“Since everything here’s completely useless, how does anyone make a living?” Lu Yin asked.
Ah Da replied, “Ninety nine percent of the trash here is useless, which means that those living here survive by hoping to stumble upon that one percent. It’s not easy to survive in the Neoverse, and worms and bugs have appeared here in Black Street. As long as one has the ability, they can actually thrive here.”
Lu Yin frowned. This was actually where Ming Yan was staying, which Lu Yin was not comfortable with. The hidden master of the Azure Mansion was also the master of Black Street. In other words, if Ming Yan had not been as capable as she was, she would have been tossed aside like the rest of the miserable wretches that lived in this trash heap.
Lu Yin clenched his fists. If not for how useful Bu Laoweng was alive, he really would have smacked him to death.
Strange creatures occasionally wriggled through the garbage piles drifting through space, and there were also all kinds of odd astral beasts that would eat something.
There was a strange ecosystem in this place. Even though humans could not survive off of the waste in this place, creatures would adapt to every kind of habitat imaginable.
There was a bang as a spacecraft exploded off in the distance, instantly killing everyone in it.
Lu Yin and the others watched as a dark shadow left, but they did not move to stop it.
That attack had been an assassination, a perfect one.
Lu Yin was not surprised to see such a thing occur, and Ah Da was also used to such sights. The vessel that had been attacked had also been heading towards Black Street, which meant that it definitely did not have a simple purpose.
Since they were traveling to what was known as the dirtiest place in the Neoverse, such occurrences did not surprise Lu Yin at all.
The holes in the garbage drifting through space formed passageways that led to Black Street, and they formed a natural maze.
A long time later, the spaceship finally arrived at Black Street.
What was known as Black Street was actually a massive mainland that joined up to a pile of garbage on the horizon. It was covered with humans who looked like ants, and these people survived off of the waste in this place.
Surprisingly, Black Street was a very prosperous place, and it was not as gloomy and dark as Lu Yin had expected. The mainland itself was wide enough to fit more than ten planets lined up side-by-side.
There were no procedures required to enter Black Street, as anyone could come.
Lu Yin and his little group docked their ship, and they were almost instantly surrounded by people who wanted to introduce them to various businesses.
“Sir, do you need anyone assassinated? This little one will take you where you need to go. Their assassination rate is 100%! Guaranteed to be perfect and fairly priced as well.”
“Sir, this little one has an offer that comes with a beautiful assassin who will keep you company throughout the entire process. High quality and low price.”
“Sir, come and see this young sister here. We have every type of service you could want. Everything is freely available, even watching authentic matches with guaranteed bloodshed.”
“Sir…”
…
“Get lost!” a deafening shout echoed out from nearby.
Lu Yin looked over to see a group of people quickly approaching them. As they did so, they drove away the crowd of peddlers, and the man in front bowed to Lu Yin in a very respectful manner. “Sir, Boss sent this underling out to pick you up.”
Lu Yin had called Ming Yan before arriving, and these were the people that she had sent out to pick him up.
If not for the rubbish that was ubiquitous in the entire region, Black Street would have just been another ordinary landmass. From the outside, none of the dark and shady dealings could be seen.
However, after unleashing his domain, Lu Yin became incredibly uncomfortable. He was flooded by all kinds of wailing and crying while he saw all kinds of heartbreaking scenes. The overwhelming misery shocked him, and he could not understand how Ming Yan could tolerate staying in such a palace.
There was a scream as a woman was grabbed by her collar and dragged off somewhere.
This was not an uncommon event.
Blood filled the dark corners of Black Street that were only occasionally cleaned, and some areas had even been infested by bugs since no one ever cleaned them.
This was not a place that ordinary people would ever visit.
Fortunately, Lu Yin had put Luo Shen in Zenith Mountain. He let out an emotional sigh.
He was no saint, and he was also incapable of saving the people in this place. Even if he could clean up Black Street, there were simply too many places in the universe like Black Street.
As they continued walking along, the surroundings continuously improved. There were some people hidden in the shadows who stared at Lu Yin and the others with envy and desire.
Once Lu Yin arrived at Ming Yan’s residence, he turned back to observe the path they had taken through Black Street. The two places were essentially two different worlds.
Ming Yan lived in a place with clear running water and green mountains. No garbage could be seen in the sky overhead, nor were there any dark and dirty hidden corners. White clouds drifted above them, and a floral fragrance filled the air. It was like a fairy wonderland that had descended down onto earth.
So there were opposing extremes even in this place.
Everyone in Black Street saw Bu Laoweng as their master, and his control of Black Street alone had given him a special status among the Hall of Honor’s nine overseers.
Black Street processed an untold amount of waste from the entire Neoverse, and it was also one of the guardian nodes. This was what made the place that Bu Laoweng had built up so unique and what had allowed for the rise of the bizarre location that was Black Street.
However, Black Street was actually under the control of a beautiful girl at the moment, and she was snuggling in Lu Yin’s arms.
As he held Ming Yan, Lu Yin felt complete.
He had never spent much time with Ming Yan, except for the one time after they had first been separated for a long time, and the separation had created a strange misunderstanding between them.
“Brother Lu, Yan’er missed you so much!” Ming Yan whispered, her eyes flushed with happiness.
Lu Yin lifted her head. “Tell me about what you’ve been doing. Don’t leave anything out.”
Ming Yan blushed and then sighed.
…
Half a day later, Ming Yu formally asked to meet with Lu Yin.
Lu Yin kept his arms wrapped around Ming Yan, preventing her from leaving, and at the same time, he looked at Ming Yu. “I saw you in the Mountain and Seas Zone.”
Ming Yu was very nervous about speaking with Lu Yin. He was different from Ming Yan, and he exerted an immense pressure on Ming Yu that made it hard for her to breathe. “This little one used Sir Lu Yin’s name as protection. I ask for sir’s judgment now.”
Lu Yin replied, “I appreciate smart people, and you even saved Yan’er. Thus, we can forget about the whole thing.”