211: Dungeon

“The former mercenary of Dark Night, Mo She, has come to the Underground City at Uncle Jiang's invitation.”

As Lu Yu's voice fell, one of the men excitedly asked, “Then tell us the Dark Night's password.”

“The night will end, the dawn will arrive.”

“It really is you, Brother Mo!” The man nervously rubbed his hands, as if a fan meeting his idol:

“I thought I would never meet you in this life.”

Another skinny man looked puzzled, “Who is he?”

“You just arrived, so you don't know. This is the number one person who used to dominate our rankings for years.”

“Oh, I'll tell you later.”

“Brother Mo, please come in.”

The man diligently entered his fingerprint and opened the main door: “The surface is still some distance from the Underground City. Brother Mo, you all can drive down.”

Jiang Fei and the others got into the RV.

Lu Yu drove the car into the club.

The tunnels were all winding roads, with a big turn every two or three minutes. Jiang Fei and Xiao Chuxia felt dizzy, but Lu Yu seemed unaffected, driving steadily downwards.

It took about ten minutes before the road became straight.

A barrier gate stopped the RV.

The guards here received a message from the surface via walkie-talkie. Without checking the identities of Jiang Fei's three, they opened the gate and let them pass.

“Vehicles are prohibited inside the Underground City. You can park your car in the parking lot over there.”

Lu Yu drove over and chose a secluded spot to park.

As soon as they got out of the car, they felt the cold air, faintly mixed with a hint of dampness.

Jiang Fei returned to the car and, under the cover of the cabinet, took out three windbreaker jackets from the Supermarket warehouse.

Two black women's jackets and one black men's jacket.

She gave them to Lu Yu and Xiao Chuxia to wear, and Jiang Fei also put on a mask.

Locking the car, the three walked towards the lighted area.

“Miss, I just saw the sign in the parking lot. People leaving don't need identity checks, only those coming in need to…”

Xiao Chuxia's voice abruptly stopped as she looked at everything before her in astonishment.

The buildings here were almost identical to what she had seen on the surface.

It was completely a miniature version of Changhai.

The difference was that there were no tall buildings, with houses having a maximum of two floors.

Their current location was a commercial street.

The shops on both sides lit up their neon signs, colorful and vibrant.

There were common small shops from before the apocalypse, such as General Store, convenience stores, and fast-food restaurants.

Jiang Fei and the others walked and browsed. The goods sold in the shops were incomplete, and most were expired.

The so-called fast-food restaurants sold bug cakes, Gray Rat cakes, and other unknown meat patties.

Transactions were conducted through bartering.

There weren't many pedestrians, but everyone looked to be in good spirits, not like they had suffered from hunger.

There was also a map of the entire Underground City on the roadside.

It had three levels.

Level -1 was for shops, survivor residential areas, and clinics.

Level -2 was where mercenaries lived, training grounds, orchards, research institutes, production factories, breeding farms, and slaughterhouses.

Level -3 only had two words: “Restricted Area.”

Jiang Fei couldn't help but look at Lu Yu: “Is your organization really just a mercenary group?”

Not only did they build a city underground, but it was also fully equipped.

This organization was probably going against the heavens!

Lu Yu nodded: “We used to be abroad often, and only moved back to Changhai a few years ago.”

“I remember when I was still in Dark Night, there were over ten thousand people in total.”

“One third of them were top talents from various countries.”

Recalling the special powders and effective medicines developed by Lu Yu's organization, Jiang Fei no longer found it strange.

After all, Dark Night's medicine could even suppress unknown viruses, so building an Underground City was nothing, right?

“Miss, Brother Lu, where are we going now?”

Before the two could speak, a lewd laugh rang out.

“Yo, are you new survivors?”

A fat man with a big head and ears kept his eyes on Jiang Fei and Xiao Chuxia.

“Little Misses are really pretty. You're new here and unfamiliar with the place, so why don't Brother take you around for a good tour?”

Saying that, the fat man reached out to grab Jiang Fei, but his wrist was suddenly caught.

“Ouch, ouch, ouch! Let go of me!”

Lu Yu twisted his hand down forcefully.

With a crack, accompanied by the fat man's painful howl, that perverted hand was broken.

“Scram.”

“Damn it… you dared to lay hands on someone in the Underground City, you're finished!”

The fat man stumbled to the intersection and shouted at the top of his lungs: “Help! Someone is causing trouble in the Underground City!”

In less than a minute, several men in camouflage uniforms carrying guns rushed over.

The leader was a skinny man with dark skin and a handlebar mustache, which made him look inexplicably comical.

“Who dares to cause trouble for the Underground City?!”

“It's them!” The fat man pointed.

The leader hurriedly rubbed his eyes, disbelieving.

“Brother Lu?!”

Lu Yu smiled and greeted: “Long time no see, Gray Rat.”

He, Gray Rat, and Su Liuyuan used to be good friends in the organization.

He was responsible for assassinations and the organization's security.

The fat man was dumbfounded: “You know each other?”

“Nonsense. Next time you falsely report a situation, I'll cut out your tongue.” Gray Rat impatiently chased away the fat man, then smacked his lips as he scrutinized Lu Yu.

“There's been no news of you for a year, so you're not dead after all.”

“...Thanks to you, I've had two narrow escapes from death.” Lu Yu asked the question that had been weighing on his mind:

“Last year when I left the organization, according to the rules, I had to evade pursuit for a month. Why were people still coming after me even after that time?”

Gray Rat touched his nose guiltily: “Didn't we have a flood at that time? I was busy transferring supplies, so I forgot to cancel the kill order…”

“Brother Lu, you know, at that time, communications were down, it was hard to contact the brothers!”

Lu Yu smiled at Jiang Fei and said: “Wait for me here for a moment, I need to handle something.”

“We haven't seen each other in so long, let's chat.” Lu Yu raised his hand and put it on Gray Rat's shoulder, forcibly pulling him into a corner.

“No, Brother Lu, I'm the captain of the Security Team now, and the Underground City has rules against fighting… Ah!”

Jiang Fei silently blocked Xiao Chuxia's view.

It was a bit violent, not suitable for Xiao Hua Lao to see.

When Lu Yu and Gray Rat returned,

Gray Rat was bruised and swollen, with blood oozing from the corners of his mouth, and tears in his eyes.

Brother Lu still had that dog-like temper.

He'd hit people if he was unhappy!

“You've finally returned, I'll take you to see Big Brother. And these two are?”

Lu Yu: “My friends, Jiang Fei and Xiao Chuxia, they are trustworthy.”

Looking at the two girls, one cute and petite, the other elegant and beautiful, Gray Rat chuckled.

He was quite lucky with women.

But he didn't dare to say anything, his face still hurt.

He led the way for them, introducing the Underground City as they walked.

Only then did Jiang Fei and the others learn.

After the flood, Dark Night cooperated with Changhai's administrators to start building the Underground City, which was completely finished at the beginning of the year.

However, natural disasters struck one after another, and most of Changhai's Comrades died protecting the survivors. Dark Night also suffered significant losses.

The administrator died in the sandstorm, leaving them leaderless. The remaining Comrades joined Dark Night, under the unified management of their boss, Gu Yunshan.

The entire Underground City could only accommodate 50,000 people.

Aside from the current 20,000-plus people from Dark Night, the rest were survivors from Changhai.

Gu Yunshan lived on Underground Level -2.

Along the way, people from the organization recognized Lu Yu and greeted him with enthusiasm and respect.

Perceptively noticing the fear in these people, Jiang Fei curiously asked Lu Yu:

“What did you do to them?”

“I feel like they're all a bit scared of you.”

Lu Yu calmly replied: “Perhaps they're just excited to see me after so long. I have a very good reputation in the organization.”

Gray Rat, who was walking ahead, almost burst out laughing.

Dark Night valued strength above all else. Brother Lu consistently ranked first in power, so naturally, some people would be unconvinced and challenge him.

And so, they got a good beating.

On the surface, Brother Lu seemed like a gentle and refined young master, but in reality, he had a terrible temper. Those who questioned him, he beat; those who mocked him, he beat; those who snatched his missions, he beat.

In short, if you provoked him, you got beaten.

More than half of the people in the organization had been beaten by him.

Who wouldn't be afraid to see him?

Not wanting to be beaten again, Gray Rat, with a good sense of self-preservation, said nothing and led Jiang Fei and the others into a two-story building.

The man sitting on the sofa reading a book, in his thirties, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, had an elegant demeanor. He was the leader of Dark Night, Gu Yunshan.

He was not as rough and wild as Jiang Fei and Xiao Chuxia had imagined.

“Big Brother, look who's here?”

Gu Yunshan looked up, first startled, then rose and strode over to Lu Yu's side, punching him on the chest.

“Good lad, you finally remembered to come home and visit. Where's Liu Yuan? Isn't he with you?”

“Su Liuyuan is at the Safety Shelter in Qingyang City.”

Lu Yu introduced Jiang Fei and Xiao Chuxia to Gu Yunshan.

“Hello, I'm Xiao Yu's Big Brother, Gu Yunshan.”

Xiao Chuxia: “Are you brothers?”

“Xiao Yu and I are sworn brothers, not blood relatives as you might think.”

Gu Yunshan poured water for the three, then briefly explained his relationship with Lu Yu.

Initially, he admired Lu Yu's strength. Later, they got along well, and Lu Yu saved him a few times, so he recognized him as his adopted younger brother.

The pursuit was unavoidable; they had to follow the rules.

Even for brothers and friends, the rules could not be broken.

“What do you all like to eat? I'll arrange for someone to make it.”

Lu Yu: “No need, Brother Gu, we already ate before we came.”

“Then if you're not in a hurry to leave, stay for a day.”

“I haven't seen you in a long time. Let's have dinner together tonight.”

Xiao Yu was the successor he most favored.

He couldn't contact him before, but now that he was back, he had to find a way to keep Xiao Yu.

This time, Lu Yu did not refuse, thinking about other matters.

Gu Yunshan asked Gray Rat to take them to their accommodation and set a time to meet in the evening.

After leaving the two-story building, Lu Yu naturally said to Gray Rat: “You tell us the address, and we'll go ourselves.”

“I want to take my friends to explore the Underground City.”

Gray Rat pointed the way to Lu Yu, then went to Level -1 to continue patrolling.

However, Lu Yu did not go to that house. He gave the RV keys to Xiao Chuxia: “Jiang Fei and I need to go somewhere else. You go back to the car and wait for us. If anyone bullies you, just mention my name.”

“Remember not to be seen by Gray Rat.”

“You two be careful.” Xiao Chuxia left with the keys.

Jiang Fei vaguely guessed Lu Yu's purpose.

Could it be… that he was going there?