Chapter 839: City Shadows

839. City Shadows

After that, Lin Ye completed several more commissions that were relatively simple for him. With Scarlatti guiding the way, he could easily locate the commission sites.

Except for the current one.

"Where is the next commission?"

Scarlatti lay at the very peak of Paradise, basking in the warm white light whose source was invisible from above.

"Let's stay here for a while. I really like the atmosphere here."

Lin Ye lay down beside Scarlatti. He didn't know what this place was either, but the system had translated it as Paradise.

The commission required climbing to the very top of Paradise, with a reward of 0 Trade points.

The only reason Lin Ye accepted this commission was pure curiosity.

Even Scarlatti hadn't known that Miracle City had a place called Paradise. In the end, it was Lin Ye who found the location using the map attached to the commission information.

The process of finding the entrance had been extremely convoluted. They had to pass through multiple buildings in a specific order, and finally discovered a hidden door leading to Paradise deep within the sewer system.

"In truth, the areas we tourists can access are only the Surface Layer of Miracle City. There are probably many secret areas like Paradise that we haven't seen."

Scarlatti wore a lazy expression. When she was outside, she was like an exquisite flower, flawless no matter from which angle you looked.

"After all, this is Miracle City. Naturally, anything that could be called a miracle can be found everywhere."

Lin Ye felt the warmth seeping into the deepest parts of his body and spirit. Staying here was truly comfortable, but he had to leave.

When Lin Ye climbed to his feet, Paradise reluctantly tried to hold them back, unwilling to let them go.

But Lin Ye still pushed open the door at the top of Paradise and pulled Scarlatti out of that pure white space.

"That was close. If we had stayed any longer, I might have really not wanted to leave."

Even though she said that, Scarlatti hadn't actually sensed any danger. She had only felt comfort and beauty inside Paradise.

If only she could stay there forever...

"Is that so? I actually got a bit tired of it. Without pain, happiness is meaningless."

That was why Lin Ye could bring Scarlatti out of there.

"You're right. But your Black Card buddy has come to play with you again. Is that pain or pleasure for you?"

Scarlatti turned to look at the end of the road, where a woman wearing a black top hat stood.

During the process of completing commissions, Lin Ye would occasionally encounter these "Black Card buddies," and in the end, all of them became part of the Black Card.

"I don't like this kind of behavior where they throw money at me, but it's not exactly painful either. It just makes me feel bored."

Lin Ye took out his Black Card. The other party didn't approach but instead took a step back.

That was different from the other "Black Card buddies."

"She doesn't seem to be planning to come over. Should we go grab her?"

Scarlatti wore an eager expression.

"No need. Let's head to the next commission location. This should be the last one."

Lin Ye stated the commission location, a place known as City Shadows.

"You want to go there? Then I probably know who the client is."

Scarlatti opened a door. On the other side of the door, only blurry shadows could be seen, with no way to tell what was actually there.

"City Shadows is an area not subject to information supervision. Do you want to go over?"

Scarlatti occasionally went there to discuss troublesome business deals.

"Of course."

Lin Ye walked straight through the door and entered the shadow region.

Slap slap slap...

A dozen or so figures shrouded in shadows surrounded Lin Ye in the middle, and enthusiastic applause rang out from all around.

"I can't believe you actually dared to come. You truly deserve to be the Trump Card chosen by the system."

A man not covered by shadows stepped out from the crowd. He wore a white smiling face mask, and his burly physique clashed terribly with the ridiculous mask.

"I'm not actually that brave. But you, my friend, you are truly the brave one. With just you worthless scum daring to show your faces in front of me?"

Lin Ye was about to wipe out these sneaky idiots when he realized this area was still within Miracle City's restriction zone.

He had thought these people were going to gang up on him.

"We wouldn't dare lay a hand on you. With your strength, taking care of us would probably take only a time so short we couldn't even react. But in Miracle City, we have another way to solve problems."

The man pulled out a Black Card, and all the surrounding shadows also pulled out Black Cards.

"Throw away that Black Card now! They're going to team up against you!"

Scarlatti, who had followed him over, hastily warned.

She didn't want Lin Ye to be done in by the Black Card she had given him.

"No matter how many pieces of trash you gather together, they're still trash. It means nothing."

Lin Ye took out his Black Card and let it generate Black Threads with the Black Cards around him.

This time, before they could pull out anything of value, the markers on the Black Threads began to move. This was the Black Card's hidden setting: if multiple Black Cards targeted a single Black Card, the Black Card would directly enter death duel mode.

That is, directly comparing all the value of both sides, including the card holders themselves.

"How could this happen!"

"How could his value be higher than all of us combined!"

"Damn it, the value gap is too large, we can't interrupt it!"

"Stop! This isn't what we agreed on!"

...

All the markers on the Black Threads attached themselves to the shadows' Black Cards.

Except for the man wearing the smiling face mask.

Because his Black Card never generated Black Threads with Lin Ye's Black Card at all.

"You greedy idiots! That one is the Trump Card chosen by the system! With just you worthless scum daring to try and pick a fight with him?!"

The man let out a somewhat manic laugh, mocking the shadows he had dragged over.

Before the shadows could even voice their accusations, they melted like liquid into the Black Cards, and in the end, all the Black Cards merged into Lin Ye's Black Card.

"I knew these greedy fools wouldn't come to a good end."

Lin Ye grabbed his Black Card and turned to speak to Scarlatti.

"...You still have the mood to chat with me?"

Scarlatti stared at the Black Card in Lin Ye's hand. That man had deliberately let Lin Ye absorb those Black Cards, so there had to be a huge problem with this.

"Then what else can I do? This place is under Miracle City's control, so I can't turn him into minced meat."

Lin Ye said with some irritation.

Judging by the man's behavior, the Trade points inside the Black Card probably couldn't be recovered.

"Even in a situation like this, I didn't expect you to stay so calm."

The man looked at Lin Ye and casually tossed away the Black Card in his hand.

His Black Card was a fake with no contents. He wouldn't dare carry a real Black Card on him right now.

"Situation like this? Why do you idiots always like to give victory speeches before actually winning? Can you hurry up and make your move so I can turn you into minced meat?"

Lin Ye glanced at the numbers on the Black Card again. He was genuinely starting to get angry now.