Hearing Shark Shock's explanation, the muscular man suddenly understood.

"So that's how it is. As expected, Boss, you're always thorough in your considerations."

"However... if the 'Scanning Lens' facial recognition database can't find any information, besides those major nobles, could it possibly be someone from the Great Wasteland?"

The muscular man said seriously, "After all, the faces of Great Wasteland people aren't in the database either!"

Shark Shock looked at the muscular man and asked, "I remember your family conditions are decent, right? Are your parents fifth or sixth-class citizens?"

Although the muscular man didn't understand why Shark Shock was asking this, he still replied somewhat awkwardly, "Yes, my family runs a clinic in the Outer City. Both my father and mother are fifth-class citizens."

Shark Shock slapped his thigh, "Exactly! So, this is typical thinking from an Outer City middle-class family, believing that Great Wasteland people are just beings living in the Great Wasteland, no different from us—but you simply don't understand the Great Wasteland."

"Although Great Wasteland people are also called humans, their characteristics are very distinct," Shark Shock said with a serious expression. "Great Wasteland people usually have fierce, bloodshot eyes that glow red year-round, their hands and feet are like beast claws with sharp, hard nails, their hair is like steel needles, their teeth are like steel saws—they look more like humanoid beasts."

"And they stink, it's a smell that's been marinated into their bones from living in the Great Wasteland for years! After all, Great Wasteland people don't wipe after they shit, and they don't even wash their hands!"

"But that gentleman just now... even ignoring his elegant demeanor and the confidence of a superior in his speech, he's just too damn handsome!"

Shark Shock confidently made his judgment.

"A handsome, refined, and good-looking guy like that, without too strong a sense of being artificial or abrupt, is definitely a noble—only those nobles pay attention to grooming and maintaining their appearance."

The muscular man nodded, feeling he had gained much insight.

"Boss Shock, you're truly extraordinary, your knowledge is so vast! Just from these details, you deduced so much!"

Shark Shock calmly said, "Wanting to survive and make a name for yourself here at the edge of the Outer City... no, wanting to survive and make a name for yourself in this Sleepless City, these are just the basics."

"Anyway, we've sent that troublesome fellow away. Let's go back to watching the place!"

As he spoke, the muscular man nodded, "Understood, Boss!"

Shark Shock watched his subordinate leave and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Solved another troublesome matter myself, really good..."

"Shock, you're just too great. When the shift changes, you really should reward yourself with a drink!"

But not long after Shock's self-comfort, he saw the muscular man return.

"What's going on? Why are you back!"

Shark Shock looked at his subordinate, questioning with confusion.

The muscular man wore a troubled expression, "Boss... it's that guy from earlier, he's back!"

Shark Shock's face slightly changed.

"What?"

"Hurry and send more people to keep an eye on him, but don't let the news leak," Shark Shock said with a tense expression. "We absolutely must not let anything happen to this gentleman on our turf, otherwise we're all dead!"

...

"Strange, why are so many people watching me this time after I came back?"

Lin Yu walked through the Magic Boar Bar, feeling the gazes cast upon him and the security personnel subtly clustering around him, feeling somewhat puzzled and confused.

Although leaving and returning was a strange thing to do, it shouldn't warrant such a big fuss, right?

Even though I played the expert act just now, the way these people are looking at me doesn't seem like the wariness towards an expert.

It's more like they're...

protecting me?

Lin Yu felt very confused about this, always feeling like something had gone wrong in some link.

"Could it be that the 'employer' who mistakenly thought I was a Great Wasteland person gave orders to prevent this Great Wasteland person from having any accidents?"

Pondering and tangled in thought, Lin Yu arrived in front of Booth 17.

Surprisingly, the booth door was actually half-open.

Lin Yu gently pushed open the booth door. Inside came the sound of elegant music, like some classical lyrical style string music.

This formed a stark contrast with the noisy bar.

He walked into the booth and discovered three people inside: two men and one woman.

One man wore a leather jacket studded with rivets, with many piercings on his face as well, looking very visual-kei.

The other was a very friendly-looking fat man, wearing an ill-fitting suit, like the head chef of some high-end restaurant.

As for the woman, she wore a hood and was silently playing with her phone in the corner.

Seeing Lin Yu push the door and walk in, the fat man looked at him, rubbing his hands.

"Bro, wrong room?"

Lin Yu shook his head, revealing the business card in his pocket, "No, the person from this phone number told me to come."

The fat man was stunned for a moment, but before he could say anything, a buzzing vibration came from his waist.

He hurriedly answered the call.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Oh... you said a newcomer is joining, personally requested by the employer, right?"

"In a while? No, that's not right, he's already here!"

"Okay, I understand."

The fat man hung up the phone, then looked Lin Yu up and down, "You... you're that Great Wasteland person joining? Bro, you don't look like one!"

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, "Where don't I look like one?"

The fat man didn't respond. The man in the riveted jacket spoke up.

"Great Wasteland people aren't as clean, pale, and skinny as you, nor are they as quiet and polite as you."

Lin Yu didn't respond. The woman in the corner glanced at Lin Yu.

"Indeed doesn't look like a Great Wasteland person... but it doesn't matter anyway, since it's just a temporary teammate."

"Background isn't important. You just need to tell us what you're good at."

Lin Yu crossed his arms, "Shouldn't the three of you first introduce yourselves and this mission to me? I just accepted the commission and still know nothing about it!"

The riveted jacket man frowned, "You kid..."

The fat man quickly interrupted him, "My name is Big Ball. I'm from the Divine Power Group's former pioneering team. I'm skilled in maintaining and repairing all kinds of weapons, equipment, and individual soldier gear... any company's works, but I'm most skilled with Divine Power Group's life science and technology stuff."

"I personally have been injected with three phases of Divine Power Group's serum and underwent surgery, so my strength is relatively great, and my mental power is also quite outstanding."

Then, he introduced the riveted jacket man, "This is 'Bone Spur,' a famous expert in Gray Three Streets. He's a firearms guy, has great marksmanship and is very good at planning assassinations. I've heard of him; he's handled many tricky missions alone—once successfully assassinated a medium-sized company CEO, a genuine second-class citizen, just got popped by him!"

"And it was done in the target's own home—the security system of a second-class citizen's residence is definitely no ordinary thing."

The chubby Big Ball gestured as he spoke. Bone Spur snorted coldly.

"I had an assistant helping me disable the security system at the time. A frontal assault is definitely something I couldn't do."

Big Ball gave a thumbs up, "That's still very impressive... And this young lady is called 'Zhu Rong.' She's a very skilled alchemy master—also directly hired by the employer."

The woman called Zhu Rong looked up, revealing an exceptionally young face with fiery red hair and eyes.

"Hello, friend..."

Lin Yu met her gaze and noticed a faint, almost imperceptible glimmer flash in the other's eyes.

This familiar light immediately made Lin Yu think of something.

Then, the slightly surprised micro-expression on the other's face confirmed Lin Yu's suspicion.

"She's actually wearing... the [Mind-Peeping Eyepiece]!"