Strange Sounds in the Darkness

Niu Dazhi was twenty-eight this year.

In the eyes of people living in the inner districts of the Capital City, he was just a kid from the suburbs. In the eyes of the suburbanites, he was an outsider who had followed his remarried mother here when he was young.

But that didn't matter.

At least his identification information said Capital City.

That was enough.

When he encountered a Despicable Outsider, he could puff out his chest and declare, "We Capital City men have standards—and they're the real deal!"

When he got especially worked up, he would even swing his arm around in a few spectacular circles!

After Supernatural Revival.

As a local of the Capital City, he had entered the Suburban Industrial Zone as a security guard under his stepfather's arrangements. For someone who had always idled around and made a living extorting Restaurant Owners, being a security guard was certainly not a satisfying position.

But whenever he saw the common folk who had fled here from other places reduced to huddling in the makeshift housing area and eating relief rations, or assigned to filthy, exhausting manual labor.

His pride as a local would surge up again despite himself!

What was a security guard?

Someone who protected the peace of an area!

As an honorable security guard, I absolutely have to keep a close eye on these outsiders, so they don't break the rules.

At that thought.

Even the filthy security uniform on his body seemed to shine with golden light.

Tonight, he and his colleagues had been drinking in the security office when he heard some local legends from the captain. At the end of the drinking session, the captain had repeatedly warned them to be careful at night and not to wander off alone.

If they heard any