The night of a modern city is vibrant with neon lights.
The colorful neon lights illuminate Tokyo, turning it into a Sleepless City.
Tokyo in the eighties and nineties, though not as prosperous as later times, was at its peak with neon lights flourishing, and its pure lively atmosphere and consumption ability exceeded expectations.
It seemed everyone in this era was in a state of celebration.
However, amid this atmosphere, sandbags were piled on tall buildings, equipped with various machine gun positions, standing out conspicuously.
Da Piao Liangâs troops and Neonâs own guard forces were distributed here, seemingly guarding the hustle and bustle below.
Two Neon soldiers leaning against the rooftop, though on duty, smoked and chatted with some excited enthusiasm.
âThis world, who knows if itâs good or bad.â
âI think itâs a blessing from Amaterasu, granting us a piece of longed-for land!â
âLook at those previously arrogant Da Piao Liang soldiers, eventually had to humble themselves after losing contact with their homeland?â
âRegained autonomy, acquired a vast piece of land with ample resources; itâs all God-given!â
âBut those monstersâ¦â
âTo receive Godâs blessings, you must endure tests. Compared to gain, this danger is trivial. The minerals there are extremely abundant, and our production capacity isnât limited anymore; we can fully expand our industrial production capabilities!â
Clearly, one of them was a more right-wing soldier, speaking increasingly excitedly.
No one knew what happened; their entire Neon suddenly disappeared from Earth, arriving in such a ghostly place.
Only Neon and nearby sea areas, initially causing them panic for a long time.
An island nation lost external supplies; its resources were insufficient.
But soon they discovered the neighboring world was a peculiar continent, resembling ancient human styles.
Though that world had myths of demons, who liked to disguise among crowds and devour human intestines.
After discovering some, sent away with directly 12.7 caliber machine guns and a few grenade rounds, they realized âdemonsâ were nothing more.
The only trouble was their camouflage.
Later came the grand colonial era; Neonâs population was considerable, combined with colonial enslavement of native inhabitants, continuously sending resources to the mainland.
Moreover, perhaps truly Heavenâs favor, the residents there actually used Japanese!
Though inevitably demons infiltrated and started lurking in Neon.
Overall it remained positive and upward.
Modern weapons under epochal suppression could subdue ignorant natives, bringing enough profits to counter Neonâs adverse reactions from the drastic change.
While they were chatting idly, suddenly a figure appeared beside them as if invisible, reached out and tapped their acupoints, rendering them immobile.
This made the two soldiers on the rooftop post immediately show scared expressions in their eyes.
What happened?
Demon?
âDonât worry, Iâm human, not demon; I just want to ask you a few questions.â
The visitor, clad in black and masked, only showed a pair of sharp-eyed eyes outside the hood.
âUnderstand, just blink your eyes, Iâll unlock your voices.â
Both blinked frantically, making Shi Wen nod, then released one personâs mute acupoint.
âWhy are defense positions set on rooftops; can demons fly?â
âSome indeed can fly, but mainly itâs because demons often like to use these rooftop dead angles and their superior physical abilities for jumping and moving. We guard and prevent; since setting up these high vantage point posts, demon attacks have significantly decreased.â
The soldier with the released acupoint quickly said.
âI see, how many demons are there? How many in your world, and roughly how many in the other world?â
âI donât know, Iâm just an ordinary soldier, no internal notices, only occasional reports on the news; currently, attacks in our country arenât frequent. Demons mainly have strong lurking abilities and can transform into various human forms, but theyâre not hard to killâ¦â
At this point, he paused, seemingly realizing this person might be here specifically to gather intelligence, then continued quickly.
âIn that demon world, thereâs a human organization fighting demons, under which there are silver-eyed demon slayers known as âGreat Swordsâ, possessing terrifying strength to kill demons with cold weapons, physical power surpassing ordinary humans.â
âDid you cooperate with that organization?â
âI donât know; it seems we just recently contacted them, specific details are beyond what a soldier like me knows.â
After asking many questions, Shi Wen hesitated but didnât kill them, only tapped their acupoints to make them fall asleep.
He glanced around, intending to leave through the stairs.
Earlier, he also moved freely from rooftop to rooftop, and luckily nothing went wrong.
âSigh, intelligence gathering work is really tough; itâs no wonder few are willing to do this job, despite high rewards, itâs truly unbearableâ¦â
Awakening talents were great, coupled with a learned Inner Strength skill, smoothly entered Abyss, instantly inflating his confidence.