The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician
Chapter 474 - 262 How is This Guy More of a Freak Than Me?!

After gaining abilities beyond those of ordinary people, his courage had also subconsciously increased.

In the past, if he had been captured by a mechanical bird person at nearly a hundred meters in the air, he would have been terrified; but now, it was merely a matter of using the "Return to City Skill."

Jiang Shu squinted his eyes, looking down at the Lonely City below where street lights looked like neatly arranged, colorful orbs, the ups and downs of buildings vaguely visible among these orbs, hard to see clearly.

"You’ll understand soon." But for some reason, Rift Gary seemed reluctant to say too much, abruptly flapping his wings, the jet engines at the tips igniting flames, accelerating their speed sharply.

Jiang Shu quietly activated his "Mind Reading Technique," but he read nothing.

This lack of reception was different from previous attempts on mechanical Tang; this time, he only encountered a variety of scrambled codes interspersed with sparse words.

[...Pain...restraint...sanity...]

Hmm?

Jiang Shu slightly furrowed his brow; up to this point, Gary’s actions and behavior had been quite normal, though the man was noticeably more sullen and silent than usual, but overall still familiar.

However, from the feedback of the mind reading...

Gary was currently enduring intense pain, continuously striving to maintain his sanity.

With this in mind, Jiang Shu then noticed that Gary’s body had actually been trembling. He had initially thought it was the engine on Gary vibrating, but upon closer observation, it was Gary’s body that trembled.

Trembling can alleviate pain, and for Gary, this had become an instinct.

However, Jiang Shu didn’t directly ask Gary what had happened during this period; since Gary had chosen to take him alone, there must be a reason.

Given the current situation, it was very likely that Gary was feeling confused internally and needed to find a sense of affirmation from Jiang Shu.

Thus, the two of them fell silent, their figures swiftly crossing the sky, but Jiang noticed something interesting about Gary’s flying trajectory.

He wasn’t flying straight but winding around as if avoiding something.

Perhaps...

He was avoiding the night-time surveillance of the air domain?

After all, this was the Lonely City, and wandering in the high sky in the dead of night was sure to draw the attention of the authorities.

Soon, moving along the dark, low altitudes, Gary led Jiang Shu to a war ruin within the Thirteen District, the site of collapsed buildings from the district’s war, erected into a nearly deserted place within the district.

Perhaps due to unresolved issues of interest, the efficiency of post-disaster reconstruction was quite low, and the area was also roamed by some jobless vagrants. After the massive collapse of buildings in Thirteen District, they had lost their homes and could only find makeshift shelters among these ruins.

The war had involved too much, and with Lonely City lacking a formal government—only a sluggish and bloated Social Sequence managing affairs—it meant that although these district dwellers were survivors of the war, they could only wander within the Thirteen District, which was nothing to be celebrated.

"We’re here." Rift helped Jiang Shu to the ground, then stood beside him.

In front of them was a dilapidated building; the triangular corner of the building had naturally formed a space when it collapsed, which over time had become the place where Rift temporarily settled.

Thanks to this war, thế Thirteen District had gained quite a number of these war ruins, providing Rift with places to hide, eluding detection from the police.

Two concrete slabs leaned against each other to form an entrance about one meter high. Looking from outside into it, the entrance was pitch dark, with nothing visible.

Jiang Shu looked around; the ruins were quiet, devoid of any light source, everything engulfed in complete darkness, as if shadows were constantly swaying within it.

"Come in," Gary said as he ducked into the entrance, waving at Jiang Shu, his voice devoid of any inflection.

Jiang Shu also approached the entrance and stooped slightly to enter the space.

A yellow-orange light emitted from Gary’s hand, illuminating the area.

Jiang Shu noticed some threads that seemed randomly scattered on the ground in a corner, but a closer look revealed they were connected into the concrete.

"That’s a warning device, don’t step on it," Gary glanced back briefly to caution, then moved deeper into the darkness with his lighted left hand leading the way.

The two maneuvered through a winding passageway, and a hole-like area appeared before Jiang Shu.

The scene inside was different from what he had seen outside. Upon entering, it was evident that the interior was a hidden world.

First was the size— it was at least two to three hundred square meters, and the ceiling was over two meters high, standing here would not feel cramped at all.

The space here was much bigger than it appeared from outside, apparently Gary had dug downward, expanding the interior space.

The interior style resembled a stone cavern or perhaps a Syrian war-torn style, but more accurately, there was no specific style, as the arrangement was quite random.