Victoria City (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

"Someone fell into the water!"

"Don't look over there. Those are corpses that died on the streets. The corpse collectors threw them in. It has nothing to do with us."

In the dark river water, Gu Xi was carried up and down by the current, with faint whispers coming from a distance.

Although the sound was not loud, Gu Xi heard it clearly, which made him understand that he had escaped from the prison, wherever it was buried.

"Fortunately, they didn't send me back to the prison."

Gu Xi moved his body, looked up to check his direction, and began to swim towards the shore.

Along the way, Gu Xi found all sorts of things in the river.

There were already rotting corpses, sewage discharged from the sewers, and wastewater discharged from various factories upstream.

In any case, the water in the entire Isis River was black.

Gu Xi didn't want to soak in this river at all, and he swam even harder in the water.

But before he could get close to the shore, several beams of light hit his face.

Gu Xi tilted his head, using his hand to block the light shining directly into his eyes, and squinted to see the situation on the shore.

On the shore, three Patrol Officers wearing black high-collared police uniforms, black silver-edged helmets, and holding small, head-sized searchlights were staring at him.

Gu Xi noticed that all three of them had their hands on their waists, as if they would draw their weapons and attack at the slightest movement.

Seeing that Gu Xi had no intention of rushing down, the leader shouted loudly.

"Are you still alive?"

Isn't that obvious?

Gu Xi rolled his eyes in his heart and raised his hands at the same time, "Alive, still alive."

In fact, Gu Xi didn't know that from time to time, strange creatures and undead would occupy the corpses thrown into the Isis River, wanting to use the human body to sneak into Victoria City.

Patrol Officers like them on the shore were arranged to target these strange or undead-possessed dead ghosts.

Usually, they just shine their searchlights on them, and if there is no reaction, they are living people, and they are generally allowed to go ashore.

It was just that the leader was a little idle today, so he asked a few more questions.

"Brother, what's up? Did you drink too much and couldn't see the road, so you fell into the river yourself?"

While saying this, he also directed his subordinates to drag Gu Xi onto the rocks with long wooden sticks.

When Gu Xi came out of Aryadovi, he had already thought about his origins.

When he first entered Victoria City, the system had arranged an identity for him.

In addition, he had obtained Joseph's Land Purchase Order, so Gu Xi had already thought of his story.

"Don't mention it. I found a Land Purchase Order left by an unknown ancestor at home, which can be exchanged for a piece of land in the Camden District. As a result, when I went to inquire about it, I was directly knocked down and thrown into the river."

Gu Xi grabbed the wooden stick and climbed towards the shore.

These Patrol Officers were also people of the world. When they heard Gu Xi's explanation, they had already imagined all kinds of conspiracies in their minds.

The leading Patrol Officer even laughed and said, "Brother, it's your lucky star that you're alive. You dare to take out something from more than a hundred years ago now, and it's from the Camden District.

Don't you know that it's all upper-class districts now, where rich people live? Look how skinny you are, like cinders from the factory. Even if you occupy the land, they will have a way to take it back.

I advise you to find an agent and sell this Land Purchase Order. Maybe you can exchange it for a piece of land in the Camley District."

"That's right, Camden and Camley sound similar, just a little bit is enough, anyway, they are both in Victoria City."

"That won't do. My Land Purchase Order was originally a large farm near Camley. If I go there now, I definitely won't get such a large piece of land. I can't afford to lose this investment."

As soon as Gu Xi heard this, he quickly started acting, and a persona of someone who wanted money more than life was quickly established.

The three Patrol Officers quickly imagined it and believed Gu Xi's identity, not killing him as a strange creature-possessed guy.

With such an imagination, the actions of the three Patrol Officers became faster.

After Gu Xi was pulled ashore, the three Patrol Officers still checked Gu Xi's situation.

Because Gu Xi spoke properly just now, they didn't make things too difficult for Gu Xi, and just gave a rough check before waving him away.

"Alright, don't hang around the Isis River if you have nothing to do. If you don't want to be caught and sent to a black factory to be a cinder worker, don't wander around the lower districts late at night. A lot of people have gone missing from the lower districts recently.

As for the Camden District, I won't advise you. It's up to you."

After saying that, the Patrol Officer patted Gu Xi's shoulder, raised his eyebrows, and gave Gu Xi a look that said, 'it's up to you'.

Gu Xi thanked them and, ignoring the dirt and stench on his body, quickly left the vicinity of the Isis River and walked onto the street.

Gu Xi's luck was pretty good this time. One look at him and you could tell he had just climbed out of the Isis River, so no one noticed the marks left on Gu Xi from being locked in the dungeon.

On the street, Gu Xi looked around and was a little frustrated to find that there were no large bathrooms or bathhouses in Victoria City.

And in his current state, he couldn't go to the upper districts or other relatively clean areas.

He could only follow the carriages and walk along the street. In a small alley three Street Blocks away from the Isis River, Gu Xi found a tavern that looked a bit old.

A wooden sign hung in front of the tavern, with a huge wine glass painted on it.

After so many years, the wooden sign had changed color, but the owner still hung it up.

The reason Gu Xi chose this place was not because the red-skirted girls soliciting customers on the roadside were prettier than those elsewhere, but because Gu Xi had seen the same sign in Aryadovi City.

Gu Xi clearly remembered that under the wine glass, a small compass was painted in a color invisible to ordinary people.

The same sign could indicate that the store in front of him was a centuries-old store moved out of the old city of Victoria.

Generally, old stores that can exist for so long always have some unknown things.

And the most important thing for a hotel is safety. Being able to find a centuries-old store, Gu Xi naturally wouldn't look for an uncertain black shop.

Pushing open the tavern door, Gu Xi heard a crisp voice.

"What does the guest need?"

"Give me a room. I want to take a bath and change my clothes. By the way, is there anything to eat? My stomach isn't very good, so I can't eat anything too hard."

Gu Xi said casually, while also throwing a Shilling onto the tavern bar counter.

"Just that?"

Huh? Gu Xi glanced at the white cleavage revealed in the red dress and immediately reacted, "Sorry, not right now. I just fell into the Isis River and now I just want to take a bath and change my clothes as soon as possible."

"Tch, who's talking about that with you? I mean..."

"Shaya." At this moment, a waiter stepped forward to stop the conflict that could happen at any time. "Sorry, she's a newbie and doesn't understand anything. I'll take you upstairs now."