Chapter 84: Ge Bai Becomes A Fat Sheep? [2-in-1]
“Hello, may I ask if you are Miss Ge Bai?”
Ge Bai had just finished purchasing Spiritual Power Materials and put down her Mobile Terminal not even ten minutes ago when she received a call from the Spirit Plant Research Institute.
“We are from the Spirit Plant Research Institute’s resource storage. We just saw that you placed an order for a batch of Wind Element Spiritual Power resources.”
“Let me confirm with you again: is the delivery address No. 16 Shanpan Garden, Jinggang City? Would delivery within half an hour be okay?”
On the other end of the Mobile Terminal, the Staff Member’s tone was very polite.
“So fast? I saw online that it shows delivery tomorrow.”
Ge Bai was very surprised by their high efficiency.
“Yes, normally it would be delivered the next day, but since your delivery location is Jinggang City itself, our Spirit Plant Research Institute’s Jinggang City warehouse happens to have all the resources you selected in stock.”
“Moreover, the System shows that you enjoy the highest level talent treatment from the Spirit Plant Research Institute, so we will prioritize handling your related needs.”
No wonder.
“Okay, then please deliver it now.”
Ge Bai gladly accepted. Being able to get the resources a bit earlier meant Big Willow could start adapting sooner—what a good thing.
Perfect timing, as the cleaning staff hired by Liu Hao had just finished up, so nothing would be delayed.
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Half an hour later.
No. 12 Villa, Shanpan Garden, Jinggang City.
Two brothers, one tall and one short, wearing property work clothes, were performing exterior wall cleaning work.
At first glance, the two moved nimbly and worked quickly.
But if you looked a bit more carefully, you could see their eyes darting around, occasionally scanning the surroundings.
Just then.
A Transport Vehicle with a Spirit Plant Research Institute sign drove into the Shanpan Garden Community, passed by No. 12 Villa, and headed straight for No. 16 Villa.
Suddenly, a pocket at the waist of the tall, skinny man began to vibrate.
Soon after, a small rat head poked out from the pocket.
“Squeak. Squeak.”
Luckily Big Willow couldn’t see this, or it would have made him jump—this was a real rat.
No, its scientific name was Spirit Devouring Rat. Its Attack Power wasn’t strong, but it loved using heavenly treasures rich in Spiritual Power and had a unique treasure-hunting talent.
Many bounty hunters or Mercenaries who often traveled in the wild liked to Contract one.
Whenever the Spirit Devouring Rat stirred, it meant there were good things nearby.
“Big bro, what’s the Spirit Rat saying? Why is it so excited?”
The short, fat man saw the Spirit Devouring Rat squeaking nonstop and leaned over to ask quietly.
“It says it smells the scent of Wind Attribute Spiritual Power resources.”
A glint sparked in the tall man’s eyes. He had raised the Spirit Devouring Rat for so long and rarely saw her this eager, which meant there were plenty of good things.
“Really! Where?” The short, fat man grinned foolishly.
As soon as he said it, his big brother smacked him hard on the head. “Xiong Xia, are you blind? Didn’t a Spirit Plant Research Institute Transport Vehicle just pass by?”
“I’m called Xiong Xia, not Xiong Blind.”
The short, fat man didn’t dare make a fuss after being smacked on the head and only muttered quietly.
From childhood, he had been bullied by his older brother Xiong Dong, and after so many years, he was used to it—who could blame Xiong Dong for having a better brain than his.
Xiong Xia climbed up the ladder and peered from the exterior wall of No. 12 Villa toward the direction the Transport Vehicle had gone.
“Big bro, it seems to have stopped outside No. 16 Villa. We’ve been to that villa before—there was no one there yesterday.”
Xiong Xia really wasn’t blind; his eyesight was quite good.
“Let’s go check it out.”
Xiong Dong made the decisive call and immediately started packing up the brushes, ladder, and other tools piled by the wall.
The two arrived outside No. 16 Villa, casually set down their tools as if they knew the routine, and began washing the exterior wall in a very convincing manner.
While brushing, they kept an eye on the Transport Vehicle parked at the doorway of No. 16 Villa.
Three Staff Members wearing Spirit Plant Research Institute work clothes were carrying boxes of Wind Oath Stones into the Villa.
Although the boxes were specially made, the sheer volume of Wind Oath Stones made the contained Spiritual Power impossible to fully suppress as it leaked out.
Even the surrounding Wind Attribute Spiritual Power near the entire No. 16 Villa had noticeably risen.
“Squeak!” The Spirit Devouring Rat in Xiong Dong’s pocket could hardly contain its impulses anymore.
Xiong Dong had to free one hand and press down hard on the Spirit Devouring Rat’s head through the pocket.
“Big bro!” Xiong Xia’s eyes were glued to the Transport Vehicle. From his position, he could see right into the cargo hold.
At the very back of the cargo hold was another large Box. Even without seeing the contents, just from the material of the Box, Xiong Xia could tell it was definitely something good.
“Control yourself!” Xiong Dong stayed calm, quietly scolded his younger brother, and kept washing without slowing down or slacking off.
On the surface, the two brothers were registered members of the Mercenary Association, often traveling in the wild and making a living by completing association tasks.
In reality, they also dabbled in theft. When there were no suitable Mercenary tasks, they would linger in a city, take odd jobs, and look for opportunities to score a haul.
After scoring, they would immediately take a distant task, hide in the wild, and once the heat died down, turn in the task elsewhere and fence the goods.
They had this routine down pat.
Throughout the year, it was hard to say whether they spent more time as Mercenaries or staking out as thieves.
But one thing was certain: the latter earned far more than the former.
The two had only been in Jinggang City for a month and had already targeted this Shanpan Garden Community.
Speaking of which, they were quite professional— they really stood out when applying for temporary exterior wall cleaning jobs at the Shanpan Garden property management.
Had to admit, they cleaned exterior walls quickly and well.
Using their temporary worker identities, the two had nearly scouted the situations of most Villas in Shanpan Garden.
The people living here were all rich or noble, but the good stuff in their homes wasn’t abundant.
The Spirit Devouring Rat had smelled dense fire Attribute Spiritual Power resources at No. 3 Villa, but their portable Spiritual Power Fluctuation Detection Device had also detected Hegemon Realm Pet Beast Spiritual Power Fluctuations at No. 3 Villa.
They couldn’t afford to mess with that—truly couldn’t.
The brothers were only Transcendence Realm level 6 and 7, and their Pet Beasts’ Attack Power wasn’t that strong either; they couldn’t take on Hegemon Level tough nuts.
Today, they had finally found another big fish.
This time, the Spirit Devouring Rat’s reaction was no smaller than it had been outside No. 3 Villa.
“Big bro! I checked—only Mortal Spirit Realm Pet Beast fluctuations.”
Xiong Xia couldn’t hold back, quietly turned on the Spiritual Power Fluctuation Detection Device, saw the results, felt invincible, and excitedly shared with his big brother.
Mortal Spirit Realm?
Hearing Xiong Xia say this, Xiong Dong’s eyes narrowed.
Which rich kid had moved out on their own? A perfect fat sheep.
They loved these rich but clueless second-generation heirs—no fear of retaliation from their families.
By the time their families reacted, the two would already be roasting meat in the wild.
“Keep watching. Wait, I’ll try to get inside and scout.”
Although Xiong Dong was already planning to strike, for safety, he still needed to confirm there were no existences in this Villa they couldn’t handle.
——
At this moment, Ge Bai was in the Spiritual Power Room, seriously discussing with the Spirit Plant Research Institute Staff Member how to arrange the Spiritual Power resources more appropriately.
She had no idea at all that she had been marked as a fat sheep.
The two brothers outside the door had already mentally claimed the resources she had just bought for Big Willow as their own.
“Miss Ge Bai, there’s a property Staff Member knocking at the door, asking if the homeowner is in.”
A Staff Member who had just come down from upstairs set down his Box and relayed the message for Xiong Dong standing at the doorway.
Ge Bai didn’t think much of it and returned to the first-floor doorway.
“Hello, we are the property’s exterior wall cleaning staff, providing free cleaning services for owners’ villa exterior walls, windows, and courtyard walls. If needed, we can also level the lawn and trim the courtyard Shrubs.”
Xiong Dong stood before Ge Bai, head slightly bowed, smiling, speaking clearly and logically.
“We saw your home had been empty, so we came to ask today.”
Ge Bai glanced over. Xiong Dong’s uniform did look similar to the ones she had seen on Staff Members at the community doorway, and Xiong Xia was outside cleaning the exterior wall.
Their tools and setup looked legitimate.
“Please wait a moment.”
Ge Bai gave Xiong Dong a polite but distant smile, closed the door, took two steps inside, and called the property management.
Xiong Dong stood calmly at the door, his smile unchanging.
He hadn’t said a single lie—this really was one of the tasks for him and his brother as temporary exterior cleaning workers.
“Okay, thank you. No need for leveling the lawn or trimming Shrubs, but please do the exterior walls and glass.”
The property management clearly informed Ge Bai of this service, so she felt reassured.
With Ge Bai’s affirmative response, Xiong Dong’s smile deepened a bit.
“Okay, please rest assured.”
Everything was going according to his plan.
When Ge Bai turned to go back inside, she thought for a moment, used Spiritual Sense to communicate with the System, and glanced back at Xiong Dong.
She hadn’t really expected to notice anything—it was just a sudden thought.
Who would have thought, this glance actually revealed something.
[Type: Spirit Devouring Rat (Transcendence Race)]
[Spiritual Power Value: Transcendence Realm Level 8 (778.31/800)]
[Attribute: Metal Element]
[Skill: Spirit Scent Technique – Profound Meaning. Skill Description: Detects Spiritual Power resources within a certain range around it.]
[Skill: Spirit Devouring Phagocytosis – Beginner. Skill Description: Quickly absorbs resource Spiritual Power.]
This person was a Transcendence Realm Beast Tamer carrying a Transcendence Realm Level 8 Spirit Devouring Rat!
Ge Bai instinctively stopped, then quickly reacted, forcing her gaze not to linger on Xiong Dong as she slowly walked toward the rooftop terrace.
This was sketchy.
Ge Bai wasn’t old, but that didn’t mean she was stupid.
No matter how competitive jobs in Jinggang City were, it wouldn’t make sense for a Transcendence Realm Level 8 Beast Tamer to work as an exterior wall cleaner.
And what was with his Spirit Devouring Rat!
Spirit Scent Technique at Profound Meaning Proficiency—way too exaggerated.
No one would believe he wasn’t up to something.
Had it come sniffing for the scent of Wind Element Spiritual Power resources?
With this information, the whole story wasn’t hard to guess.
Actually, it wasn’t Xiong Dong and Xiong Xia’s fault for being careless.
Scanning to identify opponent Pet Beast Attributes was a technology only recently cracked by the Spirit Plant Research Institute and Spirit Beast Research Institute.
Because Ge Bai was a specially contracted talent of the Spirit Plant Research Institute, they had equipped her with a Mobile Terminal with this function.
The portable Spiritual Power Detection Device Xiong Xia carried was already quite advanced and would alert if it detected something like a scanning device.
Xiong Xia had clearly turned on the Spiritual Power Detection Device, but it hadn’t alerted to anything.
So Xiong Dong naturally assumed with confidence that the other side had no special Spiritual Power scanning device—otherwise, he wouldn’t have so boldly walked up to Ge Bai’s door with the Spirit Devouring Rat in his pocket.
The brothers had carefully concealed themselves enough to fool the Spiritual Power detection points at the community entrance.
Who could have imagined Ge Bai had the System as an external hack, able to see the Spirit Devouring Rat’s information with one scan.
Even the Skill Proficiency was exposed.
In this round, the Shen Nong 2.7 System deserved the greatest credit!
Ge Bai stood on the rooftop terrace, leaning on the railing, overlooking the entire courtyard.
The Spirit Plant Research Institute Staff Members were still diligently carrying Wind Element resources into the Basement.
Every move of the Xiong Dong and Xiong Xia brothers was under her watch.
The two did look like they were seriously doing cleaning work—if only they didn’t linger so long while wiping the outer windows, it would be even more convincing.
Looking back with the knowledge, Ge Bai quickly spotted the unnatural points.
What to do? Not afraid of thieves stealing, but thieves thinking about it.
Call the police now? What to say?
That the exterior wall cleaner’s Strength was as high as Transcendence Realm Level 8? Or that the exterior wall cleaner was bringing out a Spirit Devouring Rat with a Profound Meaning Skill for work?
Neither of those was illegal.
Ge Bai seriously observed the two brothers. They definitely had more than just one Spirit Devouring Rat Contracted, but right now, they truly had no other Pet Beasts with them.
Thinking this, Ge Bai called over Big Willow, Qian Dai, and Little Peach.
“Time for action—our home has been targeted.”
Looking at the three little ones, Ge Bai relaxed a bit and had the mood to crack a joke.
“Liu Gu?”
“La?”
“Peach?”
The three little ones were baffled.
Ge Bai simply explained the current situation to them.
Upon hearing this, they immediately became alert.
“Bai Bai! Beat them up! They dare to eye my Wind Element resources!”
Big Willow was so angry its Willow Threads twisted together, Spiritual Power surging on its body.
Heaven knew how excited Big Willow had been since the Spirit Plant Research Institute’s Transport Vehicle arrived.
Watching box after box of Wind Element resources slowly fill up a Spiritual Power Room, feeling the abundant Wind Element Spiritual Power in the room.
Big Willow was blissfully floating.
It hadn’t enjoyed it for long, and now someone was eyeing its resources? That made them mortal enemies.
“Smash them!”
Qian Dai usually loved competing with Big Willow over who’s better or first or second, but when it came to major principles and external enemies, it knew what mattered.
Today some petty thief eyed Big Willow’s Wind Element resources; tomorrow when her Space Element resources arrived, it would be dangerous too. They needed to nip the danger in the bud.
“Peach!”
Rarely, Little Peach perked up too. Though she didn’t fully understand, Big Willow’s things couldn’t go to others—those eyeing them were bad guys, and bad guys needed to be beaten.
This logic, Little Peach could follow.
Perfect—the pre-battle mobilization was saved.
