Chen Shu tried his best to imitate Brother Wang, making himself appear as scummy as possible.
He hoped he wouldn't be seen through.
Chen Shu sighed, lamenting that his very blood flowed with an easygoing nature, making it incredibly difficult to be truly scummy.
He carried two large bags of daily necessities and walked into the abandoned factory with a natural demeanor.
Inside, it was desolate, with only a few rusty, dilapidated machines. In a corner, several people were squatting, murmuring to each other.
A group squatting together? Chen Shu slowly walked over.
"Holy crap, four sharp-dressed guys! How long have they been in this factory?"
"Old Wang, you're back?"
A weathered middle-aged man looked over and said, "Perfect timing, everyone's discussing the next step. You should join us."
Chen Shu nodded and squatted down.
A young man with a buzz cut frowned and said, "Brother Wen, we've alarmed the Spirit Suppressing Bureau this time. Things are going to be tough."
"Tough or not, we have to do it!" the middle-aged man grunted, lighting a cigarette.
"Think about our past, risking our lives in other dimensions for a mere hundred thousand or two hundred thousand!"
Another胖子 nodded and said, "Yeah, ten million! That's enough for how many dangerous expeditions! Besides, our leader is gone now, and we can't enter the other dimensions anymore."
"I break out in a cold sweat just thinking about that Lord-level Azure-eyed Snake."
Chen Shu listened to their conversation without betraying any emotion.
He finally understood that the four people before him were once part of a beast taming team. However, their leader had died, turning them into unemployed wanderers.
But cultivating a contracted spirit required a significant amount of money. Without access to other dimensions, they couldn't earn money, forcing them to take desperate measures.
"We can't go out of the city now!"
The middle-aged man pondered for a long time and said, "I plan to go to the countryside to lay low!"
The victims were all from the city. In the countryside, they would undoubtedly be safer. Moreover, their appearances hadn't been exposed. If they intended to hide, even the Spirit Suppressing Bureau would have a hard time catching them.
"What about him?"
The胖子 suddenly looked at Chen Shu.
Of the five people, only Old Wang's appearance was exposed. He was now a notorious wanted criminal. Bringing him along would only be a burden.
At that moment, all four of them looked at him simultaneously!
Their sharp gazes sent a jolt through Chen Shu.
"No way, officers! I just disguised myself to get in, and now I've stumbled into this kind of mess?"
"Should we just bury him?"
The buzz-cut youth stroked his chin and suggested.
All four were beast tamers, capable of easily deciding the life or death of an ordinary person.
Options immediately appeared before Chen Shu.
[Option 1: Shout loudly: "Big brothers, don't kill me!" Reward: A small amount of Beast Taming Power]
[Option 2: Say in a low voice: "You want to kill me? You can try! Face the wind!" Reward: Slime Strength +3%]
[Option 3: Pretend to be terrified, hoping to elicit sympathy from the thugs. Reward: Skill "Violent Sitting Kill" +1]
Chen Shu's expression flickered, his eyes darting back and forth as he considered. Finally, he decided to choose option three. Skills were clearly superior to attributes.
"Brother Kun, you seem to have scared him silly?"
The胖子 chuckled. Chen Shu's dazed appearance indeed made him seem frightened.
The leading middle-aged man spoke, "Stop the nonsense, let's do it. We'll head to the countryside this afternoon."
"Xiao Xiao, you do it!"
A skinny youth blinked in surprise and nodded.
"Wait!" Chen Shu exclaimed, "You can't kill me!"
"Look, his voice is all shaky." The buzz-cut youth chuckled teasingly. "Give us a reason why you can't be killed. Everyone has some value, after all."
Chen Shu, his face filled with fear, said, "Because killing people is impolite."
"Hahaha!"
The four of them burst into laughter, like a pack of hungry wolves surrounding a little white rabbit.
"Xiao Xiao, show him your uncivilized side!"
The skinny youth nodded and stood up, his gaze filled with malicious venom, a smile playing on his lips.
Chen Shu trembled as he stood up, stumbling towards the factory exit, perfectly portraying a terrified individual!
"Brother Old Wang, don't run..."
The youth crossed his arms, as if playing with his prey like a cat with a mouse.
Chen Shu managed to reach the factory entrance, but he tripped and fell to the ground.
"Are you afraid of such a big beetle?"
The youth summoned his contracted spirit, and a black beetle, half a meter in size, appeared.
Its mandibles were sharp, its wings vibrated continuously, and its eyes were filled with ferocity.
Clearly an evil-natured contracted spirit!
"Little Black, you can have a good meal today."
The youth said with a smile, stroking the beetle's back.
[Reward obtained: Violent Sitting Kill +1! Skill damage increased!]
Chen Shu's body lay on the ground, appearing panicked, but in his heart, he was as steady as an old dog.
"A level five beast tamer dares to act tough in front of me?"
Chen Shu said, "Your beetle is indeed big, but mine is bigger!"
Before the youth could even react, a colossal shadow instantly enveloped him.
"What is that?" He instinctively looked up, only seeing a round, yellow backside, which became the last sight of his life!
BOOM!
The golden slime, nearly ten meters in size, descended. The youth didn't even have time to scream before he was instantly crushed into a mosaic.
Host death. The black beetle also perished instantly.
"What's going on?!"
The remaining three felt the vibration and looked up, only to see an enormous slime leaping into the air.
[Violent Sitting Kill activated!]
"My God, what is that?!"
The expressions of the three changed drastically. They wished their parents had given them two more legs, scrambling away like rolling and crawling, narrowly dodging the slime's sitting attack.
Chen Shu inwardly lamented, wishing he could have killed one more person.
"Damn it! He's not Old Wang!"
The buzz-cut youth, addressed as Brother Kun, cursed and instantly summoned his contracted spirit.
A black wild boar appeared, snorting, its eyes filled with ferocity.
The other two also reacted swiftly, summoning their respective contracted spirits.
A blue bird flew at a low altitude, and a humanoid creature covered in flames stood its ground.
"Hmm? Fire Elemental Spirit?"
Chen Shu's gaze fell upon the fiery creature. It was a special type of Fire Elemental Spirit, with a vast bloodline range, from F to S-class.
The middle-aged man's eyes held killing intent as he said, "A level six beast tamer dares to come here?!"
"Brother Wen, are you sure he's only level six?"
The胖子 patted his blue bird, feeling that if it were crushed by the slime, its very essence would be squeezed out.
"Yes, he's level six!" Brother Wen could sense Chen Shu's beast taming power.
However, his gaze kept shifting to the ten-meter giant slime, and his eyes were filled with a hint of uncertainty.
"He's probably, maybe, level six!"