Ten minutes later, near a sewer grate not far from the tavern, Officer Leon, Captain Raymond's subordinate, hurried over.
"Chief Inspector! Are we wrapping things up this early? Didn't you say we shouldn’t alert the suspects?"
Captain Raymond immediately waved his hand. "Wrap it up! Today’s the perfect opportunity to capture this so-called resistance group! The police departments from the three neighboring jurisdictions are all cooperating!"
"Understood!" Officer Leon nodded quickly.
Luo Wei lifted the sewer grate and glanced at Captain Raymond, whose face was brimming with joy. "Captain, you don’t need to come with us. Let’s just meet at the rendezvous point as agreed."
"Got it." Captain Raymond couldn’t suppress his grin, already envisioning another major achievement. "Luo Wei, we really owe this one to you!"
He then turned to Tilis. "I never imagined there’d be a method like this to make suspects confess outright. If only we could do the same... sigh... we wouldn’t have to beg those unfriendly folks from the Special Affairs Department for help."
"How about this!" Captain Raymond exclaimed excitedly. "Miss, why don’t we hire you as an external consultant for our department? Name your salary!"
"Huh? This..." Tilis blinked, instinctively looking at Luo Wei.
"Captain, stop scheming..." Luo Wei chuckled helplessly. "She’s not someone you can recruit..."
Ophelia also found it amusing. After all, Tilis was the number one most-wanted criminal. Hiring a fugitive as a consultant? Captain Raymond must have a death wish for his career...
"What’s the problem?" The captain frowned at Luo Wei. "Is it about the salary? Don’t worry, I can apply for higher approval—"
"If you do that, I’ll be visiting you in prison..." Luo Wei pushed him away in exasperation. "Go on, meet us at the rendezvous point. Your big merit won’t go anywhere..."
"Fine..." Captain Raymond reluctantly left the area.
But as he walked further away, a belated realization struck him.
Hmm...
What was the name of that lady who used witchcraft earlier?
Tilis, was it? That name sounds so familiar...
Wait—who?!
Captain Raymond’s eyes widened.
...
After Captain Raymond left, only Luo Wei, Tilis, and Ophelia remained by the sewer grate.
A foul odor wafted up from below, making Ophelia clutch her chest, nauseated.
This was an experience she’d never imagined in her life—she never thought she’d have to crawl into a sewer one day...
Luo Wei and Tilis exchanged glances. Luo Wei patted Ophelia’s back reassuringly. "How about you wait outside while we go down?"
Tilis smirked at Ophelia’s pale face. "Yeah, the sewer’s filthy. Not a place for you. Luo Wei and I can handle it. Just wait at the rendezvous point for the wrap-up."
"No!" Ophelia bit her lip. The thought of the witch and Luo Wei fighting side by side without her filled her with frustration.
Every time something happened, Luo Wei only thought to ask Tilis for help, never her. Sure, Tilis was stronger... but she’d trained hard in the Dreamlands too!
With a determined huff, Ophelia declared, "This involves my father’s assassination and the upheaval of Saint Callen—even the entire kingdom of Vigna! How could I stay out of it?"
Then she steeled herself and prepared to jump in.
"Hey, wait! You’re really jumping?" Tilis burst out laughing and stopped her.
"What, you’re looking down on me?" Ophelia pinched her nose, her voice muffled like a mosquito’s.
"Not at all..." Tilis sighed and cast two spells on each of them.
"Cleansing magic, and a barrier aura." She sniffed her sleeve, now carrying a pleasant floral scent, and nodded in satisfaction. "I’m not dumb enough to go in unprepared. That stench would take a whole day to wash off otherwise."
Ophelia finally relaxed.
Tilis grinned mischievously. "So don’t provoke me down there, or I’ll make your spells vanish in an instant!"
Ophelia’s face darkened. "You—!"
Luo Wei hadn’t expected the dynamic to shift into these two at odds. And so, the trio’s awkward sewer adventure began...
At the bottom, Luo Wei casually cast a 1st-level Light spell, revealing a vast and intricate sewer system.
The space was surprisingly wide—enough for five people to walk side by side—with steps leading down. A fast-flowing underground river ran beneath the steps, ensuring their shoes stayed dry.
Saint Callen’s sewer system was far more expansive than imagined, designed to prevent flooding in the rain-heavy city. It was more like an underground river network than the expected filth.
Of course, this depended on the area. Luo Wei silently prayed they wouldn’t stumble upon the city’s... less pleasant sections.
"It’s so big down here..." Tilis murmured, also a first-timer. "No wonder those rat-like organizations hide here."
As they pressed forward, oil lamps hung along the walls, and distant whispers of human conversation reached their ears.
Luo Wei extinguished the Light spell and moved quietly.
Ahead was a junction where several tunnels converged into a large underground hall, illuminated by flickering torchlight as armed figures patrolled.
"All non-humans..." Tilis whispered into Luo Wei’s ear.
He nodded. Outside, night had fallen, and the darkness was perfect for stealth.
[Shadow Stride: The night belongs to the Vampire Clan. Movement in darkness greatly enhances concealment and agility, making detection difficult.]
Luo Wei slipped into the hall unnoticed, eavesdropping from the shadows.
"Did Boss Fly really decide to go through with it? That shady guy seems so untrustworthy, even if he provided all those weapons..."
"What choice do we have? We’ve survived this long just for this moment. Damn humans, damn their emperor..."
"True. Besides, Boss Fly can summon..."
"Shh! Don’t say His name aloud..."
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
