"Lao San, why the hurry? Are you in trouble?"
As soon as the connection was made, Lao Er’s anxious voice ca through. Du You felt ward by the sound, then replied: "No problem, I just got hold of so good stuff and was wondering if you and Lao Da would want any."
"Lao Da is right here. What good stuff? If it’s really good, I won’t be shy."
Without hesitation, Du You said: "A high-level Griffin egg, a pet egg, up to level 30. A flying pet, what do you think?"
The expression on Fang Shuo’s face changed instantly: "Damn, you actually managed to get sothing like that, you are sothing. But this thing is too valuable, if sold, it is worth at least tens of thousands of Crystal Coins, even Red Crystal Coins are not impossible."
Du You rolled his eyes: "Don’t be courteous with , I don’t lack money, I obtained this item myself, I still have several. If I didn’t already have a Baicao Shenmu, I would definitely use one myself, you sure you want it or not?"
After a while, Fang Shuo’s voice echoed: "Yes, of course, how could I not want it? Keep it for . But not now, I have a lot of things to deal with, wait until the day of the college entrance examination, co to the school gate."
Then, the voice of Lao Da Liu Jian also ca through: "I don’t need my share, I’ve already chosen the pet I want, I’ll pass on the Griffin egg. But it would be best not to sell it casually, the price won’t be good in our city."
"Alright, I got it, on the day of the college entrance examination, I’ll wait for you at the school gate."
When Du You finished speaking, Lao Er and Lao Da almost imdiately hung up the call. Unknown what they were busy with, they seed in such a hurry.
Du You shook his head, perhaps Lao Er is also being bothered by the Blood Lotus affair recently.
With the call over, Du You once again reverted to the rhythm of his everyday cultivation regin.
The next day, Du You decided to head out wearing a disguise. Not out of boredom pondering inside, but simply because the food was depleted. He needed to go out to buy so more to sustain his cultivation lifestyle, which felt much like a period of closed-door cultivation.
Upon heading out, Du You heard the next-door-elderly couple whispering sothing suspiciously.
Elderly woman: "Do you know? There’ve been strange incidents happening around here lately."
Elderly man: "What strange incidents? You wonfolk gossip all day and spread rumors. Is it another quarrel between a young couple, or did soone lose sothing again?" The elderly man seed quite impatient.
The elderly woman retorted discontentedly, "What do you an that I don’t do anything all day? Are you the only one doing anything?"
Seeing the elderly woman about to explode, the elderly man irritably replied: "Alright alright, tell what it is, don’t waste my ti, I’ve an appointnt with Old Zhang next door to go fishing, and it’s about ti already."
"Still fishing, it’s quite chaotic out there these days. If you walk about carelessly, be careful to encounter monsters that’ll snatch you away."
"Psh, I’m not going out of town, where would there be any monsters getting in, quit your nonsense."
The elderly woman mysteriously lowered her voice: "I heard that there seems to be so monster in our vicinity. Didn’t you notice? In the recent days there has been a significant drop in the number of cats and dogs on the streets, it’s been two days since I last saw any stray cats stray dogs."
The elderly man gave her a look as if gazing at an idiot: "All you do all day is pay attention to these cats and dogs, can’t you concern yourself with more important matters? The cats and dogs are gone, who knows where they’ve gone to, they might’ve been caught."
"No, it’s not right. Sister Liu’s son, who works at the Urban Managent Bureau, clearly ntioned that nobody has been dealing with these stray cats and dogs lately, and yet these cats and dogs have gone missing during this period. I heard that soone nearby found so dog fur and blood on the ground. It seems like they were eaten by sothing."
The elderly man showed a look of disdain: "If there were any monsters, they would eat you first, What’s the point of eating those cats and dogs?"
Before the elderly woman could speak, the elderly man hurriedly waved his hand to dismiss her, cast away the elderly woman’s chatter: "Alright, alright, stop listening to all this nonsense stuff, spare so ti watching the news instead. I need to head over for my fishing, it’s already getting late."
Hearing this, Du You shook his head. He thought it was so serious matter, but it turned out to be just so urban legends. Such legends existed everywhere. Many of them even surfaced from where he originally resided, most of them turned out to be fake in the end.
About the so-called monsters, the elderly man was right. Will real monsters only target cats and dogs?
Du You bought his necessities and prepared to head ho. However, before he could return, he suddenly spotted a cat. "Isn’t that a cat there? Wait a sec, sothing seems off."
Du You suddenly realised, this cat was sowhat odd, its movents were extrely rigid, and its eyes were lifeless, normal cats wouldn’t be like that.
Moreover, this cat didn’t est seem to fear people. Despite being so close, it didn’t run away, it didn’t even glance at him. Normally, a stray cat would run away when approached by a stranger.
However, this cat was moving forward in a rigid manner like so sort of robot, completely ignoring him as it passed by.
Du You could sense the life force emanating from this cat, it definitely wasn’t so robot. "Could it be that sothing unusual has really happened? This is bad."
Such unusual cases absolutely shouldn’t happen near him. This posed a major threat to him and may even cause many people’s deaths. If indeed an unusual event has co up and if he wasn’t able to deal with it, he would have to report it to the police. But after notifying the police, he must leave this place as his identity would be exposed.
So, he decided to follow.
Du You followed the rigid cat, there was no need for any tracing, just following along was enough.
Very soon, the cat went into a small alley. It was incredibly ssy here, a place where nobody usually visited. However, not only one cat or dog could be found here.
Even other animals such as rats, birds, snakes and so unrecognizable stray pets were all gathered here, all of the pets were similarly rigid.
Two large dogs at the front were attempting to lift the manhole cover off the ground. Their claws weren’t suited to open the cover, hence leaving so dog hair and blood on the ground from the constant scraping. But those two dogs remained indifferent.
After the injuries they sustained proved too severe, two other dogs from the side walked over to take over their job. Finally, maximising their strength, they managed to pry the manhole cover up with their claws, succeeding in their endeavor. The smaller animals then rushed in. The sound of heavy objects falling onto the ground echoed through the sewer, clearly signifying sothing had fallen in.
Once the animals disappeared, the manhole cover returned to its original state, leaving only a little dog hair and fresh blood on the ground, matching perfectly with what he had heard earlier.
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