Deities Are All Just My Food-Chapter 2160 - 960: The Onset of Contamination! (Part 2)

Chapter 2160: Chapter 960: The Onset of Contamination! (Part 2)

Gu Qingqiu didn’t warn Lin Baici because she was worried that Lin Baici might retreat directly for the safety of Hua Yue Yu and Kim Myungjin, which would mean she would likely not get to enjoy this rule pollution.

Additionally, it might alert the enemy. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"What do we do now?"

Hua Yue Yu turned around and glanced at the elevator, "We probably can’t get out now, right?"

"We’ll take the soldiers as they come and block the water with earth!"

Lin Baici walked forward at a leisurely pace, observing the paintings on the walls along the way.

There were landscape paintings, paintings of noble ladies, and paintings of flowers and birds...

All are very expressive!

"These national paintings are clearly the works of a master!"

Ji Xinyan exclaimed.

The corridor was over fifty meters long, and a hundred or so paintings were hung up on both sides; Lin Baici looked through them but couldn’t find anything in common.

They arrived in front of the large door.

The maid doll grabbed the door knocker and knocked twice.

Bang, bang!

"Uncle Yu?"

"Brother Qiao?"

The maid doll called out.

No one responded, but the door creaked like rusty hinges and opened.

Directly opposite was a shadow wall.

On the wall was a national painting depicting common people, constables, and hooligans...

They were actually moving, as if the ’Qingming River Painting’ had come to life on this shadow wall.

The maid doll stepped over the threshold, and the moment her right foot touched the ground, her entire body turned into a puff of green smoke and disappeared.

"Ah?"

Hua Yue Yu was startled.

"Are we still going in?"

Kim Myungjin turned around and glanced at the corridor.

"Of course we go in!"

Xia Hongyao rolled up her sleeves, "I’ll go first!"

Her high ponytail lifted a foot but was pulled back by Lin Baici.

"Why the rush?"

Lin Baici looked at the shadow wall. "Let’s check this thing first; maybe the key to purifying the rule pollution is on it!"

What appeared on the shadow wall was the daily life of those ancient people.

Lin Baici and the others watched as if they were seeing an ancient costume film, a silent one, without sound.

Suddenly, the crowd on the street began to panic. A group of constables in black uniforms rushed through the street and pasted some papers on the walls.

After the constables dispersed, people gathered around.

"What’s written on it?"

Hua Yue Yu rubbed her eyes.

"Can’t see clearly!"

Xia Hongyao widened her eyes.

[It’s time to enter; if you don’t, a new case will occur!]

Eater God spoke.

Upon hearing this, Lin Baici stopped observing the shadow wall, "Small Fish, Ying Zhen, hold onto my clothes!"

"Let’s go!"

Once the two girls grabbed his sleeves, Lin Baici lifted his foot over the threshold, and then his entire body turned into a puff of green smoke.

Kim Myungjin and Hua Yue Yu lost their grip.

"Little Bai!"

Hua Yue Yu was nervous.

"Hurry up and follow!"

Xia Hongyao urged and pushed the two of them into the door.

...

Lin Baici’s vision suddenly went dark, and when it recovered, he found himself on a long street.

The ground was compacted dirt, very dirty, with mule and horse dung, and a stench wafted by with the breeze. On either side of the street were some low houses.

The pedestrians on the street all wore shabby clothes, and the entire world had a dim, grayish tone.

"Where did this put me?"

Lin Baici knew this was a small ancient city, but he couldn’t tell whether it belonged to the Tang, Song, Yuan, or Ming dynasty!

"Hongyao! Small Fish!"

Lin Baici knew shouting like this was quite risky, but he wanted to find them quickly.

No one responded.

Lin Baici frowned.

Most pedestrians on the street hurried by, but a few stared at Lin Baici.

Lin Baici looked around and quickly dashed into an alley.

Arriving at a strange place, the first thing to do is to try to blend in, avoid being seen as an outsider, so Lin Baici jumped onto a wall after entering the alley.

He crouched down, carefully observed for a few minutes, confirmed that there was a house with no one inside, and then jumped in.

When Lin Baici came out again, he had changed into cloth clothes.

However, Lin Baici was too tall, the clothes didn’t fit well, and he was too fair-skinned, too healthy, so he had no choice but to find a straw hat from a farmhouse and put it on his head.

Lin Baici returned to the street again, listening to the locals talk.

Thankfully, although the accent was from an unknown place, he could still understand bits and pieces.

Lin Baici walked forward a bit more and saw a group of people gathered around a tall wall, discussing animatedly.

He immediately went forward.

On the wall, some papers were posted, but it wasn’t about capturing sea thieves; it was a notice issued by the Prefect.

The Lantern Festival is approaching, the Emperor wants to celebrate with the people, so beauties are to be offered from various places.

The Prefect had just gathered a group of beauties ready to send to the capital, but the mansion where the beauties lived suddenly caught fire.

The next day, after the fire was extinguished, the Prefect did not see any bodies, so he thought either those beauties ran away, or they were abducted.

Regardless of the possibility, these women must be captured back, hence this bounty notice.

Capture a woman, reward a thousand taels of silver!

This is definitely a huge sum, showing how anxious the Prefect is.

Indeed!

Losing the women intended for the Emperor, if someone reports it, demotion or exile for the Prefect would be the least, he might even be executed for deceiving the Emperor.

"Is this pollution meant to find beauties for the Emperor?"

Lin Baici murmured, looking at the row of notices below.

There were twelve in total, each with a portrait of a person.

As expected, these were the missing beauties, but the problem is...

The portraits are way too abstract, aren’t they?

If someone could find people based on these drawings, they wouldn’t be human, they’d be fortune-tellers because it’s all calculated.

Wait a second...

Lin Baici was originally complaining, but when he thought of this, a sudden idea struck him.

Could it be that the painter is one of the suspects?

He deliberately painted it this way because he didn’t want people to find those beauties?

Lin Baici looked around, intentionally laughed loudly: "They call these beauties? The flower of Old Wang’s family in my village is prettier than them!"

"Young man, you’re from out of town, right?"

An old man spoke up.

Can’t stand these outsiders looking down on people.

"The one on the very left is Miss Shen Cai Shen’s daughter, known as the number one beauty in Shuntian Prefecture!"

The old man mocked: "Although the portrait is a bit ugly, if you see the real person, it’ll surely leave you enchanted!"

"What about the second one?"

Lin Baici followed suit in asking.

"The second one is the red official of the Xiaoxiang Tower, her flute skills are unparalleled, expressing all the world’s emotions!"

The old man swayed his head, looking drunk.

"Have you heard her?"

Lin Baici thought, the Prefect is bold enough to present even a prostitute to the Emperor?

This woman must be extremely beautiful?

"No!"

The old man sighed: "Drinking a sip of tea and listening to a piece of flute music requires one hundred twenty taels of silver, I’m really too poor..."

"I’ll treat you!"

Lin Baici laughed heartily.

"Really?"

The old man’s eyes brightened, then shook his head: "Unfortunately, Miss Xiaoxiang has already perished in the flames!"

"What if she didn’t want to accompany the Emperor and escaped using someone else’s body..."

Before Lin Baici finished speaking, the people around him acted as if hearing a ghost story, dispersed in an instant.

"What’s the matter? Is there hidden intentions?"

Lin Baici frowned, immediately followed the old man.

The old man’s legs were quite fast, but not as fast as Lin Baici, when he walked into the second alley, Lin Baici blocked him.

"You... What do you want?"

The old man thought he encountered a robber, trembling in fear.

"Why did you all run away?"

Lin Baici regretted not getting a knife earlier, it would have been more intimidating, now he could only crack his knuckles: "Did I say something wrong?"

"What you said offends today’s Holy Mountain, saying it could get you beheaded!"

The old man’s eyes dodged, unwilling to be implicated.

"Tell me about those beauties chosen!"

Lin Baici stared at the old man: "If you dare say one false word, I’ll treat you to my fist!"