The place before them could hardly be said to have no connection to Zion's Black Market-it was completely unrelated, because this place was pink.
Every city had its less-than-respectable establishments.
The Black Market was the most important of those places, because its transactions had the highest value.
Besides the Black Market, there also had to be casinos, nightclubs, and entertainment venues.
And this was an outlet for humanity's primal desires: the nightclub district, also known as the Red-Light District.
People in the city-states needed outlets to vent their emotions and stabilize their Heart Energy.
Especially after these two Black Tides, the leaders of each city-state would probably place greater emphasis on entertainment for the lower classes, thereby reducing the city's Heart Energy pressure.
People certainly differed in rank and status, but Heart Energy made no such distinctions.
With less Heart Energy, the attacks suffered during the Black Tide would weaken.
This world had no game consoles or television dramas, and even idols who could sing and dance had only begun to be introduced in recent years. There were very few reasonable entertainment outlets.
When Oddities charged in, they would pry open your skull and lick up your Heart Energy, but they would not check how much land you owned or how much money you had in the bank.
That was why places like the Red-Light District had to exist in every city-state.
The strange sounds that occasionally emerged from the Red-Light District always set certain innocent young men's imaginations running wild-young men like Xu Le.
Actually, if he extended the Guyinduo Branch of Reality now, he could absorb a considerable amount of the surrounding Heart Energy.
But... he really wanted to get a look at a Succubus!
This really was not lust. It was advance preparation for any battles against