Chapter 26 The Bald Gentleman's Elemental Core: In Exchange for Another Move...
"The corpse oil... it really disappeared. I was actually saved."
The pus was burned away, and Le Feiyou seemed to have regained some of his lost strength. He moved his body and spoke with great joy.
A strange voice appeared softly: "Of course, would I lie to you?"
The voice sounded like it came from a young woman, but upon reflection, it seemed as if the rustling of thousands of birds flapping their wings was hidden beneath that seemingly kind and ordinary voice. With a "whoosh," it took hold of the brain, making the whole body unbearably itchy, and the blood rushing back to its normal flow.
If that being hadn't been without malice, she might have died the instant she heard that voice.
Le Feiyou was startled, her mind cooling from the joy. By the dim moonlight, she examined the other person's face and her heart sank. Clearly, everyone had heard that sentence.
More obviously, their narrow escape from death was not a miracle, but a transaction. The gods had generously bestowed their gift ahead of time, and now it was their turn.
Perhaps having heard her thoughts, the voice continued: "The last payment hasn't been made yet, so what will you use to settle this time?"
Reward? How could a god possibly ask for a reward? How could such a great being care about material possessions?
Le Feiyou's brain raced. He hadn't received any last time either... That's it! He was using the reward as an excuse to get us to pay up. The leader hadn't given us any reward last time... He was expressing his dissatisfaction with the leader!
Angry an evil god will inevitably lead to a miserable end. But even with sufficient strength, trying to satisfy an evil god is a morally questionable endeavor… The leader has already overdue once; who knows what price will be paid this time to enlist that being…
As her body gradually recovered, Le Feiyou was overwhelmed with emotions. Suddenly, she reached out and grabbed Cat Whiskers, her voice trembling slightly: "Captain, how about this time, I pay the price..."
Catwhisker paused slightly upon hearing the voice. Having been deceived themselves after the dream shattered, they had no interest in completing the mission and returned directly to the city.
Unexpectedly, her old home in the lower city was raided. In her haste, she transferred several batches of prisoners overnight and was unable to prepare the reward for listening to the Lord.
Although He was urging us, His tone didn't seem angry? It seems this person has a decent temper...
"What right do you have to interrupt, you little kid?"
Cai Chunyu slapped Le Feiyou's hand away, her eyes narrowed, revealing a hint of ferocity: "Can we just follow the order from last time? Please give us three days, and we will prepare three times the amount of the items on the order and present it to you."
Cai Chunyu gritted her teeth, her tense muscles relaxing after hearing "yes" before tightening again: "I am incompetent. If you can help me eliminate those scumbags from the Gentlemen's Club, I am willing to pay any price as long as it does not endanger others."
"Old dish!"
"Sister Cai!"
"Can't!"
When Cai Chunyu spoke, everyone was shocked and tried to dissuade him. Among them, the strongest, Cat Beard, reacted the most fiercely, looking as if he wanted to jump up and hit Cai Chunyu on the knee.
If you accidentally attract the attention of an evil god, that's one thing, but making a deal with an evil god never ends well!
Fearing to anger the one watching, he swallowed many words of advice. Cat Whiskers tugged at Cai Chunyu's sleeve, about to speak, but Cai Chunyu preempted him:
“I’m not crazy. Things can’t be that coincidental. The Gentlemen’s Club smelled something as soon as we got into trouble. Quark must be behind them. How can we avenge our sisters without outside help?”
Upon hearing the word "quark," Cat Whiskers' eyelids twitched, but he didn't let go of Cai Chunyu's clothes.
Seeing this, Cai Chunyu sighed, then suddenly reached out and ruffled the cat's whiskers in a disrespectful manner. "Why are you angry? You're allowed to give, but I'm not?"
Of the remaining members of the group, she was the oldest, had ordinary traits, and was not of a high level. She was the most suitable person to test the limits of that evil god.
Besides, if that legend is true... well, let's not mention it to everyone if we're not sure.
After Cai Chunyu calmed her teammates down, that being, seemingly having had enough of the show, suddenly spoke up: "I'll give you anything you want?"
“Of course,” Cai Chunyu took a deep breath, “as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else.”
Everyone could understand Cai Chunyu's implication—she wouldn't harm others, but she could harm herself. Even if this B-level ability user truly required human sacrifice, while their numbers were few, they weren't exactly worthless.
Du Yu could also understand Lao Cai's hint, but she glanced to her left at Tian Yinuo, who had almost burned her hand with the barbecue, and to her right at Xiao Yi, who had almost eaten four times her own weight in barbecue and was still complaining of being hungry. She let out a sigh that only she could hear.
What does she need people for? Is she thinking the divine kingdom isn't lively enough, and wants to add a few more brilliant talents to make things more complicated?
After Cai Chunyu finished speaking, there was no reply for a long time. Just as she was worrying that her attitude might have angered the other party, she heard that being seem to chuckle softly:
My divine kingdom isn't open to just anyone; not even that little kitten over there can enter.
Cai Chunyu's heart sank. The goddess seemed to have enjoyed the despair of the crowd enough, and spoke softly from the unknowable void:
[Newcomers get a discount, then I'll sacrifice one elemental core for a chance to make my move.]
The core elements—this is something that even the top-tier conglomerates are pursuing! But everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
I'm not afraid of that goddess having a big appetite, I'm afraid of her refusing to set a price, and in the end I'll have to pay with my life.
Now that she's willing to name a price, everything is negotiable. Especially Cai Chunyu, who, while relaxing, keeps her eyes fixed on the approaching enemy, a hint of murderous intent flashing in her eyes.
They don't have much stock, but those bald guys are always sucking up to the higher-ups, they must have more stock than them, right? Even if they robbed it all, who knows how many times that person would actually intervene...
"Search thoroughly! There's a smell of aphrodisiac oil here; they must have been here! Find their trail, and the boss will reward you handsomely!"
The warehouse belonged to a bankrupt small company; no one remembered who the owner was, and naturally, no one remembered the combination lock. Aliya simply shot the lock off. This, however, made things easier for the enemy.
One person kicked open the half-closed warehouse door, making way for more than twenty people to file into the old warehouse. They were all dressed similarly and very well.
Black suits and trousers, white shirts, and brown leather shoes. The white shirts peeking out from under the suits all had different collars, but each wore a badge on the right lapel depicting a man wearing a top hat and smoking a pipe.
However, despite their attire, they lacked any elegance or restraint. This was because they were all around two meters tall, their strong muscles stretching the fabric to its limit, and some even had a faint metallic sheen on their exposed skin.
What's even more jarring is that these burly men, dressed as if they were going to a ball, were all bald, with smooth scalps without a single hair stubble, making them look quite strange.
Upon receiving the order, the group of strange people automatically split into several groups, each carrying a device resembling a vacuum cleaner, and carefully and meticulously swept every inch of the warehouse floor.
The leader, with an e-cigarette dangling from his lips, seemed indifferent to the results of his subordinates' search, and playfully teased the cockroaches at his feet.
The reptile seemed used to being carefree in this deserted space. Even with such a commotion, it didn't run away. It moved its whiskers in confusion. The man kicked it and it changed direction. It crawled a few steps and then stopped. It was kicked again before it symbolically crawled a few more steps.
"Hey, look at this bug."
The man chuckled and turned to the only woman beside him dressed differently. "Dr. Li, these insects love to crawl, but now they can't. You've read a lot of books, can you tell us the principle behind this?"
The woman, referred to as Dr. Li, wore a beige trench coat, matching trousers, and black pointed leather shoes. She wore a white face mask, one eye was blue, and the other had a glass bead-like appearance; her short hair barely covered her ears.
But upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that those soft, light strands are not human hair, but rather extremely thin data cables, with occasional flashes of electricity at their ends.
Hearing the man's words, the woman's eyelashes didn't even tremble. Her glass-like eyes quickly scanned the warehouse, her hair curling back and then falling back down. She said calmly, "Not here."
Having said that, the woman, referred to as Dr. Li, completely ignored the man's question, put one hand in her pocket, and turned to leave.
The subordinates standing nearby were shocked and said indignantly, "Brother Kui, this woman is really disrespecting you!"
"Heh ha."
After a moment of astonishment, the bald man with a horizontal scar across his forehead laughed and stomped the listless cockroach to death. "Tell me," he said, "do I need to notify this cockroach before I kill it? Those higher-ups don't even need to use their bodies to come to our lousy place!"
"Not using your own body?"
The younger brother opened his eyes wide in horror, wanting to ask more questions, when the people searching the shelves one by one nearby made their discovery, "Brother Kratos, there's a dead cat here, probably didn't make it through the effects of the 'miracle oil'."
They'd seen plenty of corpses like this along the way. The man rubbed the soles of his shoes on the ground, not really caring. "They'll explode after we collect the divine oil!"
"yes!"
The corpse was covered in pus, its entire body was soaked beyond recognition, its muscles were bulging, and its skin had become transparent, making it look unlike a recently deceased body.
The gentlemen, however, did it very skillfully. Wearing gloves, they carefully scraped the pus off the corpse, pressed a button on a vacuum cleaner-like machine, which opened a small hole in the middle, and carefully scraped the pus into it.
There was a graduated light bar in the middle of the instrument. After the pus was scraped in, the cursor rose slightly. Just as the bald man was about to dig again, the machine suddenly beeped, and the light bar quickly turned red. His expression changed drastically, and he was about to stand up.
With a loud "boom," a strange smile suddenly appeared on the face of the lifeless corpse. Then the entire corpse rapidly expanded, like a balloon blown to its limit, and burst open with a "bang," splattering black flesh and blood, instantly sending the six bald men around it flying!
"Aaaaaah!"
The six people next to the corpse were blown away, screaming in agony, all suffering injuries of varying degrees. The one who had just had pus scraped was the most severely injured; most of his body had been blown off, his head still screaming in pain, his bloodshot eyes darting around, only to realize he was already dead. His body twitched once more, and his last breath escaped.
Strangely, the explosion, which was so destructive and severely injured six strong men, didn't even damage a single tile in the dilapidated warehouse. Coupled with the five bald men groaning in pain on the ground, the scene was exceptionally bizarre.
The bald leader, however, seemed to have seen something interesting. He touched his bald head and smiled.
"The Nightmare Imaginator of the Sick Cat Gang? You've been infected with the magic oil and you're still alive?"
As soon as the man finished speaking, all the bald men who had been wailing on the ground, except for the one who died with his eyes wide open, stood up unharmed!
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Author's Note: Guess what Xiao Le's special trait is all about? Actually, her name explains it quite clearly.
Dudu's biggest fan leader has arrived!
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This chapter was written a bit late; I'll revise it tomorrow if there are any errors.
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