Xu Xiaoyou lifted her face, letting the droplets of water fall and cool her down gradually.

She tried to use an abstract concept to understand the essence of Five Alley.

If Five Alley were a monstrous entity,

then every night at 8:15 p.m. would be its hunting time.

Hunting is for feeding, and feeding is for growth.

It opens its gaping maw, swallowing the entire area to digest.

Because its stomach walls are crimson red, that's why the Five Alley's sky appears like that.

The red tide flowing in Five Alley is its gastric juice, from which the Dissector born are the decomposition workers aiding in the digestion of food.

Only when all the food in the stomach is fully digested does the midnight snack time of Five Alley come to an end.

As for the two walls for entering and leaving Five Alley, they correspond to the monster's open mouth, and...

Every month, the monster must expel the digested food remnants.

At this thought, Xu Xiaoyou's face darkened.

8:15 to 8:30, if every minute outside equals half a month of time inside Five Alley, it means last night's midnight snack time lasted a whole 225 days.

A deep sense of powerlessness surged within her.

That is to say, besides herself and Anya, there were probably no other survivors last night.

After showering, Xu Xiaoyou changed into short sleeves and loose shorts, without even drying her hair, slipped into slippers, and sat on the sofa, turning on the TV.

As expected, just as she anticipated.

The affair of Five Alley exploded onto the hot search, stirring widespread panic in the entire Nest City.

Various conspiracy theories and chaos-inducing statements flooded the place.

Not only was it trending in Corrupt Nest City, but even other nest cities within the sphere of influence of Cosmic Heavy Industries were aware of the matter.

In the 'Star of Art', 'Chichu Heaven' caused quite a stir as well, where the masses also accused the Corrupt Nest City government of inaction.

Because such disaster-level nest city tales can often grow to influence several, even dozens of nest cities!

No one knows if the disaster in the neighboring nest city will suddenly overflow one day, appearing right beside their bed.

All major news channels scrambled to broadcast what happened last night.

A disaster-level tale event causing nearly ten thousand deaths!

In one night, an entire city was emptied.

The mere thought of it chills the spine.

The bustling city district from last night now remains in desolation, appearing dreary under the dawn, like a forbidden zone void of people.

Before the public outcry from major forces could arrive, the mayor took the initiative to resign at dawn, announcing his step down.

In the news, the mayor, who was so glamorous a few days ago, had turned gray overnight, facing countless microphones and flashes, sighing repeatedly, shaking his head again and again, as if aged by decades.

It's likely that this mayor had already prepared himself for being held accountable by the Cleaner association and internally by Cosmic Heavy Industries before stepping down.

It has been decades since Cosmic Heavy Industries experienced such a heinous event.

As Xu Xiaoyou was watching the news, peeling an apple, there came a knock on the door.

Xu Xiaoyou got up and opened the door, seeing the figure of Bai Youyou.

The girl had again donned that pure white Investigator uniform, and upon meeting, she spoke:

"You, the incident in Five Alley last night, you know about it, right?"

Not only do I know, but I also personally experienced it.

Xu Xiaoyou thought.

But on the surface, she pretended as if she had just found out, nodding with a heavy expression.

"This growth rate..."

"Don't go out these next few nights, stay close to me." Bai Youyou said. "I will keep you safe."

Xu Xiaoyou was a bit stunned, seeing her no reaction, the girl reached out and held her hand, her gaze earnest:

"The current behavior of Five Alley is very dangerous and extremely unstable, no one can predict what form it will take the next time it appears."

"The association has categorized Five Alley as a disaster-level nest city tale, and soon they will dispatch Prism Tier Cleaners to deal with it."

"Prism Tier?" Xu Xiaoyou was puzzled.

Every Cleaner above the Fifth Tier possesses the ability to refract the light of the world, and every move can influence the world's structure.

When the personal capability of a Fifth Tier Cleaner is sufficient to independently destroy a Nest City, they are recognized by the association as a Prism Tier Cleaner and given a unique code name.

Such a caliber of individual, being deployed by the association to this place,

is like using a cannon to swat a mosquito.

"The association has suffered considerable losses in the past due to not taking such disaster-level tales seriously early on, resulting in pitfalls later."

"These nights are very dangerous, no one knows how many areas Five Alley will cover next time it appears."

"But rest assured You, as long as you are by my side, even if a tale of this level appears, it won't harm you."

"Just don't know when Lady 'Que Ling' will arrive."

"Perhaps I could handle this tale myself?"

The girl muttered to herself.

Listening to Bai Youyou's words, Xu Xiaoyou nodded.

The lady referred to as Que Ling should be the Prism Tier Cleaner sent by the association to handle this matter.

Seeing the girl chatter incessantly, Xu Xiaoyou slightly smiled, plugging an apple into the girl's mouth, stopping her from expressing further worries:

"Alright now, calm down Youyou, I'll be fine."

"If I really encounter it, I'll run."

"This time is different, it's not as simple as you think!" Bai Youyou raised her voice.

It was Xu Xiaoyou's first time seeing anger on the girl's face.

While facing her.

"Sorry You, I'm just a bit upset." Bai Youyou, seeing Xu Xiaoyou stunned, waved her hand with a hint of apology: "Every time we talk about things like this, you are like this."

"Anyway, don't wander around these few days, I'll keep an eye on you!"

Xu Xiaoyou helplessly spread her hands, watching the girl walk away.

Finally, she let out a long sigh.

Actually, Bai Youyou's character is quite nice, not many have genuinely cared for her since coming to this world.

Keeping this secret within her heart, and being able to continue being friends with the girl, doesn't sound too bad.

After resting her mind with her eyes closed for a moment, Xu Xiaoyou got up and walked over to the window.

Her fingertips tapping on her reflection in the window, a card appeared in her hand.

It was the Substitute card.

The Substitute's durability was only 1% now.

Looking at the position of the Substitute displayed on the card; the conspicuous red dot on the city's 3D model map, Xu Xiaoyou smiled slightly.

Last night she left the Substitute in Five Alley, by now it should have been packed up by the Dissector and taken back to the nest.

By confirming the location of the nest, she could think of a way to resolve the crisis of Five Alley before Que Ling arrives.

Thinking this, she made a phone call.

"Who?"

A weak, low voice came through the phone.

Xu Xiaoyou could even imagine a bedraggled figure, limping and groaning on a hospital bed.

"It's me."

Upon hearing her voice, the person on the other end remained silent, after a long while, they gritted their teeth:

"Why are you contacting me now?"

"Director Wilson, how is your health?"

Xu Xiaoyou's finger drew a big-headed wolf with an X-X expression on the foggy window.

"Get to the point."

Wilson's tone was unfriendly, the other party had gone tough yesterday, and he probably wouldn't be leaving that hospital bed for the next half month.

"Nothing really, just showing some concern, a subordinate caring for their superior, makes sense."

"You little..."

Noticing his own loss of composure, Wilson took a deep breath to calm himself.

Xu Xiaoyou chuckled softly, then got to the point: "You're aware of the Five Alley incident, right?"

"Yes." The Werewolf said in a deep voice.

"It's tricky, it's a disaster-level nest city tale, and I'm just an ordinary company employee, maybe I should just forget it?"

The Werewolf sneered: "Whether you can or cannot, you'll have to deal with it."

Xu Xiaoyou clicked her tongue.

"I haven't been idle these days, I have a pile of criminal evidence against you, records of taking bribes from company employees, enough to sentence you for a century."

Wilson dismissed it with disdain: "So what."

"Might as well die together, and be cellmates, I heard Jingshui Prison has a pretty nice environment, the whole place is like one big prison, and the people inside speak so nicely."

"Wilson!" Xu Xiaoyou cursed lowly. "Are you nuts?"

"No one can threaten me, only I can threaten others." Wilson enunciated: "If I don't retrieve this money, it's going to blow!"

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