Chapter 104: The Little Full Moon Queen Also Grasped the Future

City of Deception, City Hall.

The carriage pulled over to the roadside, and in an instant, Shana yawned and let go of the reins: "Master, I'm so sleepy, I can't hold on anymore."

"It's fine, go back and rest first." Li Cheng gently rubbed her head, and the Old Demon Ring flashed, taking her inside.

As the first Abyss Demon Race Li Cheng had subdued, Shana's current strength wasn't considered strong; at least within the City of Deception, her combat power wasn't high.

But fortunately, after her soul combined with Li Cheng's fate, she also obtained the divine power of the Goddess of Suffering, becoming a brand-new Divine Favored Species, the Great Love Magic Dog.

You should know that whether in Shi Jie or the Abyss Realm, Divine Favored Species are quite rare.

After all, Divine Favored Species are different from Divine Chosen; Divine Chosen are blessed ones that everyone is qualified to compete for, while Divine Favored Species are creatures destined from birth.

In the PC version, the strongest Divine Favored Species were several witches, and slightly weaker were the Abyss Magic Dragons, the scapegoats.

Of course, there are differences between Divine Favored Species; the gap between witches and magic dragons is sometimes greater than that between humans and dogs.

Now, with his help, Shana had restarted and likewise become a Divine Favored Species; not only that, she also obtained an extremely terrifying ability.

With this ability, under his guidance, her future strength might not be inferior to those witches.

Perhaps he could even cultivate her to take the place of one of the witches.

Before that, let her rest for a while first.

Getting off the carriage, Li Cheng couldn't help but sigh; he had just entered the Abyss Realm and had already obtained such a powerful slave as Shana.

Indeed, the Abyss Realm was the place where his strength improved the fastest.

With his hands behind his back and a warm smile on his face, he walked toward City Hall.

Because the bandits Shana had just killed were all above LV40, monsters far beyond Li Cheng's level, they dropped over 300 Magic Badge Stones.

All things considered, after deducting the 200 used by Merciful Evil Smile, he still earned over 100 more.

Plus Shana, this trip not only didn't lose anything, but could be considered quite profitable.

"So now, it's time to complete the Main Quest: 【Obtain Profession Card, and Survive Seven Days in the City of Deception】."

Li Cheng smiled, not knowing what Profession Card he would get after seven days.

It couldn't be the Mayor, right? Lilith floated behind Li Cheng, looking at his back view, muttering softly: "Why does Li Cheng coming to the Abyss Realm feel like coming home..." — Naturally, the City Hall of the City of Deception was located in the exact center of the city.

This ivory-white castle-like building had a peace and tranquility completely different from the city's outskirts.

Colorful glazed windows reflected the tranquil sunlight, and pure white peace doves soared above the castle.

The officials coming and going would smile and greet each other upon meeting, enthusiastically inviting one another to dinner at their homes on weekends.

This was actually normal, after all, all the serving officials in City Hall were well-connected.

Who knew if someone you offended today might have some heaven-defying background at home.

Who knew if a colleague eating boxed lunches with you today would become your boss tomorrow.

In this situation, the workplace that was originally a mess, comparable to the "Dark Forest," actually became a "Sunny Manor" that no one could offend.

That was indeed ironic.

Of course, even in such a tranquil, so-called "mutually respectful" City Hall, exceptions still existed.

For example, right now, at the spotless castle gate, several guards were holding long whips, whipping a golden-haired little girl.

Whipping her while laughing hahaha:

"Do you admit your mistake or not? Dirty Half-Demon, I told you yesterday, today you are not allowed to step into the office door with your left foot first."

"If you don't want to lose your job, then take these one hundred whips properly."

"Scream, scream out loud for me."

The girl stubbornly curled up her body, enduring the whipping without making a sound, but her tightly furrowed eyebrows revealed just how painful it was at this moment.

Half-Demon, this was the lowest existence in the Abyss Realm of the previous era.

They were lives born from the union of Abyss Demon Race and other races on Tianming Continent.

Their impure blood would neither be accepted by the Abyss nor be able to walk in Shi Jie.

They were the lowest slaves, consumables used for amusement and entertainment.

Li Cheng stood across the street, quietly watching this scene.

"You don't plan to save that girl?" Lilith floated to his side.

Li Cheng glanced at her, saying nothing.

"Yeah, also, after all, just arrived at a new place, you should cause less trouble, Li Cheng, you're quite cautious!" Lilith said to herself.

"Don't make noise, I'm observing." Li Cheng furrowed his brow instead: "I'm observing whether this is background story expanding the worldview, or a Main Quest or Side Quest."

"Hehe." Lilith's mouth corner twitched; she shouldn't have had extra expectations for Li Cheng's sick brain.

Just then, a guard across the street wiped the sweat from his forehead, panting, and handed the whip to another person: "TNND, this woman's mouth is really hard; after so many whips, she didn't make a sound."

"Hehe, that's right, this is the most backbone-bearing Half-Demon young lady in our City Hall." Another guard smiled and took the long whip: "Right, Miss Vivian?"

Saying this, he walked to the prepared bucket of water and soaked the soft whip in it thoroughly.

Watching this scene, Little Vivian, covered in scale wounds, had a somewhat tense expression.

But she still didn't speak, just quietly curled up her body, waiting for the whipping to arrive. That guard walked step by step to her front, a mocking smile on his ridiculing face.

"Tsk tsk tsk, clearly something that could be solved by begging for mercy, yet you insist on holding out until now; hehe, I want to see how long you can hold out!"

Only hearing a "slash" sound, the long whip fell, and Vivian also closed her eyes.

But two seconds later, the expected whip did not land on her body.

Vivian slowly opened her eyes, only to see a back view wearing a white shirt and black long pants blocking her front, and the whip striking down was being held in his hand.

The person who came was none other than Li Cheng.

Joking, important NPCs in the Main Quest have appeared, how could he sit still? Obviously, this was the beginning of the quest 【Half-Demon Vivian, Gain Her Trust, Witness or Rewrite Her Fate】.

"Kid, who are you." That guard tugged the whip, found he couldn't take it back, and narrowed his eyes.

"No one, just a passerby." Li Cheng smiled.

"Passing by?" The guard exchanged a glance with his colleague beside him: "Then what's it to you?"

"Yes, according to Section 4, Article 5 on Page 13 of the City of Deception Public Security Management Law, law enforcers have no right to enforce the law against Half-Demons without a valid reason, let alone beat them. Both of you, what you're doing involves racial discrimination, you know." Big Boss said with a smile.

"Racial discrimination... fine, we understand. We'll keep this regulation in mind."

The two guards exchanged another glance, looked Big Boss up and down, put down their whips, nodded, turned around, and walked back into City Hall—

I don't know where this criminal-law-obsessed lunatic came from, nor what his background is; better not to offend him.

What if he's a leader parachuted in from above?

Watching their departing backs, Big Boss felt a bit helpless.

Just now, his 【Merciful Evil Smile】 had almost triggered again.

It's just that these two, at the critical moment, actually didn't mock themselves.

Damn it.

Shaking his head, Big Boss turned around and extended a hand to Vivian, whose body was covered in whip wounds: "Get up."

Vivian glanced at him, propped herself up from the ground, and stood up, muttering softly: "Meddlesome."

"Hey, my violent temper!" Big Boss hadn't spoken yet when Lilith, standing to the side, rolled up her sleeves: "Big Boss, you saved her, and this little girl doesn't even have the most basic manners! She should at least say thank you!"

If only she could be seen by anyone other than Big Boss, she would have charged up by now.

Big Boss also frowned: "You mean I shouldn't have helped you?"

He felt this NPC was somewhat unlikable.

"Help me?" Vivian covered her forehead, her mouth corner twitching, looked left and right, then grabbed Big Boss's arm and, without explanation, dragged him into the alley.

Only after making sure no one was around did Vivian let go of him and sigh: "If it weren't for you, I would have already gathered evidence of their racial discrimination crimes."

Saying this, she even pushed aside her own sleeve cuff to show Big Boss: "See? These whip marks are too shallow, not even counting as minor injuries. With injuries like this, forget arresting them, even taking them back for interrogation would be difficult."

"You guess why I didn't make a sound when I was beaten? You think I have some special fetish?"

"I've been infiltrating City Hall for these past few days, taking whippings for so many days without begging for mercy, finally enduring until they wanted to assign me hard labor to deal with me, and then you showed up..."

"Heh, now it's all healed. Not only did I fail to collect evidence of their abuse of private punishment, but the beatings I took in the past few days were all for nothing."

"Ah, life, why am I living so bitterly?"

"Day after day, going on like this, when will I ever complete the tasks the Organization gave me?"

Lilith:...

Big Boss:...

Fine fine fine, so that's how it is, turns out you were entrapment fishing here? Big Boss's mouth corner twitched, it hit the spot, everything hit the spot.

The Birth Production Group of the Mandate's Initial Rise was just this flavor.

"Then what Organization are you from?" Big Boss asked.

"Me? I, of course, am... cough cough, why do you care so much!" Vivian suddenly realized she almost let something slip, hurriedly dry coughed twice, and changed the subject: "By the way, who are you?"

"Unknown." Big Boss also felt at this moment that this guy named Vivian was a bit fierce, so he simply didn't say more.

"Unknown... strange name. Anyway, thanks for what just happened, my name is Vivian." The girl thought for a moment and asked again: "What were you doing at City Hall?"

"Looking for a job." Big Boss glanced at her.

"Looking for a job..." Vivian repeated Big Boss's words, a gleam gradually appearing in her eyes: "Unknown, do you also not agree with City Hall's racial discrimination against Half-Demons?"

"I suppose so?"

"Then, are you willing to join our Half-Demon United Front? Go undercover at City Hall!" Vivian said, patting Big Boss's shoulder:

"I observe your bone structure is extraordinary; at a glance, you're material for great deeds. City Hall definitely wouldn't expect us to send someone as excellent as you to be an undercover agent. By then, you'll hold a high position at City Hall, and we'll coordinate from inside and outside—what need to worry about great deeds not succeeding!"

Big Boss frowned: "Speak plainly."

Vivian scratched her head a bit embarrassedly: "I want to rebel. Do you want to join?"

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