I am your natural enemy.

Chapter 512: Merit, but cannot be taken away (6k)

Wen Yan took out his cell phone and woke up the black box.

"Happy New Year, sir." Black Box greeted him first.

"I want to check the surveillance cameras in several places and find a few people."

Wen Yan stated his request, and the black box opened a window.

"Sir, to check the surveillance of several counties at once, some of which are not public surveillance on the main streets, requires permission and needs to be filed."

"I just met that person about the Nian Beast."

The moment the keyword appears, the black box responds immediately, and the message is also synchronized to the headquarters director as soon as possible.

In just three seconds, his phone rang.

"Have you seen Nian? Are you okay? Did that guy go to Decheng?"

“I did see it, but the situation was completely different from what I expected.

He is not only in Decheng, he is even in most cities and villages in Shenzhou.

The same is not only true in China, but also in many countries around China. "

"What do you mean?"

"This means that at most, he can have eight million descent bodies, and he can have them at the same time."

"This... literally means?" The head of the headquarters couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"It's exactly what I said. The situation is very complicated. It's not the Fiery Sun Tribe's turn to solve it this time, and the Fiery Sun Tribe doesn't have the ability to deal with such an emergency."

Wen Yan briefly talked about the Nian he met. At that moment just now, what he met should not be a simple descended body, but the soul of Nian, an abstract soul.

At this time, the authority that Wen Yan requested was urgently approved by the director of headquarters, and Black Box also began to find surveillance for him.

They quickly found the first one, the easiest one, a surveillance camera in a police station, and Wen Yan indeed saw the old man eating dumplings.

After several confirmations, he could be completely sure that everything he sensed was true.

There are up to eight million advent bodies. Just looking at the number makes me feel suffocated. There is no way I can fight.

Fortunately, the year is a characteristic problem, which is both particularly difficult and particularly easy.

The director general felt helpless after hearing this. It was impossible for them to accurately confirm these eight million descended bodies in a short period of time.

And according to Wen Yan, there is a high probability that there will be no more than eight million descended bodies, and they are not fixed candidates.

This directly blocks the possibility of completely solving the problem.

The random selection of the descended bodies will only begin on New Year’s Eve, and the maximum number of them can be eight million.

If only the Lieyang Tribe had the ability to identify who the eight million people are on New Year’s Eve and resolve the issue without harming them.

Then all the aliens in this world, as well as countries outside of China, including Robin, should lie down as soon as possible.

Now New Year's Eve has not yet passed, and the director is still in the headquarters. It is impossible for him to go home for the New Year.

On the other side, he didn’t know whether the Lieyang tribe had laid down or not, but Wen Yan was already preparing to lay down and go home for the New Year’s Eve dinner.

I heard from the Lieyang Tribe that the concept of the Nian Beast has only been around for less than a hundred years. There are no reliable records, nothing can be found, and nothing is certain.

This time, theoretically, should be the first time the so-called Nian beast has truly appeared since its birth.

The result was exactly the same as what was found, there was nothing definite, no fixed image, no fixed characteristics, and even the temperament was not fixed.

After reading the prompt, Wen Yan knew that this was not something he could control, so he went home to have the New Year's Eve dinner.

In Wen Yan's understanding, this is not something the Lieyang Tribe can control.

This is a sudden test for the entire China.

He was walking on the deserted road at night with his mobile phone in hand, and saw the surveillance videos pushed by the black box or even directly cut.

The person inside is the Eight Million we just saw, or in other words, what we see now should be just an incarnation of Eight Million.

The old man just now, after walking out of the fried chicken shop, chatted with Wen Yan for a few words, and then followed the road back to a temporary shack by the river.

These are simple dormitories for workers. Fortunately, Nanwu County is not cold. It is good weather now. In summer, being too hot will be a big problem.

Not far from those makeshift houses, a camera on the side of a levee slowly turned its direction and watched the old man enter the yard. It could also be seen that there were still many workers there.

Either they didn't buy tickets, or they wanted to save money, or they wanted to earn more money, so they didn't go home.

Wen Yan turned off the video and didn't plan to continue checking. There were millions of them and he wouldn't be able to finish checking them even if he lived through next year. He just wanted to confirm it.

After taking two steps out, Wen Yan thought about it and turned back to the fried chicken shop.

He opened the door and waved to the little fox.

"Come, let me ask you something."

"What's up? What else? Do you want to bring some fried chicken to the sparrow cat?"

"No, we're having New Year's Eve dinner today, and there's no chicken on the table. I'm asking you, did you prepare a lot of ingredients and want to give them away for free, but didn't give them away?"

"Yes, I prepared a lot, but after dark, only one customer came, and he didn't eat much before he was full, leaving a lot of ingredients left. I guarantee that Master will laugh at me for the rest of the year."

"It's okay. It won't be wasted. I'll give you an address. It's where the old man just now lives. There are many of his co-workers there."

"Ah?" The little fox was stunned.

"What? Building bridges and roads is merit, building levees is also merit. If you reward the workers while they are building the levees, doesn't that mean you also have a share of the merit in building the levees later? If you can't accumulate merit yourself, don't you know how to get merit for free?"

"Hiss..." The little fox's eyes widened instantly and he took a breath of cold air: "Can this still be done?!"

"Okay, I'm leaving now. You figure it out on your own."

Wen Yan waved and left.

It was like a light lit up above the little fox's head. She immediately pulled Shishi and whispered to her. Shishi also widened her eyes with a look of shock.

There is actually someone who can get this merit for free? Is this really useful?
But the little fox was very energetic and started frying the chicken immediately. Wang Jianjun had prepared a lot of marinated ingredients, but now they couldn't be sent out.

Moreover, Wang Jianjun has very high requirements for ingredients. Every day, the ingredients for the day are used up on the same day. Once they are sold out, they are gone and he will never add more at the last minute.

Normally, basic ingredients don’t need to be kept overnight, and it’s even more impossible to use them from last year. This is not a good sign.

Wang Jianjun watched the little fox and Shishi struggling happily and ignored them.

Anyway, it is always good to have the intention to do something good, and it is always good to have something to do.

Seeing that a lot of little foxes had exploded, Wang Jianjun went to push the tricycle they usually used to purchase goods so that they could deliver the goods later.

After a lot of trouble and preparation, there was still no second customer. Not many people in Nanwu County watched the Spring Festival Gala, but it was also time for the New Year's Eve dinner.

After waiting for a while, Shishi rode her tricycle and took the little fox all the way to the riverside.

While walking on the road, he passed by and saw a fire truck on standby and some people preparing things. The little fox remembered that it was midnight when fireworks were set off.

The little fox suddenly understood what Wen Yan said.

She immediately jumped off the tricycle, carrying the packaged fried chicken, French fries, milk tea and other things, and rushed to the fire truck. She stuffed a bunch of food into the on-call firefighters' pockets without saying a word, then turned around and ran.

Then he jumped into the car and urged Shishi to hurry up.

"Don't rush over. Yes, let's go around. If no one comes to pick it up, we can take the initiative to deliver it."

"No, no, it's rubbing!"

"Oh, yes, yes, it's a rub!"

The two girls were beaming with joy, as if they were so tortured playing games that they couldn't sleep, and suddenly they understood the key, and were able to operate smoothly and directly detect 100% of the enemies.

I thought I had done a lot, but unexpectedly, the two of them had already given away part of it before they even got there.

They met a few uncles who were patrolling in a patrol car. When they heard that they were going to deliver fried chicken, they were worried about the safety of the two little girls and accompanied them.

When I arrived at the place, I knocked on the door and went in, and saw the old man from before.

But this brother’s expression, behavior, and entire temperament were all different from before.

He did remember the little fox and what had just happened, but he didn't think too much about it.

When he saw Little Fox and Shishi coming, he immediately introduced them to his fellow workers.

Shishi said that she heard from her brother that there were still many workers here who had not returned home, and it happened that fried chicken was going to be delivered today. Now there were no customers in the store, so she specially delivered it here for everyone to try.

People in Nanwu County eat chicken during the New Year. If there is no boiled chicken, fried chicken will do.

The brother was confused and couldn't remember whether he had said it or not, but since everyone was there, he didn't care about this little detail.

These workers from the north were very enthusiastic, and some of them immediately took out some things as return gifts.

The kitchen also brought out some northern specialties and asked the two girls to try them.

There were more people in the simple cafeteria than expected. There were both men and women, and some were couples working together.

Fortunately, the little fox prepared enough. She was ambitious and ready to spend two months' salary, but unfortunately she didn't give away much in the end.

Now that there are so many people here, food won’t be wasted.

Little Fox and Shishi were pulled to sit down by the two aunts. The uncle who brought Little Fox and Shishi here was also pulled to sit down. He insisted that they drink a bowl of hot soup to warm their stomachs and drive away the dampness and cold.

Dispel dampness and cold, reduce fire and moisten dryness, these words have magical powers in Nanwu County.

With the arrival of the two little girls, the place became lively. People who were originally in the dormitory also came to the cafeteria to join in the fun.

Those aunts especially liked the chubby, round-faced little foxes, saying that the little foxes looked blessed and lovable.

Since the little fox came into this world, he had never been treated so warmly by so many people and praised so much that his smile never closed.

Eating, drinking, having fun, chatting and joining in the fun. With so many people chatting, why didn’t anyone go home?

A fat uncle next to him replied casually.

"If they start setting off firecrackers, we'll leave. If we come back after the fireworks are over, we'll be adult beasts."

The older brother who went to the fried chicken shop first reached out and gently patted the fat uncle on the shoulder.

"Don't talk nonsense. Just to earn three times the salary during the Chinese New Year, plus the extra double subsidy, what's the point of talking about the Nian monster?"

"Haha, just kidding..." The fat uncle in high spirits laughed and turned to look at the little fox: "Yeah, the boss here pays generously. He gives you exactly what he says. If we can complete the work before the rainy season with guaranteed quality and quantity and pass the acceptance, we will get extra bonuses. The reason we go out to work is to earn more, right?" The little fox was feeling elated at the moment, but Shishi next to him keenly caught something.

With just a few words, I could easily get some information out of the fat uncle.

The brother who went to the fried chicken shop had a tradition of greeting the New Year beast in his hometown, so it was a bit inappropriate for the fat uncle to make this joke in front of the brother.

Shishi took note of this and didn't ask any further questions. She turned around and prepared to tell Wen Yan the news.

She was much more sensitive than the gluttonous little fox. When Wen Yan came, she realized that something might have happened again.

What else could happen at this point in time?
When she heard what the fat uncle said, she suddenly thought of it.

While it was bustling here, on the other side, Wen Yan returned home and had a normal New Year's Eve dinner. The Spring Festival Gala was playing on TV as background music. Even though he basically didn't watch most of the programs, he felt like something was missing if he didn't turn on the TV.

Maybe he's used to it. Born in Guanzhong County, Wen Yan has unknowingly developed this habit.

Wen Yan was eating and chatting happily at home.

Wen Yan also set up a table at the intersection of the main road, with an incense burner in the center. Wisps of smoke were floating in the air, condensing but not dispersing, and drifting into the underworld.

Even the souls of those who passed the crossroads and crossed the Black Sea will be offered incense tonight.

Things were also burned in the underworld.

Tonight, everyone has something to eat, so no one will be hungry on New Year's Eve.

In all the large and small grassroots units in China, including various police stations and relief centers, there are people on duty, so even those in waiting will not go without food tonight.

It is impossible for the Lieyang Tribe to control so many grassroots units, but it is a series of factors from all aspects, such as long-standing concepts, the overall social temperature, basic moral concepts, etc., that are superimposed on each other.

This is how we have achieved the current result.

It was already too late for the Lieyang Tribe to do anything they wanted to do, but they didn't have to do anything because these ordinary people had already done it.

Not to mention today, even at ordinary times, if you ask a stranger on the street for money directly, he may not give it to you. There are really a lot of professional beggars and scammers.

But if you say you are hungry and ask if you can buy a bowl of noodles or a bread, most people will not refuse.

As for today, I will definitely not refuse.

The glory of the eight million descended bodies in that year gradually faded away and was dissipated by countless people without their noticing.

In the place where the elephant was temporarily imprisoned, Ba Baiwan touched his belly with one hand and gently pushed the cage with the other hand, and the cage bent silently.

He walked into the cage, looked at the elephant beast with eyes full of anger, reached behind him and took out a portion of fried chicken.

"I saved this for you, try it."

"I won't eat it! I did nothing wrong, why did you arrest me? This is too much! This is the right and power given to me by the people! Why did those guys arrest me!" The elephant beast sat on the ground, getting angrier and angrier as he thought about it, and his head became bigger with anger.

"Yes, yes, those bastards don't know shit. Come and eat. You must have never eaten it before."

"Nonsense, I've eaten all kinds of delicious food?" The elephant beast said disdainfully.

Then Ba Baiwan directly took a chicken leg and stuffed it into the elephant's mouth.

The elephant took a bite and immediately widened his eyes.

"Oh my god, why does this smell so familiar? It's so familiar. I can't remember it anymore."

"Just eat, why bother with so many things, just finish eating and leave quickly."

"No, I am not wrong." The elephant beast ate until the bones were broken into pieces, but he still insisted on determining who was right and who was wrong.

"Don't argue with fools, haven't you heard that? What can you argue with those idiots? Are you stupid too? Just get the job done."

Ba Baiwan persuaded the elephant beast, and the elephant beast nodded reluctantly.

"That's right."

After eating fried chicken, Xiangshou followed Eight Million and walked out of the room where Xiangshou was temporarily trapped. Everything around him seemed to be frozen there, and the guards outside were motionless.

The elephant beast walked up to a person, looked at the other person's appearance, took out a pen, and wrote a line of large words directly on the wall.

“Why not go home and sell sweet potatoes?”

Then he left with Eight Million with satisfaction and disappeared.

At this time, everything here seemed to have returned to normal flow, and those who were immobilized continued to do their things, and no one noticed that there was anything wrong.

"Oh no, the target is gone!" someone shouted. The elephant beast was no longer visible on the surveillance camera. The specially designed prison seemed to have been twisted by some force, with a big hole opened in it.

At the same time, a celebration ceremony was being held in a small village 300 kilometers outside the southern border of Shenzhou.

A man with red eyes sat at the top. There was a flickering fire in front of him, and the man's shadow was reflected on the wall, turning into a constantly twisting, hideous beast.

Below, two lambs were led out, bleating in fear.

"Hurry up, hurry up, or we'll be late if we don't bake it." The person at the top urged.

Two butchers immediately came out and prepared to dismantle the thing on the spot.

At this moment, all places except the altar seemed to be frozen. Eight Million walked out from the void and stepped one foot directly on the face of the red-eyed man.

In an instant, the seat under the red-eyed man's feet collapsed, and the entire altar collapsed with it.

When the dust settled, Eight Million stood on the ruins with one foot on the red-eyed man's head. Half of this guy's head was stepped into the ruins.

Behind Ba Baiwan, the elephant beast followed out.

"Where is this? Why are you here again? Didn't you say you were leaving?"

"I suddenly felt it and came to take a look."

Eight Million looked down at the red-eyed man who was being stepped on the ground and touched his belly.

"I'm stuffed."

"It's none of my business whether you're full or not! Who are you?" the red-eyed man roared.

Bang!
With a dull thud, the red-eyed man's entire head was stepped into the collapsed altar.

"I said, I'm full, but I always feel like something is missing. Now I finally figured out what's missing."

The red-eyed man's body kept twitching, and the evil energy in his body suddenly collapsed as soon as it emerged. All his strength was forcibly crushed by the invisible aura.

After wisps of red light emerged, they exploded with a bang and turned into fireflies all over the sky.

Ba Baiwan touched his belly with one hand, walked to the two lambs, took out two pieces of fried chicken from his body, and then looked at them reluctantly.

"I only have the last two pieces, and I was planning to eat them in the middle of the year. I didn't expect that I couldn't take any of them with me."

Ba Baiwan said that he was reluctant to part with the food, but he did not stop his actions. He stuffed one piece into each of the two lambs' mouths.

The power contained in the fried chicken suddenly bloomed, and the evil magic in the two lambs was forcibly dispelled, and they turned into two children in sheepskin.

Ba Baiwan nodded, and this time he touched his stomach, feeling satisfied and completely full.

The elephant beast on the side was already full of anger, and now when he saw the stuff under his feet, he became even more angry. He took out a pen and drew a five-thunder talisman directly on the back of the red-eyed man.

"Let's go, come back next year, this world is so interesting."

"It would be more interesting if there were fewer fools."

"Without the idiot as a foil, wouldn't it be less interesting?"

"Hey, what you said makes a lot of sense..."

The sound gradually faded away, and both Eight Million and the elephant beast disappeared.

Everything around returned to normal and continued to operate, and the flame that seemed to be frozen continued to sway.

But the scene was in chaos. People saw two children covered in sheepskins. They also saw two children crying in fear and eating something.

The child was frightened and hungry.

Amid the noise, the already collapsed altar collapsed again.

The red-eyed man, who was still breathing his last, was smashed to pieces by the rolling boulder.

All the strength in his body was forcibly dispersed, and even the evil object he worshipped was implicated and crushed to death by Eight Million.

At this moment, the Five Thunder Talisman that the elephant beast had dropped before leaving also began to show its power.

Some people came and tried to move the red-eyed man out of the ruins, but as soon as a few people came up, the red-eyed man moved, and the ruins collapsed with a loud bang. Several steel bars directly pierced the red-eyed man.

The huge water tank that came from nowhere was turned upside down and the red-eyed man was trapped inside.

The puddles beneath his feet gathered rapidly, submerging the red-eyed man's head.

Someone was quick-witted and came over with a stick, smashing the jar with one blow, but it also happened to hit the red-eyed man on the head, causing his eyelids to flutter and he breathed his last on the spot.

A soul floated out, and just as it flew up, a bolt of thunder fell from the sky, directly striking the soul to pieces.

The Five Thunder Talisman that was cast directly on the elephant beast seemed to be contaminated by the water and dissipated silently.

……

Wen Yan was at home, eating and drinking, and lying contentedly on the sofa, with Que Mao also lying beside him with a bulging belly.

The others who had hands and feet were helping to clean up the dishes, while Dao Ge was lying on the side, feeling a little full from eating.

I won’t beat the cat today. The cat was very tactful today and didn’t yell for chicken.

When the cleanup was almost done, the whole family would lie down on the sofa and watch magic on TV.

"Brother Wen, are we going to set off fireworks later?"

"Yes, I had some specially sent to me. I didn't have the money to spend before, but now of course I have to enjoy it."

"You're an adult, and you're still setting off fireworks." Sparrow Cat curled his lips, and his ears couldn't help but become tinted. He had very good hearing and didn't like these things.

Dao Ge, who was standing aside, was still thinking about the visit.

"You're not going out tonight? Aren't you busy?"

"It's nothing for me. I'll lie down." Looking back, it was Dao Ge, who was tilting his head to look at him. Wen Yan immediately said, "Wait until the sun rises tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)