It was originally a meal for two people, but it turned into a dinner for a group of people.
When they first came, even the fat guy was very reserved, after all, the women he was eating with were all female celebrities that he could not afford in the past. But soon the atmosphere became lively, and the fat guy handed out his business card to everyone.
Lin Mo was happy to see this happen.
He asked the fat guy to develop business. It is said that behind every female star there is a huge circle of friends and social circle, and this circle is full of well-known figures, which is just right for the fat guy to develop business.
Maybe we can take this opportunity to let Fatty open a branch in Tunjing City.
The nightmare security industry is clearly in its infancy right now, and many people are rushing in to get a piece of the pie, so whoever makes the money will make it, and it would be a waste not to make it.
Look how energetic the fat guy is now?
This is finding your life purpose.
Tao Xin was very excited at this time.
She hardly drinks at any drinking party, but this time, she made an exception and her face turned red from drinking.
Sister Mi next to them was a talkative person, and the atmosphere was basically started by her and the fat guy. Although it was the first time they met each other, they soon became chatting enthusiastically.
Especially after knowing that Fatty and Lin Mo had a private security company, everyone present showed great interest.
Tao Xin is willing to join.
Not only did her father remind her, but she herself could see the situation clearly. Whether for her own safety or for future development, it would not be wrong to make arrangements in the nightmare world as soon as possible.
And we must find capable people to cooperate with.
As the saying goes, it means to cling to someone's thighs.
There is no doubt that Lin Mo is the thickest, hardest and strongest thigh.
Once I hold you this time, I can’t let go.
"Add me, I'll join too. Don't worry, I don't care about the profit. I just want to help you, Expert Lin, have fun." Sister Mi also expressed her opinion at this time.
The other two actresses are not stupid either.
They also expressed their desire to join this promising career.
Lin Mo doesn’t care about this, the fat man will make the decision.
He is the type of chairman who doesn't care about anything at all.
The most reserved person at the dinner table was Team Leader Liu from the Tunjing City Branch. He was different from the others in that he was an expert.
Besides, he excels in perception.
So he could feel the nightmare atmosphere on Lin Mo at this moment.
So powerful.
It was so powerful that it made people feel suffocated, so he didn't dare to say a word the whole time. Lin Mo also noticed it, and when he looked at the time, it was almost time, so Lin Mo stood up.
"The meal was good today. I have something else to do. You guys continue eating and chatting. Then just ask Fatty to pay the bill."
Lin Mo got up, and everyone else got up too.
"Expert Lin, are you leaving?"
"Eat for a while longer."
"No, no, something's wrong."
"Then, I'll take you there!" Tao Xin and Sister Mi said in unison. After that, they looked at each other. Tao Xin's eyes said, Mi Mi, why are you joining in the fun? Sister Mi had an expression on her face that said, "I don't understand what you mean." She said to herself, Xin Xin, this matter can't be blamed on me for being unkind. The main reason is that I also want to hug this thigh.
In the end, Lin Mo didn't let them see him off.
After all, we went to the Black Sheep Mansion, which was too fierce and too dangerous for ordinary people.
The fat guy was already drunk at this time, and said that he would leave the next step to him and would ensure that the company's business would prosper.
Lin Mo came out alone, took a taxi to a place near the Black Sheep Mansion, and then walked there on foot.
There's no way, this place has long been sealed off by the Security Bureau.
It's not just the Black Sheep Mansion, the same is true for the nearby alleys.
This is the most dangerous forbidden area, no one is allowed to enter.
There were even special agents from the Security Bureau on duty 24 hours a day outside the area. After Lin Mo was stopped, he showed his ID and passed through easily.
In the Black Sheep Mansion, Lin Mo didn't even need to set an alarm and fell asleep directly.
Since the advent of the escape beans, the wake-up service is no longer needed. After all, the wake-up service requires setting the time in advance, which is inconvenient. The escape beans are much more convenient to use. Whenever you want to escape, just take one and it will come out.
Returning to the Black Sheep Mansion, Lin Mo went straight to the third floor and knocked on the innermost door.
The nightmares who were locked in different rooms in the mansion also felt the breath of the living at this moment and peeked in secretly, but when they found out it was Lin Mo, they were so scared that they closed the door and hid behind it, trembling.
Why is this person here again? Lin Mo waited for a while, but there was no response from inside the door.
But now Lin Mo is no longer the same as before. He knows that Yu Ning is inside.
The last time the evil ghost in the Black Sheep Mansion was dealt with was entirely due to Yu Ning's sacrifice. If she hadn't taken over from the Madam and sealed off the half-body evil ghost, something big would have happened in the Black Sheep Mansion.
Lin Mo admired Yu Ning very much, and he even made a vow to rescue her.
I knocked on the door again, but still no response.
Lin Mo said, "I just came to visit you on my way. I will go to see your sister in a couple of days."
This time, there was a response from inside the door.
"What happened to my sister?"
Lin Mo explained the situation. To be honest, the last time Nie Hong boarded the Glutton alone, he must have had some ulterior motive. Three months have passed in the blink of an eye, and Lin Mo is not sure whether the other party is still on the ship.
After all, in these three months, the Glutton could not have failed to dock at other ports. Who knew where the ship had been? If Nie Hong got off the ship, she would really not be able to find her.
"Are you planning to get on the boat?" Yu Ning asked from inside the door.
"Yes, I have this plan. I came here to tell you and discuss it with you. By the way, I want to see how you are doing. Are you doing well recently?" Lin Mo can chat with anyone.
I can find a topic even when I have nothing to say.
"Are the neighbors in the mansion all well behaved?"
"It's okay. If anyone is being dishonest, tell me and I'll go talk to them. After all, you can't handle it all by yourself sometimes."
"Speaking of your sister, she is really a worry to me. If you said she would get on the ship, she should at least say hello to me. If she ran away without saying hello, if it wasn't for your sake, I really wouldn't bother to take care of her."
"By the way, have you ever been on a boat?"
Lin Mo kept talking, but it was quiet inside the door.
It is indeed difficult for a socially adept person to get along with a socially anxious girl.
But Lin Mo continued to chatter.
The nightmare at the red door in front couldn't help but push the door open and said, "The second lady doesn't want to pay attention to you, can you be quiet for a while?"
Lin Mo frowned.
He immediately rolled up his sleeves and walked over, closed the door with the red door ghost, and had a good chat with him, talking about life.
When Lin Mo finally opened the door and came out, he could faintly hear sobbing from inside.
Walking back to the innermost door, Lin Mo was about to continue speaking when he suddenly noticed something new on the carpet in front of the door.
A jade ring.
Lin Mo didn't pick it up immediately, but knocked on the door and asked.
"Second Miss, there is a ring at your door."
"Second Miss, are you still there? There is a ring at your door."
"It's made of jade, emerald green, and it seems to have a little bit of light on it. Is it yours?"
"Second Miss..."
Finally, probably because she was tired of being asked, Yu Ning's voice came from inside the door.
"The ring is for you. I'm fine. Go away. I need to rest."
Lin Mo could tell that this second young lady really liked quietness.
Then let’s not talk about it.
But what about giving yourself a ring?
Lin Mo picked it up, looked at it, and then put it on the index finger of his left hand.
The previous ghost ring was on the little finger of the left hand; the metal ring with a pollution source that can hypnotize the living is on the middle finger of the left hand; this jade ring can only be placed on the index finger.
The ring finger is definitely not suitable, and the thumb, which is not a ring, cannot be worn either.
As a result, Lin Mo now has three rings on his left hand.
It looks very luxurious and wealthy.
I just don't know what the function of this jade ring is.
But after putting it on, I immediately noticed the difference.
His breath was muffled.
To be more precise, the breath of living people no longer exists.
The effect is similar to drinking the Demon Revealing Soup, but the Demon Revealing Soup can really turn a living person into a nightmare in a short period of time, while this ring is deceptive at best.
But the good thing is that there is no time limit, and it can completely cover up the breath of a living person.
Lin Mo understood.
Although Yu Ning didn't know how dangerous the Glutton was, she knew from the description that it was a place where no strangers were allowed to enter, so she gave the ring to Lin Mo.
The purpose is also very clear.
It is to increase Lin Mo's survival rate so that other nightmares cannot detect Lin Mo's living breath.
This is very useful.
Lin Mo knew very well that sometimes he had no way to hide at all, and if he encountered some powerful nightmares, he would be discovered in minutes.
It wouldn't matter at other times, but on the Glutton it could be fatal.
But with this jade ring, you don’t have to worry anymore.
So this thing is very useful.
"Thank you, Second Miss."
Lin Mo thanked him, but there was no response from inside the door.
After saying that, Lin Mo turned and left.
After a long time, the wooden door slowly opened a crack.
Yu Ning glanced outside the door, smiled, and closed the door again.
…
In the next few days, Lin Mo would return to the hotel after nightfall every day, lie down and fall asleep, and enter the dock in the nightmare world.
Lin Mo had already found Pier 14.
This is an area near the river, dark and quiet. The dark river water constantly hits the shore, making a splashing sound. On the huge gray cement platform, a huge '14' is painted with black paint.
This is undoubtedly Pier 14.
After several days of exploration, Lin Mo has become quite familiar with this place.
When he first arrived, the place was empty.
But in the next few days, "monsters" came one after another.
It's that kind of nightmare with a pig's head.
These nightmares are huge in size. After they arrive, they wait at the dock without communicating with each other. In the darkness, they look like terrifying statues.
Among these pig-headed monsters, Lin Mo met a "new friend".
Broken ear.
This is the name Lin Mo gave it.
The reason for this name is that most of the opponent's ear was bitten off.
Can'er looks very rough and ferocious. If he stands up, he is more than two meters and five meters tall. Like other pig-headed monsters, he is fat, strong and vicious.
Lin Mo put a lot of thought into making this friend.
He dragged the other party to the grove for three consecutive times, beat and scolded him, and finally put a knife to his neck. Only then did Can'er finally agree to be friends with Lin Mo.
"You are just like Zhuge Liang. Liu Bei visited him three times at his thatched cottage. I also invited you to the grove three times before you gave in. Tell me yourself, if you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?"
Lin Mo couldn't help but let out a sound that made his ears drop.
Can'er didn't say anything, one reason being that he didn't understand, and the other was that he was shaking with anger.
But there's no way, I can't beat him.
From Can'er, Lin Mo knew that the Glutton would indeed dock at Pier 14, but Can'er didn't know the exact day.
Lin Mo asked it why it knew the Glutton would come.
The latter said that it could hear the special whistle on the Glutton and smell the rich meaty aroma on the Glutton.
This is definitely bullshit.
Anyway, Lin Mo didn't believe a word of it.
On the fourth day after Lin Mo arrived, he finally saw the butcher.
No one knew when the other party arrived, but when Lin Mo went there that day, he saw the butcher standing on the dock with a knife on his back.
However, in terms of size, the butcher has no advantage over the pig-headed monster.
Especially around the waist, thighs and arms.
But the murderous aura of the butcher is stronger than that of many pig-headed monsters.
Seeing an acquaintance, Lin Mo ran over excitedly.
"Brother Butcher, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for several days!"
The butcher was still not good at speaking and just nodded at Lin Mo.
"Come, let me introduce you. This is Can'er, a new friend. Can'er, this is Brother Butcher... Hey, why are you shaking so hard? Are you feeling sick?"
When Can'er saw the butcher, he instinctively trembled.
In fact, the same is true for the other pig-headed nightmares waiting at the dock. They are very afraid of the butcher, just like mice are afraid of cats.
Next comes the waiting.
Lin Mo asked the butcher ten questions but got no answer.
A few hours later, it was late at night.
Suddenly, a whistle sounded in the distance.
“Here it comes!”
The butcher said something.
All the nightmares and monsters on the dock stood up and gathered together excitedly.
The ship is coming.
Lin Mo squinted his eyes and looked over there. The river was connected to the sea in the distance. There was a layer of fog that was difficult to see through. Especially in the dim night, he could not see anything.
However, as time went by, the sound of the river water hitting the shore increased a lot, and soon a huge black boat was seen slowly approaching.
This was the second time Lin Mo saw the Glutton.
At this moment, the huge hull looks like a deep-sea monster slowly emerging from the darkness. The black metal hull has a sense of mystery, and it looks like a huge and indestructible sea fortress.
Before reaching the shore, many Pig-Headed Nightmares had already approached excitedly, and the one in the front was pushed directly into the black river water, making a splash sound as it fell into the water.
This is a nightmare world, and there are even more terrifying things in the water of the nightmare world.
The pig-headed nightmare that fell into the water immediately let out a scream, and then was dragged into the water by some black things, and there was no movement anymore.
"It's not too late to regret!"
At this time, the butcher's low and hoarse voice reached Lin Mo's ears.
Lin Mo understood.
What the other party meant was that it was not too late to regret now, but once you got on the boat later, there would be no possibility of regretting.
This is normal. Once you get on the boat, don't even think about getting off halfway. You can only wait for the boat to dock.
Lin Mo didn't know whether the Glutton would dock somewhere else. Just here in Whale Swallowing City, the docking period was three months. That was to say, after this upload, it would take at least three months for him to return to Whale Swallowing City.
Just thinking about having to spend three months on a ship full of unknowns and terrors is indeed a very scary thing.
But Lin Mo did not feel fear.
So he didn't hesitate at all.
"Brother Butcher, should we go now or later?" Lin Mo asked.
The butcher was speechless for a while.
Just keep quiet.
Lin Mo came this time not only to find Nie Hong, but also because he already knew the source of the gluttony curse, which was this huge black iron ship.
Then, there must be many secrets hidden on the ship, and there may be a stronger curse of Sequence 1.
Lin Mo now needs a powerful curse to be cast on the yellow paper, so such a ship must not be missed.
Besides, Lin Mo himself was also cursed by gluttony, although the terrible hunger brought by the gluttony curse was weakened through the confrontation between curses.
But that doesn't mean the hunger has completely disappeared.
Recently, Lin Mo often felt that kind of hunger coming.
Eating meat will relieve the symptoms.
But as the frequency of this hunger increased, so did the pain that came with it.
Although it is not particularly obvious now, it is always a good idea to prepare for a rainy day. If the disadvantages of the gluttony curse increase infinitely in the future, it will be too late to find a solution then.
This is also the reason why Lin Mo wants to get on board.
Lin Mo even suspected that Nie Hong got on board because of the uncontrollable hunger. After all, Nie Hong had been cursed with gluttony for a longer time.
It's like having a disease.
Lin Mo is only in the early stage now, while Nie Hong may be in the late stage.
So she had to get on board.
The Glutton had already docked at this time. From a close distance, it was really a big ship. Lin Mo took a look at the huge chimney on it, which was now emitting billowing black smoke. In some places, huge machines and gears could be seen, giving it a heavy metal mechanical feel.
Looking down, there are many black tentacles under the boat in the water.
Like some nightmare creature living on the bottom of the ship.
Maybe this is the thing that ate the pig-headed monster that fell into the water.
Can'er also wanted to squeeze forward at this time, but was pulled back by Lin Mo.
At this time, everyone is crowded in the front and it is easy to get into trouble. Either you will be pushed into the water accidentally, or you will have an argument with the monsters next to you.
We have to get on the boat anyway, so there's no need to rush.
Can't afford to offend Lin Mo, and with Lin Mo as his partner, Can't Do Nothing, he can only behave himself. But it can be seen that he has an extremely strong desire for the Glutton.
It was as if the ship had what it needed.
Lin Mo's nose twitched.
He also smelled the aroma of meat.
Maybe this is a smell that only those with the Gluttony Curse can smell.
It’s no wonder that the smell became more and more addictive. Even Lin Mo himself felt the sudden hunger and wanted to get on the boat to have a feast.
This kind of hunger is difficult to suppress. Not to mention Lin Mo, even the butcher was a little uneasy.
It also has the Gluttony Curse.
Lin Mo took a deep breath, bewitched himself, and slowly he felt better.
"Get on board!"
The butcher moved at this time.
The hatch of the ship in front had been opened, and a huge suspension bridge dropped down. The passengers who had been waiting for a long time could no longer hold back and rushed upwards madly.
(End of this chapter)