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Chapter 539

The Soul of the City (Second Update)

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Within an hour, all four people had taken a shower, changed clothes, and gathered in Gecko's room.

For some reason, all four of them were in a bad state after taking this bath.

Han Bing's face was red and she still seemed a little embarrassed.

Gecko was scared, his face was still a little pale, and he was always a little worried about Lu Xin's smile.

Lu Xin was thinking about what he had just sensed, and had something on his mind.

Red Snake looked a little suspicious and said, "When I was taking a shower just now, I seemed to feel something walking around in my room... Later, I also saw traces of something sitting on my bed, and the snacks I brought seemed to have been opened. However, I checked carefully and found nothing. I don't know if it was an hallucination..."

Several people went to Red Snake's room to search around, but found nothing.

Maybe it's because I'm under too much pressure in this twisted city, so I'm a little paranoid?

Everyone easily accepted this answer and forgot about it.

However, in this mood, it was Han Bing who suggested first. "Why don't we go out to eat and take a look at the city."

The four people in the group all agreed, so they packed up their things and walked down.

When they passed the corridor, they saw the body of the woman in a nightgown still lying in the corridor, as if she had been forgotten. They had notified the front desk an hour ago, but they didn't know when someone would come and take her away.

They couldn't do anything about it. Gecko felt that she was a little thin, so he stole a blanket from the next room and covered her.

When we arrived at the lobby, the front desk lady who was twisting crazily to the music was gone.

Only the ear-piercing music was playing alone.

"After I changed my clothes just now, I contacted the contact person previously designated by Black Marsh City again."

After taking a shower and changing into new clothes, Han Bing looked much more energetic. Walking next to Lu Xin, she looked like a delicate and fashionable little girl, very eye-catching. She seemed to have deliberately brought up the topic of work in order to break the embarrassment.

"Still no contact this time?"

Lu Xin turned his head and asked softly.

"Contacted."

Han Bing's answer was unexpected, saying, "The other party also said that everything will go according to the original plan and they will wait for us at the Administrative Hall."

"Huh?"

Gecko, Red Snake, and Lu Xin looked over at the same time with some surprise.

The reason why they did not contact Administrative Hall of Black Marsh City after they came here was because there was something wrong with this contact person.

So now that I've been contacted...

"But it is precisely because of the contact this time that I am even more worried."

Han Bing looked up at Lu Xin and said, "The other party acted too normal. I asked why I hadn't contacted him before. He just said that there was a lapse in work and asked for our forgiveness. I hope we can rush to Black Marsh City to help them as soon as possible."

"The more normal he said, the more skeptical I became."

"Because I know one thing, no matter how the city of Black Marsh City is, whether the order is stable, or how efficient Administrative Hall is, they will not take special pollution too seriously, especially this kind of message asking for help. There is absolutely no chance of such a thing being ignored. To say the least, even if it does happen, it will become a major mistake in the work, and it will definitely not be passed off lightly like now..."

"..."

After saying this in one breath, she nodded slightly and said, "So, I don't recommend contacting them now."

"At least, we should have done a preliminary investigation first and have a grasp of the situation before contacting them."

"..."

Everyone has no objection to her decision, including Lu Xin.

To a certain extent, they, information specialists, have received more professional training than capable people.

The group of people left the hotel and walked on the bustling street. Even though the hotel had glimpsed the morbid side of the city due to pollution, the street still looked so lively, passionate, and prosperous.

It was even a little too lively.

There were so many people on the streets that it felt like everyone in the city was out.

Some of them gathered in the casino on the roadside, some gathered in the bar, and some gathered directly on the street, busy and busy, pouring wine into their mouths like they were dying, or staring at the cards in their hands with red eyes, and touching the buttocks of the service girl with their big hands.

"Didi..."

It was a driver traveling on the wrong side of the road, fighting with a vehicle coming from the opposite direction. The two sides honked their horns and rammed into each other's fronts.

Lu Xin looked up at the city and could feel some faint mental pressure coming on.

Lu Xin is not sure if someone has set up a field in this city, but it is obvious that the people in this city are more or less polluted, and such a large number of polluted people will have an impact close to that of a field.

Even if it's not this kind of place, this lively and lively urban atmosphere seems to have some kind of impact in itself.

The temperament of a city can sometimes affect everyone in the city just like pollution.

"Let's go eat first and make some plans."

At Han Bing's suggestion, they came to a hotel not far from the hotel.

The entrance of the hotel was filled with tents, and countless tables were arranged in a disorderly manner. Each table was full of people, stuffing all kinds of food into their mouths, and pouring glasses of wine into their stomachs. Their expressions were strangely excited, and their eyes were as red as blood.

"Most of the people here may not have slept for seven or eight days, and some may have been deprived of sleep for a long time. I don't really believe that their chefs can make anything good, so we try to buy some food in sealed packages to eat."

Han Bing thought very carefully, so they just found a table and ordered something casually.

After waiting for half an hour, a waiter lazily brought over a bucket of wine and several plates of food and threw them on the table.

Nothing they ordered.

But they didn't say anything, they just took out their canned and sealed sausages.

This behavior was naturally very strange on this occasion, but no one around noticed them.

Only Gecko drank a glass of beer, but just smelled it and threw it aside.

"It's already rancid. I don't know how they drank it."

Han Bing said, "If you don't get enough sleep for too long, your sense of taste will fade and you won't be able to taste anything you eat or drink."

"Look at them eating and drinking, but it's actually just for excitement."

"When people are too tired, there will be a kind of excitement that is different from ordinary people."

"..."

Han Bing has obviously done his homework.

Lu Xin even had a feeling that as an ordinary person, her performance was more professional than those with abilities like herself.

He nodded and said to Han Bing: "Since we can't directly contact their Administrative Hall, how should we launch an investigation?"

"I'm thinking about this too."

Han Bing thought seriously and said:

"The biggest problem at the moment is that we are not sure whether the source of the problems in this city is Pollution Source, some Mental Monster, or ability users. But if it is the latter two, the other party must have the ability to control this city."

"If it were me, if I wanted to control this city, the first person I would control would be Administrative Hall."

"This is why I don't recommend contacting them Administrative Hall directly, because that is where the risk is greatest. If the other party really has a problem and we go there, we may fall directly into the other party's trap. Even if not, they may give us some wrong information to mislead us. In addition, I do not recommend that we reveal our identities now."

"After all, if the opponent masters Administrative Hall, they may mobilize the power of a city to become our enemy."

"Of course..."

She suddenly looked at Lu Xin with a smile and said, "With Mr. Single Soldier here, even if we face a city, we may not lose."

"But, after all, we are here to clean up the pollution, so we still have to reduce casualties as much as possible..."

"..."

Several people around him suddenly became very quiet.

It was clearly three ability users surrounding an ordinary person, but it felt as if three scumbags were surrounding a top student.

"What the young lady said makes sense..."

Gecko has the thickest skin. While munching on crispy noodles, he humbly asked for advice, "But if we don't contact their Administrative Hall, we have just arrived here and are unfamiliar with the place. How can we investigate such a big city?"

Han Bing turned to look at Lu Xin and said, "Did Mr. Shanbing see anything?"

Lu Xin met her concerned eyes, shook his head and said, "No."

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I should only be able to see a spiritual body with its own will, and it must not be hidden in someone's body. However, just because I didn't see it, it doesn't mean that the pollution field does not exist. Before, all of us were in the field around Happy Town. I didn't see any Mental Monster at that time, but I could feel the invisible pollution everywhere..."

"Field..."

Han Bing's face became slightly serious and he said to Lu Xin, "Before I came here, Professor Bai gave me special lessons. Field type pollution is the most terrifying. According to his analysis, with Take Kid as an example. If she can be completely familiar with and master the power of Mental Lord, then she will be able to detect and find other people with abilities or Mental Pollution the moment they enter Qinggang."

"We need to make sure, is it possible that the opponent has discovered it now?"

He said with a serious expression, "If it has been exposed, then there is no point in hiding it now."

"..."

Gecko and Red Snake were slightly stunned when they said this again, with a kind of hindsight and worry.

Will you be discovered the moment you enter a city?

Although they are capable people, this kind of scary-sounding ability is somewhat unreal.

Lu Xin also noticed Han Bing's serious look and thought she was a little cute. She smiled and shook her head:

"Probably not. I don't feel like I'm being spied on right now."

"In addition, what Professor Bai analyzed before should be theoretically possible, but in fact, a city is too big, there are too many people, and countless spiritual powers are intertwined. The subtle changes in the ocean of spiritual power are already too chaotic."

"So the ordinary Mental Lord shouldn't be able to achieve this level of detail..."

"..."

He casually stated what he understood, which could be regarded as giving Han Bing something to write down.

But unexpectedly, Han Bing, Gecko, Red Snake and others raised their heads blankly after hearing this sentence.

Gecko also swallowed with a "gudong" sound.

Lu Xin felt a little weird from these looks. He touched his face, but there was no smile. He asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"Captain..."

Gecko lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "You know so much about Mental Lord, do you mean..."

"... Actually, you have surpassed Mental Lord?"

"..."

"?"

Lu Xin was startled for a moment and said with a smile, "What are you talking about..."

But I suddenly felt a little confused, yes, why did I subconsciously say such words...

It seems that I have never received this type of training before...

Seeing Lu Xin's thoughtful look, Han Bing reacted, slightly panicked, and said with a smile, "That's good."

"Since we haven't been discovered yet, we can make a good investigation plan..."

"..."

No one at the table spoke, and everyone was contentedly waiting for Han Bing to come up with a feasible plan.

The surrounding streets were still noisy, with laughter and curses, the clinking of wine glasses, punches, and the sound of drunk people vomiting. The whole city was enveloped in an exaggerated and redundant mood, as if woven into a lively towel, covering up all secrets.

Lu Xin They were in this bustling city, and the corners of their mouths had curled up slightly without knowing it.

He acted very calmly, but in fact, he was under greater pressure than Gecko and Han Bing.

It was a very strange feeling. He didn't really like the temperament of this city to begin with, but when he just noticed that there was a power in this city that could make him feel trembling, his impression of this city became even worse.

He even felt that this city seemed to have some kind of soul that he didn't like.

In this city, he couldn't even breathe happily.

Flustered, irritable, depressed, unable to relax the mind.

From time to time, he had the urge to go directly to Main City in the Black Swamp to find out the power that he didn't like.

But he still held back.

Han Bing was right, he came here to help clean up the city's pollution.

Cleaning up a city's pollution does not seem to be the same thing as cleaning up all the people in the city.

Although, it seems to be similar in essence...

In this slight silence, not far away, a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old came over holding the hand of a five or six-year-old boy. She was carrying a large acoustic guitar on her back. She was thin and timidly came to this group of people drinking.

He cautiously approached a table of guests and said, "Brother, do you want a song?"

The customer at the first table was very impatient and yelled with red eyes, "Gun Kai."

They came to another table of guests and whispered, "Brother, do you want a song? Two yuan a song."

The guests at this table were already quite drunk, and they smiled and said, "Let's sing and listen..."

The girl was immediately pleasantly surprised and hurriedly arranged for the little boy to squat beside her. She picked up the acoustic guitar in her arms and played it gently.

The clear and melodious vibrato of the strings spread like running water, and the little girl slowly opened her voice to sing:

"On the banyan tree by the pond

Cicadas are calling summer loudly

On the swing next to the playground

There are only butterflies sitting on it..."

"..."

"..."

The moment the song started playing, Lu Xin suddenly woke up from the extremely boring feeling and turned around to look, slightly curious.

The girl's voice had the unique clarity and cleanliness of a girl, which formed a strong contrast with the lively streets. Even the noisy crowd around them seemed to have become much quieter and the decibels were slightly lower when the song spread.

When the song ended, the little girl put down her guitar, bowed to the people at the table, and said, "Thank you, brother."

The people at the table smiled and said, "What do you want to thank me for?"

The little girl was stunned for a moment and whispered something to the person on the table.

"Money?"

The people at the table suddenly laughed and said, "Whoever promised you any money should get out of here."

The little girl was startled and silently took two steps back. Behind her, a six or seven-year-old boy timidly held her hand. The two of them silently stepped back a few steps and glanced around timidly before walking to a few people in shirts.

"Brother, do you want to listen to a song? Two yuan a song..."

The little girl held the guitar and whispered, "Can I give you the money first?"

"Singing?"

A man with his back to them turned around, looked him up and down, and said with a smile, "Where are your adults?"

The little girl said, "Dad Mom didn't come home. There is no food at home..."

The man looked at the little girl's timid and shy look with admiration, then took a grilled sausage and handed it to the little boy.

The little boy raised his head and glanced at the little girl. Although she hesitated, she didn't stop him. The little boy immediately took the sausage and ate it with big mouthfuls. The little girl gently bowed to the man and said, "Thank you, brother, can I sing to you?"

The man reached into his pocket, took out a ten-yuan note, and said with a smile:

"It's okay to listen to songs. You can pay me first. These ten dollars are all yours, but you have to sing what I like to hear."

"..."

"Thank you brother, thank you brother..."

The girl looked at the ten dollars, her expression became slightly excited, and she nodded repeatedly. "Brother, I can sing several songs."

As he spoke, he counted the songs he could sing on his fingers.

The man smiled and said, "It doesn't make any sense what you say, you just have to sing a sexy song..."

As he spoke, he patted his thigh and said, "And I have to sit here and sing."

The girl was startled, took two steps back, and whispered, "No."

"Everyone on the street can do it, why can't you?"

Instead, the man became interested. With red eyes, he glanced at the girl a few times and said, "Come here and sing. I'll give you twenty."

The girl was slightly scared and pulled the little boy back, preparing to turn around and leave.

"Go?"

The man's temper was inexplicably ignited. He stood up suddenly, opened his hand and grabbed it.

He grabbed the girl's braids and pulled her to his desk. The bloodshot eyes were surging, and the muscles were trembling as if they were coming to life. There was a fierce look on his face. "Did I let you go? Didn't I say I wanted to sing? Don't you know I like listening to music?"

The girl was frightened and frightened, holding her hair and yelling.

"Sister, sister..."

The little boy was also frightened, crying and rushed forward to hug the girl's legs.

"Hahahaha..."

Everyone else at the man's table burst out laughing, as if they were feeling particularly amused, and even clapped their hands.

"Old Hua, why do you like clear soup but little water?"

"Old Hua, why didn't I know you liked listening to music so much?"

"..."

"Too irritable, too irritable..."

The man in the shirt firmly pressed the girl on the table, turned his head and smiled at his companion on the table:

"You don't know, I've been so angry lately that I can't even sleep because I'm so angry..."

"It's so tiring, even women feel bored..."

There was a look of confusion and distortion on his face, sometimes painful and sometimes crazy. "So I have to vent my anger..."

"Only when you have vented your anger and calmed down can you sleep..."

"Haha, this girl is great, I like her voice..."

"..."

"Let go of sister..."

The little boy cried and threw himself on the leg of the man named "Old Hua" and bit him.

But Old Hua kicked him to the ground, turned around, picked up a glass of water, poured it on the girl's head, and laughed:

"Sing or not?"

"If you don't want to sing, I'll ask you to sing in another way..."

I'm still feeling sorry for the lost manuscript.

My heart twitched, as if I had lost my girlfriend...

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