The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 146 The Balls are Back in the Sewer

Chapter 146: Chapter 146 The Balls are Back in the Sewer

"Stop, stop!"

Liu Zheng shouted at the azure Flame Fist.

The crazed Red Pig, of course, didn’t listen to him, and the Flame Fist continued to descend.

According to Niu Ma’s advice, it was supposed to be Nightingale and the others’ turn to take over at this point.

But Liu Zheng thought that Red Pig’s gentlemanly demeanor had probably burned away along with his reason.

However, he was not out of options.

"Do you still want to know Qian Zao’s whereabouts?"

Liu Zheng said.

"Hmm?"

The Flame Fist stopped in front of him.

Although it hadn’t touched him yet, Liu Zheng’s bodily fluids had already begun to freeze.

"Tell me, Niu Ma, where did you hide Qian Zao?"

Red Pig asked coldly.

"If you can’t even see that I’m not Niu Ma, even if Qian Zao appeared before you, would you recognize her?"

He sneered.

"Of course, no matter what Qian Zao has become, I will recognize her."

Red Pig said without hesitation.

"Then tell me, what does she look like?"

Liu Zheng said.

"She has long, smooth black hair, but she’s too lazy to care for it, so she often ties it back in a big braid."

"Her face is oval-shaped with a few little freckles on her cheeks. She’s always felt they were unattractive, but I find them cute."

"Her eyebrows are thick and black, thicker than a man’s. That’s why she’s always been proud of them, and she never needs to draw them on."

"She..."

Red Pig kept on describing Qian Zao’s appearance, interspersed with many details of their time together, his expression gradually calming.

"You are far smarter than Niu Ma."

Red Pig stopped speaking and looked at Liu Zheng with a hint of a smile.

"If it was as smart as you, it wouldn’t get beaten every time it tried."

"It’s not that I’m smarter than Niu Ma, maybe it just doesn’t want to use such tricks on you."

He shook his head.

"Maybe. Young man, my name is Krupp, what is your name?"

Red Pig suddenly said.

"My name is Liu Zheng."

"Liu Zheng, would you be willing to make a deal with me?"

Red Pig asked.

"You tell me."

"Help me get the truth from Niu Ma."

"Have you ever considered that it might be because Qian Zao doesn’t want you to know the truth that she asked Niu Ma not to tell you?"

Liu Zheng said.

"I still want to know. After being with Qian Zao, I’ve always done as she wished, but this time it’s my turn to be stubborn."

Red Pig said firmly.

"Alright, I can investigate for you, but I can’t make any guarantees."

"I won’t charge any fee for this, so there’s no business transaction or promises between us."

He said.

"You really are cautious, young man."

Red Pig smiled.

"No choice, it’s too hard to survive in the Metropolis."

Liu Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"Indeed. But I’ll still give you something, unrelated to the commission, just consider it a return gift for the B-grade grave-sweeping package."

Red Pig glanced at Nightingale and the others, saying with a smile.

"That’s acceptable."

A B-grade package shouldn’t be a necessary expense, taking a reciprocal gift seemed appropriate.

Red Pig took off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of large, round eyes.

He tossed the sunglasses to Liu Zheng, who caught them deftly.

"The real sunglasses have been destroyed, this is just an imitation made from my soul fragments, but it should be somewhat useful."

Red Pig said.

Item: "Pilot Sunglasses (Disposable)"

Type: "Prop"

Quality: "Fine"

Effect One: "After use, you can see an enemy’s one weakness. Cannot be used simultaneously with Effect Two."

Effect Two: "After use, you can ignore all damage, negative effects, and sanity decreases caused by vision for 30 seconds. Cannot be used simultaneously with Effect One."

Note: "Sunglasses handcrafted by the ace pilot Red Pig’s wife, Qian Zao. Sadly, Qian Zao has left Red Pig, and the ace pilot can no longer soar into the sky."

Eligible for extraction from instance: "No"

A very nice support prop, both Effect One and Effect Two are very practical.

Only...

Liu Zheng sighed quietly as he read the note.

Actually, he didn’t need to ask Niu Ma; he had already vaguely sensed the truth.

Even, he could guess the hidden reason why Red Pig was so eager to know the truth.

Liu Zheng didn’t know if he should fulfill Red Pig’s commission.

So, he decided that after returning, he would tell Niu Ma the whole story and let it decide for itself.

After all, it was Red Pig’s most trusted friend.

"Goodbye, and give Niu Ma a punch for me when you see it."

Red Pig took the B-grade package and returned to the tomb chamber.

Though Liu Zheng was quite willing to help with the task of punching Niu Ma, it was a pity he couldn’t comply.

"Come on, sign for the delivery first."

He took out the fried fries and handed them to Nightingale.

"Oh, and you might want to avoid ordering potato-related dishes in the future; it could cause trouble."

He reminded them, recalling the note on the fried fries.

"Don’t worry, we’re not particularly fond of potatoes. Of course, we’ll order something else when we have the money."

Nightingale said.

"That’s settled then. By the way, when do you plan on going to the Garbage Processing Plant?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"I have to wait until I’m the sole heir at least. Going to the Garbage Processing Plant now would be a certain death."

Nightingale shook her head.

"Is that place really that dangerous?"

He asked curiously.

If Nightingale dared to wander into the sewers and the cemetery at will, the Garbage Processing Plant should be of similar nature to these places.

"Very dangerous, it’s the most chaotic place in the whole Metropolis."

Nightingale said.

"Whether it’s the new district, the Old City District, the sewers, the cemetery, or even the Bloody Restaurant, all have to obey the rules set by City Hall. Even the areas outside Metropolis follow some kind of order."

"The Garbage Processing Plant is different, though. Apart from the special regulations of City Hall, everything else relies on strength."

"Isn’t strength-based order a kind of order too?"

Liu Zheng asked.

After all, City Hall is only in charge because it’s the most powerful and everyone has to follow its rules.

"But what if the strongest person there is a madman?"

Nightingale countered.

"This..."

"What if, to make things scarier, this person’s personality changes every second?"

Nightingale further questioned.

Then there’s nothing you can do, no one could survive under the rule of such a person unless they were stronger than them.

"So, the strongest person in the Garbage Processing Plant is like that?"

"No one knows, nobody knows who the strongest in the Garbage Processing Plant is. But there are many people like that everywhere you look there."

"It’s meant to deal with places that exist in disorder or against order, what do you think ferments from the chaos there?"

Nightingale said.

"Sounds terrifying."

Liu Zheng said sincerely.

Even a bad order is better than no order at all, just like lawful evil is stronger than chaotic evil.

"It is terrifying, especially since City Hall almost completely ignores the Garbage Processing Plant, allowing many entities on the brink of order to go there."

"Some achieve their goals and return to the city, others stay there forever, either dying or turning into something even more terrifying."

Nightingale said with the tone of someone telling a ghost story.

"And you still want to go?"

"No choice, who asked me to dote on her?"

Nightingale pinched Sea Girl’s face, which Sea Girl swatted away with distaste.

"Besides, there are many good things in the Garbage Processing Plant. For example, it’s teeming with things that can destroy order."

She gave Liu Zheng a knowing look.

"To change from being the sole heir to the head of the family, I do need some of these things."

Nightingale said.

"Then I wish you success and hope you become the head of the family soon."

"Won’t you go? Whether you want to break away from the Bloody Restaurant or climb up, playing by the rules won’t cut it."

Nightingale remarked.

"I’ll have to wait until I find the Fire Mage before I go."

Liu Zheng said.

Without communicating with the Fire Mage first, even if he found the Wolf Knight, it wouldn’t be of much use.

If a fight breaks out, a loss means the trip was futile, a win means being chased by the Fire Mage. It’s a losing scenario either way.

"Fire Mage, I’ve heard of this person."

Nightingale thought for a moment and said.

"Oh? Do you have any information?"

Liu Zheng became interested.

"Let’s talk while we walk. I don’t really mind, but it seems like these two don’t want to stay much longer."

Nightingale suggested.

He looked over and indeed, Sea Girl and Vampire Sister seemed impatient.

"Let’s go then."

The group headed towards the cemetery gate.

"Regarding the Fire Mage, I don’t have much information either. I only know the person is very powerful, and they have a high citizen rank, but they don’t like working and prefer wandering around."

"Additionally, the person is very impulsive. Once they accidentally went into a family’s secret club and stumbled upon a party happening there. In a fit of rage, they killed everyone present including the guests and set the place on fire, reducing it to ashes."

"The incident caused a huge uproar because among those present were a councilman and a deputy chief. City Hall even dispatched the Security Bureau’s Special Action Team because of it."

Nightingale continued the topic.

"Then what happened?"

"However, the Fire Mage went into hiding, and nobody has seen him since. Many speculate that he may have taken refuge in the Garbage Processing Plant."

Nightingale concluded.

Nightingale’s intelligence couldn’t have been more timely.

If her intelligence is correct, then the Fire Mage must have already come out of the Garbage Processing Plant.

And the Fire Mage appeared in the sewer probably because being chased by City Hall, it was not convenient for him to show up on the streets.

In that case, Liu Zheng’s initial plan to casually run into him on the city streets was almost certain to fail.

Given this, it seems he still needs to make a trip to the sewer.

Partly to find the shelter, to hand over the milk to Red Ghost.

And partly to try his luck, to see if he could run into the Fire Mage again.

Just now, he still doesn’t know if the anger in the sewer has subsided, and Fisherman that Lao Deng has yet to call.

As Liu Zheng was thinking, his phone suddenly rang.

When he looked, it indeed was from Fisherman.

"Damn, do all these guys have the telepathy ability ’know when their name is mentioned’?"

He answered the phone with a feeling of trepidation.

"The balls in the sewer are back in place; it has stopped going berserk."

Fisherman got straight to the point.

"So, we can come down now?"

Liu Zheng asked eagerly.

"Sea Girl can, but you can’t."

The news from Fisherman struck like a bolt from the blue.

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