In an inconspicuous corner of the underground street, in a house that had not yet collapsed, several alien creatures sat huddled together, their faces radiating a synchronized blankness under the occasional silver light shining from outside the window.

Gu Li felt that there was still a sweet, crisp, and fragrant taste in her mouth... Stop, there was still a taste of octopus tentacles. She looked guilty at Lancer, who was sitting diagonally opposite her.

Gu Li's gaze lingered on him, especially on his wrist, which was clearly missing a corner. He coughed lightly, feeling it was his responsibility to break the suffocating silence as the most normal person in the room.

"Um, Lancer, I'm really sorry about today, thank you for taking us in."

She pointed to the transparent sphere huddled in the shadows not far from her. Only upon close inspection could one see her transparent body floating slightly in mid-air, and her soft, slender silver tentacles hanging down below. It was the most normal-looking advanced species that Gu Li had ever seen.

She calls herself Lucy, and is a deep-sea jellyfish.

Because her room was destroyed by Lancer with his brother's hammer, Lucy and Gu Li, who were homeless, sought refuge with Lancer when night fell.

Trapped in another corner of the room, the tireless and frantically struggling black octopus is Lancer's brother, Lanmon. He is mostly irrational, but according to Lancer, his brother has not been completely corrupted and he regains some sanity in the middle of the night.

Gu Li sighed inwardly, but her gaze finally fell on Lancer, who had made a dazzling entrance but was now in a sorry state.

Lancer stared intently at Lanmeng, seemingly determined to show them what Lanmeng looked like normally. Hearing her words, she simply nodded casually: "It's nothing, just don't come at me and bite me without warning. That guy, biting me raw, it hurts like hell!"

Lucy's slightly extended silver tentacles gradually retracted amidst Lancer's rough voice. Gu Li patted her transparent head empathetically: "I know, doesn't he look like a bad person? Look at all the bite marks I unconsciously left on his body, but he still took us in, didn't he? Don't be afraid."

Lucy nodded shakily.

Lancer cast a disapproving glance at them: "Tch, what do you two little brats know? If I put this up here, I mean on the human side, it should all be categorized as a popular type of 'delicate yet rugged man,' it's in high demand, really..."

After a while, he muttered again, "You guys are really... Don't talk nonsense if you don't know! I'm a well-known good man in the underground city."

Gu Li couldn't bear to expose his fantasy. There weren't many rational mutants in this underground street, and even fewer who could discuss this with him. Could this guy have been deceived?

She abruptly changed the subject: "Hey, are you guys this hungry after not eating for two days? Like you've lost your mind."

Lancer had the flesh of an unknown alien creature coiled around his wrist, teasing his younger brother like a dog, catching him and refusing to let him eat it, which made Lanmeng whimper threateningly.

Lancer chuckled: "Look, my little brother is even acting all cute with me!"

Gu Li: If you say so, then it is.

Then he said matter-of-factly, "How can you be so ignorant? Our city of aliens has been around for so many years, how could we still be absorbing new people?"

"Because our bodies move by dealing with the pollutants inside, which are like the oil in a machine. When the oil runs out, the machine stops, and some kind of alien bodily instinct will emerge. Listen to my advice, little sister."

He looked at Gu Li earnestly, making her pause in surprise: "Even a kid your age knows that you shouldn't be thinking about dieting all the time. You should still eat."

"You idiot, this young lady is just not used to it yet, or rather, she hasn't gotten used to this brand new recipe yet."

The alien creature that had been jumping around following Lancer's movements suddenly stopped. It twisted its body a few times and somehow broke free from its restraints. It kicked its brother in the face, grabbed the piece of flesh, and landed.

Gu Li's heart skipped a beat. Her narrowed vertical pupils looked at the black octopus coiled in the corner, moving slowly and deliberately. She didn't know whether to be surprised that Lan Meng hadn't actually become polluted yet, or whether he had seen through her at a glance.

Under everyone's gaze, Lan Meng gracefully and quickly finished her dinner. With her two long arms draped in front of her, she turned her head slightly to look at Gu Li. Her dark face revealed a confident smile in Gu Li's eyes.

Gu Li's assessment is that he is both handsome and greasy.

"Are you wondering how I know this, Miss? Your way of speaking clearly indicates that you consider yourself a human, and that suitcase is full of human clothes."

Lan Meng, with his dark wrist, stroked his chin: "You'd better get used to your current identity as soon as possible."

He had a familiar, charlatan-like appearance.

Gu Li blinked and asked him, "I heard you know Cecil? Cecil can tell what I want to do with just a glance. You're so amazing, can you do that too?"

The elegant octopus in the corner slowly turned its head, avoiding her gaze, and said reservedly, "Cecil knows everything, whether she's fooling you or not. Hmph, it's just a mere divination. In my prime, I was much more accurate than her. Trash tarot cards, when will astrology ever stand up!"

Gu Li: "You'd never guess."

Moreover, by the end, it was clear that he had smuggled in his own agenda and that it involved blatant professional discrimination, which Gu Li pointed out directly with narrowed eyes.

"Moreover, in our view, whether it's tarot cards or astrology, it's all divination. In my experience, Cecil is indeed better than you."

Lan Meng's body trembled. Despite Lanse rushing over to comfort him, he still turned his head, bearing the weight of an octopus, and glared at Gu Li with eyes wide with fury.

He suddenly quickened his pace: "You think you can provoke me like this? You want me to do my best to divine the result and tell you? Ha, you're too naive. I'm not going to tell you that what you want to know is in the best-preserved house at the very beginning of this street."

Gu Li squinted, speechless, and said, "Didn't you already say that?"

After Lan Meng finished speaking, he seemed a little tired and closed his eyes. His confident and arrogant demeanor gradually faded: "If you can get out of there alive, as a reward for this information, I want you to do me a favor."

Gu Li watched his consciousness gradually sink, and simply nodded: "I agree."

He seemed somewhat taken aback: "Aren't you going to reconsider?"

Gu Li stroked his chin, stood up, and walked to his side. A hint of a smile appeared on his mutated vertical pupils: "If given a choice, no one would refuse the condition of turning back into a non-human, right?"

"What?!!"

Gu Li nearly kicked Lancer away when he suddenly shouted, rubbing his ears with his paw: "You're so noisy."

She returned to her seat, opened her suitcase, and expertly curled herself up inside: "Anyway, it's just what you think. I'm sleepy now. Let's wait until I get out of there alive tomorrow."

"good evening."