Hei Deng Xia Huo
Chapter 84 Road
"Respected parents, good evening. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend today's Senior Citizen University Parents' Meeting."
It was already late at night. Li Ang, wearing a black trench coat, carrying a black umbrella in one hand and flowers in the other, looked solemn and serious as he spoke in a deep voice to the rows of stone tombstones in the cemetery.
The stone tombstones remained motionless. Apart from the chirping of insects, everything was silent.
Li Ang flicked his trench coat and said earnestly, "It seems everyone is a bit shy. Don't be shy, raise your hands more and speak up actively."
As if they could speak.
Chai Cuichao, hiding in the large black umbrella, couldn't help but mentally retort, "All the Yin energy here has been absorbed. Are we leaving?"
"Hmm..."
Li Ang glanced at the data on the Soul-Guiding Banner. The current Yin energy storage was 379/1000.
Since cremation is now widely practiced, draining the Yin energy from an entire cemetery only fills one-third of the Soul-Guiding Banner's total Yin energy capacity.
If it was just to keep Chai Cuichao in physical form and maintain a clear mind, this amount could last about seventeen days.
If there were high-intensity battles, it would probably only last three to four hours.
"It's barely enough."
Li Ang nodded, casually tossed the flowers in front of a tombstone with the name "Fei Weiqiang" engraved on it, picked up the large black umbrella, and walked out of the cemetery.
He wasn't wearing sunglasses or a mask at this time—Li Ang believed that official organizations like the Special Affairs Bureau had already started planting software in the surveillance systems of public transportation roads to specifically monitor individuals with obvious disguises.
Therefore, for safety reasons, he wore a slightly curled black wig, modified his eyebrows with an eyebrow pencil, adjusted the outline of his brow arches,
After putting on round-framed glasses, he used flesh-colored makeup clay to deepen the shadows around his cheekbones,
Then, he put a set of dentures with all the teeth removed into his mouth, making his gums fuller, and adjusted the outline of his jaw,
He also used an artificial palate inside his mouth to change his speaking accent, making his voice more deep and muffled.
Finally, he put a layer of soft rubber film on each of his ten fingers to erase his fingerprints and put on height-increasing boots and a black trench coat.
After a standard disguise process, the unremarkable Li Ang completely transformed into another ordinary adult male.
Enough to fool the facial recognition system in the surveillance systems. Even if Wang Congshan or Officer Wang Fengnian were brought over, it would be difficult for them to realize that he was Li Ang.
Of course, he wouldn't change the way he spoke—
Walking down the road, as he passed a public park, Li Ang indignantly exclaimed, "The weather is getting colder. Animals in clothing can openly come out onto the streets, exposing their lower body parts and urinating in public."
Chai Cuichao retorted, "What animals in clothing? Those are just dogs wearing little clothes, being walked by old women and men."
Li Ang clicked his tongue and said, "Wow, this young man is actually carrying out fanrenlèi (anti-human) activities. He has no humanity."
Chai Cuichao squinted her eyes and said, "You're calling practicing handstand street dance moves fanrenlèi? Well... that's really fanrenlèi."
Li Ang looked at a group of people in the central plaza of the park and angrily said, "They've developed a pedophilic obsession at such a young age. It's disgusting."
Chai Cuichao didn't know what to say. "Those elementary school students are just taking selfies. Does their narcissism count as pedophilia..."
Li Ang looked at a person in the distance, frowned, and indignantly cursed in a low voice, "Shameless thief, are you leeching off your mother's fame?"
Chai Cuichao's retort was extremely weak. "That's just a little kid hugging his mom because it's cold! What do you mean leeching off your mother's fame!"
Being with Li Ang puts a high strain on the rationality of high-intelligence beings. One careless move and you'll be overwhelmed by the intense urge to retort.
Anyway, Chai Cuichao felt that her tolerance had increased a lot from being with Li Ang day and night.
A lot.
The person and the ghost left the public park, deliberately choosing remote, narrow paths with surveillance blind spots, and slowly headed towards the Wanhe residential district.
Since they were already out, they might as well wander around Yanshi a few more times. It would be nice if they could trigger some regular missions.
Unfortunately, everything was calm and uneventful along the way.
Disappointed, Li Ang arrived at a deserted intersection and saw an elderly woman with white hair, hobbling along the side of the road, slowly walking towards the traffic light with a cloth bag in her hand.
Li Ang's nostrils flared. He smelled three scents.
The first was the musty smell of old clothes.
The second was the unique smell of the elderly, due to the inconvenience of washing up.
The third... was the smell of fresh flesh and blood.
Just as Li Ang focused his gaze on the old woman, a cold, mechanical system prompt sounded in his ear.
Mission trigger conditions met
Mission Type: Regular Mission
Mission Name: Shadow Play
Mission Objective: Eliminate Shadow Spirit 0/1
Mission Time Limit: 30 minutes
Mission Reward 1: 100 additional experience points
Mission Reward 2: 100 game coins
Mission Failure Penalty: None
Li Ang subtly glanced at the old woman, looked around to make sure no one was around, and walked over, warmly asking, "Grandma, are you crossing the road?"
The old woman looked at him, clutched the cloth bag in her hand tightly, swallowed, and lowered her head, pretending not to hear.
She had already eaten enough.
Li Ang got closer and shouted loudly at the old woman, "Grandma, are you crossing the road?!"
His roar was extremely loud. The old woman raised her head, a sense of annoyance rising in her heart, but a somewhat dull, innocent, and kind smile appeared on her face. "Ah? Young man, you want to help me cross the road?"
"Yes! I like helping people the most!"
Li Ang's eyebrows danced with joy as he proactively took the old woman's hand. When the green light came on, he helped her onto the crosswalk.
"Young people these days are rarely as kind as you."
The old woman pretended to be a little slow-witted, babbling, "Young man, you're so good."
"Ah, don't rush to praise me."
Li Ang helped the old lady to the middle of the crosswalk, withdrew his hand, and said with a smile, "Pay the bill first."
"?"
The old woman was stunned. "What money?"
Li Ang said naturally, "The money for helping you cross the road. You didn't think I was helping you for free, did you? Five yuan, please."
"...." The old woman's face twitched. "Young man, I don't think I asked you to help me, did I?"
"So you don't want to pay?"
Li Ang's face darkened. He suddenly grabbed the old woman, tucked her under his arm, and ran as fast as he could, rushing back to the side of the crosswalk where they had just been standing.
Thump.
Li Ang put the dumbfounded old woman on the ground and shook his head. "Poor thing. Tell me you're broke next time."