Star's Presence City is like a concentric circle that is constantly spreading outward, and the closer it goes, the closer it is to primitive.

Due to the perennial lockdown of most of Canterlot and the First Ring Road. Only those with Level 4 or higher clearance and those with special certificates will be admitted. So Zheng Ming didn't know what the specific situation was inside.

But just by the one ring area he can enter, such as the residential area where Tianhao is located, he can experience high-tech things that are far beyond the ordinary.

According to legend, most of the people who occupy those blockade areas are people and players who rarely appear in the outer ring area.

The second ring city, where the arena is located, is divided into two areas. Citizens occupy about three-quarters of the area, and the rest of the area is a mixed state of people from the sky.

Although it is not as good as a ring city, intelligent robots can be seen everywhere, and the basic labor of all walks of life is replaced by robots. I can still feel a sense of technology that is more advanced than the metropolis in Zheng Ming's previous life.

However, to the Third Ring Road. Except for a small part of the Civic Zone to the southwest. The outsider area, which occupies almost four-fifths of the area, is almost not much different from the metropolis in Zheng Ming's previous life, and even inferior in many places.

It's full of people everywhere, but the corresponding intelligent robots are very rare. It's not like an inner city with a meticulous division of labor and the pursuit of quality, but it's full of people who are forced by life to work in industries they don't like.

As a result, all walks of life have shown laziness and roughness that are incomprehensible to the inner layer. When night falls, darkness and chaos inevitably breed in dark corners. Compared to the peaceful inner area, it is like two completely different worlds.

After living in the Third Ring Area for nearly two months, Zheng Ming is no longer surprised by this. He didn't bother to think about why the same Star Landing City showed such a strong sense of separation. After all, compared to the barbaric and backward outside the city outside the Third Ring Road, which is covered by forests and presents primeval forests, these gaps are nothing?

"Is the handsome guy alone?"

In a bar in the area of outsiders in the Third Ring Road, Zheng Ming, who was drinking himself, was interrupted by a female voice. The female voice is very nasal, as if it is paralyzed by alcohol, and her voice is not clear, with a slightly large tongue.

Zheng Ming put down the cheap wine glass in his hand and looked in the direction from which the voice came.

This person who accosted Zheng Ming was a woman with heavy makeup. The clothes on his body are colorful and close to his body. The slightly bulging lower abdomen was completely exposed.

Seeing Zheng Ming frowning and looking at herself, the woman didn't care, she was quite bold and faster than Zheng Ming's legs, and squeezed into the single sofa that was not very spacious.

"How? Interested in trying it? I'm a bunny girl. ”

There is no need for the other party to elaborate, just looking at the pair of black rabbit ears that fold and unfold with the other party's words, and the rabbit tail looming behind him, the blind man can see that the other party is a rabbit girl, and he is also a half-orc.

However, Zheng Ming frowned impatiently. The rabbit orcs will remind him of his old man, the girl who is willful and reckless, but treats him as a younger brother and loves him very much.

"No need. I don't like to be disturbed by strangers. ”

It is different from the inner layer with various high-tech maintenance and microfinishing technologies that are very developed. Here, Zheng Ming's smooth and delicate skin and handsome appearance are as conspicuous as the pearls in Shashuoli.

Even if he has a raunchy image, with the ends of his hair above his eyebrows, he will still be accosted from time to time. It was precisely because of these pick-ups that Zheng Ming didn't go to the bar position, and deliberately chose a single sofa area with dim lighting. An additional 3 Fortune Points were paid for this.

"Even if you escape here, you won't be clean."

In the bunny girl's stunned eyes and the ensuing curse, Zheng Ming dropped a sentence and got up. He grabbed the bottle and walked out of the noisy bar.

A steady drizzle slapped down on his face, dispelling the not-so-strong wine. The cool rain made him more and more sober.

Zheng Ming sighed lightly, and drank the remaining wine in the bottle with his head held high. I casually threw the bottle into the trash bin not far away.

With the sound of collision in the rainy night, the noisy laughter, retching, and noise in the surrounding streets stopped for a moment.

Immediately after that, several drunks who couldn't speak clearly and had unkind faces walked towards Zheng Ming.

"Hey, stop. Yes, that's you, boy. ”

Hearing a sound from afar, Zheng Ming stopped in place and indifferently turned his head to look at the several people who were supporting each other and approaching.

On the auxiliary interface in the field of vision, the identity of the other party's outsider is suddenly revealed. Looking at the orange danger level, Zheng Ming knew in his heart that it was obvious that the other party was not the kind of person who abided by the law.

"Grass, scare Lao Tzu? Are you looking for death? Don't know how to be quiet in public? ”

Zheng Ming couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard the other party's accusation. The other party didn't seem to realize that the noise caused by the shouting and screaming of himself and others was much louder than Zheng Ming's.

"What are you laughing at? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu threw you in the trash? ”

"Huh? Wait, this kid has fine skin and tender meat, and he looks quite handsome. ”

……

The muttering of the drunks was all heard by Zheng Ming, and when he heard this, a trace of murder flashed in his eyes, and then he walked away quickly with an expressionless face.

"He's going to run."

"Quick, keep up."

It was obvious that the drunks had no intention of giving up, and saw Zheng Ming bow his head and leave quickly, far behind him.

"Haha, are you stupid by us? I hid here. ”

"It's Jerry's territory, there's no surveillance. Hey, we can do whatever we want. ”

"We're going to make trouble there, and we won't make old Jerry angry, right?"

"Afraid of what? I heard that old Jerry's people have all shrunk into the base camp recently, and rarely come out and walk around. Let's hurry up, who knows we did it? ”

While talking, the drunks followed the dark alley with a lewd smile, and their steps became faster and faster, chasing Zheng Ming.

Zheng Ming, who showed his shocked face and turned back frequently, seemed to be in a panic in the alley in the increasingly rampant laughter of the drunks behind him, and was soon blocked into a dead end deep in the alley by everyone behind him.

"Haha, why don't you keep running?"

"Hey, hey, don't you think he looks like the orc we played before?"

"Oh, you're talking about the rabbit-eared girl who ran to Starland to 'chase dreams'?"

"Yes, yes, what a lie. They still think Starlanding City is a paradise on earth. Just flicker a few words and believe it. ”

"I don't know if he screamed, if that rabbit-eared girl is beautiful."

Seeing the drunks approaching with a lewd smile, the fear that Zheng Ming had been maintaining on his face slowly subsided and turned into indifference.

"Roar, are you scared silly?"

One of the drunks stretched out his hand and pinched Zheng Ming's face.

"Poof."

An unusually crisp sound was heard, followed by blood spurting out, diluted by the rain that had accumulated on the ground.

The drunk, who stretched out his hand with a lewd smile on his face, looked at his empty right arm in a daze, his face full of disbelief and sluggishness.

"Ahhhh ”

On the other side, the other two saw the strange scene in front of them, and they all howled and wanted to escape, but found that Zheng Ming had blocked the exit at some point.

"Bang, bang."

Two muffled sounds arose one after another, and the two were kicked to the side of the drunk man with a broken arm, and they got up one after another.

"I hate being drunk. But that is not a sin unto death. But...... You are different. You are innocent of death. ”

Seeing Zheng Ming clasping his arms and blocking the exit and slowly approaching, the drunks kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy. They knew in their hearts that the laws of the people who had fallen from heaven here could not protect their lives at all. What was once a paradise for fun, but now it has become a hell for them.

"Please spare my life. It's us who get carried away with alcohol. ”

"Please. There are old and young villains, and I am the only one who is young and strong to run out and earn some money to subsidize the family. Without me, they'll starve to death. ”

Seeing the three people who were kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy with nonsense, a trace of disgust flashed in Zheng Ming's eyes.

"Blame all the blame on alcohol and the scum of your loved ones? Based on your previous remarks alone, you are more than innocent. If you can't live without blood steamed buns, then why starve them to death? ”

While speaking, Zheng Ming stopped talking nonsense and rushed towards the three drunks. The drunks originally wanted to resist, but the unimaginable strength gap was there, and they only had time to shrink their pupils before they were all separated.

After throwing out three slime clones with his hands and activating his devouring ability to clean up the remaining traces, Zheng Ming turned around indifferently and walked out.

……

In order not to leave any image evidence, Zheng Ming, who turned off the smart chip long before he stepped into the alley, lost the intelligent navigation function and got lost in the alley.

Reflexively walked out of the dead end again, and according to the route in his impression, Zheng Ming, who was groping in the alley, smelled a faint smell of blood in the air.

"Huh? Obviously cleaned up the traces, plus the rainy night, why is there such a heavy smell of blood? ”

Zheng Ming, who realized that he might return to his original place, frowned. Walked into the fork in the road where the smell of blood came.

Although the environment in the alley was roughly similar, like a labyrinth, Zheng Ming noticed some differences as he got closer.

Zheng Ming can confirm that this is not the place where he killed the three drunks before.

"I can't be mistaken, could it be another murder scene?"

Secretly speculating in his heart, Zheng Ming hid his figure in the shadows, and his astringent aura quietly approached.

It wasn't until he reached the depths of the alley that another rather hidden fork in the road came into view, and he looked intently and finally saw the source of the smell of blood.

It was a dark dead end, and light was scarce due to the rainy night.

I saw that the stone walls and ground of the alley were full of flesh and blood, which slowly gathered together under the washing of the rain and flowed outside the alley.

Zheng Ming skimmed his eyes at the reddish stagnant water at his feet, and looked inside again. The first thing that catches your eye is a disheveled female corpse. From its frozen figure and vaguely visible expression, it can barely be seen that the other party struggled before death.

Not far from the female corpse was a male corpse barely maintaining its human form, its surface was blurred with flesh and blood, as if it had been pierced by countless sharp swords. The strong smell of blood and the flesh scattered all over the walls were mostly due to this male corpse.

Just as Zheng Ming frowned and thought, in the deepest and darkest part of the alley, two bright lights suddenly flashed away. Zheng Ming found out that there was a little girl squatting in the corner with her knees hugged inside.

As if sensing Zheng Ming's peeping, the little girl suddenly raised her head and looked accurately in the direction where Zheng Ming was.

Looking at each other, Zheng Ming saw the other party's small cheeks covered with blood stains. The girl, who was only about eight or nine years old, had dull eyes and expressionless faces, and was obviously calm but full of desperate death.

Seeing that familiar look for a moment, Zheng Ming's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart. However, this feeling came and went quickly, and in just a moment, Zheng Ming returned to a calm and indifferent expression.

"It's none of my business. It's not her, don't be nosy. ”

It seemed to be a reminder, more like hypnosis, Zheng Ming kept admonishing himself in his heart, and turned away ruthlessly.

However, every time he took a step outward, the unbearable emotional waves of pity continued to wash into the bottom of his heart, and the image that had been thrown into a corner by him for many years appeared in his mind.

"Go back. Go back quickly. ”

A voice kept ringing in his heart, like a stranger, and a few points like he was shouting.

Seeing Zheng Ming's figure disappear into the corner of the alley, the girl lowered her head again. Just as she was buried in a daze, a cold voice suddenly sounded from the front close at hand.

"Have you awakened the ability of the spiritual system? It can affect my mood. But I advise you to put your abilities away, or I won't mind sending you to join them. ”

Zheng Ming's voice obviously frightened the little girl, I saw her trembling all over, and then raised her head sluggishly and looked at Zheng Ming.

The two looked at each other for a few breaths, and the little girl tilted her head and thought for a while, then closed her eyes. It was only at this time that the various feelings surging in Zheng Ming's heart gradually calmed down.

Seeing that the little girl obediently put away her ability, Zheng Ming didn't care about her anymore, and walked to the corpse by herself.

The male corpse that fell to the side had multiple injuries on his body that had been pierced by sharp weapons. The fatal injuries were initially estimated to be penetrating injuries to the back of the neck and thoracic vertebrae. As for the murder weapon? Zheng Ming glanced at the dagger not far from the little girl's side.

As if thinking of something, Zheng Ming got up and walked towards the female corpse. Seeing this, the little girl who had been silent and watched coldly, her body trembled suddenly, and she reached out and pinched the dagger beside her.

"If I really want to do something, you can't resist. I just want to see the body to confirm the cause of death and relax. ”

Zheng Ming's voice came without any emotional fluctuations, and for some reason the girl relaxed. She leaned back slightly, and after changing her position, she continued to look blankly at Zheng Ming, who was looking through the female corpse.