Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

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It got much more interesting when Sha Jiang arrived. Liu Zheng encouraged the fisherman to get a deck of cards, and the three of them started playing Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).

Of course, in the metropolis, this practice has a different name: death delivery.

He only found out after asking that the Bloody Restaurant was a kind of urban legend in the Metropolis.

Many parents threaten their children by saying, "If you don't do your homework properly, the delivery guy from the Bloody Restaurant will come and take you away."

In the "death delivery" scenario, the landlords are the deliverymen, while the farmers are the security guards and homeowners.

How should I put it? It perfectly fits the style of a metropolis.

After Liu Zheng served as a deliveryman for more than a dozen meals, leaving the fisherman and the butcher in a daze, the Nile River doctor on the plane finally reacted.

"vomit!"

Without even opening his eyes, he lay on the plane and started vomiting into the river.

The fisherman, as if granted a pardon, threw away his cards and walked towards the airplane.

"Hey, this hand of cards isn't finished yet."

Liu Zheng said with dissatisfaction.

He was holding a pair of royal flushes and three 2s in his hand, and was planning to have the fisherman lick the sewer wall a few more times.

"Business is important, how can you not distinguish between what's important and what's not?"

The fisherman said this with conviction.

"Indeed, brother, gambling is bad. You should gamble less in the future."

Kill Sauce quickly agreed.

He licked the sewer wall dozens of times. Although he was strong enough not to have any adverse reactions, the smell was still disgusting.

"Tch, two deadbeats."

Liu Zheng rolled his eyes.

The fisherman swung his arm and pulled the Nile doctor ashore.

"Here, have some water to rinse your mouth."

Liu Zheng handed over a bottle of water.

Come to think of it, this water was brought back from Atlantis by him; it could be considered a local specialty.

The Nile doctor took the water, drank two mouthfuls, and then vomited it all up.

As expected of a mummy, even its vomit is different from that of ordinary people.

The vomit of an average person consists of semi-digested food, which is half-dry and half-loose, and also contains some saliva and gastric juice.

The Nile doctor's vomit was dry and hardened, and the original shape and texture of the food were still recognizable.

He vomited for a full three minutes before finally stopping, collapsing to the ground with lifeless eyes.

"Is it really that bad? I didn't feel this nauseous when I helped it poop last time."

Liu Zheng said with disdain.

This guy is supposed to be a doctor, yet he has no tolerance for this.

To be honest, the Nile doctor's treatment methods are just as disgusting as the sewers, aren't they?

"If you're so good, then you do it."

"I've recovered," the Nile doctor said irritably.

Last time, Liu Zheng was only assisting with treatment, but this time he's performing a proper surgery, which is a completely different level of difficulty.

If it weren't for his superb medical skills and the decent cheat code Silver Finger drew, he would have been crushed to death in the sewer by hemorrhoids.

"You two stop arguing and run!"

The fisherman interjected.

"What happened? Did the surgery fail?"

"No, the surgery was very successful."

The fisherman shook his head.

"Then why do we need to run?"

Liu Zheng asked, puzzled.

"Nonsense, no anesthesia was used. The sewer was holding on just now. Now that the surgery is over, it can't hold on anymore."

What will happen if you can't hold on?

he asked.

"How's it going? Look over there."

The fisherman pointed to the end of the sewer.

A thick, blood-red fog was spreading toward them, while the howling wind came from afar, sounding like the wailing of ghosts and wolves.

“If you don’t leave now, you’ll become part of them.”

"That's what the fisherman said."

"Goodbye."

Liu Zheng took out his human bone cane and ran into the sewer passage first.

However, the Nile doctor sprouted two metal wings from the back of his armor and quickly caught up with him.

"Depend on!"

Liu Zheng couldn't help but curse.

These guys are all so lazy; they said they'd run away, but they ended up flying.

"Stop leaning on it, let's go."

The Nile Doctor flew over his head, and two eagle claws sprouted from his feet, grabbing his shoulders and carrying him toward the wellhead.

"Don't stop after you get out, stay even further away."

The fisherman's voice came, but was then drowned out by the howling wind.

The two heeded his advice and continued running after exiting the sewer, stopping only when they reached the edge of the plane trees.

Just as he caught his breath, a column of blood burst open the well cover, shooting into the sky and turning into a rain of blood.

The roadside tree closest to the manhole cover was splashed and immediately turned into a pool of pus and blood.

"Tsk, this blood must be full of strong acid."

Liu Zheng exclaimed in admiration.

"Luckily, I knew you wouldn't come down there in good times, so I put away the tree roots beforehand."

The plane tree also spoke with lingering fear.

Otherwise, he'd be lucky to escape with his life, or at least suffer a severe injury.

"It was all an accident, nothing more."

"Are the fisherman and Mr. Killer Sauce alright?"

"The Nile doctor asked."

"He's an old hand at the sewers, he should be fine. Brother Sha has a dragon robe and burial clothes, he definitely won't die either."

Liu Zheng replied.

"That's good. If there's nothing else, I'll head back to the clinic now. Let me know if there's any further news."

"That's what the Nile doctor said."

Although the Sphinx promised to protect the clinic, it certainly wouldn't be as dedicated as he would be to protecting it himself.

"Okay, then I'll go with you."

Liu Zheng nodded.

"No need, you can go do whatever you need to do."

The Nile doctor flatly refused.

"Hey, is this how you treat a used tool and then discarded? Are you afraid I'll drink a few more cups of your tea?"

He said with dissatisfaction.

"Heh, I wonder who was it that just kissed my daughter after eating their fill of shit."

"But I haven't eaten yet, have I?"

Liu Zheng said confidently.

"You're not allowed to kiss even if you haven't eaten!"

The Nile doctor made a mummy-like insulting gesture at him, then flew away.

"Hahaha, you idiot human, you're still hated by both humans and dogs."

The plane tree said gleefully.

"What do you know? This is called saying one thing but meaning another. Don't be fooled by their loud words; they have a lot of respect for me deep down."

Liu Zheng defended himself.

"Pah. The sanitation department will be here soon. If you don't want to get caught and fined, you'd better get lost."

"It's a plane tree," said the French plane tree.

"It wasn't me who did it, so what am I afraid of?"

He started running as he spoke.

The sanitation department certainly doesn't have the guts to collect fines from sewer workers, but it not only does it have the guts to collect fines from them, it has a great deal of guts.

Liu Zheng didn't stop until he had run two blocks.

Now he faces a new problem: where to go next?

After thinking about it, he decided to go find Wang Manni first.

The Ama and the Vampire Girl should be at work right now, and Liu Zheng didn't want to get electrocuted by the Red Witch again.

Upon arriving at the West River Center, he first went to the Unlucky Coffee shop.

Looking at the still-dripping deer head, Liu Zheng recalled the headless deer carcass he had seen in Si Xue's office last time.

Oh right, Si Xue also made him exchange that deer carcass and the sewer for a brain.

If the sewer system isn't needed, then can he...?

With that in mind, Liu Zheng walked into the Unlucky Coffee shop.

"welcome."

The shop assistant immediately floated over.

How much are you bringing today?