NOVEL NEXT [038] The So-Called Luck...
The next day, early in the morning.
"It's just that I'm thinking too much about going out and taking a few steps and being involved in the extraordinary world, and then coming into contact with the extraordinary world..."
After wandering outside all night, trying to capture the special energy fluctuations around him, Si Chen stood on the Ian Bridge and stared at the slowly passing ships below.
Think about it too.
If only extraordinary events were so easily involved.
Ordinary people in this world can still be kept in the dark by excuses like gas pipe explosions.
Of course, it cannot be said that there is no harvest.
Since the steampunk-like world structure has confirmed that there is an extraordinary side in this world, Si Chen will definitely not miss a church that can be built so that it can be seen when you look up anywhere in Ian City.
The church in Ian belongs to the Church of Dawn.
The Church of Dawn believes in the God of Dawn, which is said to be transformed by the first ray of light from the rising sun, implying the light that will eventually come after a long dark night. It belongs to one of the orthodox churches recognized by all countries in the small world of Hull.
The Solo Empire to which Ian City belongs is the missionary area of the Church of Dawn.
Si Chen wasn't so reckless as to directly confront a church with unknown background. It was built in a big city like Ian City, but it's not a problem to pass by the church on an ordinary basis.
But in his perception.
The dense depictions on the outer wall of the church look like decorations, but are actually some kind of runes with the words "dawn" and "brightness" in the ancient Hell language, all of which carry special energy fluctuations.
With the help of these runes, the holy emblem hanging above the church gate seems to be transformed into a small sun under the extraordinary vision, and the light that ordinary people cannot perceive shines on a radius of more than 100 meters at all times.
"Mr. Keos?"
Several teenagers walked together from one end of the bridge to the other. When they reached the middle of the bridge, one of them saw Si Chen, recognized him, and tentatively greeted him.
"It's you." Si Chen turned his head and looked at the pretense, but these children knew before they even got on the bridge that one of them was the newsboy. Si Chen asked, "Have you got today's newspaper?"
With the river as the boundary, the urban area of Ian City can be roughly divided into two and a half cities, east and west.
The Ian Bridge under his feet is one of the channels connecting the east and west half of the city.
Among them, Dongcheng is the place of origin of Ian City. The nobles who were first granted here by the empire and the first-generation residents who came with the nobles lived here.
Under the long-term construction, the public facilities in the eastern half of the city are relatively complete. Most of the hospitals, churches, and high-end restaurants in Ian City are located on this side. First choice for those who need to settle in Ian for some reason.
The same is true of the house that Si Chen rents.
And Xicheng is a new urban area that has been slowly developed after the rise of the emerging class representing capital in recent years to construct industries and houses and recruit workers.
The newsboys who will come out to work to fill their families when they are in their teens are obviously not from any noble family. Their parents may be workers. It was just dawn, and I came to the streets and alleys of Dongcheng to ensure that those who would buy newspapers could take care of their business as soon as possible.
"Got it, we just came out of the printing shop."
The newsboy patted the cloth bag that was hanging diagonally on his back.
"Then just give me my share."
Si Chen said.
After the newsboy delivered the newspapers he wanted for the past six months that day, in addition to paying off the balance, he also ordered newspapers for the next six months from the other party.
"OK."
The newsboy nodded, took out several newspapers from different newspapers still smelling of ink from his bag, and handed them to Si Chen.
"By the way, there is something...Mr. Keos, if you are going to the west city for a while, it is best not to be alone. I heard that several people from the east city have disappeared there. I searched all over the place, but I didn't find out how those people disappeared, so I can only inform the nearby residents not to leave orders when they go out at night, and at the same time, don't spread the news indiscriminately, so as not to cause panic."
He glanced left and right and saw that there was no one else nearby. Taking advantage of the gap between handing over the newspapers, the newsboy whispered a reminder to Si Chen, a big client who helped him make a small fortune two days ago.
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Si Chen's reaction, he trotted over to catch up with his companion who had almost reached the bridge, crossed a corner after getting off the bridge, and disappeared from Si Chen's field of vision.
"..."
Si Chen rubbed his face.
Just after complaining about extraordinary events, how could it be so easy to encounter, and then a messenger came to deliver information.
Is this his own lucky attribute playing a different role?
...
That night.
Feeling that the time was almost up, Si Chen crossed the bridge and appeared in Xicheng.
Different from the East City, after nightfall, there may be banquets held by nobles and capitalists socializing with each other. Although there are not many pedestrians on the street, it is not empty.
Most of the residents in Xicheng are workers or their family members. These people have already done a day's work during the day, so they don't have the energy to wander around at night. After returning home and having dinner, they basically fall asleep.
Therefore, at this time, the figures that Si Chen can occasionally see on the street, except for homeless homeless people who can only find a place to make a living, are left wandering around, who don't know when they will turn their heads. Alcoholic fell to the ground.
In addition to this, there was a figure who was followed by him not long after he came to West City because of his incompatible style of painting and the looming extraordinary fluctuations on his body, and another figure who was followed by him because he had his eyes on that person. who killed him.
If the spiritual power emitted by Si Chen is not wrong.
The person he was following at first seemed to be following another person himself.
Serial nesting dolls belong to yes.
While Si Chen remained silent, the person who stared at Si Chen and didn't know that he had been exposed didn't make any small moves.
The two just walked one after the other, walking through the alleys following the figure in front of them.
The four of them spent almost half an hour like this.
The man who was first spotted by Si Chen's stalking target finally stopped in an alley, lifted a manhole cover on the ground and got in.
Si Chen's stalking target followed closely behind.
Si Chen: "..."
Without continuing to follow, his mental power came out through his body and scanned the underground space.
Inside a secret door in the sewer, distorted symbols were engraved on the surrounding walls and ceiling, and on the ground was a similarly distorted magic circle. The bodies of the missing people were neatly placed on the circle.
And the two people below have already started fighting because of the exposure of the trailing people.
"Don't go down and take a look? If you keep staring at me, that kid will die here."
"If he dies here, it can only show his fate." After being called out, the man stopped hiding and walked out from the shadows.
This is an old man wearing light armor under a cloak. There is a hideous scar from his left eye to his chin, which adds a bit of fierceness to him.
"Compared to him, I am more concerned about..." The scar-faced old man pulled out the silver straight sword from his waist, and fixed his eyes on Si Chen: "You who followed my apprentice for half of the west city, and the evil here Do believers matter?"
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