"Fang Ming? Who is that?" Mayor Huang was confused. Did their H City have such a powerful figure?
Zheng Zhuliu nodded, his tone very confident. "If Fang Ming can make a move, dealing with this kind of monster will be as easy as pie."
Zheng Zhuliu didn't know the strength of this giant toad, but judging from the video, its defense could withstand missiles, so it definitely wasn't that strong. As for its terrifying recovery ability, Zheng Zhuliu claimed he had seen plenty of it in ancient tombs beneath the eighteenth floor.
"I wonder if this gentleman would be willing to introduce me to this Mr. Fang Ming? The situation is urgent. If possible, we should depart immediately." Mayor Huang was anxious, and he had no choice but to be. The toad monster could attack at any moment, and the entire city would be in danger!
Zheng Zhuliu spread his hands helplessly. "I don't know his exact address either. I only know he lives on Bei'an Street. Oh right, I have his contact information. I'll call and ask."
Zheng Zhuliu took out his phone and dialed the number Fang Ming had left.
"Ring~ Ring~... Sorry, the number you have dialed..."
"The phone isn't going through. It seems we'll have to go to his house," Zheng Zhuliu suggested. "Shouldn't you be able to use the household registration system to find his address?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Check it immediately!" Mayor Huang quickly nodded, taking out his phone and dialing a number.
As soon as the call was answered, Mayor Huang, his voice urgent, immediately commanded, "Now, immediately, find out the address of a person named Fang Ming on Bei'an Street. I need his specific home address."
Seeing that it was the mayor's personal request, the person on the other end dared not be careless and quickly began the search. Two minutes later, specific information about Fang Ming was sent over.
"Mr. Fang Ming lives at Bei'an Street No. 12 and runs a funeral service shop. We'll go there now." Mayor Huang briefly scanned the information. Seeing the seemingly ordinary identity details, he felt a little puzzled, but he still didn't dare to delay. This was his only lifeline!
Soon, Mayor Huang, along with several people, got into a car and rushed to Bei'an Street with Zheng Zhuliu.
Along the way, Mayor Huang kept urging the driver to speed up, even contacting the traffic bureau to temporarily close the road, ensuring green lights all the way so they could reach Bei'an Street as quickly as possible.
Finally, twenty minutes later, they arrived in front of a funeral service shop. However, the door was tightly shut, and there was no sound from inside.
"Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock..." Mayor Huang stepped forward and knocked continuously, but there was no response at all.
"He's not here?" Mayor Huang's heart sank.
Ba Yu Fang, who was napping in the backyard, woke up instantly at the sound of the knocking. Thinking it was Fang Ming and the others returning, he trotted to the front shop.
"No? It's not Fang Ming and them; it's other humans." Arriving at the front, Ba Yu Fang sensed that the people outside were not Fang Ming, but a group of strangers. However, one of them had a familiar aura.
After a brief recollection, Ba Yu Fang immediately remembered who that aura belonged to. Wasn't it that Sixth Master who had been tagging along with Fang Ming as a sidekick? Why was he here?
However, this guy was an old acquaintance, so Ba Yu Fang decided to open the door and ask him what he wanted.
"Let me try," Zheng Zhuliu said, walking over to Mayor Huang, preparing to knock again. After all, the house was filled with resentment, and they might not be welcoming to humans like Mayor Huang.
"Knock." As Zheng Zhuliu raised his hand to knock once, the door was opened a crack, and an "alligator's" head poked out. It looked at Zheng Zhuliu with a questioning gaze, asking why he was there.
Upon seeing an "alligator" emerge, Mayor Huang was startled and quickly retreated a few steps.
"Ba Yu Fang!" Zheng Zhuliu exclaimed in surprise. Even if Fang Ming wasn't here, wouldn't it be as easy as crushing a toad for Ba Yu Fang to take action? The size difference between the two monsters was absurdly large!
When Ba Yu Fang first appeared, he gave the impression of being comparable to legendary cosmic beasts! His size was at least several thousand meters!
"What are you doing? Fang Ming isn't here; he went out," Ba Yu Fang telepathically conveyed to Zheng Zhuliu, tilting his head.
"It's like this, Mayor Huang. A giant resentful spirit has appeared near our H City, and we can't deal with it. So we came to find Fang Ming for help," Zheng Zhuliu crouched down and quickly explained the reason to Ba Yu Fang.
Mayor Huang and the others looked at Zheng Zhuliu strangely, as he was earnestly talking to an "alligator," and they began to suspect that Zheng Zhuliu was tricking them.
"Fang Ming isn't here. You should find someone else," Ba Yu Fang said indifferently, about to retract his head and go back to sleep.
Zheng Zhuliu's heart sank. It was over; Ba Yu Fang wasn't going to help them. He quickly grabbed Ba Yu Fang's head to stop him from retracting it.
"No, no, please don't, Grandpa Ba. If Fang Ming isn't here, isn't there still you? With a wave of your little paw, you could solve that resentful spirit."
"Let go of me, and if you don't, I'll bite," Ba Yu Fang said angrily. He hadn't been held by the head like this since he was born.
Hearing this, Zheng Zhuliu immediately let go, giving a sheepish smile. He knew that if it weren't for Fang Ming's sake, Ba Yu Fang would have bitten him just now.
But now, only Ba Yu Fang could deal with the toad monster. He couldn't let him refuse this matter.
"Hmph!" Ba Yu Fang snorted arrogantly and retracted his head, unwilling to deal with these humans.
"As long as you help, whatever conditions you have, just name them!" Zheng Zhuliu shouted at the door. However, he held little hope, as a monster like Ba Yu Fang, who had lived for countless years, was probably beyond desires.
After shouting, he got up in disappointment, ready to leave and find another solution.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Ba Yu Fang suddenly poked his head out again and asked seriously, "Are you serious?"
"Ah, ah? Yes, yes, yes, everything I say is true. As long as we can satisfy you, just name your price," Zheng Zhuliu said, stunned for a moment, then filled with surprise.
Mayor Huang and the others watched the interaction between the man and the monster from behind. They could also tell that this "alligator" in front of them was surprisingly intelligent! It was indeed not simple!
Ba Yu Fang's eyes rolled, and he retracted his head again. However, he quickly stuck it out again, holding a stack of yellow paper in his mouth and dropping it on the ground.
"Paper like this, bring me... hmm... a pile." Ba Yu Fang didn't know how much was enough. He had been coveting the yellow paper in Fang Ming's room for a long time, wanting to gnaw on it and make a nest, but Fang Ming wouldn't allow it. Who knew someone would bring it to him now? Hahaha.
"Paper... like this?" Zheng Zhuliu said uncertainly. "Should I use gold? What does this Ba Yu Fang mean? Why does he want a pile of yellow paper?"
"What gold? I just want paper like this." Ba Yu Fang tilted his head provocatively. "Can't you afford it? If you can't afford it, I won't do it."
"No, no, no, we can afford it, we can afford it. We just don't know how much you want?"
"I want... I want... I want a room full, like Fang Ming's room!" Ba Yu Fang felt proud of his outrageous demand. If he wanted so much, wouldn't these people go bankrupt?
"A whole room?" Zheng Zhuliu glanced at Mayor Huang. Mayor Huang quickly stepped forward and picked up the conversation.
"Da da da... Boom boom boom..." The entire city instantly descended into chaos, with gunshots and explosions echoing endlessly.
Mayor Huang and the others watched the distant chaos blankly, with only two words in their minds: It's over.
The monster had entered the city. How many innocent lives would be lost? He would probably lose his mayorship too.
"What are you all standing around for?" Ba Yu Fang suddenly spoke.
"You... you you... you can talk?" Mayor Huang was so shocked he could barely speak. Everyone except Zheng Zhuliu looked at Ba Yu Fang in disbelief.
"Is that strange?" Ba Yu Fang glanced disdainfully at the group.
"Get out of the way, I'm about to—show off!"
Ba Yu Fang pushed aside the two people blocking his path and walked towards the direction of the toad monster. He had learned this phrase from some TV show. Although he didn't understand what it meant, he inexplicably felt it sounded cool.
The crowd watched Ba Yu Fang's retreating back. As he moved further away from them, his body grew larger and larger.
"Roar—!" A roar that shook the heavens and earth erupted from the distance. A terrifying monster the size of a mountain appeared in the eyes of H City's inhabitants. Its sky-obscuring form made many question reality.
"Boom!" Ba Yu Fang took a step, and the entire city trembled. A deep pit with a diameter of five to six hundred meters appeared, with spiderweb-like cracks spreading in all directions.
The toad monster saw the colossal Ba Yu Fang immediately. The terrifying aura made it let out a few threatening roars, but it sounded undeniably lacking in confidence.
The difference in their sizes was truly like a toad and an alligator; they were in completely different leagues.
"Roar!" Ba Yu Fang roared, and a thousand-meter-high tidal wave of earth surged towards the toad monster. This was him deliberately reducing his power to form the attack; otherwise, the city might not be able to withstand even two of his moves.
The toad monster let out a terrified cry and spread its wings to flee, but the wave of earth had already arrived, and it was unable to dodge.
"Boom—" Dust billowed, and the entire city shook for a moment. As for the toad monster, it was completely buried. Ba Yu Fang walked forward and stomped down.
"Boom—"
The toad monster was crushed into a pulp, utterly dead. Under the sunlight, it dissipated into wisps of white mist.
Mayor Huang, watching from afar, twitched his mouth as he witnessed this scene. His H City!