Early morning.
A ray of sunlight spilled over the earth!
Even a place as dim and sunless as Sin City was, for once, cloaked in a layer of gentle light.
One after another, the residents at the bottom of society struggled to get up and sat on the sunlit ground, breathing greedily.
It seemed...
That faint sunlight could offer their souls one last shred of comfort.
Of course, scientifically speaking, that meant...
Getting more sun was good for the body.
Perhaps it could help them live a couple more days.
At this time each day, everyone would, for once, set aside the hostility in their hearts, bask in the sunlight, and be "human" for a brief moment.
However...
That rare tranquility was shattered today.
In the distance, a clamor rose without end.
Skeletal figures struggled to their feet and instinctively looked into the distance, greed flickering in their eyes as though searching for a "business opportunity."
With a dull rumble.
The long-sealed gate to the Inner City, which represented the divide between ranks, quietly opened a crack!
Everyone was alarmed!
Without hesitation, they turned to leave!
Going by past experience, some big shot from the Inner City was abso-fucking-lutely in a bad mood and coming out to blow off steam and do some hunting!
As for who the "prey" was, the answer went without saying.
But...
A piercing scream, as though from someone subjected to intense torture, suddenly rang out from inside the Inner City gate.
The next second, Sikong Nan scrambled out of the Inner City in a sorry state, rolling and crawling before stumbling off into the distance at a desperate run.
For a moment, the Outer City residents who had instinctively moved to hide quietly stopped in their tracks, their gazes sweeping over Sikong Nan, their eyes