Netherworld Retrograde

64: Chapter 30 Taboo Items 64: Chapter 30 Taboo Items As the team fully assembled, the exchange began immediately.

A large number of Elite Night Patrol members rushed into the deeper layers of Black Prison.

Replacing the members of the fifth team.

In the middle of the square, Yang Chen looked at the fifth team captain in front of him and smiled, “Long time no see, Captain Cang Bai.

Let’s spar sometime, I want to test how strong your sixth ability really is.”

The fifth team captain, Captain Cang Bai, was a tall and attractive female.

But she carried a pitch-black coffin on her back.

Her ink-like long hair was scattered, and under her pallid skin, she looked lifeless and gloomy.

Her somewhat somber eyes looked at Yang Chen and said, “You approach a beauty, and your first sentence is about sparring?”

Both teams’ Processors laughed, and Captain Cang Bai seemed quite confident in her appearance, which was indeed pleasant to the eye, but she couldn’t shake off that gloomy air, which made one forget initially that she was a beautiful woman.

Yang Chen could only spread his hands, “Then… how about a drink sometime?

Then, after that, we can spar?”

“Damn, the captain really doesn’t take a hint, does he?” Li Yelai couldn’t help but comment.

His teammates also chimed in, “Exactly!

Too straightforward!”

“A man who thinks of no woman draws his sword like a god!”

“Women only delay the captain’s speed in drawing his sword!”

Cang Bai laughed off the remarks and waved her hands, “Forget it, I leave Black Prison to you.

I feel at ease with you here.

By the way, I heard you found a promising newbie.

Could it be that you’re grooming a successor?

Let me see!”

Following that, Cang Bai surveyed the members of the first team.

“Hahaha, nothing of the sort,” Yang Chen laughed off the inquiry and changed the topic, “Anything to watch out for in this stint of guarding?”

“Yes, the Black Dragon Armor has been quite active, frequently troubling my teammates, causing quite a stir.

Be careful.

Also, that Yin Tiger tried to break its containment and we had to beat it back.

You should be cautious.”

“Are the losses significant?” Yang Chen asked after nodding.

“Seven Night Patrol members need recuperation, twelve Processors will require psychological evaluations.

Be careful, I’m leaving.” After responding, Cang Bai walked off with her teammates from the square.

After watching them leave, Yang Chen gave some instructions to the group leaders and then led the Night Patrol deeper into the lower levels of Black Prison.

They were going to rotate in suppressing those Class B and even Class A Taboo Items.

Some Night Patrol members stayed on the upper levels for immediate needs.

Considering Li Yelai was a newbie and it was his first time in Black Prison.

After a successful handover, Cheese then took him to get acquainted with the structure of Black Prison.

“This is the resting area, the safest spot in Black Prison, and also the command center for the upper half of Black Prison,” Cheese pointed to a distant building brightly lit, housing many civilian staff monitoring the movements of various Taboo Items in the command center.

“I thought Black Prison was filled with Spiritual Ability Users,” Li Yelai said.

“That’s impossible, there are just over a thousand people in Black Prison.

We Spiritual Ability Users only make up just over a tenth of that number,” Cheese laughed, “More than half are civilian personnel.

Research, testing, oversight—it can’t all be handled by Spiritual Ability Users.”

“Research?” Li Yelai asked in confusion, “Do Taboo Items need to be researched?”

Taboo Items are dangerous, even Wang De, that old guy, isn’t a Spiritual Ability User, yet he had used the Ghost Immortal Altar to suppress three Spiritual Ability Users for a while.

Shouldn’t these items be firmly suppressed?

“Of course, the establishment of Giant City relies on the research of Taboo Items.

Our ability to protect against the erosion of the Disaster Fog is thanks to some substances derived from these Taboo Items,” Cheese explained, “Although researching Taboo Items carries risks, it’s unavoidable for the protection of Giant City.”

Li Yelai nodded, and Cheese continued, “This is also where we rest and eat.

I’m next to you, so if there’s anything you don’t understand, you can ask me.

Now, I’ll take you to learn about the Taboo Items.”

Then, Cheese took Li Yelai on an elevator to the upper half of Black Prison.

This was where the Taboo Items containment units were located.

Containing dangerous Taboo Items of class C and D-level.

The upper half of Black Prison housed numerous Taboo Items, seventy-six in total.

Their forms were bizarre, including scarves, flagpoles, masks, books, branches, and even a pair of Door God Stickers.

They were kept in individual sealed rooms.

Looking through the thick observation windows allowed one to see the movements of the Taboo Items, enabling correct responses.

Li Yelai followed Cheese surveying these containment rooms, each of which had a document at the door detailing the Name, ability, usage requirements, and strictly prohibited actions of the Taboo Items.

“Cheese’s figure is really something, so soft and plush, I just want to hug her again, rub and touch her, hehehe~”

At that moment, a voice came from the side, revealing lecherous and lustful intent.

Li Yelai was startled; it was his own voice.

And Cheese, walking ahead, also paused.

She turned back with a weird look and covered her chest, accusingly, “Couldn’t you wait until you got back to say that?”

“No, no, no!

It wasn’t me!” Li Yelai’s face flushed.

While he indeed had hugged a ragged Cheese and may have accidentally touched some parts, it had been a critical situation, and he hadn’t harbored any lecherous thoughts, let alone voiced them.

So, he hurriedly waved his hands, trying to clear his name.

“Alright, at most you just thought about it,” Cheese looked at Li Yelai and huffed.