When Lin Yu saw that animated corpse holding the gaphone, he began to understand why the "Fairy Queen" could beco the uncrowned ruler of Gray Three Streets.
This was a mystery and terror created by "bizarre thods" beyond the comprehension of everyone here. Using this as a foundation, it was indeed enough to establish an "authority" within this neighborhood that no one would question or challenge.
Furthermore, this "Queen" hadn't done anything particularly outrageous either—she seed to have no intention of breaking the ecology and structure of Gray Three Streets, nor did she want to flaunt her authority.
Even...
"In Gray Three Streets, no one has seen the true face of the 'Fairy Queen' yet. Although many people have been invited by her for 'discussions,' what you usually get to see is just... a letter, a tape recorder, or another fresh corpse in so hotel room or bar booth."
Based on the Butcher's words, Lin Yu could roughly sketch a vague image of that "Fairy Queen"—mysterious, not overly controlling, valuing her own privacy, and also a bit...
Mischievously playful.
Following that corpse, which walked with no apparent difference from a living person, Lin Yu twisted and turned, trailing him through the winding paths of Gray Three Streets.
Although Lin Yu was quite patient, he didn't waste this ti either.
"Old Zheng, regarding that 'Fairy Queen,' what personality traits can you analyze about her?"
Professional questions should be handed to professionals. No matter how much Lin Yu analyzed himself, it would only be based on intuition.
Old Zheng, after all, possessed professionally learned skills and extensive clinical diagnostic experience. When it ca to judging a person's psychological state and underlying personality from their behavior, Lin Yu naturally wanted to hear Old Zheng's opinion.
Hearing Lin Yu's question, Old Zheng imdiately switched into work mode and began his analysis.
"Everything so far is hearsay. Considering the complex situation in Sleepless City, it's hard for to draw a definitive conclusion... After all, this 'Fairy Queen' hiding her identity could be an absolute necessity because being discovered would an getting killed outright, or it could simply be that she lacks a sense of security or prefers to stay behind the scenes. Those 'regular garbage disposal' rules could be because she has OCD, or they could be a smokescreen."
"However, setting aside these confounding factors, there is at least one point I can be sure of..."
As Old Zheng reached this point, Lin Yu asked curiously.
"What point?"
"Nas, or rather titles, like 'player code nas'—especially those players choose for themselves—often best reflect a player's personality," Old Zheng analyzed. "And the na 'Fairy Queen' was chosen by herself. Combined with her actions, it also shows to so extent that this person... is sowhat confident and arrogant, leaning towards being self-centered and firmly believing she is an excellent leader. At the sa ti, the prefix 'Fairy' also indicates she might be a bit chuunibyou, inherently yearning for that kind of mysterious and elusive feeling—after all, she herself is deliberately creating this atmosphere."
Lin Yu nodded, acknowledging Old Zheng's analysis.
He also vaguely had this feeling, but after Old Zheng summarized it, the feeling beca more accurate and clear.
"I see..."
At that mont, the "corpse thug" leading the way suddenly stopped right in the middle of the main road.
Lin Yu also stopped, sowhat surprised.
"Why stop suddenly? Did the navigation malfunction?"
After all, this "guide" was now standing in the middle of the road, with no buildings to the left or right. In Lin Yu's view, this definitely wasn't the destination.
But...
This ti, Lin Yu guessed wrong.
He saw the corpse bend down and lift a manhole cover right in the middle of the road.
Watching this scene, Lin Yu was stunned.
"What?"
Then, the corpse raised the gaphone in its hand.
"Please follow ! Please follow !"
After repeating it twice, it jumped into the manhole.
Looking at this scene, Lin Yu was dumbfounded for a mont, then gritted his teeth and jumped in after it.
Having co this far, it really wouldn't be appropriate not to go down.
Entering the shaft, Lin Yu didn't sll the foul stench he had imagined.
On the contrary, the shaft walls were very dry. Inside the pipeline, there were only long, cast tubes extending in both directions, with no end in sight.
"This is a utility tunnel," Lin Yu tapped on those cast tubes. "Probably transporting... sothing like gas?"
Lin Yu wasn't very sure, as Sleepless City probably didn't have gas.
He guessed it was sothing similar to gas based on the nearly worn-out warning icons on the pipes showing "Explosive" and "No Open Flas."
At the sa ti, the pipes bore the logos of Truth Corporation, Divine Power Group, and Universal General Chamber of Comrce—these pipes were even jointly built by the three major corporations.
Blowing this thing up would likely cause a major accident no less significant than the destruction of the "Despair Train."
Lin Yu pondered this as he followed the corpse forward.
As he and his corpse guide went deeper, the light inside the pipeline grew dimr and dimr.
After walking for about ten minutes.
The corpse suddenly made an "ugh-ah" sound—not from the gaphone, but from the corpse itself.
Then, the corpse suddenly collapsed onto the ground, completely motionless.
"Hey, why did he suddenly die?"
Old Zheng exclaid in surprise.
"He's been dead for a while. Now, it should be called resting in peace."
Lin Yu calmly corrected Old Zheng.
And he also knew why the corpse suddenly fell.
Because... this guy's mission as a "guide" was complete.
An opening suddenly appeared on the pipeline wall ahead. From the crossed hamr and screwdriver blue icon on the wall, it should be a dedicated maintenance point or a tool storage space.
Lin Yu slowly walked over and saw a small, square space.
There, a small desk and a warm yellow desk lamp were placed.
And surrounding the desk, pressed against the pipeline walls...
were dozens of corpses arranged neatly, stacked against the wall like crates of wine stored in a cellar.
And behind the desk, encircled by those corpses, on a chair with a backrest, the body of a beautiful young girl, her neck bent at an unnatural angle, was leaning back—she was like the most precious hidden edition among this collection of corpses, mostly consisting of thugs, gang mbers, and rcenaries.
Her beautiful, silky black hair shone with luster, and her skin was as warm and smooth as jade.
Her eyes were open, but bizarrely, both eyeballs were pure black, without a trace of white.
The young girl held another gaphone in her arms.
"Hello, Furbollo. Welco. Please, have a seat."
A crackling, staticky electric sound rang out.
Lin Yu sat down opposite the desk, offering a polite smile in return.
"Hello, respected... Her Majesty the Fairy Queen."
He placed Old Zheng on his knee, feeling an unprecedented sense of pressure.
The scene before him made Lin Yu realize...
he might have underestimated this "Fairy Queen."
She was very likely a terrifying existence not much inferior to the Sleepless Night Family Head!
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