Underground Rest

When Lin Yu saw the moving corpse holding the megaphone, he began to understand why the "Fairy Queen" could become the uncrowned queen of Gray Street Three.

This mystery and terror are created through "bizarre methods" that are beyond the comprehension of everyone here. Based on this, it is indeed enough to create an "authority" that Hostage or challenges.

Moreover, this "queen" did not do anything particularly outrageous—she seemed to have no intention of disrupting the ecology and structure of Gray Street Three, nor did she want to assert her authority.

Even...

"No one in Gray Street Three has yet seen the 'Fairy Queen's' true face. Although many people have been invited by her for 'negotiations,' what you usually see is just a letter, a tape recorder, or another fresh corpse in a hotel room or a bar booth."

Based on the Butcher's words, Lin Yu could roughly sketch out a vague image of the "Fairy Queen"—mysterious, not overly controlling, valuing her privacy, and also somewhat...

Bad sense of humor.

Following the corpse that looked no different from a living person when it walked, Lin Yu followed him through a maze of twists and turns in Gray Street Three.

Although Lin Yu was very patient, he didn't waste any time.

"Old Zheng, can you analyze what personality traits that 'Fairy Queen' has?"

Leave professional issues to professionals; no matter how much Lin Yu analyzes, it's just based on intuition.

After all, Old Zheng has systematically learned professional skills and a wealth of clinical diagnostic experience. Naturally, Lin Yu would listen to Old Zheng's opinion on judging a person's psychological state and personality traits from their behavior.

Upon hearing Lin Yu's question, Old Zheng immediately got to work and began to analyze the situation.

"At the moment, it's all hearsay. Considering the complex situation in the City That Never Sleeps, I can't draw any conclusions... After all, this 'Fairy Queen' might be hiding her identity because she has a strong need to be killed if she's discovered, or she might simply lack a sense of security or prefer to stay behind the scenes; those 'regular garbage cleaning' rules might be because she's a germaphobe, or they might be a charade."

"However, setting aside these distractions, there's at least one thing I'm certain of..."

At this point in Old Zheng's story, Lin Yu asked with some curiosity.

"Which point?"

"A name, or rather a title, is like a 'Player's code name,' especially the code name that the Player chooses themselves. It often best reflects the Player's personality," Old Zheng analyzed. "The name 'Fairy Queen' is one she chose herself. Combined with what she has done, it can reveal to some extent that this person...is a bit confident and arrogant, tends to be self-centered, and firmly believes that she is an excellent leader; at the same time, the prefix 'fairy' also shows that she may be a bit immature and yearns for that mysterious feeling—after all, she is deliberately creating that atmosphere."

Lin Yu nodded, agreeing with Old Zheng's analysis.

He had a vague feeling about it too, but after Old Zheng summarized it like this, the feeling became more accurate and clear.

"I see..."

At this moment, the "corpse thug" leading the way suddenly stopped in the middle of the road.

Lin Yu also stopped, somewhat surprised.

"Why did it suddenly stop? Did the navigation system malfunction?"

After all, this "guide" was standing in the middle of the road with no buildings around him, which Lin Yu knew was definitely not the case.

But...

Lin Yu was wrong this time.

The corpse bent down and moved a manhole cover in the middle of the road.

Lin Yu was stunned by what he saw.

"What?"

Then, the corpse raised the megaphone in its hand.

"Please follow me! Please follow me!"

After repeating it twice, it jumped into the well.

Lin Yu stared at this scene in a daze for a moment, then gritted his teeth and jumped in after him.

Having come this far, it really wouldn't be right not to go down now.

Upon entering the well, Lin Yu did not smell the foul odor he had imagined.

On the contrary, the well walls here are very dry, and inside the pipes are only long cast-in-place pipes extending out in both directions, with no end in sight.

"These are pipeline shafts," Lin Yu tapped on the cast-in-place pipes. "They're probably for transporting... something like gas?"

Lin Yu wasn't entirely sure, since the City That Never Sleeps shouldn't have gas.

He guessed from the "Explosive" and "No Open Flame" symbols on the nearly worn-out warning signs on the pipes that they were probably some kind of gas-based consumable.

At the same time, the pipe bears the logos of Truth Company, Divine Power Group, and Universal Trade Association —this pipe was even jointly built by the Three Great Corporations.

If this thing were blown up, it would cause an accident no less serious than the destruction of the "Despair Train".

Lin Yu pondered for a moment, then followed the corpse forward.

As he and the corpse guide ventured deeper into the tunnel, the light inside grew increasingly dim.

After walking for about ten minutes...

The corpse suddenly made a "uh-ah" sound—not from the loudspeaker, but from the corpse itself.

Then, the body suddenly collapsed to the ground and remained motionless.

"Oh no, how could he suddenly die?"

Old Zheng said in surprise.

"He died long ago; now he should be said to be at peace."

Lin Yu calmly corrected Old Zheng.

And he knew why the corpse had suddenly collapsed.

Because... this guy's mission as a "guide" is complete.

A fork in the wall of pipes ahead suddenly appeared, with blue markings for hammers and screwdrivers crossing over it. That should be a dedicated maintenance point or a space for storing tools.

Lin Yu slowly walked over and then saw a small space.

There, a small desk and a warm yellow desk lamp were placed.

And surrounding the desk, against the wall next to the pipes...

There were dozens of corpses, neatly arranged against the wall like cases of wine stored in a cellar.

Behind the desks surrounded by corpses, a beautiful young girl with her neck bent at an unnatural angle sat in a chair with a backrest—she was like the rarest hidden gem among the collection of corpses, which consisted mostly of thugs, gangsters, and mercenaries.

Her beautiful, black, silky hair shone with a lustrous sheen, and her skin was as smooth and supple as jade.

Her eyes were open, but strangely, both pupils were pure black, with not a trace of white in them.

The girl was holding another megaphone in her arms.

"Hello, Sherlock, welcome, please have a seat."

A crackling sound of electricity filled the air.

Lin Yu sat down across the table and returned a polite smile.

"Greetings, Your Highness... Fairy Her Highness the Queen."

He placed Old Zheng on his knees and felt an unprecedented sense of pressure.

The scene before him made Lin Yu realize...

Perhaps I underestimated this "Fairy Queen".

This person is likely a terrifying existence not much less powerful than the Nightless Sky Family Head!