After turning a few corners, Shi Jin came to a deserted alley.

Although this is still an inner city area, not many people would pass by here at this time.

She also mentioned her need for a sewer plan in her recent correspondence with Nia.

But time was urgent, and Shi Jin only had a map of the inner city printed two years ago.

Fortunately, she had a good sense of direction. Before jumping into the sewer, she confirmed her current location, then covered her face with a gas mask and entered the sewer area in the dark.

The inner city itself is a huge city, with thousands of large and small streets dividing it into densely packed grids.

Shi Jin didn't have much hope of finding it tonight. He just planned to use his abilities and sense of direction to explore the area near the Wager Chemical Plant first, and then conduct further investigation after the map arrived.

Unexpectedly, she actually discovered someone who shouldn't be here.

Shi Jin moved cautiously in the sewer. The gas mask not only required more effort for her to breathe, but also limited her vision to a certain extent.

Just as she was thinking about whether to explore for one hour or two hours tonight, a rustling sound came from a pipe in front of her.

Shi Jin quickly approached the target, pressed his body against the wall, and reached for the pistol at his waist.

Poking half of his head out of the corner, Shi Jin met another pair of eyes.

Although he immediately determined from the height that the other person was not his target, Shi Jin still vigilantly took out the stun gun.

She did not reveal her ability immediately, but instead pointed the stun gun directly at the boy in front of her who was about the same height as her:

"Don't move!"

"You can meet someone here?"

A voice mixed with shock and doubt came from the other side, and it sounded like a young man.

The figure in the darkness slowly raised his hand.

"Come with me."

"What are you doing, sir? It doesn't make sense to arrest someone right away."

As Shi Jin took a step forward, the figure in front also took half a step back.

Shi Jin also knew that he was not a real law enforcement officer, but he still felt it necessary to have a good talk with the young man in front of him.

"What's your name? What are you doing here?"

"My name is Ah Hui, and I'm here to explore."

The boy pointed upwards, indicating that he had climbed down from a manhole cover directly above.

The faint light shone through the hole above the manhole cover onto the boy's head, and it seemed to be a really dark gray color.

Thinking of his own job, Shi Jin decided to give this young man who didn't take his life seriously a lesson:

"There are toxic gases in some areas of the sewer. Don't rush down, or you may get lost or poisoned."

The boy nodded hurriedly:

"Don't worry, sir. It's only this time. I'll leave now."

"That's right. By the way, did you encounter any strange people in the sewer?"

"for example?"

"For example, are there any guys living here?"

The boy seemed to be lost in thought, but Shi Jin never let down his guard with his gun.

"Yes, I remember it was over there."

This place is at the intersection of the sewers. The boy pointed to a cave on the side, which was bottomless and pitch black.

"I heard that there are people living there, so I came down to explore."

"Okay, leave this matter to me, and leave this dangerous place as soon as possible."

Shi Jin basically ruled out the boy's suspicion, took two steps forward, passed him, turned and entered the sewer.

After Shi Jin walked for more than ten steps, he felt no movement behind him, neither the sound of climbing nor the sound of stepping on water.

She turned her head and saw nothing behind her, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

"It's really a ghost..."

Shi Jin was muttering to herself under the gas mask. Although this kind of thing was a bit weird, it was nothing for her who had had experience in adventure.

No matter how scary it is, can it be scarier than a tree with long legs?

Shi Jin just thought that the boy was running fast, and he regretted that he didn't just knock him out with electric shock and take him away from the danger zone.

After eliminating those distracting thoughts, Shi Jin chose to move forward.

---

"You mean, there's someone else in the sewer?"

Hearing Lin Qingliu's question, El nodded repeatedly:

"That person was wearing a gas mask and spoke incoherently. I couldn't tell whether he was a man or a woman. But based on his questions, I always felt that he was targeting Luke."

Lin Qingliu crossed his hands and supported his chin and began to think.

Sounds like a reasonable development.

It is impossible for Luke, a living person of his size, to disappear without causing any commotion.

In fact, Lin Qingliu was already surprised that Luke had not made any big news in the past month.

After all, as an undocumented illegal immigrant, the difficulty level of living in the inner city and surviving in the dense forest is actually not much different.

"So how did you respond?"

Compared to Luke's question, he was more curious about how El would handle emergencies now.

"I pointed him in the direction."

El smiled shyly.

"The opposite."

Lin Qingliu became interested:

"Why do you do this?"

El thought for a moment and said:

"I always feel that if Luke is discovered in advance, the plan might be disrupted. Although he has nothing to do with the plan, it's better to expose him later, otherwise I will release the adoption certificate in vain."

"That's a good idea, what are you going to do next?"

When this question was raised, El's expression became a little more serious:

"Doctor, I plan to descend later to complete the mission you assigned to me to explore the underground."

Seeing that the other party was so sensible, Lin Qingliu clapped his hands softly:

"come on."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will return here after the exploration. Of course, I will return to your underground space here."

"No problem, I'll meet you there."

After both parties confirmed it, El took a deep breath like a diver about to enter the water.

Then his body seemed to turn into a shadow and sank silently into the ground.

The perspective when using dimensional shift is very strange.

It was only after many long practice sessions that El finally figured out the principle behind it.

It was as if the rules of the real world were reversed. When he sank his body into the ground, the structure within a small area appeared in front of him, and the cavity that should have been able to pass through his line of sight would hinder observation.

More importantly, he always felt that there was a strange repulsive force emanating from deep underground, which made him involuntarily want to stay away from it.

But that was only unconsciously. Now El's goal was clear. Although he still felt uncomfortable in his heart, he still chose to explore the underground.

He still remembered that when he first met Lin Qingliu, the other party treated him to beef.

And now, I am going to explore the hometown of beef.