Angel finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Smokescreen Scholar's first forward-looking ability was "Create Mist Spirit".
He was previously worried that if "Create Mist Spirit" didn't appear randomly, he would have to ask Comb to send him some good luck later when Lapras was using his ability.
But now it seems that there should be no need for Com.
Angel was feeling lucky and was about to walk into the nearby commercial building when a cool night breeze blew in his face.
There is also a pungent smell in the wind.
Just like the contradictions in this modern city, prosperity and pollution coexist, and acid rain and neon lights linger forever.
Angel sighed in his heart, shook his head and walked into the commercial building.
Even though it was about to enter the early morning, there was still a stage performing in the mall. Angel bypassed the stage, made many twists and turns, and soon arrived at the warehouse underneath the mall.
The passage to the underground block is deep inside the warehouse.
There was no one near the entrance, so Angel arrived at the underground block easily. He only had to walk straight along the sewer channel to reach Town 61.
However, Angel suddenly stopped after taking a few steps.
The journey was actually quite smooth, but he didn't know why, but he always felt like he had overlooked something...
Angel tapped his finger between his eyebrows, and the nightmare energy rushed into his brain instantly.
The door of the Memory Palace seemed to be blown open by a hurricane, and the memory scenes inside flew up one after another. Under Angel's gaze, the scenes fell one after another.
Starting from Angel re-entering the dungeon, contacting Gleipnir, arriving in the central city, meeting the bakery clerk, and going to Tina Entertainment...
When these memory images turned into frozen still pictures and flashed through Angel's thoughts one by one, he finally discovered what he had overlooked.
That's the "bakery" scene.
It was still raining at night. On the bench in front of the bakery, an old beggar in slovenly clothes was lying on the bench. On the other side sat a rather gentle-looking young clerk holding hot milk.
Angel ignored the clerk's face and looked at the old beggar.
"Zuniga..." Angel remembered what he had overlooked.
Zuniga came to the central area just to find him, a "man from outside the world", and Angel took advantage of his challenge mission and completed the mission.
If nothing unexpected happened, Zuniga would have woken up by now.
And after he wakes up, he will most likely continue towards Tina Entertainment.
After Angel completed the "Mansion Hide and Seek" mission, he stayed at Tina Entertainment for a few more minutes. The time when he came out was probably about the same distance as Zuniga came here.
Could it be that Zuniga has discovered himself?
Although Angel has decided to list Zuniga as a "hidden mission-issuing NPC," he is only preparing to get the mission, not to contact him.
Thinking of this, Angel immediately retracted his thoughts and entered God's perspective.
Would like to see the current situation in Zuniga.
Angel had already prepared for the worst. Zuniga might have followed him to the mall, or even to the warehouse above.
But when Angel actually went to observe, he discovered that there was no Zuniga nearby.
Angel turned his attention to the bakery again. He saw the clerk in an apron, but he did not see Zuniga.
Radiating further outward, even Angel could not see the shadow of Zuniga in the entire central area.
Where has he gone?
Did he enter the underground neighborhood before him?
However, when Angel carried out all-round targeting again, he discovered that Zuniga was not in the underground neighborhood, but... on the Silver Wing Express train.
Judging from the express line he took, he seemed to be preparing to return to the West District.
Judging from Zuniga's movement, he most likely did not notice him. This made Angel feel relieved, but he also had doubts in his heart.
Why did Zuniga return suddenly? Is he not looking for someone from outside the world?
Or does Zuniga have other things that force him to return to the West End?
Angel observed Zuniga and found nothing unusual. Zuniga just sat silently on the train, motionless.
There seemed to be something whispered in his mouth...
Angel listened carefully and found that he was talking about a date: April 1st?
Is this date of great significance to Zuniga? Angel was a little confused. He couldn't pry Zuniga's mouth open, so he could only observe him silently for a while, and then put away his perspective.
Since Zuniga didn't notice him, there was no need to worry about him before.
There was still some distance to go before Town 61. Angel looked at the long dark road ahead and set off again.
…
Town 61.
Although Angel had seen the style of Town 61 from God’s perspective before, he still had a different feeling when he actually came here.
Town 61 is nothing like an underground neighborhood.
It's more like a surface town.
It's even a bit like a mini modern city. Whether it's high-rise buildings or floating trains between buildings, as well as an astonishing number of holographic projections and neon street lights, they are exactly the same as the surface of the earth.
There is just a slight restriction on the height of the building.
But without the building that reaches into the clouds, it has a special sense of refinement.
Moreover, the smell of the air here is not as pungent as on the surface, and it is even cleaner.
Rather than saying this is an underground town, this is more like a resort for the surface residents of the modern city. Because Angel saw many residents who were obviously from the surface, shopping here leisurely.
You know, in other underground towns, because of the existence of mutants, residents on the surface will not go to underground neighborhoods unless necessary.
But here, it's completely different.
People can be seen everywhere on the surface, even more than what Angel saw in the central area. Of course, this may also be due to the fact that it is raining acid rain.
But regardless of these, it is enough to explain the prosperity of Town 61.
It is indeed the town that all underground people long for.
The most eye-catching thing in Town 61 is a curtain tens of meters high in the northern urban area. This curtain is like a huge circus ceiling, but its color is pure black.
On each side of the black curtain were projections of various stages. Angel could see the images on the curtain even though he was several kilometers away.
This can almost be said to be a low-profile "sky projection".
As long as anyone comes to Town 61, it is impossible not to be attracted by this black curtain... Obviously, this is also a common trick of fashion magicians.
In this way, you can attract attention and... attract the attention of fashion monsters.
The area covered by this black curtain is the headquarters of the Dark Round Table. That black curtain is obviously also the work of the Dark Round Table.
Angel looked inside from a God's perspective, and with just one glance, he saw at least four or five people sleeping near the curtain.
Moreover, there were still people leaning against the corner, seemingly sleepy.
If nothing unexpected happens, these people are all caught up in the task of weaving fashionable monsters.
This is the opportunity created by that giant black curtain.
Seeing this, Angel also admired the idea of the Dark Round Table. However, such a "genius" idea will probably become a mission refresh point for challengers in the future.
Yes, in Angel's view, this is also a refreshing point in daily tasks.
The daily task refresh point on the surface is in the Tina Entertainment building, and the underground daily task refresh point is near the black curtain.
As long as you go to these two places, you will most likely be able to get some random missions.
If Angel hadn't gone to the black market now, he would have actually wanted to go inside the curtain to get a few missions...
Since the black market is called a "black" market, it naturally cannot be in a place where the public can see it. Moreover, there are many shops involving fashion magicians in the black market, and it is impossible for ordinary people to easily access them.
Therefore, the black market is relatively hidden.
As far as Angel knows, the black market in Town 61 is deeper underground.
Yes, Town 61 is already in the underground space. And the black market is still further down in Town 61.
Its name is Deep Black Market.
There are many entrances from Town 61 to the deep black market. Almost all entrances are controlled by major companies and guilds, but they also leave a few entrances for individual people.
These entrances are apparently controlled by the major guilds, but you can enter them by paying a small fee.
As for the fashion magician, he only needs to summon his own magic book to directly enter the black market without paying any fees.
Angel, of course, passed through the nightmare cover and followed a magician to the entrance of the black market.
After walking hundreds of stairs in the dark tunnel, Angel finally saw the true face of the deep black market.
The Deep Black Market is much smaller than Town 61, and compared to the prosperity of Town 61, the Deep Black Market is very ordinary, even a bit like a survival area built in the wasteland.
All buildings present a chaotic and disorderly style.
Some are transformed from abandoned containers and stacked together to form crumbling "tall buildings"; others are built on ancient tunnel walls, using worn wooden boards and rusty iron plates to piece together rooms, with gaps showing through.
Emit a faint light.
The most eye-catching one is the building in the center.
To say it is a building actually requires a question mark.
It's more like a patchwork of... houses.
From a distance, we can see a large number of containers and wooden houses assembled together, which are tens of meters long. Some high-altitude rooms are stacked together, which is extremely bloated. The connections are suspension bridges without guardrails.
If you just watch it from a distance, this extremely wasteland-style house complex has some kind of post-modern disorderly architectural art.
But if you really have to come into close contact, it is still somewhat dangerous.
It looks artistic from a distance, but it looks like a dilapidated building up close.
However, Angel noticed that after entering the deep black market, almost everyone would walk towards the tower-like group of houses in the center, including the magician he followed before, also towards that unique "
The tower moves forward.
Obviously, that is the real core of the "black market" transactions.
Although I tried my best to avoid standing under a dangerous wall, it seems that it is still unavoidable.
Angel also followed the flow of people to this house "tower".
He observed it and found that the houses here were not all trading shops, but also mixed residential houses. Moreover, a large part of the tenants in the residential houses here were fashion magicians.
For a moment, Angel didn't know where to go to find a deal.
However, this kind of black market generally has special "local snakes", and you only need to pay a small tip to get their guidance.
Soon, Angel found his target, a smoking woman with wavy green hair. She was leaning on the iron plate of the container, her eyes wandering around, looking for "guests" in the crowd.
Angel silently came to the alleyway under the wooden bridge on the side. When no one was paying attention, the nightmare aura around him dissipated, and then he walked out openly.
Angel's appearance did not attract much attention from the surrounding crowd.
However, the smell of "newcomer" in him is extremely strong, especially for people who have lived in the black market for a long time. It can be seen at a glance that this is Angel's first time here.
Moreover, he doesn't look like he's short of money.
The green-haired woman narrowed her eyes slightly and stared deeply at Angel for half a minute. She saw that he kept looking into the surrounding rooms with a hint of curiosity and confusion on his expression.
She curled her lips, twirled her fingertips, inserted the pipe in her hand into the belt around her waist, and then walked towards Angel gracefully.
Angel naturally noticed her.
In other words, the reason why he acted like a "newcomer" was to attract her attention.
"This gentleman." A slightly sweet voice sounded from behind.
Angel was "shocked", and when he looked back, he "discovered" a green-haired woman looking at him with a smile.
"Who are you……"
The green-haired woman smiled and said: "Is this your first time coming to the deep black market, sir? If necessary, I can be your guide. If you have something you want to buy or sell, I also have channels to help you solve your problems."
Angel looked at her warily for a few times. When he saw a small magic book floating behind her and the mark of the wandering house on the book cover, he put away his wary eyes.
The green-haired woman obviously knew that striking up a conversation directly might cause unnecessary trouble, so she deliberately displayed the magic book and logo to show that she had an "open" identity.
After confirming that Angel had seen her magic book, she put the magic book away and chuckled: "My name is Xiaolu, what should I call you sir?"
"Little Green?"
"It's just a code name. Unless people who come to the black market are celebrities who can be recognized at a glance, everyone will default to a code name."
Angel thought for a while: "You can call me Zuniga."
"Zuniga? Is that your real name?" Xiao Lu was stunned for a moment. When Angel didn't answer, he immediately said, "I took the liberty."
Angel had been observing Xiaolu through super-sensory perception, and after making sure that the other person's emotions did not fluctuate much, he withdrew his perception.
The reason why he used the name "Zuniga" was simply to test whether people in the fashion and magic world knew about this strange man.
After all, the first sentence in Zuniga's NPC message is "I will fall from the highest position."
A person who once held a supreme position, not only is well-known to everyone, but should at least be a celebrity in the fashion and magic world, right?
But now it seems that Xiaolu has never heard of this name.