At this moment, the shocked Qi Leren completely expressed his feelings on his face. This surprise and astonishment sent a wrong signal—Ning Zhou's hand trembled and let go suddenly.
"Wait!" Qi Leren realized that he had made a mistake, and quickly took Ning Zhou's hand again, "I'm just a little surprised, I'm not unwilling, I, I'm very happy."
This joy is sincere, although Qi Le felt that the progress was too fast, but unexpectedly, he didn't want to refuse, but thought it was quite good. They have gone through too much separation and torture, and those who love each other should be together. Besides, he had already received Ning Zhou's ring—one in front of the tombstone on Undead Island, and the other on his left hand when he woke up from the tree tomb. He may wish to give this kindness back to Ning Zhou—in the unreceived letter he wrote to Ning Zhou.
"Really?" Ning Zhou asked.
Qi Leren nodded vigorously: "Really, really!"
Ning Zhou smiled slightly, and the gloom in his heart instantly dissipated, and the uncontrollable thought of destroying everything quietly sank to the bottom of the water again.
Qi Leren was still looking at him, with a little uneasiness in his brown eyes, but without the slightest bit of reluctance, which convinced Ning Zhou that he was really willing.
The people he loves are returning him with the same strong and lasting emotions, even if God will not bless them, they are still inseparable.
This recognition gave him peace of mind, and his world was finally no longer a withered dead silence. The warm sunlight illuminated this barren land and allowed him to be reborn.
So he took his hand again and walked forward firmly.
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The underground casino mentioned by the contact Celia is located in the remote part of the lower part of the underground Ant City. The rail car does not directly connect to the lower part of the city. Qi Leren and Ning Zhou had to get off the car outside the lower part of the city and enter on foot.
The chaos of the underground ant city became more and more prominent in the lower city. In the boundary of the upper city, there was at least a basic order. There were few violent conflicts on the street. But when the two entered the lower city, the world as far as they could see was almost A piece of hell: dirty and old streets, ragged pedestrians, and those numb or malicious eyes... In the dark corners of the streets, the people of Qi Le even saw several corpses, and they appeared majestically This kind of public place, as if they are an integral part of this place.
There was a faint smell of blood in the air, Qi Leren's five senses were enhanced after breaking his shell, and the result of his keen sense of smell was that he was more likely to smell these unpleasant smells than before.
Following the clues given by Celia, the two dressed in disguise came all the way to this underground casino. The thin doorman standing by the door took a peek at the two masked strangers. Standing straight, out of place in this downtown area, the slightly shorter one, wearing an exaggerated sexy leather jacket, glanced at him and tipped him with a copper coin.
The doorman hurriedly opened the door, and with the opening of the door, the bloody and absurd world behind the door opened up.
It is like a greedy beast, driven by desire, constantly devouring life.
Whether it is a human being or a demon, once they fall into its trap and are confused by it, they will lose their minds, bet everything on themselves, and become a desperado.
The world behind the door is a crimson hell. The strong smell of blood makes the breath of those who have just set foot here stagnate. The ground of this dark underground casino is actually soaked in a layer of blood! As soon as he stepped down, the sticky blood splashed on the shoes, and even slowly seeped into the shoes. The sticky and disgusting feeling made the hair stand on end.
Crazy shouts echoed in this dark underground world, whether they were humans or demons, they stared excitedly at the chips on the gaming table, crazy for winning or losing.
In the corner of the casino, there was a gambler who was being executed. He was stripped naked and hung upside down on the roof. Several low-level demons laughed and urged him to place a bet: "There is one less." Leg', is it the left leg this time, or the right leg!"
The gambler who fainted from the severe pain of being castrated was poured into a bowl of painkilling medicine, and woke up with tears streaming down his face, screaming and moaning.
A little hellhound crouched in a pool of blood, licking its own lips, excitedly looking at the blood bubbling from between the legs of the castrated gambler. Fresh blood is the ultimate delicious wine for demons.
"I bet on the left leg! Left leg! Bet big! This bet will definitely win!" The gambler, whose sanity was awakened by the pungent devil's blood, widened his congested eyeballs and shouted hoarsely.
The dice on the gaming table were flipped, and the gambler's fanatical expression instantly froze on his face.
The demons laughed grinningly, the bone cutter cut off one of his legs, and the gamblers screamed hysterically, but only got casual glances from the gamblers, who laughed and laughed at this unlucky man who had lost everything , I didn't feel that every time I bet, I was getting closer to him.
Ning Zhou frowned, the absurdity and depravity here made him feel uncomfortable. While it wasn't his first visit to demon territory, nor was it the worst he'd seen, but...
Ning Zhou looked at Qi Leren beside him, his face was hidden behind half of a mask, revealing his tight mouth, judging from his body language, his mood at the moment was equally heavy and tense.
But when a female dealer in revealing clothes came towards them, Qi Leren's demeanor changed immediately.
In an instant, Qi Leren turned half sideways, took his arm as if swearing sovereignty, raised his head with a half-smile and whispered in his ear: "You keep silent, and leave the inquiry to me."
The roots of Ning Zhou's ears suddenly turned red, and he couldn't help but rejoice that the light here was dim enough, but Qi Leren, who had already broken his shell, completely saw his red ear tips in his eyes, and exclaimed in his heart that he was cute.
The croupier was already standing in front of the two of them. She should have stood closer, but the two homosexuals probably wouldn't welcome her approach, so she asked politely, "Is this the first time for you two?"
"Why, aren't you welcome?" Qi Leren's voice changed. Although it was still a male voice, it was more shrill and feminine than ordinary males, and the deliberately protracted tone was full of ambiguous dissatisfaction.
"How could it be?" The croupier quickly apologized, "What do you two want to play?"
Qi Leren casually pointed to the table with the most people: "Let's start playing from there."
The croupier led the two forward with light steps, his slender high-heeled shoes stepped on the sticky and smelly blood all over the ground.
The gambler who was executed in the corner had already lost his legs, he was let down, howled and crawled in the pool of blood, the little hellhound opened his mouth to bite his wound, and the lowly demons were holding wine glasses While talking and laughing, he coaxed him to put his hand on it.
"It doesn't matter whether I bet big or small, you bet double the chips on my opponent." Qi Leren whispered to Ning Zhou.
Ning Zhou behind the mask looked puzzled.
"Trust me, this is the only way to get rich." Qi Leren showed a wry smile.
"..."
The croupier held the exchanged chips and enthusiastically helped them place them. In her eyes, these two people were really weird. Not because of the mask, but because of...
"Small." The man wearing a half-mask randomly flipped a few chips, and casually dropped them into the small betting area.
The croupier silently turned his attention to another person, and sure enough, that person bet double the chips in another area.
The gamblers around were placing bets indiscriminately, and no one noticed this slightly weird scene.
The dice were turned and the result spoke for itself.
The chips in front of the man wearing a half-mask decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the chips in front of his partner kept increasing. After several rounds, he finally felt bored, and pointed to the chips in front of the two of them to signal the croupier to put them away. , holding the man's arm, biting his ear and giggling.
As if aware of the croupier's gaze, he turned his face slightly, his eyes hidden behind the mask swept across her body coldly, but there was a charming smile on the corner of his mouth: "I don't like you looking at me with such eyes Man, next time you see it like that, I'll dig them out."
"I'm sorry." The croupier immediately lowered his head, focused on his blood-soaked upper, and never dared to look at the two of them again.
"Good boy, this is a reward for you to learn to be polite." The man stuffed a chip into her bra, and giggled maliciously, "Come closer, your makeup is really thick, remind you In a word, your facial features are really not suitable for this kind of heavy makeup."
After speaking, he returned to the man and whispered a few words to him.
The croupier lowered her head, the strong aura from the two men made her shiver.
"By the way, I asked you to inquire about someone." The man wearing a half mask lazily said a name.
That person is a frequent visitor to this underground casino, and he was the last person who saw the illusionist. He claimed to have seen a illusionist dressed as a woman in this underground casino. After that, neither the illusionist nor this person disappeared. The verified informants are all missing.
It is risky to ask directly, and Qi Le people did not expect to get the answer he wanted from an ordinary croupier, he just wanted to test how deep the water here is.
"I have the impression...but I wasn't the one who received him in the past, may I ask for you?" the croupier asked carefully.
"OK."
So the two sat down in front of the coffee table in the secluded part of the underground casino. Finally, there was no overwhelming bloody smell here. Qi Leren and Ning Zhou insisted on being squeezed into the same sofa - he had a very honest reason to squeeze like this It is convenient to communicate at any time.
The female croupier who left just now came with a tall male croupier, he seemed to be of a higher rank, with a reserved and arrogant expression on his face: "Hello, I heard you are looking for someone? "
"Look for a friend." Qi Leren said flatly.
"He hasn't come here for a few days, maybe he put his leg in the tavern and couldn't get out." The croupier seemed to be familiar with the missing witnesses, but his tone was full of coldness and indifference unique to this place.
"Which tavern?" Qi Le asked subconsciously.
The male dealer's expression changed slightly, and he asked suspiciously: "Aren't you his friend?"
Oops, I answered the wrong word just now, Qi Leren's cold sweat flowed down, and even Ning Zhou's hand tightly holding him.
The tense Qi Leren's brain was running fast, and he switched from the state of casual coping to the state of first-level alert in an instant. He had to round up the words, at least explain why he, as that person's "friend", knew that he loved him. He came to an underground casino, but he didn't know his favorite tavern.
"Friend?" Qi Leren's smile became even more fake, and the thick sarcasm and the disgust under the sarcasm were completely written in his smile, "A 'friend' who doesn't pay back the debt?"
The male dealer suddenly realized that he was the creditor.
This is not surprising, in this place full of gamblers, the debts of this group of people add up to an extremely terrifying figure, enough for them to sell everything they have, whether it is their wives, children, or their own bodies.
"I heard that he often comes here. It's a pity. If he can use his gambling time here to sell his ass, he won't owe so much." Qi Leren dragged his ambiguous voice and looked at the distant man. The gambler who has become a human being, his smile is even colder, "Or, idiots prefer to cut off limbs here, but don't want to work hard to pay off their debts?"
The two croupiers also looked at the pig. He had already lost his legs and hands, leaving only a bald head hanging around his neck, dying slowly in a pool of blood. And the demons around him were cutting his tongue and belly, picking the best part to serve as a meal for the blood brew.
Light footsteps came from behind, which belonged to women.
Qi Leren didn't look back, but Ning Zhou glanced back, she was an ugly woman.
The two croupiers stood up from their chairs together and said respectfully, "Manager."
The female manager took a few steps forward, and looked at Qi Leren as if confirming. From his half mask, he saw his slightly revealing leather jacket, and then saw his pair of leather boots covered with silver ornaments. .
"Mr. Hong?" A flamboyant smile broke out on her face, "Is it really you? It's been a long time since I heard from you."
Qi Leren was startled, red? How could this false identity fabricated for the undercover killing secret society have acquaintances in the underground ant city? He had never seen this woman before.
"Madame is waiting for you, please be sure to honor me."