Chapter 56

Yu Tu was half-squatting on the ground. In front of him, a little black dog, let's just call it a little black dog, was wagging its tail happily and burying its head in an oversized food bowl, chattering wildly.

Time went back to ten minutes ago. Yu Tu sensed someone pushing open the door of the teahouse. Because his true self was in the plant tribe of the inner world, he poured energy into the teahouse and condensed a vest.

He had been prepared to remain calm no matter what kind of strange people he met, but he never expected——

The person I met for the second time didn’t even seem to be a human.

He waited patiently in the teahouse, but when the carved door was pushed open a crack, a furry dog's head squeezed out from the bottom gap. The carved door was too heavy and the puppy was too small, so it rolled its eyes.

Yu Tu: “…”

He really couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he went forward and opened the door. The puppy rushed in, but because it rushed in too fast, it bumped its head against the leg of the tea table and fell on its back.

After seeing its full appearance, Yu Tu realized that it was indeed a strange-looking puppy. It was a little dirty, and its body was a bit like a mini tiger, but its fur was the fluffy fur that only puppies have. Its long tail was swinging behind it, and the docile fur at the end of the tail slowly spread out, like a small bunch of dandelions tied behind it.

———Although you can’t tell the species, you can tell at a glance that it’s not a product of the outer world.

"Woof! Woof—"

The dizzy little dog let out a sad cry, and then its stomach began to growl, almost as loud as a stereo.

The puppy first patted its sore nose with its paws, then looked in the direction of Yu Tu with its wet black eyes and said coquettishly: "Woof! Woof woof~"

Yu Tu: “…”

He stared at the little black dog for a while, then resigned himself to using his energy to conjure up a large bowl of dog food.

The little black dog dived in front of the pointed bowl of food, and clattered like a starving ghost. While it was eating, Yu Tu went through the door to get some ancient books about strange beasts. When he came back, he found that the food was gone and the bowl was half eaten.

Yu Tu: “???”

Is this a glutton?

"Woof~Woof-Woof~Woof-Woof~" The little black dog seemed to know that he had done something wrong, and there was a hint of guilt in his barking. He used his furry paws to push the half of the rice bowl behind him, trying to hide it - the remaining half of the bowl was bigger than him and could not be hidden at all.

Yu Tu: "... not full?"

"Woof!!!" The hair on the tip of the little black dog's tail was almost shaking.

After two more bowls of dog food, it finally ate its fill and lay on the ground, eating biscuits like a pool of boneless liquid.

Yu Tu was really curious—where did the rice, which was as big as seven or eight bowls in total, end up being eaten?

The well-fed little black dog placed its front paws on Yu Tu's knees and stamped two plum blossom seals on his clothes. It wagged its tail, put down its paws, turned around and ran out of the carved door.

It thought it would be stopped, but the beautiful human sitting in the house did not chase it out until it ran to the commercial street outside the door.

It felt a little sad for some reason, but its small brain was not enough to support it to think too much, so it flicked its tail, raised its paws, and ran towards an old residential building.

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After the little black dog ran away, Yu Tu did not chase it. He sat on a recliner with the shell of Buyehou on his back, with a pile of ancient books at his side. In one hand he held a translator made of energy, while in the other hand he read the words line by line in the book.

———It is heartbreaking for a prospective college student to become illiterate overnight.

Because the little black dog was such a glutton, Yu Tu's first reaction was Taotie, so he focused on finding records related to Taotie. However, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas·Beishan Jing" said that Taotie had a human face and a sheep's body, while the "Shenyijing·Xihuang Jing" said that Taotie had a human face and a cow's body. The common record between the two is that Taotie "has eyes under his armpits" and "eats people".

Yu Tu thought about the little black dog’s behavior when it rushed in and bumped its head against the table leg. If it was really a Taotie, did its eyes grow under its armpits and block its vision?

But its miniature body looks neither like a sheep nor a cow, and Taotie's "voice is like a baby", so it is impossible that it barks like a dog when it opens its mouth - it is also possible that it learned a foreign language specifically for survival.

After struggling to read the records about Taotie using the translator, Yu Tu looked through the records about other creatures. After all, it's always good to learn more.

As he was reading, Yu Tu suddenly realized that although the little black dog did not look like a Taotie and its breed was not yet clear, and it looked gentle and harmless, this did not mean that it was not dangerous to the outside world.

Yu Tu has already gained a deep understanding of how insignificant the power of ordinary people is when faced with abnormal events.

Although I don't know how long the energy vest can last after leaving the teahouse, the problem has already been solved and I can't just ignore it.

Yu Tu hesitated for a while in front of the carved door, but finally pushed the door open firmly. This was the first time he left the teahouse as the Marquis of Buye.

It was already late at night outside. As the commercial street was located in a remote area, there were no shops open 24 hours a day and there was not a single person on the street.

A white-gray smoke was suspended in front of Yu Tu. Lu Yayin had drawn many spells before. Although Yu Tu didn't understand them very well, he still remembered some simpler "ghostly spells". However, he couldn't remember the patterns and turns in some places. Yu Tu randomly connected them by himself. After wasting a few pieces of paper, the spell's light was closed and it could be used normally. Although he didn't know whether this randomly connected search spell would work, it was better than searching blindly in the fog.

The white smoke from the burning patchwork tracking talisman floated at a slow pace, pointing to an old residential building. Yu Tu followed its guidance and walked to the innermost part, and then heard several fierce dog barks near a row of garbage rooms. The weakest of the barks was a voice that he was somewhat familiar with.

Going around the trash can that blocked his view, a warm "unknown creature" suddenly landed on the back of his feet, and then he fell flat on his face.

Under the still bright moonlight, the little black dog that had just run away and Yu Tu stared at each other. Behind it, several stray dogs with their tails tucked appeared. They looked ferocious and fierce. Because of Yu Tu's sudden appearance, they stood there hesitantly and did not dare to attack. After all, stray dogs living in the city are still afraid of people.

Yu Tu bent down, stretched out his hand and grabbed the black dog by the back of its neck. The black dog, who was lifted into the air, uttered a confused "Woof?"

Faint spiritual power spread along the plants in the brick gaps. The ferocious stray dog ​​was tied up by vines that appeared out of nowhere, then dragged to the edge of the garbage room and released.

Animals sometimes know better than humans how to seek benefits and avoid harm. After being dragged to the edge, several stray dogs hesitated for a while and finally scattered.

Yu Tu did not put down the puppy in his hand. He lifted the puppy to the level of his eyes and asked with narrowed eyes: "What are you?"

"Woof? Woo~" The little black dog's dandelion-like tail drooped down. The good man who had given it three big pots of rice suddenly became a little fierce. It was a little scared, "Woof woof woof~"

"Can't you speak?"

Two tears welled up in the little black dog's wet eyes, and its limbs began to struggle: "Woof woof woof woof———"

Yu Tu: “……?”

What are you talking about?

The little black dog struggled so hard that Yu Tu had to put it down. As soon as it landed, it ran to the garbage room. After a rustling noise, the little black dog came out holding half a garbage bag. The garbage bag was filled with most of a box of leftovers. The lid was well closed so not much food had spilled, but the edges were dirty.

"Is that why you're being chased?"

The little black dog raised his head and chest: "Woof!"

Two palm-sized puppies from the other world were eating leftovers from the garbage dump. It was so sad to see them.

Yu Tu half squatted down, his voice much softer than before: "Did you not eat enough just now?"

"Woof~"

Yu Tu didn't understand what the little black dog said, but he understood something from its body gestures: "Is this what you left for tomorrow?"

———It sounds even more sad.

Seeing that Yu Tu had no intention of stopping him, the little black dog dragged the dirty plastic bag with leftovers into the stairwell, and then climbed the stairs with a grunt. There was an induction light in the stairs, which lit up from time to time with the sound of the little black dog dragging things. It was estimated that the wiring should be quite old.

The little black dog climbed all the way to the top of the building with peeling concrete walls, and then hid half a box of leftovers in a cardboard box in the stairwell.

After hiding the leftovers, it ran to the garbage room and rummaged around bit by bit, pulling out a few relatively intact plastic bottles from the dirty and smelly garbage pile. Then it climbed back to the top floor with the bottles in its mouth and placed the bottles one by one at the door of the top floor.

On the other side of the door, there were about a dozen plastic bottles of various sizes piled up, occupying most of the space on the narrow concrete platform.

After picking up several bottles, the little black dog lay down in the corner, panting. After resting for a while, it stretched out its paw to push the door. The shrill sound just sounded twice, and it seemed to remember something. A trace of fear flashed across its wet eyes. It retracted its claws and used the pads of its paws to hit the door instead.

“Snap—Snap—Snap—”

The little black dog knocked on the door very slowly and softly. After it knocked several times, there was still no response from the house, so it curled up by the door and fell asleep very uneasily.

While the little black dog was busy, Yu Tu followed it. He wanted to see what the little black dog was doing. After it finished picking up the bottles and calmed down, Yu Tu felt an extremely uncomfortable atmosphere on the top floor.

It was similar to the ghostly aura he had felt from An Jiajia before, but also different.

The thin spiritual power quietly entered the house along the ground. Yu Tu closed his eyes slightly—the spiritual energy sensed that there was someone in the house, but there was no sound of breathing.

Yu Tu's hair stood on end for a moment!

Perhaps because the Marquis of Buye had more acute five senses, Yu Tu felt that the "person" in the room was moving towards the door. The old, rusty iron door suddenly made a creaking sound, which was extremely harsh in the middle of the night.

"Woof!!!" The little black dog was awakened by the sound, and faced the door with its back arched and teeth bared.

This old residential building uses a two-layer double door. The outermost door is a hollow iron door tied with wire mesh, and the innermost door is a thin wooden door.

Now there was a crack in the wooden door in the wire mesh, and something seemed to be shaking behind the crack. The shaking never stopped, and the crack became bigger and bigger, and suddenly——

A hand passed through the wooden door, tore the wire mesh, and stretched out straight out!

The next moment, a skinny head with chicken skin and crane hair appeared on the hollow wire mesh. The eyes were dim white and stared straight at Yu Tu.

His other hand also passed through the wooden door, and his two arms were stuck in the gap between the iron doors, dancing wildly, and the exposed skin was a strange purple color.

Yu Tu was frightened by this appearance and took a step back, and then... he felt an unusual air flow behind him.

He turned his head and looked back. The wooden door of another house on the top floor opened at some point. Through the rusty wire mesh and the not-so-reliable iron door, Yu Tu saw a head covered with white hair. The owner of the head was lying on the ground in a strange posture. In the darkness behind him, strange footsteps were gradually approaching.

Suddenly, the view went dark.

The induction light in the old building is completely broken.