzo moved forward. Rats crawled out of the shadows and climbed back and forth on the interceptor nets set up by the men to eat. The dead fish and the dumped garbage were enough to give the rats a feast.
A meal.
The teeth gnawed, making a grinding sound, like metal cutting each other slightly.
The men have long been accustomed to the existence of these rats. They are everywhere in this underground place, and Lorenzo, who has been following them, also looks sideways at all this, with a solemn look on his face.
Now there is a more complicated mystery for Lorenzo.
Who is the Rat King? What exactly is he trying to do? How much does he know?
For people like Lorenzo who are infected with darkness, everything related to that darkness has a strange gravitational pull. They pull each other. Even if you live quietly, you will be disrupted by the sudden appearance of monsters. All this is
so.
So Lorenzo has long been accustomed to this, but this incident still made him feel scared, ever since he saw Kamu go looking for an intelligence agent... no, even from the moment he went to Pres and picked a case.
Ordinary cases merge into darkness in the end. Rather than saying it is an almost impossible coincidence, it is more like everything has been predestined.
Lorenzo will take the case out of hand, and after one incident after another, reach the deepest part of the darkness.
Strange things attract each other, fall into the dark vortex, and meet in the deep center.
They were about to leave, but some people still stayed. After such a long period of operation, this place has become a place similar to a stronghold. The searchlight shines on the other end, which is a long ladder going up along the iron wall. It seems that that is
The route that several people left.
Those people left, and those who remained maintained the work here. Some people still gathered around the interceptor net to drive away the rats and see if they could find anything good in the garbage.
"so good."
Someone said and took out the hallucinogens he had secretly hidden. It was very dark here. When checking the goods, there would always be an opportunity for them to secretly leave something behind. Several others also came over with evil smiles.
"I really envy them. We can only live here like mice."
The other person seemed a bit pessimistic. Although this job was much better than hanging out in the lower city, he still didn't like it.
Em has been working here for a long time. She sleeps in the corner every day, and food is delivered during delivery. Her life is quite stable, but the environment is not very good.
Just like many people in the lower city, Em is also a stowaway. He originally wanted to make a big splash in the old Dunling, but in the end he could only live like this.
"Be happy, at least they gave us these things."
Another man came over and mixed Em with a hallucinogen.
"You know, this thing is very expensive to sell outside, but here we can use it casually!"
He seemed extremely excited.
"This is still the latest style, don't you want to try it?"
Em looked at him helplessly. The man looked sick, and his pale complexion could be seen in the dim light.
He came here before Em, Em didn't know exactly how long ago, but it could be seen from his appearance that he hadn't seen the sky for a long time.
Em asked somewhat unbearably, "Don't you feel uncomfortable in this ghost place?"
The man's voice stopped, and the searchlight changed direction, and they were plunged into darkness again.
After a long pause, the man spoke slowly.
"I can only endure the discomfort. Anyway, I am just trying to survive outside, and I am just surviving here. It's just a matter of course."
He lit a cigarette, and Em could see spots of light shining in the darkness.
Em was stunned, then approached him and whispered.
"Do you want to escape together?"
They didn't come here voluntarily, at least at first they didn't know they would be working in such a place. Em was blindfolded when he was brought in. After all, he was in the hallucinogen business, so he could understand the location requirements.
It was kept secret, but he never thought it would be in a place like this.
Em didn't know the way out. Only those who were transporting goods knew how to get out. He also tried to find other ways, but the other intersection led to the exhaust hole. Em saw with his own eyes a man who wanted to escape.
The guy failed to climb up the high platform and was immediately cooked by the high-temperature steam.
The underground was full of unknowns and crises, and over time he stopped thinking about it.
"Em, the last guy who said that is dead." The man said without mercy.
"He wants to swim down the river."
He pointed to the water flowing out of the darkness. It was connected to the Thames. As long as you were strong enough, you could indeed swim out against the current.
"But there was an iron fence outside. He failed and was swept back by the current. Fortunately, he caught the interception net at the last moment."
Em asked, "What then?"
"Then?" The man thought for a while, "Then everyone gathered around. The leader was still there at that time."
"Do you think he will save him?"
His voice became strange in the darkness.
"No...no?" Em asked, somewhat confused and wary.
"Of course not. The searchlight is focused on him, like the protagonist in the center of the stage."
The man recalled that scene.
"Everyone looked at him, but no one dared to reach out and give him a hand. The leader didn't let anyone do anything, and let him beg and cry until he was exhausted and let go."
Looking at the other end of the darkness, under the channel is one of the water inlets of the Furnace Pillar.
"He just fell down, maybe he was drowned, or he fell directly into the combustion chamber... In short, no one wanted to escape since then."
Em felt that his blood was running cold, but the man on the other side of the darkness laughed.
"Em, we are mice living in the shadows, so don't think about the light. Why don't you give it a try?"
As he spoke, he approached Em and put the hallucinogen into his hand. It felt cold to the touch, and in the darkness Em could see a strange glimmer in the liquid.
"Come and give it a try, it's great."
As the man spoke, he injected a hallucinogen into his arm. His body twitched, and then he leaned to the side as if he was drunk.
Em looked down at the hallucinogen. He was a little hesitant, but as if he was desperate for life. He pressed the tail and the thin needle popped out from the front. But just when he was about to inject, he seemed to think of something and gave up.
Suddenly there was a strange voice in the darkness.
"Why don't you inject it?"
"I...I don't want to become like him." Em replied, but then he became vigilant. There were only a few people left here, and he was familiar with everyone else's voices, except this one.
With blazing white eyes burning in the darkness, Lorenzo came with a folding knife, and there was still blood on it that had not yet dried up.
"Really? This saved your life."
Lorenzo said as he walked past Em, but he did not swing his knife at Em.
"No...wait, what do you mean?"
Em couldn't figure it out or who Lorenzo was, let alone those burning eyes.
He could feel the weird pressure, but he didn't feel Lorenzo's murderous intention towards him.
"It's easy to get out of the mud without getting stained, but not drowning in the mud requires a lot of effort."
Lorenzo had arrived at his side a long time ago, and Lorenzo listened to their conversation. Perhaps out of pity, or something else, Lorenzo left Em's fate in his own hands, and Em did not inject hallucinogens.
dose, and he survived.
"There's a problem with hallucinogens, at least they're not something you can inject."
Lorenzo's eyes were stern. This was not the first time he had been exposed to this kind of hallucinogen mixed with secret blood, but at that time it was mixed with extremely low concentrations of degraded secret blood, but this time it was different.
On the other side, a person had a huge reaction within a few minutes of the injection. According to previous experience, it usually takes several injections of this kind of hallucinogen to cause changes in the body, but this time one dose is enough.
.
Rather than saying it is a new hallucinogen, it is better to say that it is mixed with newly refined secret blood, which is better than the previous deterioration.
Lorenzo came closer. On the ground, the man who had just been talking to Em curled up into a ball. His eyes widened, he whispered something randomly, and his muscles twitched slightly.
The hallucinations and the pain caused by the secret blood acted on him at the same time. Lorenzo had just seen a lot of such scenes. He did not rush to catch up with those people, but after realizing this, he solved these people who began to alienate.
He knew very well what would become of these people if this situation continued.
"what are you up to!"
Seeing Lorenzo raise the folding knife, Em was rarely afraid, but stopped Lorenzo.
He was so weird, emerging from the shadows like a god of death, but the man in front of him was one of Em's few friends in this hellish place.
"He is dead."
Lorenzo said coldly. Em was filled with fear, but for the sake of his friend's life, he mustered up the courage and wanted to say something to stop Lorenzo, but then the man on the ground stood up with his legs bent.
.
Weird and abominable, his skin began to swell and crack, revealing the white bones that began to proliferate underneath.
"No……"
Em said in fear, Lorenzo didn't waste time here and just took out the knife, just like he had done many times before, piercing the heart and decapitating him.
The execution was completed in an instant. The body that had not completely transformed into a demon fell down weakly, and a large amount of blood flowed in the darkness.
The tragic sight made Em's stomach churn, and he retched, and then Lorenzo said.
"I suggest you follow me next. After all, they don't know what they are transporting."
Lorenzo said indifferently that when those people left the hallucinogens, those who stayed behind were abandoned. To be precise, they were killed and silenced. Lorenzo didn't know why they suddenly destroyed this place that was finally built, but
What is certain is that something happened to prompt them to make such a decision.
Em reluctantly raised her head and looked into the bright eyes in the darkness.
"Is this some kind of mercy?"
"Give you a chance to survive. You are still young and can resist this temptation. You are considered a good piece of garbage among these garbage."
Lorenzo obviously didn't want to explain anything more. He had human nature, but he didn't have much mercy. As for saving Em... he looked at the face in the darkness that was a bit panicked but forced to be calm.
This is just a child who wants to see the sky again, and this is just an insignificant kindness.