CHAPTER 43: 43. I REALLY DIDN’T MEAN TO PEEK.

Yue Bay District.

Yang Fan severed the mind link with his crow companion, Liu Hei.

He smiled, "Looks like I guessed right. The swarm of poisonous mosquitoes in the Dream Realm indeed has a mutated mosquito."

In the Tintera Kingdom on Canglan Star, there’s already an extremely large swarm of poisonous mosquitoes, but no "towns being attacked" phenomenon has occurred.

Yet, this phenomenon appeared in the Dream Realm.

It’s not hard to conclude that there must be an extraordinary "leader" within the mosquito swarm in the Dream Realm.

And this leader is undoubtedly the mutated poisonous mosquito.

Yang Fan muttered, "Even if it’s just for the mutated poisonous mosquito, I must take a trip to Jingyun County and gather the 20 points of Spiritual Source Value needed to activate Vajra."

Because each new mutated creature means a new type of superpower.

He first performed the routine baseline point allocation.

Immediately, 0.2 points of Spiritual Source Value were consumed, leaving 16.6 points, the physical Value increased to 7.9, and the Spirit Value increased to 17.4.

The familiar hunger returned once again.

Yang Fan quickly took out two braised fish from the Space Pearl and then brought out a large rice cooker, filling a soup bowl with a full bowl of rice.

The fish had been braised two days ago, and the rice had been cooked two days ago, yet they were still steaming hot when taken out now.

He picked up a tender piece of fish belly with his chopsticks, "Anyone seeing me like this would definitely call me a glutton, right?"

Yang Fan had only wolfed down a few bites when he suddenly heard a strange noise from upstairs.

"Goo~goo~"

It sounded like a stomach rumbling.

Then came a complaining female voice, "I clearly ate my fill at night, why am I getting hungry so fast these days?"

Then came the sound of tossing and turning.

Yang Fan’s chopsticks paused, his eyes showing a peculiar look, "Could it be that Long-legged Sister is about to awaken?!"

This pretty girl looked over twenty years old, obviously too old for any more growth.

The only answer is—her body is mutating and desperately needs more energy replenishment.

Yang Fan smacked his lips, "So awakening a physical superpower means having to endure a period of hunger, that’s quite tough."

He recalled Long-legged Sister’s roundhouse kick, "Once this girl awakens, a single roundhouse kick might be able to kill someone, right?"

Yang Fan took a big mouthful of rice, a sudden thought flashing in his mind, "Right, should I use this opportunity to insert a spy within the Jiuzhou Legion?"

He decisively called out, "Damao."

"Chit!"

A squirrel jumped out of the drawer, rubbing its eyes with two little paws, seeming to still be half-asleep.

Yang Fan pointed at the ceiling and instructed, "The Long-legged Sister upstairs is about to awaken, you go be her pet and infiltrate the Jiuzhou Legion in the future."

This squirrel’s combat power is weak, but its intelligence is quite good, just right to be a spy.

Damao, however, showed a look of resistance.

It enjoyed good food and drink with its owner and didn’t want to become someone else’s pet.

Yang Fan gave the little thing a stern look, "I told you to go, so go!"

Damao couldn’t defy the contract formed by superpowers, so it had no choice but to obediently chirp twice.

*

An hour later.

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

Long-legged Sister Zhao Xiaoying was unbearably hungry.

She got up and cooked a pot of noodles in the kitchen, and after eating, she felt a little feverish, so she decided to take a walk outside.

Zhao Xiaoying went downstairs and walked a short distance before she suddenly heard a sound from above.

"Chit!"

Long-legged Sister looked up at the sound and spotted a squirrel leaping from one tree as if trying to jump to another.

Perhaps because of the snow on the branch, its footing slipped a bit.

Naturally, the squirrel’s jump failed, and it plummeted headfirst toward the ground.

Zhao Xiaoying instinctively rushed forward and deftly caught the squirrel.

Long-legged Sister thought the squirrel would surely be so frightened that it would immediately break free, and she was even ready to let go.

However.

The squirrel’s behavior was surprising.

It remained motionless in her hand, staring at her with wide, cute eyes, not blinking at all.

Zhao Xiaoying was instantly captivated by its cuteness.

Her beautiful eyes glowed with what could only be described as hearts.

She tried her best to speak in the softest voice, "You must be starving, that’s why you came to the city looking for food, right?"

The squirrel stayed still.

It wanted to say, ’I’m not hungry at all, it’s just that my owner forced me over, otherwise, I wouldn’t want to follow this human with so much hair on their head.’

Zhao Xiaoying continued, "Come home with me, I’ll take care of you, okay?"

The squirrel chirped once.

It even moved, climbing onto Long-legged Sister’s arm, wrapping its claws tightly around her hand.

The squirrel felt a bit despondent inside, the scent on Long Legged Sister made it a bit choking, no, choking for a squirrel.

We squirrels, living is really pointless!

Zhao Xiaoying instantly beamed with a smile like blooming flowers.

Her face was already extremely beautiful, and now when she smiled it truly gave a feeling of a hundred flowers blooming.

At this point.

With superb acting skills, this fellow directed and acted out a small accident, successfully encountering the target.

Zhao Xiaoying decided not to take a walk anymore, and excitedly brought the squirrel home to feed it.

After half an hour.

She carefully arranged a small nest and settled the squirrel in her bedroom.

Then.

Zhao Xiaoying felt a bit hot, with a little sweat breaking out on her back, so she unbuttoned her clothes intending to change her underwear.

Damao was nibbling peanuts while curiously observing the target.

Zhao Xiaoying rested her hands on her hips, glanced at the squirrel, and smiled proudly: "How’s Miss’s figure?"

Damao crunched the peanuts noisily.

Why are there two big lumps?

The owner seems to not have.

The little thing was quite puzzled.

Damao truly felt it was burdensome and ugly, and started to focus on eating peanuts.

Downstairs.

Yang Fan nearly had a nosebleed from watching.

He quickly cut off the visual sharing, shook his head: "So early in the morning, this is too provocative, right?"

He reached out to rub his nose, found an excuse: "I really didn’t intend to peep, who knew the clothes would come off so quick!"

*

Shangjing City.

The emergency report from Linjiang City regarding "Mr. Spirit Crow’s warning" immediately received high attention.

General Lou took the intel and quickly entered the Secret Base.

He stood by the pool and shouted loudly: "Miss Jana, Mr. Spirit Crow sent a new message."

The next second.

"Splash!"

Water splashed.

The mermaid’s stunning face emerged from the water.

General Lou’s mouth subtly curved.

He knew the words "Mr. Spirit Crow" worked wonders on Miss Jana.

Though the general didn’t understand why this knight-level strong figure paid so much attention to someone who isn’t even a warrior as a superpower user.

The mermaid immediately asked: "What message?"

General Lou didn’t keep things secret, quickly introduced: "Mr. Spirit Crow believes..."

He narrated the message about mutant poisonous mosquitoes in detail.

General Lou adopted a consultative posture: "Miss Jana, do you think mutant poisonous mosquitoes really have the ability to control a large group of poisonous mosquitoes?"

The mermaid didn’t answer, instead asked: "What do you Great Xia People think?"

General Lou hesitated for a moment before replying: "Mr. Spirit Crow mentioned three terms, ’large scale’, ’organized’, ’long distance’, which are feats only a well-trained army can achieve.

"And poisonous mosquitoes act based on instinct as low-grade insects, lacking any of these characteristics.

"Great Xia has conducted numerous studies on mutant creatures, no matter how formidable mutant poisonous mosquitoes are, they probably can’t turn a group of insects into an army, right?"

Jiuzhou Legion internally discussed, with some supporting and others opposing.

Overall, most people didn’t believe it, as this claim sounded too fantastical.

The mermaid suddenly giggled charmingly, naturally emitting an invisible enchanting force.

General Lou’s breath quickened a bit, hurriedly looked away, not daring to gaze anymore.

The mermaid said: "You Great Xia People are really odd, earlier when the Beast Tamer made an unreasonable prediction, you believed it wholeheartedly.

"Now that the Beast Tamer made a correct prediction, you start doubting again."

General Lou felt very embarrassed: "Miss Jana, please guide us."

The mermaid didn’t hold back advice: "To my knowledge, there’s a superpower called ’Leader’, which has a miraculous effect on low-grade creatures, able to command large numbers of them.

"For creatures with high intelligence, the Leader superpower is relatively ineffective.

"This superpower has one characteristic, social low-grade creatures are more likely to awaken, whereas chances for high-intelligence creatures are minuscule."

General Lou’s complexion changed dramatically: "I understand now."

The qualifiers "social", "low-grade creatures" perfectly matched the traits of poisonous mosquitoes.

He thanked further: "Miss Jana, thank you very much for your guidance, otherwise Great Xia might make a wrong judgment."

The mermaid nodded: "Your Great Xia’s Beast Tamer should have predicted the poisonous mosquitoes will cause enormous casualties to Canglan People, hence timely warning."

She remarked: "This person is truly talented!"

Previously she held disdain towards the Beast Tamer, but now said "truly talented", her attitude made a complete one-eighty degree turn.