"Second Young Master, something terrible has happened!"
An eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy with a buzz cut ran in from outside the west gate, saying, "Many places in Beijing have collapsed, and a lot of mutated creatures have crawled out."
Upon hearing this, Shen Nanxing remained expressionless and turned to Shen Lin, saying, "I'm leaving this to you."
A dozen or so level-two centipedes are nothing special.
"yes!"
Shen Lin nodded and rejoined the battle.
"An'an, Xiao Zhanzhan, let's go to the council hall."
Shen Nanxing led the two quickly away from the west side of the Shen family compound and headed towards the council hall in the central area.
Little Silver and the others didn't follow; they stayed behind to help.
When Shen Nanxing and his two companions arrived, Shen Nanchuan, Qiao Huaxi, Yun Fan, Yun Hua, and even Luo Yi, Luo Yue, and Chen Yangyuan were all present.
"Second brother, third brother~"
Xiao Longzhan lunged at Yunfan and Yunhua.
Yunfan caught him and sat him down on the chair.
"Little brother, do you know about the ground collapse?"
Shen Nanchuan sat down next to Shen Nanxing and turned to ask him.
"Yes, the marine life's retreat caused quite a commotion, so it's normal that it startled the mutated creatures underground."
Shen Nanxing tapped his fingers lightly on the table twice, then looked up at the others, "Find a way to drive them to the Lin and Bai families."
"Wouldn't doing this be too blatant?"
Luo Yi was taken aback and said with some disapproval.
Shen Nanxing raised an eyebrow and glanced at him, his eyes dark and unfathomable. "They were too blatant."
Luo Yi was taken aback. Remembering what Shen Nanchuan had said earlier, his face darkened, and he stopped talking.
"I'll make the arrangements right now." Shen Nanchuan was the first to stand up.
Qiao Huaxi and Luo Yi followed closely behind, leaving the council hall one after another.
Yun Hua only spoke when Shen Nanxing and his two companions and Yun Fan were left in the council hall.
"Brother Chen, we've found those five people."
"After dark, have them come to see me while things are still chaotic outside. I have something to tell them."
"Okay, I understand." Yunhua nodded in agreement.
"You two take Xiao Zhanzhan and keep an eye on the situation outside. An'an and I are going to Jiu Fang's house."
Yun Fan, who was whispering with Xiao Longzhan, turned around upon hearing the sound and asked in confusion, "Hmm? What are you two doing at Jiu Fang's house?"
"Stealing cats."
"Huh?" Yunfan and Yunhua were both taken aback. "Stealing a cat? Old Master Jiufang's beloved pet?"
Shen Nanxing nodded. "Mm."
“But,” Yunfan sat up straight and looked at Shen Nanxing and the other man, “that cat died yesterday…”
"Dead? How did he die?"
Shen Nanxing and Jiang Nian'an exchanged a glance, both feeling that something was amiss.
Yunfan waved his hand dismissively, saying, "It died of old age, that cat lived for many years."
"After the mutation, the body's functions are reactivated, so even if its lifespan is nearing its end, it can survive for a few more years."
How could he die of old age so easily?
Jiang Nian'an frowned, her expression changing slightly.
"Well, because it hasn't mutated—"
Yunfan stopped mid-sentence, suddenly realizing, "Wait a minute, why didn't the cat mutate?"
"Did you discover that the cats didn't mutate, or did the Jiu Fang family release the information?"
Shen Nanxing asked him in a deep voice.
"I saw it with my own eyes."
Yunfan lowered his eyes and began to speak about the matter with a serious expression.
"Just two days ago, I went to Jingshikou to talk to my third uncle. On my way back to the Yun family, I saw two suspicious people carrying something wrapped up tightly in their arms."
Recently, they've been investigating the Bi family, and I suspected they were members of the Bi family, so I secretly followed them.
They ended up in a wasteland, dug a hole, and buried the package they were carrying.
After burying them, the two people left in a hurry.
After they walked away, I dug out the package and found it contained Grandpa Jiu Fang's cat.
Given how much Old Master Jiufang loved that cat, even if it died, he would definitely be buried in the place closest to him.
Now they've just let people bury it in the middle of nowhere. I was so curious. After throwing the cat back into the pit, I secretly chased after those two people.
However, those two remained silent all the way to Jiu Fang's house, just like gourds with their mouths sawed off. I didn't hear a thing.
I originally wanted to tell you about this, but I got distracted by other things, and since you two were both focused on improving your strength, I couldn't say anything.
Sigh, I didn't quite grasp it at first either. If you guys hadn't brought it up, I wouldn't have realized it hadn't mutated.
"It seems the Jiu Fang family has quite a few secrets."
Jiang Nian'an pouted and looked at Shen Nanxing, "Brother Shen, shall we take advantage of the chaos tonight and do some light exercise?"
Even if cats escaped mutation because they were well protected, it's barely reasonable to say that.
But deliberately dumping the body in the wilderness is rather intriguing.
"Okay, I definitely need to get some exercise."
Shen Nanxing's expression turned solemn as he turned to look at the Jiu Fang family.
Time passed by, and each family had its own worries.
"Didn't our family secretly deal with those marine creatures a long time ago, and also clean up those mutated creatures living underground, and then completely fill in the underground area?"
Looking at the chaos before him, Old Master Lin gritted his teeth and glared at Lin Ting, "So what's going on here?"
Lin Ting was completely innocent; he didn't know either!
"Grandpa, could it be the Shen family behind this?"
Faced with Old Master Lin's murderous gaze, he could only push the blame onto the Shen family.
"Is that even a question?"
Lin Jiayun walked over from not far away, blood dripping from the long knife in her hand.
"Auntie," Lin Ting greeted her with a slight bow.
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