Shadowy Cave Dwellings!
It was said that beneath Rand City, dozens of cave dwellings of varying sizes were scattered about.
These cave dwellings had all been excavated by underground residents, becoming places where the Underground Forces entrenched themselves and made their homes.
The people living in these cave dwellings were usually called cave-dwellers.
The makeup of the cave-dwellers was exceedingly complicated. Homeless drifters, penniless bankrupts, wanted criminal suspects, gang members, pirate scouts, and the like were all among them.
Some cave-dwellers had lived here for generations. During the day, they traveled into the city through the sewers, earning an income through begging, stealing, odd jobs, and other means, before slipping back underground at night.
These cave-dwellers had no future and could see no hope whatsoever. They were wretches barely clinging to life after being utterly abandoned by society!
Ronan's appearance immediately drew the attention and vigilance of many cave-dwellers.
Astonishment and confusion showed on their faces, and quite a few hid in earthen houses and tents in fright.
Yet some vicious-looking fellows gathered around, glaring at the lone Ronan like tigers eyeing their prey, watching him with disgust and hatred in their eyes!
Dressed in a standard-issue combat uniform, Ronan was precisely the sort of person these people hated most!
"Honored officer, have you perhaps taken a wrong turn?"
A bald, one-eyed man with a mouthful of yellow teeth limped up in front of Ronan and said mockingly, "This isn't a place for children to play."
He was ridiculing Ronan's youth.
Ronan noticed a hand axe and a flintlock pistol tucked into the man's belt.
Though the latter was an antique-grade black-powder weapon, it could still kill someone!
More than a dozen people stood behind the bald cripple, and increasingly more people were closing in from all around.
Unconcealed malice