Chapter 20 Contract Workers Are the Strongest



On the second floor of the office building, the observation area was much quieter today, and there were no more black-cloaked monsters walking around. When Chu Zhishui and Xin Yunmao arrived, the corridor was empty, without any unusual figures, and it looked as deserted as a holiday.

"Strange, I saw a lot of monsters last time." Chu Zhishui looked around and knocked on the door gently, waiting for the monster's response.

Xin Yunmao said nothing, he casually put his hands in his pockets and followed her closely.

After a long time, the door creaked and Miao Lu poked his head out. He saw Xin Yunmao and said in an unhappy tone: "Why are you here too? According to the regulations of the bureau, the observation office does not receive outsiders."

Chu Zhishui was stunned: "If they don't receive outsiders, can I not come?"

"You can come, but he can't."

Xin Yunmao said coldly: "Then I can only destroy this place. When Hu Chenrui comes, you can talk to him about the regulations."

Miao Lu's face was complicated, and he made an unfriendly sound, which was quite similar to a cat's breath. In the end, he opened the door and let the man and the monster go. He stared at Xin Yunmao closely, revealing his golden vertical pupils, and said meaningfully: "Behave yourself."

"If I wanted to take action, you would have been finished long ago." Xin Yunmao's tone was cold and hard, as cold as ice and sharp.

Chu Zhishui turned her head to look at him strangely, as if she was looking at a stranger, and always felt that his attitude was abnormal. Although Xin Yunmao usually ignored Jin Yu, he could be considered friendly, and he would not reveal blatant malice like what he said just now.

"What are you doing?" He bumped into her inquiring gaze, and then returned to normal, chuckling, "Your eyes are glued to me."

"...Nothing."

Chu Zhishui threw away the random thoughts, this narcissistic state, he should be quite normal.

The office of the Observation Department is not much different from the next door. It is still equipped with a standard desk and water dispenser, but there is no one in the room. This room is in the shade of the backrest, with only a few small windows. The lighting is not good enough, and it is inexplicably cold.

The pale white wall was cracked and fragments fell off. It was probably corroded by the accumulated moisture, and the surroundings seemed dark.

Chu Zhishui followed Miao Lu into the room. She still remembered the quarrel when she passed by that day. Now she found that there was no demon in the department. She asked curiously: "Where are the other demons?"

"They were driven downstairs by the uninvited guests." Miao Lu glanced at Xin Yunmao, thinking that he was so powerful, and said angrily, "We can see them when we take the elevator downstairs."

"Elevator?" Chu Zhishui asked doubtfully, "Is there an elevator in the bureau?"

She climbed three floors every day and never knew there was an elevator in the building.

"It doesn't use electricity, you can call it a demon ladder."

Miao Lu led the way in front. He took a step and was suddenly wrapped in a black demon-suppressing robe. The flying corners of the robe could not stop making noises. The vigorous demonic energy gathered together, gradually engulfing the surrounding space, as if a giant octopus was spitting ink from above, letting the darkness completely shroud the place.

Chu Zhishui felt that this scene was familiar. This happened to her on her first day in the bureau. She was confused and involved in a maze of traps, and walked into a place with no exit.

Where Miao Lu passed, he left a string of small cat paw prints, shining in the dark, like a guide icon.

The demonic wind was howling, the sky was dark, and the ordinary office disappeared completely, leaving only the old square wooden ladder in front of him.

Four wooden pillars with intricate carvings stood on the ground. The top was engraved with eye patterns, and there was a dark hole in the middle. Rather than a descending elevator, it was more like a deep well leading to hell. I don’t know what kind of mysterious things I will encounter when I go down.

There was a thick red rope on the front row of wooden pillars. Miao Lu stretched out his hand and pulled it. There was a crisp sound of jingling, and several iron chains turned with a clang, and the round wooden platform rose up. Three sides were simply blocked by iron chains, and the remaining side was facing one person and two monsters, which was obviously the entrance to the wooden platform.

Chu Zhishui swallowed and hesitated, "Will this facility not be closed down due to danger?"

She couldn't understand how a simple office building could build an underground place. It was probably difficult to explain, just like the evil spirit.

"Don't worry, ordinary people won't come here." Miao Lu raised his hand, and he made an inviting gesture to guide her to the wooden platform.

Chu Zhishui stepped on it carefully. She felt that the demon ladder was relatively stable: "But I'm here now."

"So from today on, you are not an ordinary person."

"..."

Chu Zhishui wanted to thank Miao Chu. At least he didn't say that from today on, she was not a human. If this strange ladder fell halfway, she would be dead, and her identity as a living person would be lost.

The iron chain creaked downwards, revealing an unknown cold light, just like a horror movie, before the haunting, there must be a set of weird empty shots to create a chilling atmosphere. The wooden platform carrying one person and two demons descended, and the whistling sound of the wind swept past, making it feel more like falling from a plane.

Xin Yunmao leaned against the pillar leisurely, his solid-colored collar was blown open by the wind, and two clavicles were vaguely visible, with a touch of moonlight in the darkness. He found Chu Zhishui standing in the middle of the wooden platform, not close to the edge area at all, and asked: "Are you scared?"

"Not bad." Chu Zhishui kept her eyes on her feet and did not look around.

Xin Yunmao moved closer to her and observed with interest.

Chu Zhishui was puzzled: "What for?"

Xin Yunmao: "I thought you would be scared and pale again."

Chu Zhishui muttered: "Everyone says I'm not that timid."

Xin Yunmao shrugged, he was open-minded and generously suggested: "The monsters here are not good-looking, if you feel uncomfortable, you can stare at my face."

Chu Zhishui: "..." Why does he always think that she is afraid of ugly things?

To be honest, Chu Zhishui was actually a little scared. After all, she didn't take the elevator to the amusement park. Her work was busy enough and she couldn't stand the excitement. What's more, the elevator equipment in the bureau didn't have qualified certificates and had its own haunted house filter.

However, she caught a glimpse of the complacent Xin Yunmao and suddenly she was not so flustered. Maybe because of his identity as a funny monster, she inexplicably felt that ghost movies all had comedy effects.

As the director of the Observation Department, Miao Lu's face was suddenly dragged down, and he said indifferently: "Did you talk so annoying before?"

Miao Lu carefully recalled Xin Yunmao's past conversations, but there was no impressive picture in his mind. He only remembered that the other party had been taciturn since he was born, and he shouldn't have such a face that deserved a beating.

The wooden platform passed through several levels one after another. Countless old stoves could be seen in the distance. From time to time, the screams of strange beasts could be heard, and it was like a scene of endless purgatory.

Chu Zhishui heard a strange noise: "What is this?" "

There are five poisons and eight sufferings in life. The monsters who violated the rules are all related to these. They are imprisoned on different floors and endured the torture of burning by monster fire. This is the scream of those monsters." Miao Lu said, "The lower the level, the more serious the crime committed by the monsters. They will move up year by year according to the sentence they serve."

"Then what kind of monsters are imprisoned on the bottom level?"

"Nothing matters, this is our office."

Not long after, the wooden platform stopped at the bottom, and the space suddenly opened up. The environment here was much more normal. The staff of the Observation Department were wearing demon-suppressing robes. They were busy holding folders. They said hello to Miao Lu and then walked away from the two demons.

Miao Lu enthusiastically acted as a tour guide: "First, I'll take you around, and then we'll see the ginseng monster."

Chu Zhishui looked around curiously: "I didn't expect it to be so deep down there."

Miao Lu sighed: "Director Hu still regrets that he shouldn't have built the office building up there. From time to time, the monster jumps up to the wall upstairs."

"Then why don't you re-plan the area?"

Miao Lu glanced at her sadly: "The cafeteria in the bureau is bad, is it because we don't want to eat good food?"

Chu Zhishui suddenly realized that no matter whether it was a sloppy cafeteria or an office building with improper divisions, there was only one eternal reason behind it - no money.

All workplaces in the world are arranged in a stereotyped way. One person and two monsters took a circle in the office on the bottom floor and climbed back onto the wooden platform to other floors.

The demon ladder slowly rose up. Chu Zhishui stood beside the pillar and bravely glanced down, overlooking the entire bottom layer. In mid-air, the ground pattern vaguely emerged into a huge and ferocious dragon head. It was impossible to see it from the middle, but only from a high place could one make out the clue. The dragon's expression was distorted, and it could be said to be grinning, and it was suppressed at the bottom.

After a while, they arrived at the floor where the ginseng demon was. This place was filled with uniquely shaped alchemy furnaces, which emitted black flames from time to time and made crackling sounds.

"Want some popcorn?" Miao Lu took out a corn cob from somewhere and suggested, "Find you a plant monster to pop, such as a sugarcane monster or something."

"I'm sorry, my stomach is not in a good condition." Chu Zhishui stretched out his hand to stop him and declined politely, "I'm quite particular about food."

Miao Lu nodded in understanding, and recalled: "That's right, the food in your home is delicious." Xin

Yunmao had been silent at first, but he frowned when he heard this, stopped, and looked quite alert: "Why does he know that the food in your home is delicious?"

Chu Zhishui: "It's a long story."

Miao Lu pretended to be surprised: "No way, no way, there can't be a monster who hasn't eaten the food of Section Chief Chu's family, I thought the Economic Development Department had tried it, after all, even I can eat it often."

Xin Yunmao: "..."

Xin Yunmao's face turned black, he looked at Chu Zhishui in disbelief, continuously creating cold air, as if he was about to get emotional.

Chu Zhishui was caught in the crossfire. She couldn't help but glare at Miao Chu who was stirring up trouble. She thought that cats are born with the ability to please and be mean, and can easily start a war.

Xin Yunmao saw her little action, and he felt even more frustrated. He exclaimed: "You are still looking at him? Shouldn't you explain it?" "

...I didn't look at him."

The correct verb is "glare".

Chu Zhishui chose her words carefully, her eyes moved up and down, and she said vaguely: "Whether you believe it or not, I just made a mistake accidentally, a mistake that all human beings in the world will make..."

Xin Yunmao stared at her in silence, and he seemed inexplicably resentful.

"..."

After all, why should she be condemned by the eyes of domestic cats like the breeders who feed wild cats! ?

The air around them seemed to stop flowing. During the long confrontation, only the sound of the pot could be heard.

Sizzle -

Xin Yunmao heard the noise. He suddenly looked serious. He stretched out his hand to her and said solemnly, "Come here."

"What?" Chu Zhishui did not dodge. She was sure that he would not dare to do anything. She wondered, "Why do you speak like the protagonist of a romance novel?"

Xin Yunmao said nothing. He put his hand on her shoulder, pulled her over, and put her behind him.

Chu Zhishui was just feeling surprised when she heard a strange noise behind her.

Not long after, the stove next to her started to emit strange ghost lights, like a high-pressure pot that was about to explode. It shook and bumped with a buzzing sound, as if molten lava was about to erupt, and hot steam came out with a sizzling sound.

Chu Zhishui was startled: "What is this?"

Xin Yunmao and Miao Lu both looked at this scene coldly.

An ugly ghost face condensed on the round furnace mouth. He wanted to break the restriction head-on, but the furnace flashed with golden light and was firmly trapped in the furnace, making a terrifying impact sound. The furnace at the observation point is special. Once the monster is imprisoned, it is basically powerless to save it.

Sizzle-sizzle-

the monster in the furnace was burned by the flames and its original form could no longer be seen, but his eyes were fierce, and he shouted at the one and two monsters passing by the furnace: "Xin Yunmao, when Lord Dragon God wakes up, he will never let you go!"

The voice was hoarse and miserable, condensed with lingering hatred.

Chu Zhishui had never heard other monsters call his name. He didn't expect that the first time would be under the observation area. The other party's shout was filled with cold hostility.

"It's been so many years, and he actually moved here." Miao Lu blinked, "It's been roasted by the fire and it hasn't dissipated yet."

Xin Yunmao ridiculed: "Your facilities are really old, and you can't even burn such a small thing."

A ball of black fire emerged from Xin Yunmao's fingertips. It was different from the pure black before. It was mixed with a charming green color. The blue and black intertwined, blended with each other, and swayed endlessly.

He flicked his finger, and the blue-black flames fell into the furnace. The tiny sparks touched it and burned unstoppably. In an instant, the flames from the furnace mouth shot up to the sky. The strange blue fire was amazing.

A mournful cry came from the stove, like a bone spike piercing a beast.

"He won't let me go?" Xin Yunmao said with contempt, his voice as cool as the night wind, muttering, "Just right, I won't let him go."

His face was free of any emotion, silently watching the flames burning, the demonic fire flickering, and it was like frost and snow.

Chu Zhishui watched all this quietly, and suddenly remembered the scene when they first met. He was distant, vigilant, and sharp, with almost no smile on his face. He would leave in a hurry after saying a few words, just like his current demeanor.

The mouth of the stove splashed with hot and bright stars, burning all the screams.

After a while, there was no sound in the stove, and it was dark and silent.

Xin Yunmao turned back with a dull expression. He saw her staring at the stove. Suddenly he remembered something and said, "Are you scared?"

"No."

Xin Yunmao observed her and confirmed that she was really fine. He nodded complacently, "Oh - that means she was conquered by my power."

Chu Zhishui saw him return to his old ways. Her eyebrows twitched slightly and she hesitated, "No, it's just that playing with fire like this, it's easy..."

"Easy for what?"

"Playing with fire can easily lead to wetting the bed."

"?"

Throwing fire so casually is a safety hazard, and it is not recommended for other humans and monsters to imitate.

"Pfft." Miao Lu couldn't help laughing out loud, and raised his paw to cover his expression.

Xin Yunmao's pupils shrank slightly, his face turned blue and white, and he said angrily: "I am not the same as a hair-shedding creature, I don't need these dirty behaviors!"

Chu Zhishui was puzzled: "You only eat and don't do anything, are you a Pixiu?"

Xin Yunmao: "..."

He heard the background sound of the laughter, glared at the black cat whose shoulders were shaking, and gritted his teeth and said: "Miao Lu, if you laugh again, you will lose your tail."

"She was talking about you, you are threatening me?" Miao Lu complained, turned to look at Chu Zhishui, and persuaded, "I was just about to say, are you really not going to consider having a ties with me? He is so annoying, and humans like cats more, right?"

Xin Yunmao corrected him coldly, "Humans like cats that are sterilized and don't leave their homes."

Miao Lu said obediently, "I won't do that."

Chu Zhishui: "Tie a ties?"

"Yes, as long as we have a ties, I will protect you well, and you don't have to pay much, just give me fish to eat. Although it sounds a bit strange, if we have long-term contact, it is better for you to have a ceremony."

"I can have a hairtail in the future..." Chu Zhishui said in embarrassment, "but forget about the ceremony."

Miao Lu was rejected, he widened his eyes: "Why?"

Xin Yunmao raised his chin complacently: "I told you she's not interested in you."

"You've already done the ceremony with him? Impossible, I don't feel it." Miao Lu said, "Do you really want to choose him? He is different from us. Compared with me in the bureau, he is obviously more unreliable."

In fact, Chu Zhishui didn't want to choose any side. She always felt that the second demon she recommended was involved in pyramid schemes, and casually said: "Isn't he also in the bureau?"

Miao Lu: "He's not."

Chu Zhishui turned back in surprise: "You are not in the bureau?"

"You finally reacted?" Xin Yunmao said calmly, "Of course not."

She was confused and said, "Then why were you in the logistics department?"

If Xin Yunmao was not in the bureau, why did he work in the office?

Xin Yunmao couldn't help but curl up his lips: "Now you understand, I am different from them. It is such an honor for you to be my only believer..."

He is one of the rare monsters in the world who has been deified! After the dragon was deified, no monster could defeat it!

"Were you dispatched? Or a contract worker?" Chu Zhishui thought for a while, and comforted her seriously, "It's okay, it doesn't matter if there is no organization now. We treat everyone equally in our department and only value work ability."

"???"

Miao Lu laughed until cat ears popped out, and he wanted to roll on the ground. He was really happy.

Xin Yunmao was furious and really admired her way of thinking: "You should have concluded that I am the strongest. Hu Chenrui can't control me, so why is it a contract worker!?"

Chu Zhishui listened to his anger and soothed him: "Okay, okay, the sweeping monk is the strongest, the contract worker is the strongest, don't worry about it."

Xin Yunmao felt like something was stuck in his throat.

"You can choose him or me, and it won't delay either side." Miao Lu finished listening to the joke, continued to dig, and tempted, "There will always be times when he can't take care of it. He can't be on call all day, right?"

Chu Zhishui glanced at Xin Yunmao's laser eyes, and knew that if she dared to agree, the other party would make a scene on the spot. She stammered: "...It seems that it is not necessary at the moment."

Miao Lu looked around and found that the man and the demon had different expressions. He was shocked and said: "Is he really on call all day?"

Xin Yunmao raised his chin slightly: "How could I be as irresponsible and derelict of duty as you?"

"Not really." Chu Zhishui whispered, "But he will come when called."

"Contract workers are idle." Miao Lu's eyes were subtle, "I can't accept being around people every day."

Xin Yunmao couldn't hold back his face, and his words were like broken ice: "You really don't want the tail anymore?"

Miao Lu was threatened by the cat's body, and immediately narrowed his eyes in anger. He didn't know what he was thinking, and he said with a schadenfreude: "But you are really different from the past. You used to have a dead face. It would be interesting if they saw it."

After chatting, the two demons continued to move forward, and neither of them mentioned the stove, as if it was an unimportant episode.

Chu Zhishui turned around and found that the fire had gone out, just like the old stories in the dust, all burned to ashes by the green fire, leaving only complete nothingness.

Miao Lu finally brought the Economic Development Section staff to the ginseng monster.

There were countless stoves on both sides, and there was a stone platform in the open space. The white-bearded old man was handcuffed and shackled, sitting on it in a daze. His long beard still had dark burn marks, like an old sweet potato just taken out of the stove. He might have been tortured recently, and now his eyes were blurred, and he was weak and looked miserable.

Chu Zhishui asked, "What's his name?"

Miao Lu said slowly, "I'm too lazy to check the number. You can call him whatever you want." The

old man with white beard spoke hoarsely and tremblingly, "My name is Sukako."

Chu Zhishui pondered for a few seconds. She just felt that it was particularly difficult to pronounce, so she nodded and said, "Okay, Lao Bai, what do you want to talk to me about?"

The ginseng demon was happy to get a new nickname: "?"


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