468. The Smuggler

It is now late at night in Jiangcheng, but the city is not asleep.

Most of the lights in the neighborhood were still on. As a residential area near a university, there are many graduate students living off-campus, students renting rooms on their own, and young people working in university-related industries. It's quite normal to see a building brightly lit up at one or two in the morning.

Moreover, the Amusement Park incident in Jiangcheng Mountain has also drawn global attention, with cars coming and going on the streets, seemingly in a state of great anxiety.

But the aroma of food filled Lu Ban's room.

Stir-fried green beans with pork, steamed eggs, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and a pot of loofah soup—simple yet with the taste of home.

Although Lu Ban felt that he had just eaten breakfast, he still had a good appetite. He picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of the stir-fried meat.

"Tasty."

He commented.

"As long as it tastes good."

Feng Yu turned on the TV. The live broadcast was reporting on the incident at the Amusement Park. The live footage showed the tourists being rescued one after another by the rescue team. Some were emotionally distraught, some had blank expressions, and others were puzzled.

In contrast, it's almost surreal that key figures like Lu Ban and Feng Yu are still having dinner at home.

Lu Ban Lu Ban n't worried that these tourists would remember him. As someone who had purchased the land use rights and built the Ruined Capital Town next door, it was perfectly reasonable for him to appear in the Amusement Park.

After eating a couple of bites, Lu Ban decided to ask Feng Yu.

"I need to go to another region to collect some user feedback. Do you know any way to travel to another region?"

The audience of a movie is its user, and the audience's reaction is user feedback, which makes perfect sense.

"Traveling to another world?"

Feng Yu's chopsticks moved a little slower, but soon reached for the hot and sour shredded potatoes.

"If you don't need to specify a time, and just want to travel to the present-day alien world, then there's no difficulty, and I can help you with that."

"That's great!"

Lu Ban used the shared spoon to scoop a spoonful of steamed egg into his rice and mixed it well.

Which alien world do you want to travel to?

Feng Yu asked again.

"I'm not sure yet. Do you have any recommendations?"

Lu Ban thought about it. He figured he wouldn't lie to his own people. Sending him to places like the Ruined City to cause trouble might indirectly cause problems for Trist. It would be better to go to some foreign land that had nothing to do with him.

"Didn't you encounter those people covered in bandages before? What was their exotic experience like?"

Feng Yu suggested.

"Hmm? Why didn't you recommend places like the Night Country or the Ruined City of the City first?"

Lu Ban was curious.

"Because these alien realms ruled by the Silent Land are not places that someone like me can traverse at will."

Feng Yu answered immediately.

"To travel between these alien realms, one must first obtain the consent of the ruler of the Silent Land. I'm sorry, I'm just a stowaway. Taking me to other alien realms is no problem."

"So, does that mean there are factions in the alien realm?"

Lu Ban asked curiously.

"Of course, even in the Silent Land, there are at least three rulers. Their purposes are different, so the Chosen of the Gods of the Silent Land have to do different things."

Feng Yu said matter-of-factly.

"If there's a chance, perhaps I can show you these certificates."

"Expect."

Lu Ban said something that sounded perfunctory, but he was actually quite looking forward to it.

Lu Ban already knew about the factions among these Old Ones, Great Being, and deities. The gods his suona connected to, as well as the one on Aldebaran, were enemies.

Through his interactions with other alien Chosen of the Gods, such as the Bandaged Man, Lu Ban understood even more clearly that different alien realms belonged to different gods, and these gods used their abilities to attack each other in pursuit of profit.

Lu Ban was well aware of the next phase of the mission in the Silent Land.

If the first stage is about exploring one's own alien lands, understanding the ecological conditions and crises faced by each alien land, solving problems, and resisting invaders, then the second stage will undoubtedly involve going to other alien lands to cause trouble.

For example, in the Bandaged Man city of Fog City, Lu Ban felt that he might have to go to this alien land to spread fear and pollution next.

Lu Ban didn't know whether these alien realms were filled with ferocious monsters like the Bandaged Man from before, or whether ordinary people with conscience and kindness still existed there.

He empathizes with places like the Night Country and the Ruined City, entirely because he knows Trist and Xiya, understands most of the conditions in these worlds, and knows that these people pose no threat to his own world.

But the foggy city is another world altogether.

In fact, Lu Ban felt that in other realms, some things might cause harm to other creatures simply by existing.

"Where can you take me to some otherworldly realms that don't belong to the Silent Land?"

Lu Ban then asked, adding a sentence.

"Ideally, it should be a foreign land that is hostile to the Silent Land."

For example, Lu Ban felt that he could still cause some trouble for otherworldly beings like Bandaged Man, Four-Eyes, and Little Fishmen without any psychological burden.

After all, the other party had also tried to summon an evil god in their own world, so this can be considered an eye for an eye.

"Fog City, this is the alien land of the Jelamite, also known as the Fog City people. This land is shrouded in thick, poisonous fog all year round. All creatures are born from the fog, and the Fog City people are at the top of the food chain. Their world is almost entirely composed of fog creatures. The amount of fog represents strength. The strong will devour the weak and become stronger."

"The Deep Sea is the alien realm of the Tide Caller. The entire world is made up of the sea, with no sky or land. The Tide Caller live in the water and have built their own enormous cities. They are also among the first creatures to come into contact with other alien realms. In the long past, the Tide Caller have traveled to other alien realms several times through the gods they worship to carry out conquests and wars, until their master fell into a deep sleep."

"The City of Dusk. It is the alien realm where those creatures with four eyes you saw reside. This alien realm is perpetually in twilight, caused by the fall of the god who once ruled this alien realm in a war. Since then, most of the creatures in this alien realm have begun to decay and die of old age, but only one kind of creature called the Eye Demon has survived. They can mimic all kinds of creatures they see and have a powerful physique."

Feng Yu paused as he spoke.

"These three exotic lands should all meet your requirements; you can choose one of them."

After listening, Lu Ban immediately felt that the pollution situation in these three alien realms was much more serious than that in his own region. Moreover, alien realms like the Deep Sea and City of Dusk had already involved the evil gods themselves, which could be described as extremely dangerous.

Lu Ban was caught in a dilemma.