Fantasy Game: Infinite City

In the extensive sewers, darkness permeated, and the cold, damp air was filled with a foul smell. Faint light shone through the gaps in the manhole covers, barely illuminating the surrounding environment.

Occasionally, you can hear the sound of running water echoing in the pipes, like the pulse of the underground world. The sound is sometimes gurgling, sometimes rushing, making people imagine that the water is rushing through the invisible place.

However, the most horrifying thing is that there is a sound similar to that of an alligator from time to time. The sound is low and hoarse, as if a huge reptile is quietly moving in the dark. Every time you hear this sound, your heartbeat speeds up and your hair stands on end. This mysterious and terrifying sound adds more fear and uneasiness to the already gloomy sewer.

This extensive sewer system is full of unknowns and dangers, and people dare not easily set foot in it. This is what Garcia thought at this time.

However, Han Zu, who was walking beside her, seemed to like this environment very much. He put his hands in his trouser pockets and even had a relaxed smile on his face. Although Garcia knew that Han Zu had a very lively personality, he still couldn't help but want to talk to Han Zu. However, before Garcia could speak, Han Zu started talking to Garcia first.

"Ah! What a rare and relaxing environment. It really makes people relax." Han Zu said with a smile.

"Relax?" Garcia's eyes widened. "I only feel the gloom and danger."

Han Zu patted Garcia on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. It's not easy for those enemies to block us in the complex sewer facilities. Besides, it's more advantageous for us in a dark environment."

Garcia shook her head helplessly. She always felt that Han Zu's way of thinking was very eccentric. At this moment, a bright light suddenly flashed in the darkness ahead.

"What is that?" Garcia asked nervously, subconsciously tightening the gun in his hand.

"We'll know if we go over and take a look." Han Zu walked towards the direction of the light without hesitation.

Garcia hurried after him, ready to fire at any time. As they approached, they found that the light came from a small, dilapidated maintenance searchlight placed at the entrance of a narrow passage.

"It seems there are other people here." Han Zu stretched out his finger and knocked on the outer shell of the searchlight.

However, after Han Zu's unintentional action, the searchlight flickered a few times and then went out completely. The surroundings fell into darkness again, and only the sound of running water in the distance could still be clearly heard.

"Something's wrong..." Garcia whispered.

Before he finished speaking, a cool breeze blew in from the passage, carrying with it a smell of decay.

"Tsk tsk!"

Tapping his upper jaw with his tongue, two Death Hounds jumped out from Han Zu's naked upper body and quietly entered the passage in an ambush posture. Through perception, Han Zu realized that there seemed to be nothing else near them.

“Crack…”

But just as Han Zu and Garcia were moving into the passage, something grabbed Han Zu's ankle. Han Zu looked down, and the feeling immediately disappeared, and Han Zu didn't see anything. But Han Zu thought that thing should be a hand.

However, the hand disappeared into the darkness like a ghost.

"What's wrong?" Garcia also noticed Han Zu's abnormality and turned on the tactical flashlight on his rifle to illuminate the area under Han Zu's feet. Of course, he saw nothing. He could only see some mottled walls and garbage on the ground in the faint light in the passage beside Han Zu's feet.

"Something just touched me. Be careful, there might be a special monster."

“Tap tap tap~~”

There were footsteps and the sound of someone stepping into water in the distance behind him. The enemies he had fought before should have entered the sewer by now, and they were being hunted down. As he was not sure whether other players from the opposing camp were mixed in with the miscellaneous soldiers, Han Zu was not prepared to continue to meet them until he got the information.

Garcia's way of thinking has been greatly influenced by Han Zu during this period, so her ideas are similar to Han Zu's. So this dark passage full of weirdness in front of her seems to be the best choice now.

I had just started walking towards the passage in front of me, and before I had taken a few steps, I heard gunshots and the roars of wild beasts from the direction of my footsteps. The sudden sounds of fighting were particularly clear in the quiet sewer facility where there was only the sound of flowing water.

"Why are they suddenly fighting? What are they fighting against?" Garcia was a little confused, but Han Zu looked at Garcia in surprise.

"Crocodile in the sewer! How is it possible that you, a foreigner, don't even know this famous urban legend?"

"I always thought it was just a bullshit story spread by word of mouth."

"This world can have ghosts, so isn't it normal to have two urban legends?"

"Now that you put it that way, it makes sense."

Ignoring the battle happening behind him for the time being, Han Zu stepped into the dark passage. Although this branch road belonging to the sewer facility had a lot of garbage, the unpleasant odor that one had imagined did not appear here. There was only the smell of rust coming from the waterway corroded by sewage.

We continued walking forward, with the Deathhound clearing the way ahead. The passage became narrower and narrower, only enough for one person to pass through.

Suddenly, the hound stopped, its hair standing on end, and growled softly. Han Zu motioned Garcia to stop and walked over to check. Garcia raised his gun, ready to fire at any time.

Approaching the wall, Han Zu discovered some strange claw marks on it, and a faint stench of decay.

"It seems that there are crocodiles here too." Han Zu said softly.

Just as they were about to move forward, a strong vibration was heard, and something was rushing towards Han Zu's position quickly from the narrow passage.

Han Zu lowered his body, clenched his right fist, stepped forward and twisted his waist to begin to accumulate strength. As long as something appeared in front of him, no matter what it was, it would be blasted away by Han Zu's huge force.

"coming!"

A thing covered in garbage rushed out and leaped towards Han Zu. Its open bloody mouth and the teeth inside revealed that the attacker was a huge crocodile. Just when the beast thought it was going to have a good meal, a powerful fist reached into its mouth and hit its throat.

"boom!"

“Boom! Bang, bang, bang!”

“Plop…”

The enormous force contained in the merciless fist instantly disintegrated the huge crocodile. The crocodile's head was directly smashed, and some of the wreckage flew out and hit the surrounding walls, fell into the waterway, and caused quite a splash.

"Why is this thing so weak? It shouldn't be like this?"

"Could it be the effect of the unlocked ability? It increases your destructive power?"

"Absolutely not. If you use the ability, the system interface will pop up a prompt, but there is no information on it now, which means this crocodile is really weak."

Han Zu shook off the blood and debris on his hands and looked at the passage in front of him. The passages on both sides of the waterway had become very narrow and only one person could pass through. If he continued to follow the passage and encountered an enemy attack, the situation would be very passive.

"Let's go down. It's a bit dirty, but the place is big enough. We can still fight even if we are surrounded."

"Pfft."

Han Zu jumped into the sewer in one step. The sewage in it was not deep, just above Han Zu's knees. There was no debris in it, so he could still walk.

Garcia followed Han Zu into the waterway, holding his weapon and carefully following Han Zu forward. Suddenly, Han Zu felt something touching his leg, and he looked down and saw a pale hand stretched out from under the water and hooked his trouser leg.

Han Zu bent down, waved his hand suddenly, grabbed the pale hand, took a closer look, and found that it was the wreckage of a model dummy. He threw it into the water and continued to move forward.

"Although the searchlight in the previous passage is very old, it also means that there should be people in this waterway. But we have been walking for a long time, why haven't we seen anyone? Could it be that the crocodile you killed before has eaten them?"

After hearing what Garcia said, Han Zu also felt something was a little strange. When he was about to have a conversation with Garcia, several figures on a narrow passage on the distant shore suddenly attracted Han Zu's attention.

"There are other people here, go and take a look."

He let the two hounds jump onto the passages on both sides, one on the left and one on the right, to prevent anyone from leaving through the passages. Han Zu walked in the middle of the waterway. From this position he could observe all directions in front of him and would be able to discover any movement in the first place.

Soon, Han Zu and Garcia arrived at the place where they had seen the figure before. From here, the sewer passage began to gradually widen. Continuing to walk forward, around the reservoir in the distance, there appeared an underground city built of waste and garbage, and there were even quite a few people inside.

"Who are you?!"

The few people who discovered Han Zu and Garcia looked at them nervously. They were holding some rusty iron pipes and half-rotten wood in their hands. They looked at Han Zu, who was covered in blood and had tattoos on half of his body, and showed fear.

"I think I've seen him before. He's the chairman of Albert Industries! Why is he here?!"

"It's him?"

"What's going on?"

More and more people gathered around. Han Zu did not say anything, but just looked at them silently. They looked like beggars and homeless vagrants who had no choice but to live in the poor sewer facilities. However, they were obviously not the owners of this underground city.

"I didn't expect to see you here, Mr. Albert. You don't come here often, hahahaha."

A fat man in a suit came out from the maintenance room above. His clothes were very clean without any stains. Looking in the direction of his voice, suddenly a team of fully armed mercenaries appeared on the surrounding maintenance pipelines, with various guns in their hands, pointing at Han Zu who was standing in the middle of the waterway.

"Your way of hospitality really impressed me. This is the first time I have seen such a way."

"Hospitality? Hahahaha, you idiot actually thought I was welcoming you? You probably don't know that tonight, all the forces in this city want your head. I originally thought that with your status, you would definitely not patronize my black market, but who would have thought that God would hand over such a good opportunity to me. You're just unlucky, hahahaha... get rid of him!!"

"and many more!"

"What? The arrogant Mr. Albert is actually going to kneel down and beg for mercy from an insignificant black marketeer like me? This is very rare! Wait a minute! Let's see if Mr. Albert wants to say any last words."

"I'm going to die soon anyway, so is it okay for me to smoke a cigarette before I die?"

"of course can!"

Han Zu raised one hand and slowly reached into his pocket with the other hand, took out a cigarette and a lighter, took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it and started smoking.

"Let's talk during this time. Can you answer a question for me? Who wants my head? And let me be clear about it."

The two Death Hounds made very little noise and were always moving in the shadows, so no one except Han Zu and Garcia noticed them. Under Han Zu's subtle gestures, they passed through the cover of shadows and garbage dumps and went to an unknown place.

"You really think highly of me, Mr. Albert. How could someone of my status know who the top big shot is? But judging from the fact that all the forces in the city want to kill you tonight, I guess it must be a very powerful person who can do this. It is probably related to the military."

Han Zu was chatting with the black market businessman. The businessman seemed very confident and even talked and laughed with Han Zu. Soon, the time for a cigarette was up. Han Zu was exhaling smoke while staring at the cigarette in his hand that was only one-third empty.

"Oh Mr. Albert, I have to say that our chat was quite pleasant. If you want, I can give you another cigarette."

"Kick."

Hearing a slight strange noise, Han Zu smiled and started talking to the black market merchant again with the cigarette butt in hand.

"No, by the way, I have one last question."

"You say it."

"Generally in sewer facilities, in sewage treatment tanks, especially water storage tanks with water purifiers, there is usually a "No Smoking" sign posted. Why is that?"

"Oh, this is very simple. In the sewage storage tank to be treated, a large amount of methane will be produced due to fermentation. This sign is to prevent maintenance workers from smoking while working, which may cause methane explosions and accidents."

"Like this reservoir below you, right in front of me?"

"Yes, but in order to set up a black market here, I have opened the valve. With air circulation, the concentration of methane will be very small and will not cause an explosion, just like you are still smoking now."

"What if the valve is closed or blocked? What if someone throws an open flame into the drain? Wouldn't that be a disaster?"

"I know what you're thinking, but you probably don't have the chance, Mr. Albert. The bullet is faster than you."

Hearing this, Garcia suddenly put down his weapon, slowly squatted down, and squatted into the waterway, leaving only his head exposed. At the same time, Han Zu took the last puff of his cigarette.

"Well, it looks like it's time."

Han Zu flicked the cigarette butt away, then suddenly fell down and sank into the water, and Garcia also dived into the water.

“Squeak… Squeak!!”

The cigarette butt fell into a drain outlet and suddenly made some noise. The black market merchant was stunned at first, but soon realized that Han Zugang was stalling for time. He must have turned off the exhaust valve in some way and waited for the concentration of biogas to increase.

"quick....."

"Boom boom boom boom!!!!"

However, the fat businessman was one step too late after all. During the time that Han Zu was chatting with him, the concentration of methane had risen to a dangerous level. The seemingly inconspicuous cigarette butt caused a violent explosion, and the entire space turned into a huge green fireball. The businessman and his men were turned into firemen without any preparation, and before they could even scream, they were turned into ashes by the secondary explosion.

Soon after, the explosion ended, and Han Zu and Garcia stood up from the waterway that had been burned into boiling water.

"It didn't take long enough, and the concentration of the methane isn't high enough. The explosion is smaller than I expected, but the effect is still okay. Let's go. Someone should be here to investigate our location soon."

Climbing upwards along the winding pipeline, Han Zu and Garcia soon reunited with the two hounds that had arrived here earlier, and came to the upper level of the sewer facility, where they could see some manhole covers above.

"Let's find a place to go first, and then think about the next step. Change your clothes. This smell is really not very pleasant."