Fana paused as she spoke, looking ahead, "The rifts within the Dark City are of this extremely difficult-to-handle type, but fortunately, few unknown creatures emerge from the rifts within the Dark City, making it a very low-risk type."

"After the Federation continuously observed the rifts for several years, they adjusted the risk level to the lowest grade and designated the area around the rifts as a restricted zone."

"The Dark City area has special power fluctuations within it. Any communication or energy perception will be blocked upon entering the area, which is extremely unique."

"After that, outlaws discovered that the perception barrier could avoid a lot of trouble, so they gathered in the rift area to conduct some shady transactions."

"As more and more people gathered, several small factions jointly established an underground trading point there, widely known as the Dark City."

Fang Heng understood.

The Dark City was probably an underground platform built jointly by several small underground forces.

They were secretly doing some shady deals.

After driving wildly for more than two hours, Fana gradually slowed down and parked beside a forest.

Fang Heng opened his phone and checked.

They hadn't officially entered the Dark City area yet; the phone signal had completely failed more than ten minutes ago.

Fang Heng leaned out and looked out the car window.

Several thatched huts were built beside the forest.

It was already late at night, and the thatched huts were still lit.

"Fang Heng, wait for me for a moment."

Fana said, got out of the car, and walked into the thatched hut alone.

Soon, Fana left the thatched hut with a cloth bag, got back into the car, and threw the cloth bag to Fang Heng in the back seat.

"What is this?"

Fang Heng opened the cloth bag and saw that it was filled with small pieces of shells.

"These are shells from the Arctic Blue Clam, treated with special techniques, and each one has a special marking."

"The Dark City almost completely isolates all communication with the outside world. You can't use the internet or even enter the game, so most of the transactions inside are bartering."

Fana continued to explain: "These shells are hard currency. These few thatched huts on the periphery are exchange points where you can exchange the shells for Federation currency. One shell is worth 100,000 Federation credits."

"Okay."

Fana continued to drive the off-road vehicle forward until she stopped in front of a cave.

"We're here."

Fang Heng helped Gu Qingzhu out of the car.

Ahead was a mountain wall.

There was a cave entrance in the mountain wall.

"This is one of the cave entrances to the Dark City. Follow me."

Fana said, turned on a strong flashlight, and stepped into the cave first, leading the way.

"There are many entrances to the Dark City. It would take a lot of manpower for the Federation to completely guard this place. At first, the Federation was worried about the spread of the game rifts, so the guards were very strict. After a few years, they found that the rifts didn't pose a danger, so the guarding power gradually weakened to save expenses."

"Later, this place was discovered by people with ulterior motives."

"At first, it was some small organizations, some people's private activities, but later it gradually developed into a large scale. Several local small forces joined together to completely occupy this place and set the rules."

"The Federation has completely eliminated the forces in the Dark City several times before, but each time after the extermination, the Dark City can be revived within a few months."

Fang Heng nodded and said, "Related to interests, understandable."

Fana whispered a reminder: "Don't think they're just a few small forces. Players from large forces often come to the Dark City to gather information and trade, so it's still very dangerous inside."

Fana wasn't familiar with the inside of the Dark City. She took out the map she had just bought in the log cabin and moved forward according to it.

The group walked into the cave for about ten minutes, and Fang Heng heard the sound of water flowing ahead.

At some point, a dark fog enveloped the surroundings.

Walking in the fog, in addition to the visible distance, Fang Heng found that his perception ability had also dropped significantly.

It was related to this unknown fog.

Fang Heng thought, and a layer of red light attached to his pupils.

With the addition of the Vampire bloodline's night vision ability, he could see farther.

There was an underground dark lake ahead.

A few scattered boats floated on the lake.

Many people were gathered by the lake, looking this way.

When Fang Heng approached, one of them waved at them, "Hey! Are you going to the Dark City?"

Fana whispered to Fang Heng: "I came here once with my companions when I was on a mission before, and I'm not very familiar with this place. You need to cross the river to reach the inner city of the Dark City. Let's go to the inner city first to find a place to treat Gu Qingzhu, and make plans after she wakes up."

"Okay."

Fang Heng nodded lightly and walked towards the group by the lake with Fana.

This group of people on the shore seemed to be a gang.

"Looking at you, you've run into enemies, haven't you?"

An old man who looked a little short and thin came up immediately.

He saw that Fana and Fang Heng were unfamiliar, and noticed Gu Qingzhu on Fang Heng's back, so he smiled and said, "Coming here, you've found the right place. I guarantee your enemies won't find you. The entrance fee is very cheap, two Arctic Blue Clam shells."

Fana directly threw a small bag full of Arctic Blue Clam shells to the old man.

"We'll be staying here for a few days and need someone to accompany us throughout."

"Glad to serve you two bosses."

The old man opened the bag and took a look, and suddenly smiled with a face full of wrinkles, and called out, "Xiao Qi, they need a guide, you take them over, be smart, and let the bosses know that their money is well spent."

"Okay!"

On the lake, a dark-skinned young man on a speedboat responded, drove the speedboat towards the group on the shore, and waved at them, "Please get on the boat, bosses!"

Fang Heng carried Gu Qingzhu and jumped onto the speedboat together.

Xiao Qi looked young. He smiled honestly, and after Fang Heng and the others sat down, he drove the speedboat along the underground lake towards the front.

"Are you two bosses looking for a doctor? There's only one relatively large clinic in our Dark City, and the others are some smaller personal workshops. To be honest, the level is very average. You two bosses don't seem to be short of money, so it's better to go to a large clinic to be more assured."

"Well, take us to a clinic to settle down after entering the city."

"Okay."

The speedboat gradually went deep along the underground river, and the surrounding black fog became thicker.

Fang Heng's perception was suppressed again.

He tried to reach out his hand forward.

Compared to the outside, the strange black fog was slightly different at this time.

The black fog seemed to be attracted by something and approached the humans.

This caused a faint black mist to surround their bodies.

Once they were far away, everyone seemed to be shrouded in a layer of black fog, making it difficult to see their faces clearly.

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