He was delivering takeout. So be it. He'd already experienced a prisoner-starting scenario once, so this opening seemed pretty good to Lu Bai. At least he had a rented room to use as a place to stay.
Lu Bai glanced down at the time displayed on his phone. It was a little after ten at night.
He'd just arrived at this Deathmatch Arena, and he still felt pretty alert.
After thinking it over, he decided to go outside and take a look around first.
Lu Bai took the keys hanging on the wall, put on his shoes, and went out the door.
As expected, the rented room he was staying in had been converted from a basement. To reach ground level, he had to climb a few steps.
Based on what he'd learned so far, this Deathmatch Arena seemed to take place in a modern world, one a little more advanced than the underworld setting of the previous one. There were even apps for food delivery and ride-hailing.
But there was something strange. In a modern city, ten at night shouldn't really count as the middle of the night.
Yet the residential complex where Lu Bai was staying had already fallen quiet.
He looked back up at the buildings. Only one or two apartments still had their lights on.
He pressed the electric scooter's unlock button on his key ring. After two beeps, he quickly found his scooter.
After riding his little e-scooter around the complex twice, he noticed that residents seemed to have started peering out from the buildings.
"Are they always this security-conscious?" Lu Bai asked, blinking as he gripped the handlebars.
He stopped circling the complex, turned the throttle, and rode straight down the road.
He had to admit, the silence along the way was terrifying.
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