The next day, because she used to stay up late, Suya got up very early.
Upon reaching the lobby on the first floor, it was discovered that the door to the Never-Sleeping Building's lobby was locked from the inside by an iron chain. A large padlock hung on the chain.
They were probably afraid someone would run away.
The lobby was quiet; there wasn't a soul in sight.
If you listen closely, you can even hear breathing coming from inside the room.
It seems the people here really did tell the waiter that they sleep during the day.
They had no choice but to return to their room and think of another solution.
As soon as I got back to the room, I found that there was another person inside.
Upon seeing him, Su Ya's expression immediately turned ugly.
"You old geezer, how did you get in here?"
“Young friend, I have been following you the whole time, but you just didn’t notice.”
Tian Qingzi said calmly.
Suya: "Why are you following me?"
Tian Qingzi, is this little girl stupid? She's following her to protect her, what else could she be doing?
Do you suspect there's something wrong with the City That Never Sleeps?
Tian Qingzi quickly changed the subject.
How did you know?
"As far as I know, the city lord of this city that never sleeps only came to this place 20 years ago."
"20 years ago."
Su Ya thought to herself, if the city lord of the City That Never Sleeps from 20 years ago had come to this place, even if he was young, he would be nearly 40 years old now. But what did what the old man was saying have to do with her?
"Isn't the City That Never Sleeps something that happened a hundred years ago?"
Su Ya asked.
"Young friend, you've heard the phrase 'hearsay,' haven't you?"
"You mean the City That Never Sleeps wasn't massacred a hundred years ago, but 20 years ago? Then why are there rumors that it was massacred a hundred years ago?"
"Are they trying to hide something?"
Tian Qingzi said mysteriously.
“Conceal it. What is there to conceal? No, there’s another possibility. If the person spreading this rumor has connections with people from the old Sunset City, then it means that the city lord of the City That Never Sleeps is one of the survivors from that time.”
Suya quickly analyzed.
Tian Qingzi never expected this little girl to be so clever. Back when he learned about the City That Never Sleeps, it took him a long time to understand the secret behind the City Lord's actions.
He has discovered that the Never-Sleeping Tower was actually run privately by the city lord of Never-Sleeping City.
The reason why those people believed that the incident in Sunset City occurred a hundred years ago was originally spread by the Never-Sleeping Tower.
So why spread these things, and what is the point of spreading them?
Tian Qingzi and the others only came up with a rough guess after pondering for a long time.
Unexpectedly, this young friend guessed it right away.
"Do you want to go out and take a look around the streets?"
"You're planning to do this, so what?"
"You don't need to go. I just came back from the street. If something happens to me, it proves the legend is true; if not, it's false."
Oh
Su Ya gave a cold laugh.
Tian Qingzi...
What does this young friend mean?
A question mark appeared in my mind.
Soon, Suya solved the mystery for him.
"Any cultivators who enter the city here are exempt from both entry and exit fees."
"There's another saying."
"You must have been to the City That Never Sleeps many times, how could you not know?"
Tian Qingzi thought to himself, "I always fly into the city in the middle of the night, why would I need an entry fee?"
However, Tian Qingzi was slow-witted and didn't realize what the little girl meant.
I didn't want to press the matter further.
Su Ya could tell from Tian Qingzi's confused look that she hadn't understood, which was why Su Ya didn't want to deal with people who weren't smart.
A clever person can understand ten different meanings from a single sentence you say.
Even if you, who aren't very bright, say ten things, he might not be able to decipher even one of their meanings.
"If nothing happens to you, they'll say it's because you're a cultivator that you're safe. How will you explain that?"
"Yes."
Tian Qingzi thought to himself, "If that's the case, then we won't be able to find out whether it's the cause of madness in ordinary people."
That is a problem.
"So, what's your best idea?"
"I'm not interested in that. What I want to investigate is something else."
"May I ask?"
Tian Qingzi asked.
Su Ya didn't hide anything; if the city lord of Nevernight City really had a problem, then having one more person would mean having one more helper.
So she told Tian Qingzi about her analysis.
After hearing this, Tian Qingzi remained silent for a long time.
"Do you think anyone else survived in Sunset City? And all of this was his plan, with the ultimate goal of revenge."
"Pretty much. This person must know the City Never Sleeps very well, and knows where to hide without being discovered."
"That's impossible."
Tian Qingzi recounted the story as if it were a familiar treasure. Then Su Ya heard another version about the City That Never Sleeps.
The story of the City That Never Sleeps actually dates back twenty years. It was seized by the current emperor during a power struggle, and at that time, Sunset City was the Western Dynasty's strongest defensive line in its attempt to capture the main city. Only by breaching Sunset City could they enter the main city.
Anyway, it takes a long detour to get to the city.
At that time, the emperor was still young and easily impulsive. Under the emperor's leadership, all other places in the Western Dynasty were conquered, but only Sunset City, which was closest to the main city, resisted to the death, and all the citizens of the city joined the battle.
Finally, the emperor was so angry that he ordered his men to set the city on fire.
They thought that setting fire to the city would force the people inside out.
Unfortunately, even the best-laid plans can go awry. The citizens of Sunset City discovered that they had escaped, and under the leadership of the city lord, they set fire to all the houses in Sunset City.
So the fire just kept getting bigger and bigger.
His Majesty had no choice but to abandon the attack, but it was too late to put out the fire.
In the end, we could only watch helplessly as Sunset City was burned down. You can see that the city wall was repaired later; back then, the city wall was burned through, which shows how big the fire was.
After the fire was finally extinguished, a torrential downpour followed.
His Majesty's wish to send someone in has once again failed.
The rain grew heavier and heavier, and the Emperor gradually lost patience. He had no choice but to detour to the main city, since Sunset City had already been burned down and was now a city of the Western Dynasty.
The torrential rain lasted for a whole month, as if it were weeping for those who died unjustly.
After the torrential rain stopped, people outside the city gates could still hear the wailing sounds coming from Sunset City, so they were too frightened to come to Sunset City again.
For several years, Sunset City was like a ghost town.
In the end, in an effort to win back the people's hearts, the emperor forcibly sent people into the city.
Later, rumors spread that some people went mad when they entered the city during the day and encountered the ghosts of those who had died unjustly in Sunset City, who came to claim their lives.
Later, the Emperor placed his savior, who is now the Lord of the City That Never Sleeps, here.
After the city lord arrived, he transformed the place into the City That Never Sleeps and announced that after the incident, the City That Never Sleeps could only operate at night, and people should stay home and sleep during the day.
Over time, people have become accustomed to sleeping at home during the day and going out at night.
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