I reached out and took the book about No. 81 Chaonei, then gave Fatty a handful of Evil Spirit Coins. "I'll go take a look."
"No. 81 Chaonei is extremely dangerous. Be very careful," Fatty warned.
"Okay." I smiled faintly and waved goodbye to him.
As we traveled, we found that the entire Imperial City was orderly and well-run, although there were still people who bullied the weak. However, three factions were doing their best to maintain order.
These three factions were the largest among the humans in the Imperial City. As for the Fierce Ghosts of the Imperial City, they seemed to be a disorganized mob.
Without a doubt, the Imperial City's population was currently larger than Magic Capital's. After enduring the disaster, Magic Capital had become a wasteland, while the Imperial City had come back to life.
The Imperial City was now filled with people and opportunities everywhere. More and more people were converging on it.
I smiled bitterly to myself. Who would have thought that, no matter the time, everyone still liked rushing to the Imperial City?
By then, we had arrived at No. 81 Chaonei.
This abandoned, Western-style, three-story building was No. 81 Chaonei. Around 1900, the emperor had granted it to the British so they could build a church. The church on Wangfujing had been built at the same time, but because this one progressed more slowly, and a war later broke out, construction was halted.
A concubine had hanged herself there. After that, one person died every time someone moved in, and an entire couple would die whenever they moved in together. It became a notorious haunted house in the surrounding area. Once we entered, the ghostly aura was so overwhelming that it left people speechless.
Yet all around the building, many people were