Inside the rental house.

The dim light shone on the only potted spider plant in the living room, casting a ferocious shadow on the floor.

Bai Yu sat on the sofa next to the spider plant, looking at the golden card in his hand with mixed feelings.

Ten minutes ago, the two men dropped him off at the gate of the community and took away his five frogs without any hesitation.

Lin Mo held his hand and repeatedly emphasized how good the treatment was in the Special Events Investigation Bureau, how big the cafeteria was, and how they would definitely not have enough food.

Even though Bai Yu said that he caught frogs to eat just to try something new, Lin Mo still believed that he was hiding the truth because of his college student pride.

Bai Yu looked at Lin Mo, who said "So that's how it is" but whose expression still showed a hint of sympathy and disbelief, and finally chose to shut up.

Chu Zehuai didn't say anything. He held the phone in one hand and a sack of frogs in the other, perfectly eliminating the possibility of Bai Yu snatching them back.

However, when the latter resigned himself to his fate and went home, the other party put down his mobile phone with his left hand, took something out of his pocket, brushed it across his shirt, and before he could react, grabbed Qingwa and Lin Mo and turned away.

After the two men left, Bai Yu discovered that there was a golden card in his pocket.

...

...

“Is this considered a subsidy?”

Bai Yu struggled to find a similar card from the memory fragments.

There is no way. Electronic payment is too common nowadays, and the original owner hasn't seen a bank card for a while.

He carefully touched the uneven texture on it with his fingertips, then held the card to his nose and sniffed it gently.

The card was stained with the scent of its owner, a very faint fragrance, exactly the same as the soul-captivating fragrance of the other person.

It’s a pity that the fragrance is just attached and will fade with the passage of time, and finally disappear without a trace.

[I think so. This card seems to be issued by a fairly large bank. There are probably several thousand dollars in it.]

The system scanned it roughly and found that it was just an ordinary bank card.

[But even if you have money, you can't buy energy. ]

Bai Yu put this card together with his student card and sighed.

[By the way, speaking of energy, why did you stop when facing that human deformer? ]

The system seemed to remember something, half in confusion and half in complaint.

[The energy contained in her body is much greater than that of the five frogs.]

Bai Yu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes slightly:

[From the front, she looks like a normal person. I didn’t recognize her as a deformed person…]

The system was surprised: [How could a boss who killed so many players in the dungeon still have sympathy for a human face? ]

[It’s different. Players will be resurrected no matter how many times they are killed, but people in real life are really dead when they die. ]

[When people die, not only their bodies die, but also their memories, souls, and past histories will vanish with the wind. I think these are more important than energy.]

Bai Yu recalled several players who often came to play dungeons, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

Among countless players, there will always be a few interesting souls.

While other players are looking for clues and killing enemies to escape, some players will hug his vines and say something like "Boss, I want to be your dog", and even stick out their tongues to try to lick his leaves.

Some players opened their arms to him, with a look of enthusiasm and anticipation, and shouted, "Come on! Let your vine tentacles penetrate every hole of mine!"

Some players looked at him expectantly and asked, "I heard that in some dungeons you can fall in love with the boss, can you?"

There are even more players who gossip about the messy and bloody stories between various dungeon bosses in front of him.

These contents add a lot of fun to Bai Yu’s boring work.

If the player cannot be resurrected continuously, he will not kill such interesting individuals. He will definitely find a place to collect them all and let them tell stories every day.

Although the system said it did not understand Bai Yu's insistence, it did understand the obvious meaning in his words:

[How about this, from now on, the energy of the pollutants will belong to you, and the energy of the human deformers will belong to me, how about that? ]

Because Bai Yu has his own body, he is able to devour the flesh and blood of the pollutants.

The benefit is that all the energy can be swallowed and absorbed.

The downside is that the pollutant bodies will disappear forever, and the smell of some pollutants is really hard to describe.

The system has no body of its own and can directly absorb the energy from the deformer's mind.

The advantage is that the body will be left behind and it won't attract attention.

The disadvantage is that it can only absorb part of the energy, and cannot absorb the other part.

[That's fine. I'll leave it to you the next time I meet a Deformer.]

Bai Yu nodded.

[No need for next time! I marked the aberrant just now, let's go now! ]

Bai Yu:.........

He asked why the system suddenly brought up this topic, and it turned out that it was waiting here.

**

**

Late at night, outside the Special Incident Investigation Bureau.

A tall and thin figure approached a large warehouse on the outskirts stealthily.

[Mark, energy minus one, block surveillance on the way, energy minus two, hack into the internal network of the Investigation Bureau, energy minus three... Fortunately, the temporary warehouse is in a remote location and the protection level is not high, otherwise with my limited energy, I would not be able to let you in. ]

The system looked at the square iron building in front of it and muttered.

This time, it used up all its energy.

If it doesn't get anything this time, it will go back and fall into a deep sleep.

If you are lucky, you will wake up every few days. If you are unlucky, you will wake up every few months. If your luck is even worse...

What is a temporary warehouse?

Bai Yu's curious voice interrupted the system's terrible associations.

[The people from the Investigation Bureau are temporarily placing the bodies of the post-war pollutant deformers in a huge warehouse, and then people from the research department will come to study them. The valuable things will be put in the warehouse, and the worthless things will be destroyed.]

The system looked through the message it saw on the investigation bureau's intranet and replied.

Precisely because this is just a temporary place to store things, the protection level is not high.

With its current energy, it can just invade the internal control system here. As for the warehouse of a better level... forget about it.

"drop--"

An electronic sound rang out, and the red light on the gate flashed a few times, then turned green.

The iron door was opened, and all kinds of different aromas rushed towards us.

The first thing that came into view was his five frog pollutants and the body of the little girl mutant.

In addition, there are huge black fish pollutants, a large group of water plants taller than him, and a spider corpse with many eyes on one leg...

Bai Yu looked at the various things piled up in the temporary warehouse, sniffed the different aromas, and couldn't help swallowing.

Is this what humans call a buffet restaurant?

[Quick! I seem to have been discovered again, but that person hasn't tracked me down yet, let's eat quickly. ]

[Okay, then I will absorb it right here.]

Faced with so many delicious foods, Bai Yu hesitated for a few seconds, and then started eating from the most fragrant one.

The branch-like fingers pierced the tough scales of the snakehead fish and penetrated into its tender flesh.

There was a sound of slurping jelly.

Almost in an instant, the body of the black fish pollutant deflated, leaving only a thin layer of skin.

After a while, even the skin weathered into black powder.

Bai Yu licked the corner of his lips, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

He quickly stabbed his finger into another contaminant's body.

The sound of slurping jelly continued to be heard, and the aroma of food in the temporary warehouse gradually became fainter.

While Bai Yu was busy swallowing the pollutants, the system was also busy.

It is even busier than the other.

On the one hand, it has to play hide-and-seek with the person who discovered it on the Internet, constantly setting up new obstacles for the other party; on the other hand, it has to absorb the energy from the body of the deformed person.

The whole system is extremely busy.

Fortunately, this level of busyness is not unacceptable.

After all, in the copy, it not only provides players with reasonable plug-in props, but also informs Bai Yu of the players' location and situation.

About half an hour later, the system absorbed the energy of all the deformers, and the person on the network also locked their current position.

【Let's go, someone will be here soon. 】

[Yes, okay.]

Bai Yu licked his fingers contentedly, his beautiful eyes slightly curved, looking extremely happy.

The cells on the three fingers of his right hand have been completely transformed into plant cells, and can switch between soft and tough and hard and sharp states at any time.

This trip was really worth it.

He walked out briskly and closed the door behind him.

The moment the door was closed, Bai Yu looked at the much emptier temporary warehouse, and the corners of his lips curled up.

Thank you for the gift from humanity.