LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 27: “Registering Neo”
In panic, Neo blurted out something he knew from various novels and manhwas.
But to his surprise, John immediately denied Neo's guess.
[No, no, this area is not a safe zone. This is just a common human settlement for ordinary people.]
John shook his head as he continued to walk towards a nearby bus stop.
[The safe zone is only for awakened people and a few important figures among ordinary people.]
The safe zone came from a dungeon that had been closed permanently, and its size depended on the size of the dungeon itself.
In this safe zone, there would be no new dungeons appearing out of thin air.
[We hunters live in the safe zone's Hunter Residence. We can also sell our spoils or buy stuff from the Hunter Market or Hunter Shopping Street.]
Special factories to produce weapons and props, research labs, huge malls, big companies' headquarters, bureau officials, guild headquarters— they were all built in safe zones.
Some safe zones were big enough to fit a shopping mall, while other safe zones were only enough to fit a small Hunter Market.
Still, compared to the size of this entire city or even the whole District 9, the number of safe zones was just a drop in the bucket.
As John continued to lead the topic, Charlie visibly became nervous and quickly interrupted the "old man" who kept hogging Neo's attention.
[N-neo, you can know more about this world through the internet. I-i will teach you how to use it! I'm sure you will definitely love it!]
[Ah? Really? That sounds interesting! Thank you, smol hooman~ ]
Neo, a human in a slime skin, could only pretend not to know about the "internet" and lightly skipped over the topic.
While Charlie was busy trying to curry favor with his "master", John had already led the young man to take a bus to go somewhere.
Both Charlie and Neo didn't know where they were going and just followed honestly.
Around twenty minutes later, the two hunters and one slime finally arrived at a safe zone with a sign at the front—
[Slime City's Park Skyscraper Safe Zone]
If not for that huge sign board, ordinary people wouldn't even know that this place was a safe zone.
In their eyes, it was just a piece of empty land and they couldn't even enter, always blocked by something invisible.
Encountering such a strange barrier technology for the second time, Neo finally couldn't help but ask John, whose personal skill was [Air Barrier].
[Big hooman, big hooman, how come every dungeon zone and safe zone have an invisible barrier? Which hooman created the barrier and maintained it?]
[Naturally, that will be the powerhouses who own the safe zones and the dungeon zones.]
John shrugged as he walked closer to the borderline of the invisible barrier.
With power, came more responsibilities.
If these powerhouses, including local officials failed to guard those places and the barrier didn't work, the world government would definitely revoke their various permissions and rights.
Thus, John's personal skill [Air Barrier] was really in great demand if the range could cover a large area, not just a small range.
As the trio approached the borderline of the invisible barrier, there were more and more people gathering around.
Countless people appeared out of thin air or disappeared into nothingness, but the passersby were already used to it and didn't even bat an eyelid.
John and Charlie also walked into the invisible barrier and both people didn't feel anything, as if there were no barriers at all.
Once the two people appeared in the safe zone, the number of people around them increased sharply.
Men and women of various ages and races talked in twos and threes, talking about dungeons or other related topics.
"I got news that the slime dungeon nearby is already harvested clean. We have to wait for a few more days to harvest a new batch of slimes."
"The market for slime raw materials is oversaturated nowadays…the price of those materials will continue to fall. Let's just find other dungeons in other cities."
"How about going to Snail City? Or Leech city?"
"Isn't Fungi City better? Even if the mucus fungi dungeons there are somewhat disgusting, they're much better than snails or leeches!"
Amidst the noise, Neo curiously peeked at the surroundings through his cylinder tube and saw a huge public park with only one tall skyscraper in the middle.
The park was full of greenery, but the silver building gave off a cold, emotionless feeling.
When people looked at this building, the first thing they noticed would be a row of three-dimensional English words made of strange metallic material—
[Slime City's Awakened Hunter Bureau]
It's another government-owned organization especially created to handle matters related to the awakened.
Upon seeing those imposing words, Neo immediately raised his eyebrows— if he had one.
[Big hooman, what are we doing here? I thought you would go to the market to sell your stuff.]
He really had PTSD about anything related to the bureau!
[Well, we are here to register you.]
John was quite familiar with this place and immediately led Charlie to the main gate of the tall building.
He didn't forget to return Charlie's backpack to the boy and let him hug the backpack carefully.
As they walked into the entrance, John continued to enlighten Neo, coaxing him to enter the building.
[You see, even if we have successfully smuggled you out, I still need to record you as my pet so that next time, the patrol guards won't arrest you.]
The bureau would try their best to catch smugglers, but if the smugglers were capable or had backers, the bureau would turn a blind eye as long as they registered the wild beast obediently.
After hearing all the explanations, Neo had no choice but to reluctantly enter the building with his two hooman.
Shaaaa—
The moment Neo passed through the main gate, he was greeted with a cool and dry wind from air conditioners.