The rain was coming down hard. Lin Baici hadn't even made it out of the alley before he was soaked to the skin.
In his left pocket, he carried the White Antler Bone Flute, which held plenty of supplies, but he didn't use them.
He had only just entered the Rule Pollution, and he didn't know whether he was being watched. So Lin Baici decided to wait and see.
Besides, even if he geared up, who would he fight?
He didn't even know where the monsters were!
As for the rain, with Lin Baici's formidable constitution, he could stand in it for three days and nights without catching a cold.
The alley opened onto a street a little over four meters wide. Between the heavy rain and the fact that rush hour was over, there were very few pedestrians.
About thirty meters to Lin Baici's right stood a newsstand. A bulb hanging beneath its roof cast a dim yellow glow. Seen through the rain, it looked like a waterlogged eyeball.
Lin Baici ran over and took shelter beneath the eaves.
An old man in his fifties sat in a reclining chair inside the newsstand, eyes half closed as he listened to the radio.
Hearing someone approach, he glanced over.
"Hey, young man, want to buy a magazine?"
The old man tried to make a sale. "Fresh off the press! The Top Ten Hong Kong Sisters—gossip, scandals, feuds, and love affairs!"
"I'm broke!"
Lin Baici glanced around the newsstand.
Its three walls were covered with magazines and posters. The cover girls were dressed very provocatively.
They were clearly designed to catch people's eyes.
Lin Baici actually wanted to pick up a newspaper and have a look. It could provide a lot of information, and at the very least, its publication date