Looking at the steel forest of buildings that rose tens of thousands of meters into the air, Lu Ren finally understood. No wonder everyone said rents in Changqing Ward were cheap. With ultra-high-rise residential buildings tens of thousands of meters tall everywhere, how could they not be?
Following the directions, Lu Ren directly connected to Changqing Ward's housing rental and sales center through a communication talisman. He casually selected a high-rise apartment, filled in his personal information, and completed identity verification. Once it was instantly approved, he tossed Spirit Crystals into the transmission slot manifested by the talisman, and the apartment's access credentials were directly bound to his identity card.
"Thirty Spirit Crystals a year. That cheap..."
Following the address, Lu Ren arrived beneath the building he had rented. Looking at the strange graffiti painted everywhere around him and the somewhat chaotic surroundings, he gained a faint understanding.
Sure enough, cheap places naturally had their own unique reasons for being cheap.
All sorts of shady characters were probably gathered here.
After stepping forward and scanning his identity information, the defensive formation and technological identity verification confirmed his credentials. Once inside the lobby, Lu Ren looked up and found that every part of the building emphasized its age and disorder.
Lu Ren even spotted some unknown dark brownish-black stains in a corner. Familiar with such things, he clearly knew they were what blood looked like after drying.
It was still tolerable. Lu Ren even felt that it somewhat resembled the visuals of a punk-style game he had played before.
With a calm expression, Lu Ren entered the elevator beside him according to the instructions. As he pressed the button and silently waited for it to arrive, light footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.
The footsteps were neither hurried nor slow, light and