"Uncle Shan En, if I wanted to rent a permanent stall in the Underground City, how would I go about it?"
Shan En paused. "What, Xiao Qin, are you on the Snake Cards too?"
"No. But I was thinking, plenty of Snake Cards Wanted Criminals are elusive and never show their faces. Maybe no one even knows their real identities. Suppose I gave a false identity. What could they do about it?"
"You're right. Even if you're a Snake Cards Wanted Criminal, renting a permanent shop only involves giving the management committee your name and paying. There's no identity verification. But giving a false identity..." After hearing him out, Shan En said, "I've never actually tested that idea. In theory, as long as the real person doesn't come knocking, it could work. But if you're impersonating someone, how can you be sure they won't find out?"
"Uncle Shan En, Snake Cards Wanted Criminals keep their movements secret. They're either racing to commit crimes and raise their Snake Cards ranking to win the World-Destroying Church's favor, racing to improve themselves so they don't get killed, or racing to complete missions and accumulate resources. In short, they work alone, without any powerful backing. Everything takes twice the effort for half the results, so they have to make every moment count. Under those circumstances, it's perfectly normal for them not to visit the Underground City for a year, or even several years."
After hearing that, Qin Siyang thought for a moment, then spoke with easy confidence. "Uncle Shan En, before the Apocalypse, there was a barefoot doctor back in my hometown who sold a secret formula for having boys. If someone bought it and had a girl, he refunded all their money. Later, I heard that his secret formula was nothing but dry-roasted