No Life
An Rou went to the warehouse.
During the three days that Ali stayed away, Paopao hid in the warehouse every day when he went to work, picking out the props that were piled up like a mountain one by one.
He asked Baofu to move a few shelves from the trading company. After reshaping them, several rows of iron shelves divided the warehouse into rooms like archives.
Each shelf is labeled, and all props are clearly arranged according to classification criteria such as "active, passive", "offensive, defensive, functional", "potions, auxiliary cards, other auxiliary props", etc.
She's worthy of being called a "running secretary" by the residents, An Rou thought with a smile.
She walked straight to the "Pharmacy" shelf and stuffed all the energy potions, physical potions, and mental potions into her cloth bag. There were both low-level and mid-level ones, and the bag was only half full in total.
These are the "money" that leaks out when players die, and the rewards that explode after ghouls are strangled.
While selling items in Guangyuan Town, An Rou estimated that there would be a high demand for Life Potions, so she stocked up on them. However, she didn't buy the other three potions, believing the stock in the warehouse would be sufficient for a long time.
Unexpectedly, in order to allow Paopao to cover up the "footprints" left by his sudden wealth, the money was consumed so quickly.
Being constantly chased by the joint team wasn't a solution. An Rou hadn't come up with any good strategies yet. The most urgent task was to find a place to restock her potions.
"Violent."
A dark crack appeared on the floor of the warehouse, and even while carrying the farm on the road, the head of the rich man could move around anywhere in his body.
An Rou put the cloth bag in: "Take it and run."
The crack in the ground disappeared.
Before An Rou left the warehouse, she instructed the ghoul employee guarding the door, "Watch the door."
The employees bowed their heads respectfully.
Meng Ziyu was standing outside the warehouse. When he saw An Rou coming out, he put on a cocky look and raised his chin.
An Rou couldn't help but smile: "How did you know I was here?"
Meng Ziyu pointed his chin in the opposite direction of the farm's movement and said, "If you let him run for so long, the cows will get tired."
Even if the one destined by heaven is a cow, he still has to eat grass.
It squinted at An Rou and asked, "Are you in trouble?"
"Do you have an idea?" An Rou's smile turned pointed. "Oh, yes, you've been chased by Long Yan for two years, so you should have plenty of experience in escaping."
Meng Ziyou's face darkened and he shouted, "No! Besides, even if I had a way, why would I help you?"
An Rou said "Oh" indifferently: "So you came here, do you want to leave?"
“That’s right!”
"Did Zisha agree?"
Meng Ziyou's expression froze, and he said stubbornly, "I'm her brother, I can leave if I say so! What, do you want to go back on your word?"
"Why should I regret this? It's two less mouths to feed. Zisha is easy to take care of, but you, a ghoul, are not."
"Who wants you to support him?"
An Rou dusted off her hands and interrupted him: "Have a drink before you go? After all, we know each other, so I'll consider this as a practice for you."
Dance hall.
Meng Ziyu stared at the amber liquid in the glass with his eyebrows twisted into a knot.
An Rou clinked her glass with his and said with a smile, "There once was a ghoul who could smoke and drink. Most importantly, he wasn't as averse to human food as you are. Well, maybe it was because he was at a high level."
"Who said I reject it!" Meng Ziyou drank it all in one gulp, enduring the pungent smell in his mouth. "It tastes good! - What grade is it?"
An Rou thought for a moment and said with a smile, "SSS level."
Meng Ziyu slammed the cup down on the bar. "You're lying! It's a madly transformed ghoul with no intelligence. How could it not reject human food?"
"I didn't say it was Baobao." An Rou said indifferently.
So that's an SSS-level ghoul that hasn't undergone a mad transformation? Meng Ziyu looked skeptical.
An Rou poured it another glass of wine: "There's something I'm curious about. How do you determine the level of a ghoul?"
Meng Ziyu is a ghoul, and ghouls are, in a sense, also NPCs in the game, and many sensitive words are blocked. An Rou naturally assumed that ghoul level was also a sensitive word, but the facts showed that it was not.
Both Wang Da and Zhang Da had demonstrated their hierarchical awareness in many details, but Wang Da was gone, and Zhang Da was not good at speaking, so he couldn't explain it clearly.
Meng Ziyou sneered, "It's such a simple thing, you can tell at a glance."
An Rou: "Intuition?"
Meng Ziyu rolled his eyes.
An Rou smiled and said, "I understand. Strength is a matter of intuition, and corresponding to level is a matter of cognition after learning."
In other words, the ghoul knew that he was classified as C-SSS grade because of his acquired learning.
Come to think of it, the NPCs in the game also don't have screens, but they know the ghoul levels. Ghouls with intelligence lurk among the crowd for a long time, being influenced by them, and naturally find their place.
For Meng Ziyu, as long as he knows his own level through the reaction of the Chosen One, and then uses himself as a reference, he can judge the strength of other people of the same kind through instinct and roughly judge their levels.
So after being surrounded by the farm workers and suddenly becoming rich, it quickly decided to cooperate with her.
The strength gap between the two sides is too great.
Meng Ziyu digested An Rou's words and couldn't help but look away.
This woman is so scary. If she were of the same kind, she would definitely have the highest IQ among them.
Without saying a word, it glanced at An Rou again.
Could it be that she was possessed by an SSS-level ghoul?
Therefore, those who are smart and hate fate can still retain the dull taste of soul.
As for why the soul did not disappear after being parasitized for more than a day, it is very simple. As long as the SSS-level ghoul transfers the parasite for a while every day and then parasitizes again, it will be fine.
The more I think about it, the more likely it becomes.
The ghoul she was talking about who didn't dislike human food was actually referring to herself!
"What are you thinking about?" An Rou suddenly caught its furtive gaze.
Meng Ziyou shuddered and took a sip of wine to hide the fear welling up in his heart: "Nothing, what can I think..."
"In Yongan Farm, I was just a weak and helpless S-class ghoul—am I right?"
Meng Ziyu jumped off the chair and said, "I told you not to get into my head!"
The momentum is obviously strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
An Rou: "Did I drill?"
Meng Ziyu: "...No? Of course there is!"
"If you say there is one, then there is one," An Rou said nonchalantly, then revealed an amused smile. "Since you're so scared, why don't you think about changing your body? If you just find a Destined One to parasitize, the power you can unleash will be even greater than it is now."
Meng Ziyou's eyes were full of suspicion: "You are beating around the bush just to keep Zisha!"
"I just feel sorry for you. An S-rank ghoul, you've awakened your demonic arts, right? With the addition of the parasite of the Chosen One, wouldn't you be able to better protect Zisha? You don't have to run away every time you face Long Yan's Chosen One."
An Rou's words were sincere.
Meng Ziyou didn't see the clue, he lowered his head and climbed onto the chair: "My awakened ghost magic is useless."
"Oh?" An Rou became interested. "How do you say that?"
Meng Ziyou thought for a moment and said frankly, "My ghost technique is called Tongchen—what a ridiculous name. It has only one function: to acquire the memories of the host."
It has no intention of changing its host, so it is naturally useless.
"Tongchen, Heguang Tongchen?" An Rou pondered, "No wonder you look so vivid in disguise, it turns out it's because of this ghost technique."
First it was Wang Da, then Meng Ziyu. An Rou vaguely grasped a logic: what kind of ghost magic will the ghoul awaken after upgrading to S-level? The signs had already appeared at A-level.
The first ghost technique that Wang Da awakened was "Hover". When it was at level A, it could make objects float.
Meng Ziyou's ghost technique is "Tongchen", which, as the name suggests, allows it to perfectly blend into a crowd. So even if it hasn't been upgraded to S, it can still disguise itself more like a human than other ghouls of the same level.
According to this logic, can we analyze in advance what magical skills Zhang Da and other employees will be able to awaken in the future?
Back to Meng Ziyou, the ghost technique "Tongchen" can obtain the memories of the parasite, which at first glance sounds similar to her ability to read other people's memories. For this reason alone, An Rou wants to keep Meng Ziyou.
"Don't underestimate your ghost skills..."
An Rou had just finished half of her sentence when she found that Meng Ziyu was looking at her with a strange look.
She smiled suddenly, "Have you gained Ba Tu's memories? Tell me what you know. I can help you analyze the use of ghost magic."
Meng Ziyu rarely showed caution: "You... were killed by them?"
I knew it, this woman is truly abnormal! She's still alive even after death, so she must be an SSS-rank ghoul... No, then where does that soul scent come from?
An Rou also has her own thoughts.
Meng Ziyu was talking about being "killed". From this point of view, it seems that he didn't see the scene of his own death at all.
"Did you know it from the conversation between Ba Tu and his father?" An Rou asked.
Meng Ziyou didn't deny it, but instead asked, "You were already dead, how did you come back to life? Is one of your ghost arts to resurrect the dead?"
Its eyes are very confused.
An Rou captured two pieces of information from this:
First, the memories Meng Ziyou received not only lacked the scene of her death, but also the scene of Cui's father and son calling the police and disposing of the body. This suggests that the memories it could obtain from the parasite were limited to the game world.
——Very reasonable.
Second, Meng Ziyu is struggling with whether or not to resurrect Zisha’s real brother.
An Rou thought for a moment and decided to skip the ghost magic and continue the conversation on the topic of resurrection.
She gave a noncommittal smile: "You want to revive Zisha's brother? That's the best of both worlds. Zisha won't lose her brother, and you can choose a new Destiny Parasite and leave with confidence."
"Who said I was leaving!" Meng Ziyu said unhappily.
"So... you want to protect two people at the same time?"
An Rou once again looked at the ghoul with new eyes. It wasn't a ghost at all, it was clearly a Bodhisattva.
Just ask any NPC on the farm in Lengbing City, who would protect a pair of helpless siblings in such a chaotic world?
Meng Ziyou put on a "none of your business" expression again, but since he needed help, he couldn't bring himself to be rude. "Can you revive him?"
An Rou smiled: "I won't help with unclear matters."
"How do we know for sure?"
"First, tell me how you became a parasite on Brother Zisha."
Meng Ziyu suppressed his impatience and remained silent for a while before completing the incomplete memories that An Rou had obtained from Zisha.
Things are actually not complicated.
It was originally an A-level ghoul lurking in Long Yan's territory. During a hunting process, its whereabouts were exposed and it was tracked by Long Yan all the way.
During this period, it used its cunning intelligence to kill two or three teams of Destiny people. However, instead of escaping, it was disemboweled by the masters of the Destiny List whose strength completely crushed it.
While escaping, it abandoned the parasite of the Destiny One and transferred it to the body of Zisha's father, thus escaping the disaster. Originally, it wanted to take the opportunity to leave, but unexpectedly, Zisha's mother came over.
When the man and the ghost returned to the dilapidated home, it finally couldn't bear the hunger after the separation, so it transferred its parasite to Zisha's mother and swallowed the father's soul in one gulp.
However, for an A-rank ghoul, the soul of an NPC is far from enough to fill its stomach.
So when Meng Ziyou brought his sister back home, it transferred its parasite to Meng Ziyou's body and then pounced on his panicked mother.
Before it finished eating its mother's soul, it was grabbed by a pair of small hands.
It saw Zisha's big eyes that were pure to the extreme.
It heard Zisha calling "Brother" in a soft voice.
For some unknown reason, it suddenly felt nauseous—it felt extremely disgusted with the idea of devouring souls.
It gave up the soul it had not eaten, endured extreme hunger, and locked itself and Zisha in the leaky adobe house for two whole days.
This tiny human being who could be crushed to death with one hand made it very uneasy, yet inexplicably, it was very attached to him.
A day later, it completely occupied Meng Ziyu's parasitic body.
Two days later, Kaiche followed the clues and found the place. Without hesitation, he took Zisha and started to escape.
Two months later, after constant struggle, it became Meng Ziyu.
During the two years of his escape, except for the emergency situations when he needed to transfer his parasite to escape the pursuit of the destined one, he has always played the role of Meng Ziyu.
This mask can no longer be taken off.
"If Meng Ziyu were to be resurrected, would you be able to watch Zisha call someone else brother?"
An Rou's question made Meng Ziyu silent.
An Rou shook her head secretly.
This simple story was not much different from what she had imagined before, but when she actually listened to Meng Ziyu's story, she still found it amazing.
A ghoul would develop feelings for "food"?
Unbelievable.
Starting with Meng Ziyu is likely to touch upon the core setting of the Soul-Calling Song.
An Rou raised a question: "So, you are very resistant to devouring souls now?"
Meng Ziyou sneered: "Who said that? The souls of those destined ones are very fragrant!"
However, because it was afraid of being discovered by Zisha, it often starved.
No wonder I stayed at A. level for a long time and couldn't get promoted to S.
"I've told you everything you want to know." Meng Ziyou said, "Can you restore his soul?"
An Rou shook her head: "Sorry, I can't help you. I've already said that I'm not a ghoul, and I don't have any ghost magic."
"You said you could help!"
"I just said I'm willing to help, but there's nothing I can do if I can't."
"You lied to me!"
Meng Ziyu bared his teeth, and his big mouth suddenly appeared on the ground, allowing it to retract the white tooth.
But I'm still very angry.
Meng Ziyou jumped off the chair: "Stop the farm and let us down!"
"Meng Ziyu, this is a land without life, filled with wandering ghouls. With your parasitic body, it's no safer than Lengbing City."
"None of your business!"
"If it weren't for Zisha, I wouldn't bother with you." An Rou said, "Stay on the farm for now. When we get to a safe place, we'll take Zisha away."
Meng Ziyou sneered, "Safe? If the farm was safe, why would you run so hard?"
An Rou stopped trying to persuade him.
Meng Ziyou's words made sense. Just because the Dragon Flame Garr team hadn't caught up yet didn't mean they would never catch up. An Rou didn't dare underestimate the strength of the two top super gods.
Moreover, according to Meng Ziyu, the person who planned to capture the brother and sister was Kaicai.
Meng Ziyou was not strangled after being captured because Long Yan wanted to release him into the trial area as a quest boss. Now that the trial area has been destroyed, it is unknown whether it will be reopened, and Meng Ziyou's weight is also unknown.
If they were to open the body and find out that Meng Ziyu was also on the farm, with all the new and old grudges, they might not be able to leave him alive.
In the black wasteland, the giant moving castle stopped again.
Paopao stood at the edge of the farm, drinking potion and wiping sweat from his face, and asked in a low voice: "Boss, is everything really okay?"
A few steps away, Zisha's hand was held by Meng Ziyu, and the other hand was wiping tears.
When she learned that her brother was going to take her away, she had already cried and made a scene. However, Meng Ziyu only had to frown and scold her slightly, and she fell silent.
Zisha suddenly remembered something and looked back, but her view was blocked by the farm wall.
She raised her head timidly and asked in a choked voice, "Brother, can I say goodbye to Uncle Zhang?"
Meng Ziyu frowned, agreed, and glanced at An Rou.
An Rou's eyes went blank for a moment.
A figure jumped out of the wall and flew in front of Zisha.
"Uncle Zhang!" Zisha hugged his legs, resisting the urge to burst into tears. "Uncle Zhang, Sasha is leaving."
Zhang Da took a step back, squatted down, and had something in his hand.
A pack of malt sugar wrapped in oil paper.
He had a blank expression on his face and clumsily unwrapped the oil-paper package and handed it to Zisha. After Zisha picked up a piece, he clumsily rewrapped it in oil-paper and handed it to Meng Ziyu.
Meng Ziyu took it with a look of disgust.
Zisha, however, was crying inconsolably with malt sugar in her mouth.
"Uncle Zhang!" Zisha rushed towards Zhang Da again, but was grabbed by Meng Ziyu.
An Rou came over and said, "Let Zhang Da take Zisha down. The farm is so high, how can you jump with your small body? Run, take Meng Ziyu down."
Zhang Da held Zisha in his arms, Paopao grabbed Meng Ziyu by the back of his collar, and jumped off the farm.
Zisha held her arms around the man's open neck and refused to let go.
Meng Ziyu jumped up and slapped Paopao on the forehead: "Why pull me by the collar when there's nothing wrong with that?!"
It makes it seem weak.
When touched by the ghoul with his bare hands, he ran without dodging and just smiled.
After they actually met, he didn't think of this teenage boy as a ghoul.
Paopao took out a bone burying shovel and handed it over: "I didn't expect you to leave so soon, I'll give this to you for self-defense. Although it's just a red weapon, it was the first weapon the boss gave me, and I've never been willing to throw it away."
Meng Ziyou's face was full of disgust: "It's so clumsy and heavy, how can I carry it? The knife you used yesterday was much more convenient and easier to use than this."
"Well……"
Paopao then realized that it was parasitic on the body of an NPC, and there was no item bar to store weapons.
He grabbed the Huangwu Tang sword with his left hand and handed it over.
Meng Ziyu was stunned for a moment, then his face turned stern and he took the bone burying shovel.
Paopao: "Don't want the knife anymore?"
Meng Ziyou: "The shovel is useful. If I encounter someone I can't defeat, I can dig a hole and bury myself in it."
“…Oh.” Paopao put away his knife and scratched his head, “If you can’t beat them, notify the boss and we’ll come rescue you.”
"Who asked you to save me!" Meng Ziyu glared at An Rou with a sour face, "Don't you dare sneak into my head again!"
An Rou rolled her eyes: "Who wants to get into a bag of stinky water?"
"you!"
Meng Ziyou was furious again. He walked over and grabbed Zisha's hand. "Stop crying and go! Unless you want to sleep in the pitch black at night!"
"I don't want to sleep in such a dark place!" Zisha wiped away her tears hurriedly.
Zhang Da let her down.
"Uncle Zhang, big sister and big brother, Sasha is gone! Brother is gone too!"
"Shasha will miss you guys... wuwu...brother is so bad! Uncle An said he would make delicious sweet and sour pork ribs for me tonight, but Shasha didn't get to eat it. It's all brother's fault..."
The two little figures walked farther and farther away, gradually turning into tiny black dots on the desolate earth.
"Boss, is everything really okay?" Paopao asked worriedly for the second time, "With Meng Ziyu's parasite, he can't even activate his weapon skills..."
An Rou smiled helplessly and tapped his forehead: "How do you think it has kept Zisha alive for so long? This little guy is very useful here."
He seems fierce and reckless, but in fact he is very shrewd and can observe the situation very well.
I wonder if this layer of camouflage is because he has obtained the real Meng Ziyu's memories?
Honestly, just because Meng Ziyou also possessed memory-related abilities, An Rou wanted to keep him and discuss it together. However, he insisted on leaving, so forget it.
The farm set off again.
Paopao took out a handful of gold coins and patted Zhang Da on the shoulder: "Old Zhang, let's go."
Unexpectedly, Zhang Da's figure flashed and he chased in the direction the brother and sister left.
Paopao was startled and shouted to Anrou on the farm, "Boss, something happened so soon?!"
An Rou shook her head and smiled, "Zhang Da wants to give me a ride."
Just let it go for a while.
I don’t know whether it is because this little girl Meng Zisha has a special attraction to ghouls, or whether Zhang Da’s IQ and emotions have evolved to a certain point... If it is the latter, it is exciting.
After finishing one urgent matter after another, An Rou finally had time to think about the new changes on the farm.
The buildings moved from the Trial Town are still piled up in a mess on one side. I had wanted to ask Paopao to renovate them today, but it seems I have to postpone it.
As for where the new residents would live, An Rou thought, since the two main streets were empty anyway, and many shops were originally built with the first floor open and the second floor occupied, why not take this opportunity to move people in?
It's just right to free up the villa and give her some peace and quiet.
However, she has been used to the hustle and bustle in the villa for so many days. If everyone were to leave all of a sudden, she would be fine, but An Yongnian might not be used to it.
Forget it, let them stay like this for now.
The original soil layer on the farm was only five or six meters thick, just enough to cover the pond and fishpond. Before leaving the trial area, An Rou took a fancy to the stream flowing down from the mountain and simply had Bao Fu cut it out.
The farm was expanded, the soil thickened to ten meters, and the stream was preserved intact through the farm. The stream dried up naturally, but restoring it was just a matter of scattering gold coins.
When Paopao has time, I'll ask him to reshape the stream, make it circle the farm, split it into tributaries flowing into the two ponds, and build some waterscape arch bridges.
With flowing water, the farm not only improves the living environment but also adds a bit of vitality. Killing two birds with one stone.
Besides, Cangling Mountain is a rocky mountain, and the soil layer that was cut out contains a thick layer of rock. Rocks are definitely not worth much. Why not copy more and pile them up to form a small mountain on the farm?
An Rou stood on tiptoe unconsciously, as if she was standing on the top of a mountain, looking into the distance.
Suddenly, a feigned cough came into my ears.
An Rou glanced over and felt relieved.
He smiled lamely, "I'm sorry to disturb the farmer's good mood. If it weren't for the emergency..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Da flew over.
"Sent away?"
After receiving Zhang Da's affirmative answer, An Rou looked back at Jie Xin, "Mr. Jie, what's the urgent matter?"
Xie Xin glanced at Zhang Da indifferently and said with a smile: "It's the same thing, but it's not the same thing."
An Rou suddenly had an ominous premonition.
Sure enough, Xie Xin said lightly: "The little Meng brothers and sisters were captured by Long Yan."
An Rou suddenly looked at Zhang Da: "Didn't you say you sent him away?"
Zhang Da's dull face also revealed an expression of disbelief.
An Rou understood.
It takes time for Zhang Da to go back and forth, and Meng Ziyu and his sister were caught on its return journey.
What a coincidence?
She immediately connected with Meng Ziyu's consciousness and heard the boy's familiar angry cry: "Don't touch her!"
An Rou didn't look or listen much.
It is enough to confirm that Jie Xin is telling the truth.
She narrowed her eyes, her gaze dangerous: "Joint team, ink removal?"
That half-dead, neurotic number one has indeed caused her trouble again!
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