The wind stirred up by his rapid passage howled through the pipes.
Yet Su Wen seemed completely unaffected.
His gaze was firm and sharp, fixed tightly ahead.
Behind him, the endless azure radiance gradually faded, but he was already charging toward his destination at full speed.
At the same time,
In an even darker, colder section of the tunnels.
A group of cold-faced men in tight black combat suits ruthlessly crammed young boys and girls into narrow iron cages.
Those innocent lives trembled and wailed within those merciless cages.
But outside the cages,
A burly man wore a look of disdain and contempt.
He did not even bother to hide the disgust and scorn in his heart. Instead, he spat viciously into the cage.
"You lowly little pieces of trash.
This grandpa is being merciful by giving you the chance for this so-called 'evolution.' That is a blessing you have cultivated over several lifetimes.
If it were not for the generous payment, do you think I would be willing to come to this shithole and stay with sewer-dwelling trash like you?"
As his threats rang out,
The children's cries rose and fell throughout that abyss of despair, like the most mournful wind in the night sky piercing through the dark tunnels.
Yet,
Amid that flood of despair, one little girl merely curled up in the darkest corner of the cage.
Like an injured kitten, she did not dare make a sound and could only silently endure it all.
The girl's body trembled, but not from fear. It was from the anger and unwillingness in her heart.
Her clear eyes, clouded with gloom, flickered furtively from time to time with sparks of hatred.
And those sparks had already begun to spread completely.
At the same time,
As the deans of most