Mayor

Zhou You looked closely and realized it was not some sun, but a lamp.

An enormous lamp.

At first glance, the lamp occupied more than half the ceiling. Its decorations were almost luxurious, crystal and gold complementing each other as it lavishly poured down brilliant light—yet the light was soft and warm, not dazzling in the slightest.

In this eternally dark underground world, suddenly encountering an environment that seemed bathed in bright sunlight... was enough to leave anyone stunned.

Yet Zhou You was thinking about something else.

The entire underground city was suffering from an energy shortage. Electricity prices for residents had risen to an unbearable level, and as for public lighting... at best, it was only marginally better than having none at all.

Yet what he was seeing now...

Zhou You looked around.

This place covered at least eight hundred square meters. The grass and plants were lush, and green trees provided shade—nor were these the mutated plants from the Wasteland District—and supplying such an immense amount of illumination...

How many city blocks could this amount of electricity light up?

Then, a glib voice rang out beside him.

"Pretty shocking, right? That was what I thought the first time I saw it too. It scared me so badly I thought I'd returned to Paradise."

...Who?

Zhou You's first thought was that it was the owner of this place, the mayor he had suspected—but he immediately felt something was wrong.

That man had to be at least forty or fifty. There was no way he could have such a young voice.

Which meant...

Turning around, he indeed saw a teasing face.

The other man was around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, dressed in a crisp, well-fitted suit. A mocking smile hung on his face—one filled with ridicule, amusement, and...

the look of