Coveted After Becoming a Monster [Quick Transmigration] 44

Chapter 44:

Another few days passed, and the Thirteenth District was not at peace.

Since Qi Peilan had proposed to encircle and suppress the darkness, it had caused a huge stir, especially in the council, where not a single vote was in favor.

But fortunately, when the South Tower had an accident, Su Ye had already taken care of a few families. Now, she was just suppressing the remaining council families with an iron fist.

In addition, Qi Peilan sent people to publicize in the city, calling the darkness a major threat to the stability of the ports. Under various measures, all opposition was gone, and the Thirteenth District began to prepare to eliminate the darkness.

But the fiery atmosphere outside did not affect Ji Yulin and the little octopus at all. The human and the octopus had been wandering around a lot these past few days.

The focus was on the street that specialized in pet supplies. Every time, they would come back with bags of all sizes.

Even the bibs that Li An had previously thought were too expensive had been bought in large quantities, so much so that many shops had put up “out of stock” signs. It also made Liu Hu and the others misunderstand, thinking that Ji Yulin was preparing to return to the Thirteenth District, and they became much more diligent in carrying things.

Liu Hu had even taken the initiative to pay several times, and had specially bought a bib woven with gold thread for Li An, which cost eighty-eight thousand.

It had shocked the little octopus for a moment, and she secretly wondered how much salary Ji Yulin paid them each month, and whether it could be reduced a little…

But unfortunately, this bib was never worn. Ji Yulin thought it was tacky and had long since thrown it into a corner to collect dust.

The little octopus was unaware and was even sullen for a while when she saw Ji Yulin’s disdain.

However, this emotion came and went quickly. In a flash, she had fallen in love with the new big gold chain that Ji Yulin had bought for her.

It was a full three hundred grams. A single link was as thick as a little finger, and it even had a gold disc with a large pink diamond. Even in a completely dark environment, it would sparkle with a dazzling fire.

When it was placed on the little octopus’s head, it was like carrying a sandbag, and she trembled with every step.

But the little octopus liked it. She squeezed into her favorite jar, and the diamond and gold chain were pressed under her, paired with the tentacle covered in colorful scales.

Even Li An herself suspected that she had some dragon blood, and that one day her bloodline would awaken, and the octopus would turn into a giant dragon, looking down on the entire planet.

The more she thought, the happier she became. Her tentacles were wrapped around her head, and she was shaking with laughter like a ball, which made Ji Yulin cast a puzzled glance at her.

It was the same now. Qi Fu, who had just stepped in, scratched her head and said with surprise, “Ji An An, what’s wrong with you? Did you go and raid a house with my mom these past few days? You’re wearing such a big gold chain on your head.”

Her tone changed, and she said with a puzzled expression, “I don’t remember any of the council families having such tacky taste, to make something so ugly.”

The little octopus, who had been eagerly showing off and had been specially waiting at the door, her expression fell, and she turned her back to her.

Disdain. As expected of a noisy and annoying fishy peacock. She didn’t understand the aesthetic of a noble octopus-dragon at all.

Only then did Qi Fu figure it out. She leaned against the wall and trembled with laughter, saying, “Yo, you like this yourself? Professor Ji really spoils you. Isn’t she afraid you’ll get cervical spondylosis from wearing it…”

“Oh, no. You octopuses don’t have bones. You’re not afraid of cervical spondylosis.”

Li An: …

Smiling, but not being able to smile.

She shouldn’t have been soft-hearted then. She should have grabbed Ling Yun’s hand and poked it in, and just cooked the rice.

A tentacle slapped the ground, and the little octopus was in a powerless rage.

Qi Fu didn’t know the little octopus’s little thoughts and was still laughing. Fortunately, a crisp sound was heard from inside.

Qi Fu and Li An subconsciously looked over.

Ji Yulin was sitting at the table, just putting a scalpel back on the plate. The sound from before was also because of this.

She turned to look, still concise, “Disinfect.”

Yesterday, Qi Peilan had found Ji Yulin again, hoping that she could treat Qi Fu in advance. No matter the result, the Thirteenth District would act. Ji Yulin had thought about it and finally agreed.

So, Qi Peilan had immediately had someone clear out an operating room. Today, Ji Yulin had brought the little octopus over to prepare.

The smile on Qi Fu’s face faded, and she said, “What deal did you make with my mom?”

Ji Yulin’s expression did not change. She was still wearing that white shirt and her rimless glasses, still distant. She said, “Didn’t District Chief Qi tell you?”

“She didn’t say in detail, but from the looks of things outside, I can probably guess,” Qi Fu leaned against the doorframe, her feet not moving.

Qi Fu’s sudden change of face plunged the room into a cold silence. The little octopus, who had just had her back to her, turned back, looking at Ji Yulin and then at Qi Fu.

Ji Yulin just nodded, not explaining, feeling that there was no need to explain.

In this regard, she only had patience for Li An and was willing to take the initiative to lower her head and explain. As for Qi Fu, didn’t she still have two mothers?

The last trace of a smile faded. Qi Fu, who was usually all smiles, her face grew heavy, and she said, “My mom doesn’t understand the power of the darkness, but I’ve seen the tragic state of Anding Town with my own eyes and talked to the survivors. Its power, even if the entire Thirteenth District uses all its tricks, will still suffer heavy losses.”

“Professor Ji, this deal of yours is a little too profitable. You’re trading my one life for the entire Thirteenth District.”

Ji Yulin was calm and just said, “A deal is based on the premise that both parties feel it is fair.”

This room was next to the operating room and was specially used for pre-operative preparations, so the temperature was deliberately lowered. Even in the middle of summer, it was still cold, so cold that it was freezing.

Qi Fu’s face was stern, her pair of strange heterochromatic eyes staring at Ji Yulin. A sense of oppression emanated from her. After a long moment, she squeezed out a sentence, “Ling Yun was captured.”

“I know,” Ji Yulin picked up the scalpel again.

“She’s your subordinate,” Qi Fu emphasized.

“I know,” Ji Yulin fiddled with the small knife, its silver-white blade reflecting her eyes, as black as stones, still exuding a coldness.

“This surgery only has a fifty percent survival rate?”

“Yes.”

“Her life is in danger now, you…”

Before she could finish, she was interrupted. Ji Yulin said directly, “Captain Qi doesn’t need to repeat what I already know. Just say what you have to say.”

Qi Fu paused, closed her eyes, and then opened them, “I can’t accept this surgery at the cost of the Thirteenth District.”

She ground her lips and said with difficulty, “And after removing the golden eagle’s eye, I’ll have no ability. Those people all have special abilities. If I want to save her.”

Li An looked up at her, her fierce eyes softening a little.

Ji Yulin turned to look at her and calmly dropped a bombshell, “Who said you don’t have special abilities?”

Qi Fu’s eyes suddenly widened, her pupils contracting, and she blurted out, “What do you mean?”

“Have you ever thought that it’s because the golden eagle’s eye is causing your body to reject it, leading to repeated failures in awakening?”

Ji Yulin’s tone was calm, but it shocked Qi Fu. Her face was full of disbelief, “You, what are you saying?”

“I have special abilities myself?”

“Perhaps?” Ji Yulin raised an eyebrow. Before Qi Fu could ask, she said, “I’m not very sure either. I can only prove my guess through this surgery.”

Qi Fu’s expression changed. She didn’t know what she was thinking. The hand by her side clenched into a fist and then relaxed, and after a few repetitions, she made up her mind and said firmly, “I still can’t accept the surgery.”

“I can’t disregard the safety of the Thirteenth District…”

“Then what if I say that this surgery is related to my next deal with the Thirteenth District?” Ji Yulin said faintly, her lenses reflecting a white light, making her expression unreadable.

She said calmly, “What if this deal can give most of the people in the Thirteenth District that special ability?”

The moment she finished speaking, Qi Fu’s heart pounded. She knew in her heart that if most people had this special ability, the number of casualties in the Thirteenth District, which was constantly threatened by sea beasts, would be greatly reduced.

“I, I…” Qi Fu couldn’t say no.

Her lips trembled, and she took a few steps forward in a hurry, as if she couldn’t wait to run to the operating room and lie on the operating table.

The little octopus blinked. It was the first time she had seen someone so actively asking for their own eye to be dug out, and she couldn’t react for a moment.

Seeing that Qi Fu was about to burst through the door, Ji Yulin’s lips curled up, and she could only remind her again, “Disinfect first.”

Seeing that Qi Fu was like a headless fly, about to rush elsewhere,

She rubbed her brow and sighed, “You need anesthesia.”

Her tone changed, and she added, “If you don’t want it, that’s fine too. You can have An An knock you out with her gold chain.”

Qi Fu was stunned for a moment, turned to look at the little octopus, and her lips curled up, actually showing a fake, fawning smile, “An An, this gold chain of yours is quite nice.”

The little octopus silently took a step back.

“Hehe,” Qi Fu laughed twice, rubbing her hands and saying, “Are you going to hit me with this beautiful chain…”

She actually wants it?!

Is this child stupid? Can’t she hear Ji Yulin’s impatient tone?

The little octopus sucked in a breath of cold air. One step back was not enough. Now she took three steps back.

But Qi Fu approached with a grin, scaring the little octopus into frantically pulling with her eight tentacles, all pushing off the ground, and fleeing toward Ji Yulin in fear. As she ran, because the arc was too large, the gold chain on her head swayed, and the large diamond disc hit her forehead, actually turning a patch red.

But Li An couldn’t be bothered with that anymore. Her mind was filled with: Mama-chan, Qi Fu is crazy!!!

The moment she reached her leg, the little octopus did not pause at all and climbed up her pant leg, squeezing into Ji Yulin’s arms.

Ji Yulin instinctively hugged the octopus, then raised her hand and rubbed the already red and swollen spot, and coaxed in a soft voice, “We won’t wear this next time.”

Before the little octopus could protest, she added, “We’ll get a thinner one, with a sapphire. This one keeps hitting your head.”

Only then was the little octopus satisfied and continued to bury her head in Ji Yulin’s arms.

Ji Yulin’s expression softened. Seeing that the redness and swelling had faded, she patted her and said, “I’ll be in the operating room for a while. Do you want to play outside or go in?”

She reminded her gently, “If you go in, you’ll have to be disinfected, and it might be a little bloody.”

The little octopus thought for a moment and said, I want to go in. I’ll hand you things.

Ji Yulin gently agreed, “Okay.”

Qi Fu, who was about to become bloody and was standing silently by the side: …

I want to smile, but I can’t.

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For this operation to encircle and suppress the darkness, the Thirteenth District had prepared for half a month.

During this period, they had also sent out a large number of advance teams to establish a temporary military base around Anding Town and had sent people to search for the location of the darkness. Only after finding some traces did the main force leave the Thirteenth District in a mighty procession.

At this moment, around the original Anding Town.

The waves crashed, and the tide was still there. The salty smell in the air spread, enveloping people along with the heat.

“According to the investigation during this period, we know that the darkness was awakened during the clearing operation. It should need a large amount of food to replenish itself?

“During the clearing operation, it consumed a large amount of flesh and blood to awaken, and then fell into a deep sleep in a short period of time. After a period of time, it suddenly attacked Anding Town, and now it has fallen into a deep sleep again?”

“According to the advance team’s investigation, the mutated sunflowers in Anding Town are not related to the darkness, but it is very likely that they were affected by the darkness and their abilities were enhanced.”

“So to summarize, the darkness is not yet a complete body. It needs a large amount of flesh and blood to grow. Once it is full, it will fall into a deep sleep. It has several mouths that can crush everything and has the ability to cause floods.”

The person who was speaking drew a circle on the whiteboard, circling the key points.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he added, “The ability to make people fall asleep and have hallucinations is the sunflower’s ability.”

“The heavy rain that day was also a coincidence, but we can’t rule out the suspicion that the darkness had already sensed it and used this opportunity to attack. If this guess is true, it means that it has a certain level of intelligence and knows how to take advantage of the situation.”

“If that’s really the case, it will be a serious obstacle to our encirclement plan.”

The person’s expression was grave, and the atmosphere in the conference room grew even heavier.

“So,” Qi Peilan stood up, looked around, and said coldly, “The best way to deal with the darkness is to find its location as soon as possible during its dormant period and give it a fatal blow. At the very least, we have to seriously injure it so that we have a chance to completely eliminate it.”

Everyone agreed.

Qi Peilan’s voice grew heavier, and she said, “We must speed up our progress and find it as soon as possible.”

“Send out all the detection teams these past few days. Yes, Lin Cheng, you take some people and form another thirty teams. If that’s not enough, get more people.”

The person who was called immediately stood up, saluted, and said yes.

Then Qi Peilan’s gaze shifted and landed on Ji Yulin on her left. Her voice softened, “Does Professor Ji have any suggestions?”

But the moment she finished speaking, she glanced at the nonchalant Qi Fu out of the corner of her eye. She was much thinner than half a month ago. Her removed left eye was covered with an eye patch, and her medium-length blond hair was loose. Her legs were propped up on the table. Even in a combat uniform, the playful air could not be concealed.

She didn’t know if she had been listening carefully just now, but now she was teasing the little octopus in Ji Yulin’s arms.

“That big gold watch I gave you the other day, why aren’t you wearing it?”

“You don’t like it?” Qi Fu scratched her head and said, “That thing is very expensive. It’s a Rolex. It’s said that it was a luxury item before the apocalypse, but I still like my Casio. It’s durable and can take a beating.”

The little octopus in Ji Yulin’s arms was inexplicably listless. One of her tentacles was tied with a cloth strip, and she was pitifully holding it. And on her head, the gold chain she had liked before was no longer worn. It had been replaced by a hat with a colorful feather. When the wind blew, the colorful feather would sway.

“Don’t you like gold anymore?”

Qi Fu moved her stool and said in a low voice, “But I also ordered you a big gold cup. 9999 pure gold, with a super cool octopus carved on it.”

Li An ignored her and was about to turn around, but Qi Fu grabbed her tentacle.

“Don’t go. Are we still the best of friends?” Qi Fu said with a smile, “How about I get you a gold thread blanket?”

“Or a whole gold and jade burial suit? I don’t know if there’s a little octopus version, but it’s okay. I can have someone custom-make it for you.”

Qi Peilan’s face grew darker and darker. She slapped the table and shouted, “Qi Fu!”

“Sit up straight!”

The person was so scared she shivered. Her crossed legs were instantly hidden under the table, and her hands were on her knees.

The meeting continued, and the discussion grew louder.

And outside the wall, someone was shouting, “Friend, go and ask. Go and ask for me inside. We are all Professor Ji’s personal guards.”

A guard had one hand on his gun and the other blocking the person, and he shouted, “Get lost, get lost. If you are Professor Ji’s guards, why didn’t you come with her?”

Liu Hu and the others were both anxious and confused and explained repeatedly, “We don’t know either! We woke up, and the house was empty. We almost turned the Thirteenth District upside down before we knew that the professor had left with you!”

“Friend, friend, just let us in. The Thirteenth District is going to attack the darkness. It’s such a big deal. How can the professor participate?”

“It’s so dangerous outside. We have to go in and take her back to the Research Institute.”

The person beside Liu Hu was so anxious that she stomped her foot and said repeatedly, “That’s right, that’s right. The professor is different from others. If something happens to her, and the Research Institute blames us…”

Before she could finish, she saw the guard directly draw his gun and point it at Liu Hu and the others, and said sternly, “Get lost, or I’ll do it.”

Liu Hu and the others, who had been constantly trying to squeeze in, shrank their heads and subconsciously stepped back.

“We, we really are Professor Ji’s guards. If something happens to her…”

“Get lost!”

Another half a month passed, and the increasing number of exploration teams found nothing.

But at this time, another town on the coast, with a larger population and scale than Anding Town, sent bad news.

During a heavy rain at night, the suddenly rising tide flooded the town, and the darkness suddenly appeared, slaughtering seven or eight out of ten of the residents inside.

It should be known that this town was far more important than Anding Town. The fish caught each year accounted for one-tenth of the food production of the Thirteenth District. Its destruction was definitely a heavy blow to the Thirteenth District.

Therefore, those who had been forced to participate in this matter due to Qi Peilan’s power were suddenly enlightened, and there were no more complaints.

But this was no longer the most important thing. The most important thing was that they had to quickly assemble and rush over to encircle and suppress the dark beast that had not yet gone far.

On this day, the weather was gloomy, and dark clouds were gathering. The occasional flash of purple lightning announced that the heavy rain that had not yet completely fallen would fall again.

The seawater fell and then spread higher, at a time when everyone was terrified.

Li An finally saw the darkness again.