Deep in the Living
Chapter 387 - 375 A Completely Safe Street

Chapter 387: Chapter 375 A Completely Safe Street

For the current stage of these three individuals,

a bus is not something that poses a threat. At least Luo Di is capable of using the weapon brought back from Hell to split the bus in half, effectively slaughtering a Giant Beast.

Yet all three chose to evade it at the first moment.

The reason is simple,

The bus, defined as a "transportation tool," could very likely serve as an important medium for reaching the next area or even for deep migration.

Yu Ze even flicked out a yellow talisman with his fingers, adhering it to the undercarriage of the bus, capable of determining whether there was a threat inside, and monitoring the bus’s destination.

However, after speeding through the Crossroad, the bus gradually slowed down and came to a stop at a nearby bus station.

No pedestrians taking their night stroll boarded the bus, nor did any passengers get off... The open bus door emitting light seemed to beckon the three.

Just as the bus doors were about to close,

Bang!

A palm blocked the door, the team arrived.

However, it was not Luo Di’s hand that held the door but Yu Ze’s. Considering potential threats, many subjective actions in this exploration were entrusted to Yu Ze.

His eyes beneath the sunglasses closed tightly and were pressed down with the Five Emperor Coins, to guard against the possibility that the clown might be on the bus, or the bus itself might be a Corner product created by the clown exploiting a monster’s characteristics.

Just as Yu Ze was about to board,

An arm tied with a red knot blocked his way, as the ticket collector sitting in the front row leaned forward, resembling a pedestrian, with a face obscured by black hair.

The arm extended a special wooden fare collector box with four words written in red ink.

"Buy ticket to board"

Luo Di and Youzhen stood outside the bus without looking inside; only Yu Ze engaged.

Yu Ze pulled out three different bills from his pocket.

Including Ruble, the most circulated currency in the United Nations, as well as US Dollar and RMB.

But faced with different types of bills, the ticket collector just kept shaking his head, almost as if to shake off his entire head.

Yu Ze suddenly pinched out a Corner Coin with two fingers, and unexpectedly, as soon as this coin appeared, the ticket collector became excited, pushing his box toward Yu Ze, nearly forcing him off the bus.

His eyeballs beneath the black hair fixated on the coin intensely, eager to see it tossed into the wooden box.

Yu Ze’s attitude shifted, he stepped back saying, "Sorry, it seems we left something at the Hotel; we’ll come back to catch the bus later."

The bus doors closed and it departed.

The Corner Coin indeed allowed boarding, but the cost was too steep for these rookies, and it didn’t necessarily grant access to deeper regions.

Moreover, this area was yet to be fully explored, and the choice of whether to board could be postponed until exploration concluded.

Youzhen speculated based on her experience: "Since this bus appeared here, it should come again later, no need to rush."

Exploration began,

The Crossroad divided into four distinctly different streets,

The team chose one randomly,

Though it was night, all shops beneath the buildings remained open, including breakfast shops selling buns, bustling with patrons.

But the patrons, like pedestrians, had their hair covering their faces, they had buns before them but showed no sign of consumption.

A few children crowded in front of the small shop’s glass counter, similarly buried heads doing nothing.

Inside the barber shop, half the space was filled with black hair; a long queue stretched from the entrance, yet the shop owners behind customers showed no intention of cutting hair.

Discord and unalignment permeated this street,

This human-like scene was entirely simulations of Fear Entities, resembling urban life on the surface but entirely different in reality.

Luo Di posited a question, "What would happen if we killed the pedestrians or robbed their possessions on this street?"

Youzhen immediately signaled with a restraining gesture, "Deliberately disrupting existing rule systems will invite targeting by Fear Entities.

Simply stated, the Corner will regard you as troublemakers, not explorers or learners.

Corner punishes troublemakers.

You will incur fear targeting everywhere, all actions within the Corner will encounter hindrance. Severe cases might lead to direct consumption by the Corner, vanishing entirely.

We must adhere to the ’rule system’ shown by the Corner as closely as possible, avoiding trouble, conducting normal exploration. Just like at the train station, be a normal traveler.

Now that we’re on the street, all we need to do is act like pedestrians."

"Got it~ Since the bus requires money, can we earn money as pedestrians? Like taking part-time jobs at these shops, I noticed hiring notices in some places."

"Perhaps it’s possible, but such open approaches often don’t lead to deep solutions; based on experience, it’s better to conduct simple searches of the four streets initially.

Also, we better not waste time... After all, monsters are watching over Luo Di."

"Mm-hmm."

Upon reaching this street’s end, it was enveloped in a mass of pitch-black fog.

Crossing into it instantaneously returned them to the initial Crossroad, a convenient design, and they began exploring another street.

Just like that,

In less than half an hour, they had completed basic exploration of three streets,

memorizing specifics of street length, arrangement of street lamps, structures of each shop, building architecture, and more.

The entire exploration process showed no anomalies and triggered no incidents.

Plus, the previous bus arrived every ten minutes, no worries about missing it.

Moreover, no "factor" related to the clown was found, everything on this street appeared secure for now.

Standing once again at the Crossroad, the three members focused their gaze on the final unexplored street.

Yu Ze still led the way, Luo Di at the center, Youzhen bringing up the rear,

An invisible thread connected them, any departure would trigger the thread.

The last street was hardly different from before, the same pedestrians and shops, the same architectural style and street lamp arrangement.

The only difference was a seemingly broken bulb in one street lamp.

Walking behind, Youzhen started suggesting the next exploration direction:

"After preliminary exploration of four streets, if nothing is found, deep exploration is required... These old buildings also need to be searched one by one; we might need to greet the residents."

Luo Di asked: "Aren’t there monsters living here? Or these residences don’t correspond to monster dwellings, do they?"

"No one would purchase surface-level properties; it’s meaningless. Here, the concentration of fear and resource opportunities are too low. The deeper the area, the more valuable the properties become, and prices naturally incline.

Currently..."

"Caw!"

The call of a Crow interrupted Youzhen’s speech.

Luo Di immediately connected tentacles to the Crow Colt gaining synchronized vision.

Yu Ze rapidly perceived the surrounding situation, a talisman clasped between his fingers, "Old fellow, what’s the word? Did your bird see any danger?"

Luo Di didn’t verbally respond but gestured their current safety, indicating the Crow Colt simply saw something invisible to the naked eye.

He stepped toward the broken street lamp,

Bending down,

From the sewer entrance, damp and filled with garbage hair, he precisely extracted a balled-up paper, judging from its wetness, it must have fallen here recently.

Unfolding the paper,

It vividly revealed two large characters written in blood, this blood-written text was sharply captured by the Crow Colt.

[Help!]

Luo Di immediately glanced at the old buildings behind him,

[Regent Hotel] in red letters adorned the topmost part, the attached small bulb scarcely illuminating.

"Was it thrown down from above?"