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The jewelry store that sells Buddhist jade beads is at the end of the aisle. The storefront is very small and the lighting inside is dim and mysterious, striving to make the pile of small bracelets wholesale by the kilogram look unique.
At this time, there were four men rummaging around in the store, and two of them were guarding several customers who were hostages squatting in the corner. Among the hostages was a young man with a pale face, eyes closed, and a bloody patch on his shoulder.
The injured person was probably Zhao Yan's master.
Lu Cai was hiding not far away, looking at the scene in the shop. She didn't expect that these people hadn't found the Buddha's jade beads yet.
Glancing across the shop, recalling Zhao Yan's explanation, he had no idea where the jade beads were. Therefore, she had only one way out—wait for the robbers to find them, and then she could seize the opportunity to steal them.
She was still thinking about which direction they would run after they snatched the Buddha treasure. The kitten at her feet moved and stepped on Lu Cai's hoof.
Lu Cai lowered his head and met 666's eyes. The kitten tilted its head back, its furry head slightly ruffled, its deep red eyes bright and peaceful.
Strangely enough, she actually understood the kitten's eyes - he recognized the Buddha's jade beads.
666 was originally a member of the management team, so he should have his own way of identifying items. After all, that long-haired, red-eyed scavenger could even insert a zombie out of thin air and drag Lu Cai into the side story. The jade bead was also a major item in this dungeon's side quest, so it wasn't surprising that 666 recognized it.
There was no way to ask in detail at this moment, so Lu Cai explained himself this way.
But just letting him go like this was too dangerous. Think about Zhao Yan, just a small Pekingese, being chased by three grown men with guns.
Lu Cai was suddenly stunned. Three people chasing a pet dog? She hadn't thought it was wrong before, because she knew that in this dungeon world, players existed in the form of animals, so it was normal for side quest NPCs to target animals.
But if you think about it carefully, there is another possibility: could this be its original setting? What is the most important thing in this side story?
Buddha treasure?
Her frown deepened, and she motioned 666 to wait a moment, then opened the chat box.
[Lu Cai: When you fled the jewelry store, did you take anything with you?]
She now suspected that Zhao Yan might have taken the Buddha Jade Bead away, which was why the three men were so relentless in their pursuit. However, the robbers in the jewelry store were still searching diligently...
[Zhao Yan: There's a small pendant that the dog's owner gave me when I first entered the store.]
Anyway, he just refused to admit that he was his master.
[Lu Cai: Can you come?]
[Zhao Yan: OK]
Are they not sure whether the thing on Zhao Yan is a Buddhist treasure, or are the three people chasing Zhao Yan trying to keep the jade beads for themselves?
The more Lu Cai thought about it, the more confused she became. She simply threw away all the messy thoughts in her head. She just wanted to find the Buddha treasure and didn't care about the plot. After all, she had never sorted out any plot in the dungeon before.
The little kitten beside him seemed to understand what Lu Cai meant. It waited quietly on the side, looking at the store opposite, as if it had turned into a stone statue.
A cool breeze blew past, and Lu Cai felt a chill on her back, her eyelids twitching, and her heart panicking. In an instant, she dodged to the side, and a gray-black "long ribbon" scurried past her, and the kitten at her feet quickly jumped away.
The noise was so loud that it naturally alerted the robbers. But at this moment, Lu Cai couldn't care less about the people across from her. She saw a wrist-thick snake covered in stripes on the floor tiles, and it was raising its head and rushing towards 666.
666 moved extremely quickly, jumping in a different direction to avoid the snake's attack, then showing his cat claws and slapping the snake's head hard.
Lu Cai couldn't help but gasp, then leaped a long way with a hiss. Seeing the skin on the back of the snake's neck turned outward, even two scales had been scratched off, she guessed that 666's strength had recovered a little.
Whoosh—whoosh—
This was followed by a loud bang of glass shattering. The robbers on the opposite side actually opened fire. The sound of gunfire echoed throughout the entire floor. Cai Lu could even hear the crowd outside the building screaming.
Are they completely crazy?
Bullets flew over and smashed the furnishings into pieces.
Lu Cai put up a barrier to block the bullets that were coming straight at him. Then there were crackling sounds and the bullets fell to the ground and scattered.
The spotted snake on the ground was injured, but still fierce. It raised its head and continued to attack 666. Lu Cai frowned, not wanting it to continue its reckless behavior. He separated a strand of red silk and tightly wrapped the snake's body, trapping it on the ground.
Seeing that it was trapped, 666 didn't bother to argue any more and ran towards the jewelry store opposite.
Lu Cai took a last look at the struggling spotted snake on the ground, and accidentally made eye contact with it. He saw resentment and madness in its eyes.
The data on the snake is dark green.
He is a player.
If he's a player, why would he attack 666 for no reason? Could he have figured out that the kitten was a scavenger?
Lu Cai hesitated for a moment, but quickly denied it. Unless the other party had the ability to distinguish data like her, how could he identify the identity of the animals in this copy?
If she hadn't been sure that the data on the flower-skinned snake was player data, she would have suspected whether the other party was from the management.
Since he had already trapped the other party, Cai Lu ignored it for the time being and turned his attention back to the jewelry store opposite. He saw the kitten jump lightly, avoid the bullet, and rush into the store.
The shop was cramped and filled with miscellaneous items, and the robbers, who were all tall and strong, were thrown to the ground in an instant. Only a gray-black shadow passed by, and several people screamed and fell to the ground.
Lu Cai did not rush forward. Since 666 could handle it, there was no need for her to rush forward.
[Lu Cai: We had a problem here. We were discovered by those robbers.]
[Zhao Yan: I'll be there soon!]
[Judicial Lu: That's not necessary. Currently, the Cat Fist is holding the situation steady.]
[Zhao Yan:?]
The gray-black shadow leaped back and forth, stepping lightly on the decorations in the shop. Lu Cai's eyes followed the kitten closely. His movements were so fast that she couldn't help but think of the scene when they first fought.
It was then that she discovered that 666's movements were extremely fast, and each move was efficient and effective.
The screams in the shop abruptly stopped, and a figure fell to the ground, followed by the swiftly moving gray ball. The hostage in the corner opened his eyes wide and shrank back in fear, but he didn't dare to scream.
Lu Cai smiled and removed the barrier. The flower-skinned snake, bound by red silk at its side, was held captive by the silk and suspended in mid-air. The little black horse pranced towards the jewelry store.
Seeing Lu Cai approaching, 666 stopped standing there and jumped onto the counter, searching the shelves for any trace of the Buddhist treasure.
Stepping into the store, Lu Cai looked at the robbers at his feet and felt uneasy. He released a few strands of supernatural energy and tied them up tightly. Even if a few of them woke up halfway, they would not be in any danger.
When she looked up again, several people in the corner were cowering, looking at her as if they had seen a ghost.
A kitten defeated a group of armed robbers, and a black horse could release red light to bind people. She suspected that these people's materialistic worldview was slowly collapsing.
But it had nothing to do with her.
In line with the principle of not wanting to waste time due to language barriers, Lu Cai just took a quick glance and followed the kitten around the store.
If it weren't for the flowery snake, they could have waited for the robbers to find something before taking action. Looking at the dazzling array of trinkets, Lu Cai felt a little dazzled.
Just as he was worrying, there was a sound of running outside the store. Cai Lu immediately became alert and then heard a familiar voice.
"Are you all okay?" It was Zhao Yan who rushed over. He saw the flower-skinned snake in mid-air and asked, "What is this?"
"Player." Lu Cai stopped and walked towards the little Pekingese. "He's attacking 666. I'll tie him up first."
"Attacking Brother Xiao Liu?" Zhao Yan's reaction was unusually quick. "Is it the enemy from before?"
Lu Cai didn't know either. Seeing the snake's stubborn look, it probably didn't want to waste any more time talking.
"Where is your pendant?" She looked at the small Pekingese dog in front of her. She saw him rubbing against the ground, and then an iron pendant fell from his neck.
The red thread hooked the pendant and lifted it into the air. Lu Cai took a closer look and found that there was nothing special about the pendant. It was shaped like a five-petal plum blossom and was made of what looked like artificial plastic.
Zhao Yan, standing by, looked at the red silk wrapped around the pendant, then at the kidnappers tied up on the ground, and could not help but remain silent. A bug was indeed a bug; even under these circumstances, her ability recovery speed was astonishing.
The pendant returned to Zhao Yan's eyes, and he heard Lu Cai's voice: "Keep it for now. It's best to put it in the system card slot so you don't lose it."
Zhao Yan was a little suspicious. Was her card slot full? He was about to take it when a ball the size of an adult's fist fell down.
The two men dodged the attack perfectly by leaning sideways. The ball hit the ground with a muffled sound, but instead of breaking, it rolled several times before being caught by Zhao Yan.
"Is this a jade bead?" Lu Cai was a little shocked when he saw the pale green sphere on the ground. This color and texture looked like a low-quality plastic product. How could it be the Buddhist treasure that everyone was fighting for?
The props team of this crew is too perfunctory!
The kitten landed lightly on the ground, walked to the edge of the ball, then stretched out its claws to move the ball, revealing a five-petal flower-shaped groove on the other side of the ball.
The groove had a smooth cross-section, a characteristic of the sphere's original design. If they hadn't just seen Zhao Yan's plastic plum blossom pendant, they would have definitely spent more time on this five-petal flower shape.
"This is..." Zhao Yan of course also saw it.
Judge Lu looked around and said, "Let's leave first and find a relatively safe place to discuss this. You keep this ball."
Her words reminded Zhao Yan of his earlier guess: "To be honest, your card slot is full, right?"
Lu Cai lowered his eyes to meet his searching gaze: "Why are you asking this?"
"Nothing, I just feel a little more balanced." Zhao Yan smiled, "Shi Rukui and I originally thought you were invincible, but now we know that there are things you can't do... Suddenly I feel that you are not easy."
Lu Cai: “…”
Not necessarily.
"Can you wait a moment?" Zhao Yan looked at the hostages not far away.
The group of people were shocked to find that this strange Pekingese dog had noticed them and they backed away continuously. Perhaps because the situation before them was too strange, they still did not cry out.
"Hurry up..." Lu Cai glanced at the crowd in the corner. The injured young man had not woken up yet.
The dog is no longer his dog. It would be great if he could heal his wounds, otherwise it would be too tragic...
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