Returning from the abyss

Chapter 483 The Evolved Strange Shape
When Lu Ning and Bolivar realized the problem at the same time, they knocked on the door of old Howard's room.After Old Howard opened the door cursingly, the two were relieved, but when Lu Ning said that he would not be there all day, Old Howard's face changed a little.

"Go... to see what you lost?"

Lu Ning immediately knew that the guy pretending to be herself had probably entered her house, but she was not too worried, she carried all the important things with her, and those calculation drafts that would reveal her identity had already been burned and scattered in the yard. The other party must not be able to find such important items.But on the other hand, it may be a little troublesome. There is a type of magic curse that requires some personal items or even magic on the cursed person to cast the curse. It is difficult to judge whether the other party has come here with such a purpose.

She hurried back to her room, and with a glance, she knew that the things had indeed been turned over. Out of her suspicious personality, she liked to set up some small mechanisms for some items to verify whether they were opened or closed. For example, when she left before, she There was a small piece of clothing on the edge of the box, but now it is gone.In the same way, the arrangement of the charcoal pencils in the pen holder on the table with two long ones facing outwards and one short one facing inwards has also changed.

This person was obviously not good at anti-reconnaissance. Although he cleaned up enough when he left, he left many traces that she could distinguish.But that's not the point. Now that the door is open, it can be explained that the person opened the door and left when he left. Obviously, he didn't intend to hide this matter.The problem is that the other party can wait until the store is closed and leave without worrying about his sudden return, which means that he knows that he and Soigo have gone to the laboratory and will conduct experiments until later.

"Wait a minute, since that person isn't worried about being seen out at all, and it's another idea of ​​deception, then the reason for tidying up so neatly is not to hide himself from turning over the room..." Lu Ning glanced at the room again, and instantly understood , "Hide the tree in the forest! This is to turn over everything on purpose."

"Missing something?" Howard asked, coming over.

"No, I took all the valuables with me, and that person didn't take anything away." Lu Ning gritted her teeth, and indeed she didn't take anything away, but she couldn't tell what the other party found, this is the real truth. Purpose.

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Dawn slowly came.

A drunken man left the tavern and staggered onto the road. The sky turned pale, but it was not yet daylight.The drunk suddenly felt the urge to urinate, turned his head and burrowed into an alley.

The cleaning staff have warned many times, but these people don't care about it.The drunk man was not completely drunk yet, but when he entered, he immediately saw the same "comrades" standing facing the wall, immediately laughed, walked over and stood beside him, and said drunkenly, "Brother...go back...home?"

The other party didn't answer. The drunk man turned his head and found that his hands were hanging down and his body was twisting slightly from side to side. At first he thought he had drunk too much, but after rubbing his eyes, he realized that the other party was really twisting.

"Hey, you kid..." Feeling drunk, the drunk reached out and grabbed the other person's shoulder, and turned the other person's face—a face full of hair.

Shouts of horror filled his throat, and the dawn came silently, and the sun passed over the spire of Violet, and once again painted the ground with brilliance.And on the wall of the alley, there are now two slightly twisted people.

"The twelve divine beasts have been released."

In the Chengxi district of the central city, a man with a bee waist and a monkey back squatted on the platform above the temple here. One of his eyes was normal, and the other had a vertical pupil like a beast. He was holding the blindfold that was originally covered.

The one who spoke to him was a tall and strange man wrapped in bulging clothes behind him.The clothes were too strange, as if a bunch of rags had been forcibly sewn together with zippers, forming an almost human-shaped appearance, even the head was pointed, and the chain was only slightly torn in the middle to leave a gap.After the person reported, a fly flew past in front of him, and a black tentacles suddenly popped out from the gap and the fly was swept in.

"is it safe?"

"There is one in every district on the outskirts. Their guards are useless, and it is effortless to release them."

The man with vertical pupils licked his lips and revealed an evil smile.

"Then we can finally announce to everyone that evolution has officially come to visit Ewalang."

"Today?" asked the Rag Man in a muffled voice.

"Yeah...today is a sunny day, isn't it?" The man with vertical pupils straightened up and stretched slowly, "The ultimate in magic is the absolute individuality of the individual, but many people don't understand it at all. , On the contrary, it needs to be popularized... What is the difference between the things produced by homogeneous education and the cheese churned by the same method on the farm?"

"When to act?"

"Just in the morning, people are most receptive to new things when their minds are clearest, aren't they?"

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Lu Ning didn't sleep well.

This unexpected intruder is not enough to make her sleepless, but it will take a little effort to guard against a possible enemy. Lu Ning rubbed her eyes and got up, walked outside, took a few deep breaths, and took another shot. After patting his head, he walked to the front shop.

Surprisingly, Howard Sr. didn't even watch the store here.

Lu Ning asked the clerk, only to find out that Old Howard actually went to buy goods.

The one-eyed squid is usually not out of stock. Even in the current teleportation partition, she has seen two or three times that vehicles pull in and unload the goods. Old Howard can get replenishment without leaving the store.

"What kind of goods do you need him to travel by himself?"

The clerk turned his head and pointed to the shelf. There was an obviously empty space.

There are so many things in the grocery store, Lu Ning moved closer to look for the labels carefully, only to find that the medicinal herb called Tianzhi was sold out.This medicinal material probably belongs to the category that is neither rare nor common. It is not usually used in alchemy, but it is easy to use in potions and potions.

"Sold out yesterday?"

"Yeah, I checked the shelves today and found that they are gone. However, there are a lot of random goods in our store, and it's normal to have shortcomings. These are not daily necessities. Dad is actually in a hurry to replenish them. I don't know why... "The clerk muttered.

"Do you know where Dad went to replenish the stock?"

"Medical materials, that can only be the morning market."

Lu Ning thanked her and ran out in a hurry.

As an alchemist, she basically didn't learn much about the medicinal properties of pharmacy, but thanks to the pharmacist knowledge that was given to her for nothing, she would casually memorize some introductions to the medicinal properties of medicines.Sweet gardenia is a medicine that relieves fatigue, relieves cough and reduces phlegm, and improves concentration. It is often used in the formula of energy and mana recovery potions in pharmacy.But old Howard would definitely not buy just because of this, the only reason she could think of was that someone had placed a big order.

So what is the use of sweet gardenia?As a medicinal herb, it certainly has the possibility of overdosing. Sweet gardenia extract has a high degree of nerve stimulation. Although it is not addictive, it will cause symptoms such as mania, hallucinations, and nonsense. The weaker the soul The biological effect is more obvious.And old Howard obviously didn't know that his money-greedy temperament would definitely take over as long as it was a big business.

Fortunately, Lu Ning arrived not too late. In a small open space that was a little hard to find, there were still some vendors selling medicinal materials.Old Howard was negotiating the price with a medicine merchant about his age.

"Howard, it's closed now. Although outsiders can bring in, the difficulty for us to get some medicinal materials has also increased exponentially. Isn't it too much to increase the price by [-]%? We are not an official channel." The stall owner said this. Lu Ning just arrived at the time.

"Isn't it because you are not an official channel and the price is cheap? Why should I buy it now that it is so expensive?"

"You can't say that. If you go to the government to buy medicines, you have to register, and there is a limited amount of purchase. Don't you still have to come to a place like ours where there is an unlimited supply of money and goods. You still have to come? Look at you, there is big business. ?”

"Bragging you, unlimited supply?"

"Is it really a big business?" The stall owner grinned, "Why don't we make the money? Let's share it directly?"

"You..." Before Howard could answer, Lu Ning called out, "Daddy! Wait!"

"Yo, your daughter?"

"Just take it for granted." Howard turned his head and glanced at Lu Ning, "Lilian, what are you doing here?"

"Father, it's best not to mess around with the medicinal material business in this situation."

"what?"

"The city has been unstable recently. If there is anything wrong, there must be someone secretly acting as a demon. You have never taken over this kind of medicinal material business, have you? But someone must know that you have a special supply channel."

"What and what? Make it clear." Howard frowned.

"That's why they don't go to regular pharmacies to buy it! Because it's not clear what the purpose is for such a large amount! Dad, you have to consider whether the other party has other purposes before doing business!"

Before Howard could speak, the stall owner took over the conversation: "I think your daughter is quite right. I sell medicine, and I know the properties of this thing. Although it won't kill people, it's okay if you eat it. No problem. You can make a lot of money in our business, but you have to protect yourself in an emergency, right?"

"You guy..." Howard glared at the stall owner, but his attitude was obviously a little loose.

"Father, why don't you tell me about the person who ordered so many things? Is there anything suspicious?"

"Suspicious? That's a fat man, his face is full of oil. He seems to be a wealthy businessman somewhere. He said he wanted to buy a batch of goods in Ewalang, and he would take them away and sell them elsewhere when the city gate opened. He seems to know a lot about medicinal materials." , I was a little dizzy by what he said, but since I like the goods here, I agreed." Howard recalled carefully, "He probably... came here yesterday afternoon, Lilian you at that time, cough, anyway, it was me chat."

Is that fake there too?

Lu Ning thought for a while and asked, "How fat is that rich businessman? If he looks particularly bizarre, it should be very impressive."

"Anyway, it's almost horizontal and vertical, and the face is almost squeezed by the flesh. Fortunately, it can still speak like that. My guys also saw it."

"Does that say, how do you deliver these things after you buy them?"

"He rented a warehouse on the east side of the Moonstone District, and said that it will be fine to ship the things there, and then he will pay for the goods and deliver the goods."

"...Then we have to go to the warehouse first." Lu Ning felt relieved, it would be easy if there were clues.

Howard, Lu Ning, the stall owner who joined in the fun, and three or four young people from the market walked to the warehouse together. The distance was not too far. After more than half an hour, everyone arrived near the warehouse.Howard looked around twice, and coughed lightly: "Boss, the one-eyed squid delivered the goods yesterday."

After a while, there was a response from the warehouse, and then the door was pulled open by a hand.

The first time Lu Ning saw this person, she felt that her worldview had been refreshed again.Leaving aside the details, this is a giant fat man with two meters in length, width and height.

Howard is really not exaggerating at all. If the fat man hadn't separated his legs, Lu Ning could even feel that he rolled out of the door.When he saw so many people, he was stunned for a moment, and then he squeezed into a smile: "Are you all here to deliver?"

"Boss, let me introduce you. This is a well-known herb vendor here. The quantity you want is quite large. I can't hide it anyway, but don't worry, we are all good friends." Howard introduced the stall owner.

The fat man tried his best to nod: "Hello, friend, hello, so, where are the things?"

"It's raising money. Didn't I come to see your warehouse? Don't have any problems when you bring it over. Now Ewalang is stricter, so don't cause trouble." The stall owner is also a ghost, and he immediately picked up Howard's words .

"Well, don't cause trouble, that's right." The fat man said cheerfully, "Then, come in and have a look."

Several people looked at each other, although the fat man looked shocking, he didn't look more than a person, and there was still room for a counterattack if there was any accident with that kind of body.In the end, they walked over together, and the fat man turned around with one foot on his feet, and then squeezed back into the door, leaving a small hole in the ground.

"...Old man, no matter whether there is any problem with the boss you are looking for, this stature is not ordinary." The stall owner smiled at Howard in a low voice.

"Stop talking nonsense, go in and see what's going on."

The warehouse area is not small, and many wooden boxes and sacks of goods have been piled up inside. The scent of medicine floats in the air, and it seems that the medicinal materials are really purchased.There was no one else here, and there was a huge millstone on the ground. The fat man walked over and sat on it, and it seemed that this was the one that could support him.

Of course, Howard and the stall owner went up to pretend to bargain, while Lu Ning quietly looked at the warehouse from behind.

Strange - without any guards, dragging such a body that is inconvenient to move, but Lu Ning has never heard of such a person for so many days.She pays attention to all kinds of anecdotes around her. This fat man should be enough to be a material just because of his size, but why didn't he hear about it?

Then, through the warehouse window, she saw a daytime firework rising into the sky.

(End of this chapter)