After all, it is built inside the beacon, and the structure of the dungeon is intricate, with countless intertwined alleys. The corners where lights cannot reach are perfect breeding grounds for darkness.

At this moment, a series of crisp sounds came from deep in the alley.

Chen Ci pursed his lips slightly and looked coldly at the Alphas kneeling in a row in front of him.

His palms kept rubbing my waist repeatedly, and the close-fitting fabric rubbed against my skin, completely covering up the pain of being touched by a stranger.

An unimaginably huge amount of mental power filled this small space, pressing Alpha to the point where he could hardly breathe.

It seemed as if the gravity field had changed. Under the heavy pressure, the strong Alphas knelt on the ground in a panic, unable to even raise their heads. They could only see the trousers and feet of the Omega in front of them.

But that's not the scariest part.

Also suppressed was thinking, and reactions became extremely slow. The mental power was simply too strong, and even if its owner had no other intentions, it would still quietly invade everywhere.

As frivolous as Alpha's appearance is, so are the thoughts in their heads.

It's true that Chen Ci was carefully raised in the White Pagoda since he was a child, but he is by no means a blank slate who knows nothing.

Chen Nian’s friends…are these the people?

Chen Ci frowned slightly, and the moment his expression changed, the Alpha who had been flirting with him a few minutes ago suddenly raised his hand uncontrollably and slapped himself hard in the face.

Bang!

The slap was loud enough that a red mark appeared immediately. It seemed that he was not as shameless as imagined.

The sound was like some kind of command, and other Alphas joined in at once, with claps ringing out one after another.

The Omega boy stood quietly with a calm expression while six thugs knelt in front of him and slapped themselves wildly with distracted expressions - it was a scene that could shock anyone.

But apart from Chen Ci, no one else would know it.

Without even looking at the group of street urchins, Chen Ci turned around and continued on his way home.

But suddenly I found that there was a figure standing at the other end of the alley. The unfamiliar Alpha was watching from a distance, and I don’t know how long he had been watching there.

Chen Ci paused and instinctively classified that man as his accomplice.

"Get out of the way." His voice was not loud and his tone was calm, but after seeing the fate of that group of thugs with their own eyes, no one would take it lightly.

The man was not scared away, but took two steps forward bravely.

"You may have misunderstood. I am not in the same group with them."

Alpha extended his hand gracefully, and the next words were beyond Chen Ci's expectation: "I noticed you when we were still in the restaurant, and I followed you to ask - may I have the honor of inviting you to lunch?"

Chen Ci raised his eyes upon hearing this and finally took a serious look at him for the first time.

He had a very young face, probably in his early twenties, and was quite handsome. At least he was much more pleasing to the eye than those dirty thugs.

What caught Chen Ci's attention was Alpha's eyes. His left eye was a normal black eye, while his right eye was a brilliant gold.

Alpha had a polite smile on his face, his inviting hand suspended in the air, patiently waiting for Chen's response.

...lunch together?

Chen Ci thought about the 0.11 Auggies in his account and the three hours it would take to get home. It was already afternoon and breakfast would not be enough to last until the evening. He was very hungry.

He thought about it for a moment, and between being hungry and Alpha, he chose the free meal ticket.

If the other party wants to take advantage of the opportunity to do something evil, the end will be behind him.

Chen Ci took out a tissue from his pocket as a barrier and gently placed his hand on Alpha's palm.

"Your honor."

Alpha smiled, and that smile was hearty, yet it seemed to contain some ill intentions after succeeding.

Before he could hold her hand, Chen Ci quickly withdrew his hand, folded the tissue and put it back in his pocket.

"My name is Fu Tianhe." Alpha introduced himself to him, "I saw you enter the restaurant and come out very quickly, and I thought you might have encountered some difficulties. I didn't dare to ask immediately, so I just followed you for a while."

Chen Ci didn't notice that there was such a person in the restaurant before. He responded lightly and said, "My name is... my name is Jiu Yue."

September is the month he was born. Although he is currently using the identity of Chen Nian, he does not want to tell Fu Tianhe. Suddenly meeting a strange Alpha, it is better not to reveal so much information.

The name was obviously a pseudonym, but Fu Tianhe didn't mind Chen Ci's defensiveness and asked him, "What do you want to eat?"

"It will be all right."

"Then come with me. I know a good one nearby."

Following Fu Tianhe, Chen Ci came to a wider street nearby. In the underground city, it felt like being in a night market at any time, with a quite different and wonderful feeling.

They walked into a store and sat down at an empty table.

Soon the shop owner's wife came over and quickly wiped the table with a rag. The damp cloth left a slight oily sheen on the tabletop.

It doesn't look very sanitary or elegant.

But Chen Ci could accept that he was not a germaphobe, he just simply hated physical contact with people.

"Take a look and see what you want to eat." Fu Tianhe handed him the menu. Chen Ci took a look at it and found that many of the foods were ones he had never seen before.

Just because someone treated him didn't mean Chen Ci could take advantage of the free meal. He chose a single meal at a friendly price, and the moment he looked up, he met Fu Tianhe's gaze.

Being caught peeking, Alpha looked embarrassed for a moment, picked up the teacup and drank some water to cover up his gaffe.

Chen Ci was not embarrassed, but stared at Fu Tianhe.

The golden eye was truly eye-catching. After careful observation, Chen Ci determined that it was an artificial eye.

The prosthetic eye is very realistic, but when Fu Tianhe blinks, it can still be seen that the degree of closure is not as good as the real eye on the left.

Fu Tianhe's right eyeball must have been removed for some reason.

Maybe it's an injury, maybe it's an illness.

The ordered food arrived very quickly, and of course it was not as good as what he usually ate. Chen Ci took a bite and found that this kind of "street food" had an especially novel taste to him.

It was delicious, even better than the truffle foie gras carefully prepared by the royal chef.

Chen Ci ate quietly in a noisy and dirty little restaurant. The man sitting opposite him was no longer his so-called fiancé, but an Alpha whom he had only known for a dozen minutes.

He only knew that the other person's name was Fu Tianhe and that he had an artificial eye, other than that, he knew nothing else.

Both of them were very quiet, perhaps because they were in a noisy restaurant with many other people around, so it didn't seem awkward.

Chen Ci ate the last bit of food on the plate and finally filled his stomach. He put down the tableware, wiped each finger with a tissue, and said to Fu Tianhe, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Fu Tianhe had already eaten, so he just watched Chen Ci eat while drinking tea.

He paid for the meal and asked, "What are we going to do now?"

Chen Ci hesitated for a moment and replied, "I want to go home."

"Is it far from here? Do you need me to take you there?"

It takes at least three hours to walk from here to Chen Nian's residence, and Chen Ci doesn't even have money for the fare.

"Is it convenient?"

"Of course it's convenient. I don't have anything to do right now." Fu Tianhe stood up and said, "Let's go."

No matter what Fu Tianhe’s intentions were, at least his behavior had not offended Chen Ci so far, so he could be classified as a kind-hearted passerby for the time being.

Chen Ci told him the neighborhood where he lived, and when Fu Tianhe was about to take a taxi, he stopped him and said, "No need, just take the tram."

Taking a taxi in the underground city should be quite expensive.

There happened to be a platform nearby, and while waiting for the bus, Chen Ci studied the station sign. What seemed like a common thing to most people was completely novel to him.

The words on the station sign changed as the train approached, and Fu Tianhe called out, "The train is coming."

Chen Ci followed him into the car. There were not many people on the bus at this time, so there were many empty seats.

Chen Ci found a seat by the window and sat down, silently looking out the window. The surrounding scenery began to move as the tram started.

New and old metal structures, crisscrossing wires and pipes, ubiquitous lights casting light, and people of all kinds wearing all kinds of clothes walking in artificial light and darkness.

Everywhere is noisy and crowded, which is the normal life for the residents of the underground city.

Chen Ci stared out the window without turning away. When the train passed through the dark tunnel, he noticed through the reflection on the window glass that Fu Tianhe next to him was secretly looking at him.

Chen Ci was stunned. Even under the Alpha's self-proclaimed secret gaze, he was still looking out the window quietly, waiting for the train to come out of the tunnel, pretending not to notice anything.

Half an hour later, Chen Ci got off the bus at the nearest stop to his residence. He didn't think it was a good decision to reveal his detailed address to an Alpha he just met, so he said, "Thank you for taking me back."

Fu Tianhe understood the meaning behind Chen's words. Although he felt a little sorry that he couldn't send him home, he still said, "It's okay. Then... can you leave me your contact list? If you run into any trouble next time, you can always come to me."

The expectation in the other person's eyes made it impossible to say no, so Chen Ci changed his words to a more tactful one: "If we meet again next time, let's exchange contact information."

"Okay." Fu Tianhe didn't insist anymore and said with a smile, "Then we'll see each other next time."

Chen Ci nodded. He took a last look at the Alpha who had taken the initiative to help him in his difficult moments, then turned and walked towards his residence.

After walking a few dozen meters, Chen Ci suddenly heard a loud shout from behind.

"September!"

Chen Ci realized that was his pseudonym. He turned around and saw Alpha still standing there, shouting at him, "My name is Fu Tianhe!"

Chen Ci was taken aback by the sudden silliness. He understood that Fu Tianhe probably wanted to remind him again not to forget the name, but he was not used to this soap opera-like exaggerated method.

The shout attracted many people to look over here. Before more people noticed, Chen Ci nodded quickly and said, "I'll remember it."

Chen Ci didn’t know whether Fu Tianhe could hear him or not. Anyway, when he hurriedly walked away again, Alpha didn’t call him back.

The place where Chen Nian lived should be considered a slum in the underground city. Chen Ci carefully stepped over the sewage on the ground, but drops of water from somewhere above fell down and landed on his shoulders, forcing him to quicken his pace and pass through this path.

The air was filled with the smell of various mixed garbage. Chen Ci held his breath and walked with his head down, and finally found the entrance to 72-01.

He went up to the third floor. The wall of the stairwell was mottled, with the wall covering falling to the ground in a small white pile.

On the door of the third floor, there are many simple drawings with colored pencils. They are quite old and obviously the work of a child.

Was this painted by Chen Nian?

Chen Ci looked at it carefully for a while before pressing his hand on the fingerprint reader. After a brief identification, it showed that the verification failed.

really.

He and Chen Nian are twin brothers who are almost mirror images, but even if they have the same genes, their fingerprints cannot be exactly the same.

The two people have lived in different environments since childhood, and under the influence of acquired environmental factors, their fingerprints will produce slight differences.

When they exchanged the smart bracelets, they also entered each other's fingerprints into their own terminals to ensure that there would be no mistakes.

But the door of Chen Nian's house had not yet recorded Chen Ci's fingerprint, blocking him outside.

Chen Ci pressed the doorbell, and a few seconds later a voice came from inside the door: "Who is it?"

"Uncle Jiang, it's me." Chen Ci imitated Chen Nian's emphasis, "I don't know what happened to the door lock, it suddenly didn't recognize it."

He waited patiently, and after a while, the door opened.

The middle-aged man had a lot of white hair, and most of his face and arms were covered with dark red scars from burns. His hunched back revealed an ageing look that was inconsistent with his age.

The man in his thirties in the file photo was already old, but Chen Ci still recognized him at first sight. He was Chen Dai, the housekeeper of the Chen family who died in the fire that year.

"You came back so early today."

Jiang Dai would never have thought that in just one morning, the child he had raised from childhood would be replaced by another person. He didn't even read Chen's words carefully, and went to study the door lock: "Is there a problem with fingerprint recognition?"

"Let me take a look." Chen Ci took the work and saw Jiang Dai in pajamas, and said, "Did I disturb your rest?"

"No, I was just going to lie down."

"Then go and rest. I'll take a break later too."

Jiang Dai responded and went back to the room. Chen Ci turned on the house's security system and quickly entered his fingerprints and iris information into it.

——Then there will be no problem.