Chapter 14: Inharmonious Companions

It was actually the Golden Power of Life?

Chen Fengshi was originally worried that they were mountain managers. How would he explain it if they saw him with this giant meatball?

But hearing this, he realized the situation was special. When he saw that those people were covered in Light Mist of the same or different colors, he vaguely felt that he had met people in a similar situation.

Five people appeared. The leading man was strong and sturdy, nearly 1.9 meters tall, and covered in green Light Mist that was about three centimeters thick. The two men on his left also had green Light Mist; one was slightly chubby and shorter, seemingly under 1.7 meters, while the other was taller but skinny, about 1.76 meters.

The remaining two were women. One wore professional attire, a mature woman of about twenty-five years old. Her crossed arms were placed in front of her chest, and her face was so calm it showed no emotion. She was covered in grayish-white Light Mist. The other was younger, in her early twenties, wearing black tight-fitting clothes. Under her wine-red long straight hair, her pretty oval face was unexpectedly cold and cool. Her gaze swept over Chen Fengshi once, then landed on the giant meatball.

On this woman of similar age, there was red mist… However, there was no red mist thread extending from the top of her head.

“Who are you people?” Chen Fengshi was a bit on guard because of the presence of that cool woman possessed by the red mist.

“Don’t be nervous. We are people in a similar situation. Simply put—the Power of Life that has been sleeping for a long time is carried in our genes. My name is—” The tall and strong leading man smiled very gently. It seemed he was already familiar with Chen Fengshi’s kind of reaction.

However, the woman in professional attire covered in grayish-white Light Mist suddenly interrupted his self-introduction. “Since we are in Xuancheng, it’s more appropriate to leave the matter of new companions to Little An. As for us outsiders, there is no need to introduce ourselves for now.”

The leading man accepted the suggestion, apologetically spread his hands, and said to Chen Fengshi: “You will understand the helplessness and necessity of this caution later.”

While speaking, the other two men, one chubby and one skinny, one tall and one short, covered in green Light Mist, had already faced the meatball from both sides. A large amount of green Light Mist gushed out from their bodies in an instant. As they pushed out their palms, the green Light Mist continuously surged onto the meatball. At the same time, a pungent stench stimulated Chen Fengshi so much that he couldn’t help but cover his mouth and step back.

The meatball covered by the green Light Mist, like some corrosive reaction, caused the muscle tissue to be rapidly decomposed, turning into a gas with a strong irritating smell.

Those people seemed to be able to endure this smell. The tallest man smiled gently and explained to Chen Fengshi: “We call this kind of creature Fungal Demon. They land on Earth by attaching to meteorites. Their life form is very strange, divided into the landing primordial state and the derivative state. The Protoplast hides in a special shell the size of dust, which our Power of Life can hardly penetrate. The Fungal Demon Protoplast hiding inside usually will not leave the shell. If you don’t know this, it’s easy for them to escape.”

In just the time it took to speak, Chen Fengshi watched the meatball with a diameter of more than three meters rapidly shrink under the corrosion of the green Light Mist. Until not even bone fragments were left, the tall and short men exclaimed with a sense of gain: “It’s a Protoplast!”

At this time, all the muscles had been corroded, but there was still a small clump of condensed green Light Mist. The color was very thick, as if it was wrapping something, yet it seemed impossible to destroy.

The short and chubby man said this and reached out to grab it, but unexpectedly, a black shadow suddenly flashed past quickly, preemptively snatching the thing wrapped in the green Light Mist.

It was the woman in black tight-fitting clothes. Her expression was still cold, and she said nonchalantly: “The Fungal Demon of Xuancheng is not for you to clean up.”

The short and chubby man was very unhappy, but he opened his mouth and seemed to have some scruples, so he held back. But Skinny seemed to have a bad temper and directly erupted, questioning: “If you were cleaning up, you should have dealt with it just now! You stood there for a long time and waited until we finished working before taking it?”

The man with the gentle smile hurriedly smoothed things over and persuaded: “We are all companions, don’t hurt the harmony. What Little An said is not wrong. The unwritten rule is like this. As for your effort just now, just treat it as helping a friend. Why be so petty?”

Skinny seemed to give the tall man a lot of face. Although he spat on the ground in displeasure, he didn’t say anything more.

This situation made Chen Fengshi feel very bad. He also realized that these people, who he didn’t know what they were doing, were not so harmonious with each other. As for this Fungal Demon Protoplast, it probably still had quite a bit of residual value.

The short and chubby man was also very unhappy, but he didn’t want to tear his face with them in the first place. At this time, he just said: “We’ve been delayed for quite a while. The plane is almost on time, right?”

The leading man then shook hands with the woman in black to say goodbye, saying: “Thanks to Little An for hosting us this time. Since you have to deal with the Protoplast, there’s no need to see us off at the airport. If there’s a chance to go to Yangcheng, you must let me do the honors as the host.”

“I won’t see you off.” Little An was not very warm to them, but she still gave the leading man face. After shaking hands, she didn’t say polite words about insisting on seeing them off. It was obvious that because of the dispute just now, reluctantly staying together would only make everyone unhappy. She just let the group of four go through the bushes and leave.

Before leaving, the leading man did not forget to smile and wave goodbye to Chen Fengshi, signaling that they would meet again if there was a chance.

After those people left, the woman named Little An blurted out a string of numbers to Chen Fengshi out of nowhere. After that, she left a sentence: “Contact me in five days. Send a text message before calling, just say you are a golden mist Bloodling and I will remember. This thing is useless if you keep it, I’ll take it away.”

After speaking, she turned around and was about to leave, not caring whether others remembered the phone number she reported, nor whether others had any thoughts!

Chen Fengshi certainly had thoughts. Especially the performance of this cool-acting woman named Little An made it impossible for him to pretend to be polite anymore.

So he raised his hand to flick the dust and leaves off his hair, and asked: “Hey beautiful, your name is Little An, right! Suppose I think you guys suddenly jumped out and put on an act just to cheat away this so-called Fungal Demon Protoplast. Do you think this suspicion is a reasonable malicious speculation?”

Little An, who was about to leave, stopped, turned around, and stared coldly into Chen Fengshi’s eyes—well, probably his eyes, because Chen Fengshi was covered in blood, his face was too, and his hair was clumped into a messy mess by dried blood, with leaves and dust mixed in it.

To be honest, this look gave a really bad first impression, too pathetic.

“Hmm, your suspicion is very reasonable. I should think about it carefully…” Little An said, but the emotion in her expression and gaze did not change at all, looking completely insincere.

She just stood there, silent.

Chen Fengshi didn’t know what she was thinking, so he could only wait silently, tearing at the clumped hair by himself. The more he cleaned up, the more depressed he felt about his pathetic appearance at this moment.

Little An was silent for quite a while. Fortunately, Chen Fengshi’s patience was good. A full ten minutes passed before Little An suddenly raised her hand and threw something out.

Chen Fengshi saw it; it was a little bit of red mist.

So, he caught it. Then he heard Little An say in an extremely cold tone: “I’m returning the thing to you. Forget the phone number.”

Chen Fengshi was slightly stunned, then he understood why this woman was silent for so long. She wanted to wait until those people from just now walked far enough away—this way, besides her, who else could Chen Fengshi go to for answers about so many strange things and the changes happening to him?

“Beautiful—can we, calmly, have a good chat?”

“Right now—you have to beg me to take the Fungal Demon Protoplast, and then say a hundred sentences of sorry, before we can have a chat.” There was no particularly smug look on Little An’s face. She was as calm as if she had long been accustomed to such things.

Chen Fengshi was choked with anger. Then, thinking about how his aggressive words at the beginning were indeed due to Little An’s attitude and were wrong in the first place, he could only admit being tricked by the other party. So he took a deep breath and said: “Okay, it is necessary for me to apologize for acting on impulse just now, but does a sincere apology need a hundred sentences?”

“One less—won’t do.” Little An’s resolute attitude was as if she was certain that Chen Fengshi could only bow his head.

Yes, besides her now, who could Chen Fengshi turn to for answers to his belly full of questions?

But—although Chen Fengshi was a reasonable person and willing to make concessions for the sake of reason, once he made a concession and the other party still pressed closely with unreasonable demands and attitudes, then not only would he not continue to retreat, he would even produce an anger to fight to the end!

“Take your time, I won’t see you off!” Chen Fengshi had no more words, simply and directly cold and hard, directly showing his attitude that he would no longer try to negotiate.

Little An didn’t say a word, turned around very simply, and walked away through the bushes she came from, without looking back.

She walked out for a while, stopped under a tree, leaned her back against the tree, lit a mint cigarette, and smoked. Until the cigarette burned out, Chen Fengshi did not come out. When throwing away the cigarette butt, a hint of a sneer flashed in Little An’s eyes.

“How you will die in the future, even you yourself may not know.”

When the cigarette butt landed, Little An went down the mountain without looking back. This time, until she got in the car and drove away, she didn’t stop to smoke again.

Of course, Chen Fengshi would not allow himself to spinelessly run out to beg for reconciliation. After Little An left, he looked at the Fungal Demon Protoplast in his hand for a while, but because he didn’t know its function, he could only tear a piece of cloth from his tattered clothes to wrap it.

Then, he touched his pants pocket and found that his phone hadn’t fallen out. It was just—so ruined that it was out of shape. The circuit board inside had lost its original form, obviously having no value for repair at all.

“Fantasy is so beautiful, but reality is so cruel!” Chen Fengshi didn’t even have the strength to curse.

The branded clothes and pants that he usually didn’t want to wear and originally planned to wear for his date with Shen Ai were ruined. He was injured from head to toe, and he didn’t know how to explain it when he went back to school. If he didn’t go back—it was exactly the end of the month, and he had no money to stay in a hotel! Besides, looking like this, going to a hotel? He couldn’t even blame the front desk if they called the police directly!

Not counting these, he also lost a phone! He would inevitably have to beg his parents to buy a new one immediately. After all this tossing, where did he experience the beauty of powerful strength? There was only the bleak and bitter reality!

‘What sin did I commit to get involved with some ghost alien creature Fungal Demon!’