About how my wife resurrected me as tentacles after my death.

If the Alliance members can just walk in today, what if they discover the basement later and find out about her worship of an evil god...?

Time is running out.

So Yu Wan decided not to have lunch and went straight back to the basement.

First, they packed up some sacrificial items and took them away, intending to sell them to Li Song.

Then we need to go outside the city again.

I need the core of a level 2 magical beast... This is one of the most important materials for advancement as recorded in that ancient book.

However, even the giant sandworm we killed last time could only be considered a low-level magical beast, not even a level one magical beast.

It will still take some effort.

......

She squatted in the basement, packing the remaining ritual objects one by one into sacks.

Bronze, iron, engraved with runes, stained with dark red marks.

She packed very carefully, separating each item with an old cloth to prevent them from colliding and making noise.

Chen Yuan lay on her chest, only a small tip of his tentacle showing, watching her work.

Only a portion can be sold.

Selling everything would be too much and would definitely arouse suspicion.

That Li Song, although he seems like a capable person, is too shrewd.

He would feel like he got a bargain after making a transaction.

After two transactions, he'll start to figure out where the goods came from; after three transactions, he'll try to find a way to get leverage over you.

She had seen too many people like this when she used to work with Chen Yuan in the league.

He may appear all smiles, but he's secretly calculating everything.

Therefore, this is the only option; we'll have to find someone else to take over the rest later.

Unless... she can reach a position high enough, a position even higher than Ah Yuan's before...

......

Yu Wan tied the sack, stood up, and patted the dust off her knees.

She glanced down at the small tentacle on her chest, then gently rubbed her face against the tip of the tentacle.

Yes...

"Ah-Yuan will skip lunch today and eat dinner together."

As Yu Wan spoke, she took out the long cloth bag from the cabinet.

Wrapped in white cloth was the modified long sniper rifle.

She slung the cloth bag over her back, then took out several boxes of bullets from the drawer and stuffed them into her coat pocket.

His white hair was tied up and hidden inside his hood.

"Alright." She glanced down at the small tentacle on her chest. "A-Yuan, let's go out."

.......

Go find Li Song first.

It was still in the west of the city, still that dilapidated little shop, still that skinny old man.

Yu Wan placed two coins on the counter. The old man glanced at her and opened the iron door.

The underground shopping mall remains the same as always.

Dim lighting, noisy voices.

Yu Wan lowered her head, her hood covering most of her face, and walked through the stalls to the entrance of the Li family's shop.

The Li family's shop was much larger than the surrounding stalls, and a wooden plaque hung at the entrance with the words "Li's Shop" engraved on it.

It was filled with all sorts of things: old parts, secondhand weapons, and drugs of unknown origin.

Li Song was found on the second floor.

When he saw Yu Wan, he was stunned for a moment before he smiled.

"Oh, you're here?"

He stood up, his gaze falling on the sack Yu Wan was carrying. "Any goods?"

Yu Wan nodded, placed the sack on the counter, and untied the rope. Li Song leaned over to take a look.

He wasn't unfamiliar with these things; he had sold the two ritual objects that Yu Wan brought last time for over a hundred times the price.

This time, it's a whole sack.

His fingers glide lightly over the bronze artifacts, as if caressing something precious.

"How much?" he asked.

"Together, two thousand points."

Li Song paused for a moment.

He looked up at Yu Wan, at her face, which was mostly covered by a hood.

Two thousand points... Any one of these items is worth more than two thousand points.

Such extravagance... He thought so last time, and he still thinks so this time.

"Okay." He took out a points card from under the counter, swiped two thousand points, and did it quickly and efficiently.

Yu Wan put away the points card and turned to leave.

"Looking forward to the next collaboration, your little monster is very cute," Li Song said from behind.

Yu Wan paused noticeably, but did not turn around.

It's safer to kill him...

.......

Emerging from the underground shopping mall, the sunlight returned to my body.

Yu Wan narrowed her eyes, didn't linger, and walked directly towards the city gate.

Points are still needed, otherwise it will arouse suspicion.

Although she sold those items not for points, but to get rid of that shady evidence.

As we walked out of the city gate, a sandstorm hit us in the face.

outside the city.

It was still that barren wasteland, the gray-yellow land stretching to the horizon, merging with the leaden sky.

The ruins in the distance were only faintly visible in the sandstorm.

Yu Wan took off her hood, and her long, silvery-white hair was blown about by the wind, fluttering behind her.

Today was just a preliminary investigation; she didn't intend to get her hands on it immediately.

After all, if you were to fight a level 2 magical beast head-on, you would definitely be committing suicide.

So today we just need to find the areas where they might appear, mark their locations, and observe the terrain.

If you can't find it, go home for dinner and come back tomorrow, or the day after. You'll eventually run into it.

Chen Yuan remained inside her collar, not extending his small tentacles.

Because as soon as he peeked out, his face was covered in sand, something he had already experienced last time.

But he could feel that the wind was strong outside, and Yu Wan was walking very slowly.

......

We walked like that for a long time.

As the sun slowly slid from overhead to the west, the sky changed from gray to yellowish-brown.

Yu Wan stopped and took out the battle damage detection device wrapped in bandages from her pocket.

It's palm-sized, and the screen has a crack, but it still works.

Chen Yuan peeked out from her collar, revealing a small tip of her tentacle, and stole a glance.

There is a red dot on the screen, getting closer.

Yu Wan pressed her fingers on the edge of the detector, her brows furrowing slightly.

The energy reaction was very small, suggesting it was just a low-level magical beast.

She breathed a sigh of relief, but didn't remove her hand from the gun.

She can handle low-level magical beasts.

Although the giant sandworm from last time was classified as "low-level", it was actually close to level one.

The lowest level monsters are smaller and have simpler attack methods. If you are careful, you can take them down with one shot.

but......

The red dot on the detector moves very fast.

Yu Wan's fingers tightened.

It was just on the edge, but now it's moved a lot closer to the center. This speed is wrong.

Low-level monsters shouldn't be this fast.

She looked up at the direction the red dot was moving.

In the sandstorm, nothing could be seen except for the swirling gray-yellow dust.

But she could sense something approaching.

Closer and closer...

Chen Yuan also sensed it.

More tentacles emerged from his collar, and his deep purple body taut slightly in the sandstorm.

Yu Wan took a step back.

The red dot on the detector stopped about fifty meters away.

Yu Wan stood still, staring at the direction where the red dot had stopped, and Chen Yuan also stared in that direction.

The red dot starts moving.

It's not this way, it's to the side.

It follows an arc, as if it's going in circles.

As Yu Wan watched the movement of the red dot on the detector, a bad feeling suddenly arose in her heart.

It's flanking from behind.

Chen Yuan noticed it too, and he rubbed Yu Wan's chin hard, making two soft "plop plop" sounds.

Yu Wan glanced down at him, then backed away in the opposite direction.

The red dot's trajectory has changed.

It stopped circling and chased after her directly.

Yu Wan quickened her pace and then started running.

The wind and sand lashed against my face, my hood was blown down, and my long, silvery-white hair flowed behind me...