Underworld Player Chapter 44 - Ex-Girlfriend

This was a town that had seen better days.

Through the run-down, collapsing buildings reminiscent of European architecture in the Middle Ages that dotted the landscape, an icy gale from the wasteland beyond blew like a silent wail of despair.

In a sense, this place was completely "dead".

Bai Zhi did not head toward the dangerous alleys that led to the Auction House, but instead, once he was out of the compound, found a ruin that could have once been a house and retrieved the Shadowland Perpetual Deed from his Inventory.

While other Players typically could not stay longer than one hour, Bai Zhi was exempt from this time limit, because he possessed the Shadowland Pass. In theory, he could stay here for as long as he wanted.

"...As I thought, the Deed gives me ownership over some part of this land..."

As soon as the Deed was in his hands, Bai Zhi felt a subtle connection with the earth beneath his feet. It was a very faint sensation that could be easily overlooked if he wasn't paying attention.

He closed his eyes and allowed the new sensation to guide his feet. As he approached a seemingly ordinary wall, the Deed in his hand emitted thin tendrils of black smoke that quickly enveloped his whole body.

When Bai Zhi opened his eyes again, he found himself in a familiar place. A dim light flickered above his head while everything past a certain distance was shrouded in somber darkness—this was the same eerie corridor he had been transported to once before.

After taking stock of his surroundings, Bai Zhi glanced at the Deed in his hand again. He was not surprised to find that the single Shadow Crystal recorded there was no more, presumably consumed in the process of transporting himself here.

Bai Zhi proceeded along the corridor, which did not simply continue along a straight path, but turned corner after corner. After the third corner, he finally arrived at what looked like a break room. Inside, laid neatly out on the floor, were fifteen marionettes.

Bai Zhi made a beeline for the table in the break room with a

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