"Central Avenue, Seventh Alley, Number 26."
Nangong Saya repeated the address her friend had left her. All she had to do was deliver the item there, and her task would be done.
She and Fang Cheng walked through the streets of Machine City, in one of its more prosperous districts. Even in the middle of the night, plenty of cars and pedestrians filled the streets, and some shops stayed open all night.
But although everyone enjoying the nightlife looked human, many of them were actually monsters. This was a city where humans and monsters lived side by side.
The people under Machine City's rule were divided into three classes. At the bottom were ordinary laborers, who worked day and night on farms and in factories, with no freedom.
The second class was made up of free citizens. They could enjoy the rights to education and commerce, but were not allowed to leave Machine City.
The first class was the citizenry, descendants of the original group of modified soldiers. They belonged to the ruling class and faced no restrictions.
Monsters were a privileged class in this city. Even citizens usually didn't dare provoke them.
Fang Cheng's current identity was that of a monster, so the security officers checking people's identities on the street didn't dare give him any trouble.
After more than half an hour, Nangong Saya finally found Number 26, Seventh Alley, Central Avenue.
This was a neighborhood where free citizens lived. The houses were all single-story, in an area a little like an urban village.
Number 26 was a single-story house with a rusty front gate, shut tight.
Nangong Saya walked up and knocked. The loud banging sounded rather harsh in the night.
There was no answer from inside. Nangong Saya knocked for a while longer, but still heard