Chapter 214: Scavenger (10) Emerald Earrings
Chen Yuan left angrily. Hei Yankai stood there for a long time, lowering his eyes dejectedly.
Gao Mengtang was too depressed because of his strong empathy. He squatted in the corner, looking at the painting that was stepped on and soiled. He was too sad to think about the copy and the task.
"Who are you?" Hei Yankai's voice woke Gao Mengtang up. He leaned over and tried to pick up the painting, but suddenly saw Gao Mengtang hiding in the corner.
Gao Mengtang was a little dazed when he saw a face that looked exactly like his own: "I..."
"Here are some of them." Hei Yankai took out a pair of sparkling jewels from his pocket and put them in Gao Mengtang's hands. "You can exchange them for some money."
Gao Mengtang clenched his fist and didn't look closely at the object in his palm. He suddenly realized that Hei Yankai thought he had sneaked into the vault to steal something.
Yes, a person of unknown origin appeared in the vault. Who else could it be except a thief?
"Go ahead. I won't tell anyone." Hei Yankai rubbed the shoe prints on the painting with his sleeve, and glanced at Gao Mengtang again. "Look at the way you're dressed... I don't mean to offend you, but you don't look like a poor person."
Looking down, Gao Mengtang realized that he was not yet proficient in the art of shape-changing. He had changed back to Wei Wei's original form without knowing when. The exquisite silk suit looked particularly noble on Wei Wei.
"Thank you." Gao Mengtang put the pen away and asked hesitantly, "Are you the Black Prince?"
In the timeline of the copy, Jialong Hospital in Jiecheng has been established. Several major medical accidents occurred in the hospital, and dozens of people died. The mysterious power suppressed these incidents without any splash.
The public opinion was boiling, and non-players believed that Hei Yankai, the chairman of Jialong Hospital, was well-connected and had a powerful background, so he was given the title of "Black Prince".
When Gao Mengtang asked this, he was actually revealing a signal: I have nothing to do with Tanhualing.
As expected, the Black Prince really thought in this direction: "Well, you are not Chen Yuan's man. That's right, I am the Black Prince."
He quietly put away the scroll and walked out of the vault with Gao Mengtang. During this time, he secretly glanced at Gao Mengtang twice.
"We seem to have met somewhere before." Hei Yankai said seriously.
Gao Mengtang thought: In the future, there will be someone who looks exactly like you, and he and the original owner of this body of mine will become close friends.
Hei Yankai: "What's your name?"
Gao Mengtang originally wanted to make up a fake name, but meeting someone who was exactly like himself was such a rare experience that even the slightest lie could easily ruin this wonderful memory.
"My name is Wei Wei."
"Long time no see?" Hei Yankai repeated thoughtfully, "It's strange to say, I really feel like I haven't seen you for a long time."
"We haven't met in the past, but we will meet in the future." Hei Yankai suddenly smiled, and all the depressed emotions disappeared. He patted Gao Mengtang on the shoulder, "Anyway, I'm very happy to see you. It feels like fate."
Looking at Hei Yankai's back as he walked away, Gao Mengtang slowly came back to his senses, feeling lost. He looked down and saw that the thing in his palm was actually a pair of square emerald earrings.
He subconsciously touched his earlobe and found a silver earring inserted in Wei Wei's ear hole.
When I looked up again, the familiar figure had disappeared. The square emerald really looked like a bamboo joint.
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"I must seize this opportunity and not turn back into Wei Wei." Gao Mengtang encouraged himself secretly. He knocked out a person next to Chen Yuan, dragged him into the secret room, hid him in a corner, and then disguised himself as him to look for Chen Yuan's trace.
The side quest prompts him to find out the real purpose of Chen Yuan's coming-of-age ceremony.
High-end tasks can often be completed in the simplest and most brutal way - just ask directly.
Gao Mengtang approached a person who seemed to have a good relationship with Chen Yuan and asked, "Chen Yuan is a loner and never celebrates his birthday. Why did he think of having a coming-of-age ceremony this year?"
"I heard that he seemed to be about to announce something," the scholar-looking man answered, "finding an excuse to gather all of us at Tanhualing. In my opinion, this matter is most likely related to Lei Gong. Everyone knows that Chen Yuan and Lei Gong don't get along."
"There is a vacancy in Epiphyllum Ridge. These two are competitors..." The scholar's voice became lower and lower, mysteriously, "Did you hear that? Chen Yuan and Inari had another quarrel just now."
"The black banquet is starting?" Gao Mengtang said.
"Don't mention this name outside," the scholar interrupted him, "This name is entangled in many worldly lawsuits, and that Jialong Hospital... let's not mention it. In my opinion, Chen Yuan can't enter Epiphyllum Ridge. Everyone knows Inari's identity, and they all treat him like a treasure. Chen Yuan actually dared to attack Inari..."
What is Hei Yankai's identity? You should tell me the whole story! But Gao Mengtang didn't dare to ask any more questions. If he didn't know anything, his character would be ruined. He could only nod and said, "Yes."
Scholar: "How's your experiment with reverse transcription PCR using a second-order @￥#!% (a certain Esperanto word) hot start enzyme going?"
…What the hell?
Gao Mengtang still nodded and smiled: "Not bad, not bad, it's fine."
In the corner, Chen Yuan, who was passing by, stopped and glanced at Gao Mengtang's position.
Gao Mengtang found an excuse to slip away and began to explore what Chen Yuan was going to announce at the coming-of-age ceremony.
The side quest is to help Lei Gong enter Epiphyllum Ridge. Currently, Lei Gong has only a 30% chance of getting a place. If what Chen Yuan is going to announce is unfavorable to Lei Gong, the situation will be worse.
Gao Mengtang was walking around in the villa, trying to find out what Chen Yuan was going to announce. While wandering in the corridor, he suddenly felt a chill on his back and cold sweat soaked his clothes.
Looking back, he found that Chen Yuan was standing behind him, staring at him coldly, followed by the ghostly Xie Wuling.
There were only three of them in the corridor. The dim light shone on Chen Yuan's face, making his skin look even more bloodless, like a zombie.
"Hello, I'm..." Gao Mengtang's voice stopped abruptly in the middle of his words, because he found that his voice was no longer the voice of the middle-aged man "Brother Liu", but the delicate and weak voice of Wei Wei.
When he looked down, the bulging beer belly was gone, replaced by Wei Wei's black silk suit.
What's going on? ? The disguise technique failed again?
"You are very abnormal. I have been secretly observing you for a long time," Chen Yuan approached Gao Mengtang step by step. "What do you want to do by asking about me, Thunder God's scavenger?"
Gao Mengtang: “…”
Rather than the immediate crisis, Gao Mengtang wanted to know why the disguise technique failed.
At this time, the ghost of death, Xie Wuling, raised his face, and a sinister smile bloomed on his dark face.
The ghost of impermanence made the disguise ineffective! Gao Mengtang quickly calmed down: "Chen Yuan, this is a misunderstanding..."
"Misunderstanding?" Chen Yuan interrupted him, "Okay, I'm listening. What misunderstanding?"
...let me think about how to edit it.
Forget it, let me just punch you first.
Gao Mengtang suddenly jumped over and jumped behind Chen Yuan. He imitated Wei Wei and slowly clenched his fists. The black energy condensed into a black silk ribbon.
He wrapped the silk ribbon around Chen Yuan's neck twice and pulled hard -
The black ribbon disappeared before his eyes! When it touched Chen Yuan's neck, it turned into smoke and dissipated. Gao Mengtang just made a strangling gesture, and Chen Yuan was not injured at all.
"Is this also a misunderstanding?" Chen Yuan sneered, grabbed Gao Mengtang's wrist and threw it forward.
His back hit the ground, causing Gao Mengtang to feel so much pain that he could not recover for a long time. He endured the pain and got up, using the skill [Involuntary]
The smoke entered Chen Yuan's ears, but he didn't react at all.
Chen Yuan stood there with his arms folded: "Continue."
Why are all the skills ineffective? Gao Mengtang turned his gaze and stared at the butcher [Xie Wuling]. What exactly are his skills...
"【All beings are equal】," Chen Yuan said, "In the face of death, everyone is equal. After Xie Wuling uses his skills, the strength of everyone around him will become balanced. Geniuses will become mediocre, and losers will also become mediocre."
Gao Mengtang calmed down and said, "You want to have a fair duel with me?"
"Of course not," Chen Yuan took out the walkie-talkie with no interest, "I have more people, and I have the advantage of numbers."
The moment before the call button was pressed, Gao Mengtang rushed over and held his head, using his head to knock open a door beside him. The two of them rolled into the bathroom together.
Chen Yuan turned over and pressed Gao Mengtang down, strangling his neck with one hand and grabbing the walkie-talkie with the other.
Gao Mengtang grabbed his neck with both hands, bent his legs and kicked Chen Yuan hard in the abdomen. Chen Yuan screamed in pain and the strength in his hands loosened.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gao Mengtang pushed him away, picked up the intercom, and threw it into the bathtub full of water. Chen Yuan roared, held Gao Mengtang's head, and pushed him into the bathtub.
When Wei Wei's body entered the water, gills would grow on both sides of his cheeks, allowing him to breathe freely in the water. However, [All Living Beings Are Equal] erased this trait.
Fortunately, Wei Wei's flexibility is still there.
The arm joint was dislocated and twisted behind the back at a strange angle, pressing against Chen Yuan's face.
“Ahhh——!”
Chen Yuan covered his left face, blood flowed from between his fingers, and he staggered back several steps.
"Um, I'm so sorry, did I hit your eye?" Gao Mengtang put his shoulder joint back into place, "Did I hit your eye?"
Chen Yuan was a student after all, and unlike Gao Mengtang who had experienced countless life and death situations, he immediately lost his will to fight after his eyes were injured, and turned around to run away. But how could Gao Mengtang let him leave so easily? He grabbed his hair and pulled him back, and quickly took out a mobile phone from his pocket.
The phone is of a very special design, as thick as a brick, and should be specially made in Tanhualing. Click the screen to display the interface for entering the password.
After going through so many copies, I can judge from experience that this phone must be very important and contain key clues.
"Give it back to me!" Chen Yuan opened her bloodshot eyes angrily and pounced on Gao Mengtang. Gao Mengtang dodged lightly and threw the phone into the bathtub.
Chen Yuan wanted to rescue the phone, but Gao Mengtang kicked him on the back of the head. Chen Yuan fell straight to the ground and used his hands and feet to crawl towards the bathtub.
"I'm sorry, um, although it's no use saying sorry now." Gao Mengtang plugged in the hair dryer and turned it on. "Whatever you want to announce, I have to destroy it."
Gao Mengtang threw the started hair dryer into the water. There was a crackling sound of electricity, and the walkie-talkie and the mobile phone exploded twice in succession.
The system page lights up automatically.
[Probability of obtaining a place in Tanhualing]
[Thunder God: 30%]... Recalculating... [Thunder God: 45%]
[Chen Yuan: 70%]... Recalculating... [Chen Yuan: 55%]
Before leaving, Gao Mengtang half turned around and said to Chen Yuan, who was curled up in a ball: "I hope that next year when you celebrate your birthday, you will cherish the birthday presents given to you by others."
After escaping from the control of the Impermanence Ghost, Gao Mengtang changed back into Brother Liu and quickly slipped away.
"Would you like some barbecue?" A colleague stuffed a plate of freshly grilled meat, sizzling with oil, into Gao Mengtang's arms.
Eat meat? Gao Mengtang pursed his lips.
What he is using now is Wei Wei's body, which can eat meat... right?
Having prepared himself mentally, Gao Mengtang picked up a piece of medium-rare Wagyu beef cubes, put it in his mouth, and took a light bite.
The fat and gravy overflow between the teeth and cheeks, and the hot food just slides down the throat, bringing soothing warmth to the body.
Gao Mengtang got some more desserts. The cream was soft and sweet, and the cake base was fragrant and smooth. There was also an alcoholic drink. The taste was a bit pungent, but after drinking it, the warmth that came back made him feel dizzy and comfortable.
Gao Mengtang ate the food with great satisfaction. According to conservative estimates, Wei Wei would gain 3 kilograms in 48 hours.
Unfortunately, it was not suitable to stay here for long, otherwise Gao Mengtang would have eaten two more pieces of cake. He tasted the delicacies, returned the same way, and slipped into the police car.
Inspector Xu and Yin Mingwu were still on the hillside, holding binoculars and observing the villa.
"It's boring, let's go." An hour later, Inspector Xu put down the binoculars.
The police car started and drove out of the mountains along the bumpy road. Yin Mingwu looked back and saw "Wei Wei" lying quietly in the back seat.
But why is there a faint aroma of barbecue?
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apartment.
"Ugh!" Wei Wei covered his throat and retched.
He Lun quickly patted him on the back: "Brother Mengtang, what's wrong?"
"I'm Wei Wei." Wei Wei threw away the cigarette irritably. He had just regained his sight and immediately lit a cigarette. He took a puff and the smoke went into his throat. The nausea lasted for 5 minutes and didn't go away.
After a short pause, Wei Wei casually picked up the wine glass on the small coffee table, drank it in one gulp, and began a stronger rejection reaction.
Wo Lanbei laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back. He deliberately held a large bucket of fried chicken and chewed it in front of Wei Wei: "Old Wei, you smoke, drink, and eat human flesh. It's a good opportunity to take care of your health. Here, this is your rabbit food."
He pushed a plate of salad in front of Wei Wei.
Wei Wei rinsed his mouth with water and ignored him.
Wo Lanbei followed the idea of committing humiliation to death, and said desperately: "Lao Kui, when you slashed the secular world with a knife, you still didn't know what the secular world was. What a pity! You are using Gao Mengtang's body now, so try it quickly."
Wei Wei glanced at him sternly, and Wo Lanbei laughed so hard that he fell backwards and slammed the table wildly.
Tu Cheng shook his head helplessly: "Gao Mengtang's gentle and humble face makes you feel bitter and resentful. Wei Wei, stop frowning, let's play a game of chess."
After saying this, Tu Cheng was a little proud. He had read a lot of books recently and accumulated a lot of idioms. He also wanted to be a cultured person.
"You used the frowning skill improperly. Also, I have no intention of playing chess." Wei Wei said, "The blind man is in danger. Let's find a way to save him first."
After completing decomposition task 2 and returning to the apartment, they immediately contacted Lei Gong to report the situation.
When Lei Gong heard that someone was taken away by the police, he hung up the phone as if he was avoiding the plague, as if the police would follow the phone line to catch him.
After a while, someone replied and told them: Lei Gong does not want to attract the attention of the police, so you'd better take care of yourself.
This means that Lei Gong will not help to save people. Wei Wei and others want to rescue people, but they don't care. Once their identities are exposed, Lei Gong will not forgive them.
It is extremely difficult to rescue Gao Mengtang, for no other reason than: the police station is full of surveillance cameras, and they use the black tower skills, which makes it very easy to leave traces.
Wei Wei frowned in deep thought, fiddling with the [Level 2 Item Treasure Box] he obtained after completing Decomposition Task 2, and his eyes lingered on the [Doom Spell] for a moment.
"I have an idea." Wei Wei thought, "Have you seen Final Destination?"
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