"Heh, twenty people? Only Kai is a little tricky as a professional, the other newbies aren't worth fearing."

"But pay more attention to that kid who was close to 'Four-Armed Rakshasa' Qiang Tiao before. If you get the chance, kill him first, just in case."

"Yes, Captain Kuntou."

"..."

The moment Kai gathered his gang to deal with the aberration incident, the Steam Brotherhood got the news and quietly ambushed near the tenement building.

The embarrassing escape from the Elephant Tavern last time has become a laughingstock for "Red Hair" Kuntou in the gang circles, making him too ashamed to show his face in front of his peers recently.

Now that Qiang Tiao is no longer in Green Street, they are ready to strike again.

.......

Although the city is much safer than the outside, aberration events still occur from time to time.

Old Lindun City was originally an ancient ruin. Even after so many years of clearing and excavation, "cursed objects" with curse properties that have not completely dissipated are still found underground from time to time. These things are good for professionals, but for ordinary people, they are nightmares like radiation sources, which easily induce aberrations.

Also, the air in the city, although the content of dark spiritual power is thinner than outside the city, is enough to induce a small probability of aberration;

Eating contaminated food and water, wasteland hunters returning from hunting in high-aberration environments, all sorts of reasons... Anyway, there are almost a few aberration incidents in each district every month.

And in recent months, the frequency seems to be quietly increasing.

Of course, the most troublesome are out-of-control professionals.

The essence of "aberration" is that the dark spiritual power in the body is out of control, destroying people's will, and then turning the body into that giant monster, or other special forms.

After aberration, the dark spiritual power in the human body will be unrestricted and skyrocket. Therefore, the professional who becomes a monster will be several times stronger than they were in their lifetime, which is very tricky.

And the outer city does not have city guards and security offices, and the aberration incidents in the jurisdiction are handled by the gangs.

Therefore, this is also the daily work of the Green Street Cross Society gang members.

Not long after the assembly order was issued, Soren had already arrived at the broken building.

Recently, more than a dozen newcomers have joined, filling the vacancies of the gang members who were killed in the battle to support the headquarters.

The assembly efficiency was very high. Before long, there were nearly twenty people in front of the broken building.

Soren was considered a half-old man. Looking at almost all "newcomers" gathered in front of the broken building, he was slightly surprised.

After waiting for a while, Kai counted the number of people and was as crisp and neat as always: "Okay, everyone is here, get ready to go."

Dealing with aberration events is a good practical experience. After hearing what the old birds Sam said, Soren realized that the captain was planning to take the newcomers to get some action and practice actual combat.

The crowd got on their motorcycles, and Kai explained the content of the operation, saying: "It is said that many vagrants have disappeared in the tenement building these days. Some people saw corpses that had been gnawed on, and also saw aberrant monsters... It may be that the sealing of the sewers somewhere nearby was destroyed, and monsters ran out, or there may be a 'cursed object.' Anyway, our mission this time is to clean up the basement near the tenement building where the incident occurred. If we are lucky, we may be able to find ancient cursed objects buried underground; if not, we can also get some cursed materials. By then, everyone will have a bonus..."

After speaking, he waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go."

Everyone nodded: "Yes, Captain!"

Soren was still a little transparent as always, and didn't say anything.

Although "aberration events" are the daily emergency response events of the gang, it is not without casualties, especially for inexperienced newcomers.

Soren was not careless at all.

He observed the personnel in the team, and checked his equipment to make sure it was correct, then silently boarded the motorcycle carrying several old birds.

.......

In addition to the three prosperous entertainment districts in Green Street, there is also a tenement building in the north, which is the "slum" in the civilian area.

That area of ancient architectural ruins from a thousand years ago has gathered a large number of homeless poor people, vagrants, and thieves because it preserves some dilapidated tenement buildings that can still be lived in. But that is a place that even gang members are usually reluctant to set foot in. Plague, stench, dirt, and aberration are synonymous with that area...

The Green Street people drove all the way to the tenement building, where someone was already waiting.

"Captain Kai, you're here!"

The one who spoke was a little old man in sackcloth, "One-Eyed" Bravo. This guy is also the head of the thieves in the Green Street area. He has dozens of half-grown boys under his command all year round, specializing in learning stealing skills to make money.

Those with good talent will also be sent to the gang to be trained as professionals.

It is considered a personnel delivery organization subordinate to the Cross Society.

Kai nodded. He was familiar with this old man, so he didn't bother to be polite, "Old man, where did the incident happen?"

Bravo: "Follow me."

The little old man led a group of people through a ruin.

The air was filled with a strong sewer stench.

Soren's eyes swept across the surrounding environment from time to time, and he saw skinny faces popping out of those simple shacks, staring at them with curiosity and timidity.

These are the residents of the tenement building.

There were also some ten- or eight-year-old children, dressed in tattered clothes, barefoot on the ruins. They followed far behind the Green Street group, their eyes full of envy and longing.

In the outer city, there are many such poor people, and no one knows the exact number, but it is very large.

Their lives are as cheap as rye, and one hundred lisos will buy a life. In such a harsh living environment, only sewer rats can survive, but they have survived tenaciously.

These slum dwellers are also one of the most important reasons why the inner city gave up governing these districts.

The Cross Society occasionally sends a batch of food.

Because many people in the gang came from here.

At least Captain Kai is.

The little old man sighed as he walked: "Alas... I don't know what's going on recently, the monsters in the sewers seem to be very active. A few days ago, someone heard about a beautiful woman in Snail Lane, so beautiful that she was out of this world, hehe... I think, I'm afraid it's some aberrant monster seducing people to eat them... Sure enough, within a few days, the vagrants in that area disappeared cleanly."

Soren listened behind him, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Beautiful women are in the Green Street brothels, but they will never appear here.

But... what aberrant monster would turn into a beautiful woman?

This involves Soren's knowledge blind spot again.

.......

Before long, the little old man led the Green Street people to the northernmost part of the tenement building.

The sewer smell here was even stronger, as if it was close to some pipe outlets.

The little old man pointed to a black tenement building a few hundred meters away and said, "Someone saw aberrant monsters appear in that rotten building before. They are more active when the night fog appears. But you also be careful, there is a cave under that rotten building, and the depths seem to be connected to the underground official website. I don't know what monsters are hidden there, so don't go too deep."

After Kai finished listening, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, we'll take care of the rest."

Next is the business of the combatants.

He pulled the bolt of his gun, and then said to Soren and the others behind him: "Brothers, let's get to work!"

The little old man didn't say much, and stayed where he was.

The crowd put on gas masks and night vision goggles, and strode into the dilapidated building.

Soren took the shotgun distributed by the gang and loaded it with a click.

Compared with pistols, this kind of shotgun is more suitable for dealing with aberrant monsters. Even if you don't use alchemical bullets, a few more shots can smash the monster to pieces.