Delicate slug (3)
As night falls, the noisy world gradually returns to tranquility. A half moon hangs in the sky, and the moonlight falls on the branches, reflecting a shimmering light.
Shi Jianxia disguised himself, took out the insect crystal from the No. 9 space bracelet, put it on the table in the living room, and left a few cubs to watch over it.
The number nine jade plate is with her, and he will definitely come back to get it.
But it is hard to say whether the one who will come back at that time will be Bai Xiaojiu, who can only spit out small streams of water, or Killer No. 9, who will swing his ice knife at the slightest disagreement.
Shi Jianxia didn't want to be threatened by him by the neck again, so he simply decided not to meet him.
I spent over 90,000 star coins to buy him a few hundred level 6 or 7 insect crystals. What a huge profit!
What? Forced sale?
Did Number Nine discuss this with her before spending the money?
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Zhu Yan hadn't yet developed an invisibility cloak, so Shi Jianxia could only fight by merging with Chang Xi, using the passive effect [Moon Shadow] obtained after the fusion battle to achieve the near-invisibility effect, and move at night to achieve the purpose of hiding his tracks.
Fortunately, there is no time limit for fighting with mimic fusion. How long it can last depends on the strength of the ability user's mental strength.
Shi Jianxia didn't know what level his mental power was among those with mimicry abilities, but it should be quite high since it could support the cubs in using their various talents.
The only uncertainty is that [Moon Shadow] requires direct moonlight to work, and will be very passive in a room where the moonlight cannot reach.
After fusing with Changxi and fighting, Shi Jianxia wore the same appearance as Changxi.
Her skirt and sleeves fluttered in the wind, and her long hair was lightly tied up with a wooden hairpin. Apart from her appearance, she was almost exactly the same as Chang Xi, even her aura was exactly the same. If she wore a mask, no one would be able to recognize her identity.
However, Shi Jianxia had already returned the bionic mask that Zhuang Mingyue had given her. She now used cosmetics to cover up her true appearance, painting her skin dark and applying blush and eyeshadow casually. If she went out at night, she would scare the timid to death.
She still remembered the two previous encounters with the cross-dressing man and the marks he left on her.
After the anonymous trade fair ended, she searched all over her body and asked the children for help. Finally, she found a dark green spider silk in her hair that was almost exactly the same as her hair.
This is probably the mark left on him by the cross-dressing man, so he can recognize her even after she has perfectly disguised herself.
As for how No. 9 identified her identity, Shi Jianxia still has no idea and can only act with caution.
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The fishy and salty sea breeze blew in my face. In a desolate town by the sea, two men, one strong and one thin, sat in a retro octagonal pavilion. Outside the pavilion was a straight magnetic road. Most of the goods entering and leaving the coastal quarantine station were transported along this magnetic road.
Scarface yawned and muttered, "Why hasn't he come yet?"
The thin young man sitting next to him quickly handed him a cigarette and said flatteringly, "Brother Hai, who are we picking up so late at night? Why are you being so mysterious?"
"The boss said that we were sent by the higher-ups to hunt the Zerg. We don't know the details, but remember to be polite later." Scarface took the cigarette and bit it between his lips, speaking vaguely.
The thin young man quickly lit the cigarette for him.
Outsiders are prohibited from entering or leaving the coastal quarantine station. Those with mimicry abilities who want to obtain insect crystals and Zerg materials can only go to the Zerg-occupied area.
However, some insect crystals and materials are not available in the land insect-occupied areas, and the prices on the market are not low. Some people with mimicry abilities who have connections see the profits here and will secretly come here to hunt the Zerg and earn gray income. The people in the quarantine station will collect the agency fees and turn a blind eye to it.
Scarface is very familiar with this job. He has contacted many people with special abilities and made a lot of money from it.
The skinny young man had only done this a few times. He had not been in the Linhai Quarantine Station for long. He had only recently gotten close to Scarface and gained his favor, which allowed him to be brought out to "receive customers."
The two waited for a while. Scarface finished his cigarette, but still no one came. He cursed in a low voice with some impatience.
But before he could finish his curse, he suddenly noticed that the shadow of the street lamp in front of him was too long, like a giant bat standing there.
He swallowed and looked up, just in time to see a black figure standing on the streetlight.
The man was tall and wearing a black cloak that covered him from head to toe. The cold sea breeze blew, and the cloak was rustling, like some monster howling.
She appeared silently, no, she didn't even have any breath when she was standing there. If it weren't for her shadow, Scarface would have suspected that he had seen a ghost.
The thin young man's heart skipped a beat when he saw him staring straight ahead. He followed his gaze and saw the person coming like a light feather falling from above the street lamp.
Scarface didn't dare to complain, and quickly put on a flattering smile to greet him, "You are here, Scarface. I am here to greet you on the orders of the stationmaster."
Shi Jianxia nodded and said in Changxi's voice: "Things."
The female voice is as cool as melting snow in spring, with a faint and ethereal sound, yet it has an unattainable quality that makes people dare not offend, and it is very recognizable.
Scarface was stunned at first, then smiled wryly and said, "The stationmaster said that things are tense these days. If someone seized such a large shipment, he wouldn't even have a chance to argue. To be cautious, I'll have to trouble you to pick it up in person."
Shi Jianxia's eyes narrowed slightly.
When I contacted Zhinao, the other party did not say this.
"Lead the way." Her voice was slightly cold. Although her voice was pleasant, it was devoid of any emotion.
Scarface felt an invisible oppression, as if something was spying on his soul, making him feel as if he had been stripped naked and thrown on the street for everyone to see.
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead uncontrollably. He didn't dare to say a word. He walked in front with his back bent and his posture extremely low.
The thin young man's sense of danger was not as strong as Scarface's, and he was extremely shocked by his respectful attitude.
Scarface's personality is like a chameleon. He humbles himself in front of people he cannot afford to offend, and shows off in front of people who need his help.
In the past, when the two of them came together to pick up those with special abilities to hunt Zerg, he would always put on a lot of airs before leading people to the beach. Those people with special abilities had to go through his connections, and even if they were dissatisfied with his attitude, they would swallow their anger and give him enough benefits.
The thin young man didn't dare to think too much and lowered his head decisively.
After working in the coastal quarantine station for a period of time, he has learned how to survive here.
Listen more, think more, watch less and ask less.
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"Boss, will we piss people off by doing this?" The shirtless burly man exhaled a breath of alcohol and picked up peanuts with chopsticks to eat.
There is only a small town next to this seaside quarantine station. The town is quite desolate, with basically no residents except for the quarantine station staff. The houses are sparsely built and there are not many entertainment facilities.
But no one likes to be cooped up in a steel-clad quarantine station, smelling the fishy and salty sea breeze all day long and facing the ugly Zerg parasites.
Therefore, as long as they are not on duty, most staff members will gather together in the town to eat and drink.
At this moment, seven or eight people were sitting around a round table in the room, playing drinking games and chatting about some unpleasant topics.
"Qingteng Town has been taken over by the Zerg Investigation Bureau. Jin Laosan is now no different from a stray dog. Who knows what he has been doing all this time? What if he uses us to seek credit from the Zerg Investigation Bureau? Will we still be alive?" The fat man sitting in the first seat sneered.
"He might even beg us to find him a place to stay! Things are different now. If he dares to act like a fool in front of us again, I'll have to teach him a lesson, lest he thinks we're his lackeys who can be ordered around at any time."
He had a round belly and his eyes were almost squeezed into slits by the fat on his face. He reeked of alcohol and it was obvious that he had attended many drinking parties like this.
This seaside quarantine station is located in a remote area, surrounded by mountains and rivers. Doesn't this make it possible for him to become a "local emperor"?
After hearing his words, everyone at the table burst into laughter.
"I see you really don't want to live anymore."
A cold, empty voice came from outside the door. Everyone in the room who were laughing was stunned for a moment. Before they could react to who was speaking, a heavy object suddenly smashed the door open and landed accurately on the wine table filled with delicious food.
Crash!
Cups fell to the ground and dishes overturned.
Someone looked closely and saw that the person who was knocked onto the table was the younger brother guarding outside the door.
He held his stomach in pain. He was kicked and the fusion with the mimicry was directly broken. After falling on the dining table, he could not keep his balance at all. He slid straight backwards, and several plates of food fell on the fat man.
The obese man was scalded by a bowl of steaming soup and screamed loudly. There were seven or eight people in the room, but no one dared to help him for a moment. Instead, they looked at the man in black robe who walked in from outside in horror.
"Who are you?" someone asked in horror.
Anyone who can work at the Linhai Isolation Station must have mimicry abilities, but the location is remote, and the Zerg that would be washed ashore by the tide are not of high level, so the mimicry combat level of the staff arranged here is not high either.
The real combat power is the members of the patrol team. These people only need to stay in the Linhai Isolation Station to give orders and do not need to fight the Zerg at all.
They were already content with their current life of luxury, so why would they bother to spend time on training? In terms of strength, they couldn't possibly compare to the talented students who had emerged from the Nanteng Military Academy after years of trials and tribulations.
This is also the reason why Shi Jianxia dared to come alone.
Of course, to be on the safe side, she asked Meng Ji to come and investigate the situation.
This is to give everyone in the room a warning.
You have to scare the person first before you can control him.
Shi Jianxia did not answer his question, but stared coldly at the fat man who was climbing up from the ground in a mess, with a silver whip winding down in his hand.
Number Nine's space bracelet collected a lot of whip-shaped weapons, and this silver whip was one of them. It had two forms: sword and whip. Shi Jianxia "requisitioned" it without hesitation.
Any weapons that can be collected by No. 9 must be good stuff.
The long whip dragged across the ground, spreading a biting cold air, which actually swept away the slightly stuffy atmosphere in the house caused by the hot wine and delicious food.
"You want to set up your own business?"
These words without any emotion made everyone in the room shudder, and their drunkenness disappeared completely.
The obese man finally realized what was happening. His howling stopped abruptly. He wiped the soup off his face and rolled up from the ground. He didn't care about his reddened skin and said with a smile, "You're kidding! How could we have the guts to do that?"
He also slapped himself twice hard. The sound spread from inside the house to outside, making people's eyelids twitch.
The obese man seemed to feel no pain and condemned himself, "That's all drunken nonsense! Drunken nonsense! We didn't mean any of that!"
He is quite quick to adapt to the situation.
Shi Jianxia didn't want to make too much trouble. After all, she had no one at her disposal, and these people were easy to control and could be used in a short period of time.
An obese man slid to his knees in front in a second, and the others were also fence-sitters. Naturally, it was impossible for them to have any integrity in such a life-threatening situation. They decisively slapped the man in the face and admitted their mistakes. Seeing this, the scarred face and the thin young man outside the house lowered their heads more and more, for fear that they would be accidentally caught in the disaster.
Shi Jianxia softened his tone slightly, "Where is what I want?"
The obese man didn't dare to delay for a second and decisively took off the space bracelet on his wrist. After seeing the soup stains on it, he quickly used his mimicry talent to summon a stream of water to clean it thoroughly, and then respectfully handed it to her.
It was filled with insect crystals that should have been transported to the bank for storage this month.
Shi Jianxia raised his sleeve to cover the fat man's hand. The latter felt a chill, and the weight of the space bracelet disappeared from his palm.
The rest of the people looked at the nose with their eyes and the heart with their nose, and the honest ones could not see the arrogance and domineering behavior in their daily life.
"Take me to the beach, and don't let anyone else be around." Shi Jianxia retracted the whip, and the oppressive coldness in the room disappeared in an instant. Everyone except her breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
The obese man hurriedly used his mimicry talent to pour a basin of water over his head to rinse off the soup and meat dishes. He didn't dare to ask to change his clothes, but walked happily in front to lead her.
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The obese man led Shi Jianxia to a certain isolation wall and said cautiously, "Sir, for safety reasons, the isolation wall is completely enclosed. You must take an aircraft to get to the beach, and the same goes for getting out."
Shi Jianxia waved his hand and said, "You can go now."
The fat man nodded and bowed, and when he bent down, he found that the shadow beside him disappeared.
He quickly raised his head and looked around. Is there anyone around?
I looked higher and still saw nothing.
He was horrified and immediately checked the surveillance footage on the isolation wall, but found that the footage only showed him coming over, with no one around him.
The fat man shuddered with fear and his legs immediately went limp.
Did he just, did he just see a ghost?
When his mind was in great shock, the slight pain on his face brought back some of his rationality.
The smell of vegetable soup was still on his body, so it was definitely not a ghost. The other party must be too strong and hid his tracks under surveillance.
The fat man was glad that he slid to his knees quickly, otherwise he would have been chopped to pieces by the other party like a pig or a donkey, and no one would have known how he died.
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[Passive - Moon Shadow] allows Shi Jianxia to blend 100% into the surrounding environment. From the surveillance perspective, she is no different from the surrounding environment, and naturally no image can be left.
After arriving above the beach in an aircraft, Shi Jianxia did not rush down. Instead, he took out the space bracelet he had taken from the fat man and scanned the items stored inside with his mental power.
Insect crystals! All of them!
The fat man sorted them into categories and packed them into boxes, one box after another, filling up the entire 20 cubic meter space ring.
The box also marked the number and level of insect crystals, totaling 150,100 pieces, and the levels were not high, ranging from level one to level four.
Among them, there are 100 fourth-level insect crystals, 5,000 third-level insect crystals, 45,000 second-level insect crystals, and 100,000 first-level insect crystals.
This is the monthly "tribute" amount agreed upon between Boss Jin, the black market controller of Qingteng Town, and the obese man. No matter how much it is, it is difficult to move it, as it will easily be discovered and cause trouble.
These insect crystals basically come from Zerg or parasites that died of dehydration after being washed ashore by the tide. The staff at the quarantine station only need to use robots to dissect them from the corpses and send them to the warehouse. Since the number of first and second level insect crystals is extremely large, a loss of tens of thousands is nothing.
Most insect crystals of level four and above need to be hunted by people with special abilities and are handled directly by patrol teams. There are many people and eyes, and they need to be registered, making it difficult to tamper with them.
Shi Jianxia was overjoyed, even happier than when he got the sixth or seventh level insect crystal from No. 9. He decisively took out several fourth level insect crystals and fed them to Zhulong, Sanzuwu and other cubs with high combat effectiveness, so that they could quickly reach level three.
In addition, she took out eight boxes of first-level insect crystals, transferred all the crystals inside into the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and distributed one hundred crystals to each of the cubs who had not been promoted to the second level.
She would deal with the remaining cubs that had reached level two after she got back. She was outside now and couldn't let all the cubs eat the insect crystals and fall into a deep sleep.
After the eight boxes were "looted", Shi Jianxia once again sadly realized that the cubs she raised were complete crystal-swallowing beasts.
She simply couldn't imagine how she would be able to get tens of thousands of insect crystals of the corresponding levels once the cubs reached level three, four, or even higher.
I can’t afford it, I simply can’t afford it.
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