Gao Wu: I have a dimensional gate

Zhao Liu tapped his phone, the calculator displayed the amount, and looked up, saying, "It's 94,500 in total. What kind of meat does Brother Lu want?"

"Let's take a look first."

"Alright!" Zhao Liu led Lu Qiu into another room and opened a freezer door first: "We have low-grade beast meat, all of it is top-quality."

Lu Qiu glanced at it, but his gaze didn't linger: "Where's the meat of a first-tier exotic beast?"

Zhao Liu opened another freezer: "Demand has been high lately, so we only have Iron-haired Wild Boar meat and cheek pouches from Giant Cheeky Rats left."

Lu Qiu looked over.

[Iron-haired Wild Boar Meat: Pre-treated iron-haired wild boar meat is rich in high-energy protein, which can effectively enhance muscle strength.]

[The cheek pouches of the giant cheek pouch mouse: a special organ of the giant cheek pouch mouse, rich in osteocalcin, which can effectively strengthen bones and slightly improve muscle mass.]

Lu Qiu's eyes fell on the cheek pouch: "How much for the cheek pouch?"

The effects of him swallowing bone-strengthening herbs are starting to diminish, and it's becoming difficult for him to improve his eight-point bone strength. He needs better medicinal herbs and meat.

The giant cheek pouched rat is a very special kind of exotic animal that fits this requirement perfectly.

This rodent is larger than a small dog, quite strong, and extremely fast. It prefers to eat bonewort. It is almost entirely unaggressive and is very adept at escaping.

Moreover, the giant cheek pouches have a special effect: they can ferment and purify the ingested medicinal herbs inside.

The essence of the bone-infused plant is the sap it preserves after consuming bone-infused grass, which it uses to feed its young.

Just as Zhao Liu was about to give a quote, he received a phone call. After grunting twice, he hung up and said apologetically, "Sorry, brother, a mid-level martial artist customer of mine ordered all the cheek pouches for his child."

"Fine." Lu Qiu curled his lip. There was no point in competing with a mid-level martial artist for something; the other party would definitely be able to offer a higher price than him.

Besides, even if he managed to snatch it, he would still offend people, so it's not worth it.

Seeing the fleeting disappointment in Lu Qiu's eyes, Zhao Liu quickly said, "This batch of wild boar meat is of good quality, brother, I'll give you a 20% discount!"

"Give me 100 kilograms."

"Okay, Brother Lu, just a moment!"

Zhao Liu quickly took out an electronic scale to weigh the meat. To express his apology, he specially cut the tenderest pork tenderloin: "It's 120,000 in total. I'll give you a 20% discount, so it's 96,000. Just round it down to 90,000."

……

Lu Qiu accepted the 4,500 yuan that Zhao Liu had transferred and left Ping'an Community with a styrofoam box containing ice packs.

He walked to a secluded corner where there were no cameras and put all ninety kilograms of wild boar meat from the styrofoam box into his system space.

After the Qi and blood are strengthened, the body's digestive function improves, and the appetite increases.

Ten kilograms of meat, I don't even know if it'll be enough for one meal.

Lu Qiu took the meat to a restaurant and spent 500 yuan to have the kitchen cook several different dishes with it. He ate it all with rice before letting out a burp.

"Feels good, let's see how much the muscles can improve."

He ran home to help digest his food.

After arriving home, Lu Qiu went straight to his bedroom and organized his cultivation insights from the day, especially his sparring with Xu Banxia, ​​which deepened his understanding of actual combat.

Instead of sending it directly to the group, he sent it to Wang Hao first, and also transferred 1,000 yuan to him.

It was the tuition fee that Wang Hao had paid before.

"Please post this in the group for me, telling everyone that my phone is off. If anyone wants to give me money, have them transfer it to you first."

Wang Hao replied instantly: "I can't accept this money."

"Throughout high school, you took care of me a lot. I was hungry so many times, and you always brought me food. Now, don't be so polite and distant."

Seeing the message "Received" pop up on the screen, Lu Qiu downed a bottle of high-quality blood saliva and opened the panel.

Name: Lu Qiu

Qi and blood: 9.0

Muscle: 8.4

Skeleton: 8.0

Skills: Eighth Set of National Primary and Secondary School Students' Basic Training Method (Mastery), White Crane Stance (Proficient | 1/100), Elementary Pharmaceutical Making (Beginner | 20/50)

State: Minor unity of heaven and man, activation of qi and blood (minor)

Realm: None

Personal Space: 850ml of high-quality blood saliva, 500ml of low-grade neurotoxin, 90kg of wild boar meat.

The state of small blood and qi activation continues, and the proficient White Crane Stance fully masters the "whole force".

With a set of D-grade equipment, he was confident enough to face the Skullcrusher Cat.

The skull-crushing cat had become a thorn in his side, and this time he was determined to get rid of the beast, even if it meant getting injured.

With a thought, Lu Qiu passed through the boundary gate.

……

When his vision returned, he appeared in Ye City.

The metal door behind them was completely locked, and the pale blue screen had dimmed, making it clear that they could no longer go in.

It was just past seven o'clock, and the sun in the west was about to set.

But the sunlight filtering through the mist was a stark white, which actually made it seem rather eerie.

The streets were deserted, and wisps of mist clung to the ground, breaking apart and disappearing when Lu Qiu stepped on them.

Lu Qiu looked down at his feet and muttered to himself, "The source energy has become so concentrated that it's almost tangible. I estimate that in a few more years, Ye City will become a forbidden zone."

He immediately gripped the long knife, pulled down the tactical goggles that came with his combat uniform, and his vision changed to a light green.

Source Energy Warriors have already acquired the initial ability to manipulate Source Energy and can determine the location of danger by sensing Source Energy.

He doesn't have that ability yet, so he can only rely on equipment to search.

Lu Qiu walked to the spot where the skull-crushing cat had devoured the poisonous lizard and squatted down to examine it.

The poison lizard was completely devoured, leaving only its blood, which had splattered out during its dying struggles and was beginning to dry and turn black, on the ground.

The bloodstains extended into Ye City, disappearing after only a few dozen meters.

He didn't rush to catch up.

Judging from the size of the Skullcrusher Cat and the panel prompts, its territory radius should be in the upper range among first-tier alien beasts, about 10 kilometers.

Moreover, they are usually active late at night, so now is not the time to take the initiative.

He searched along the street, house by house.

The mutated vines almost completely destroyed the buildings here, and the things inside the storefronts have also been worn away by time.

Even the few shops that are relatively well-preserved have been subjected to countless brute-force searches.

Inside the convenience store, Lu Qiu squatted down and touched the dust on the shelf: "There are fingerprints, it's very new, there's still human activity in Ye City."

I wonder how strong the humans in that other world are.

Thinking that he would likely come into contact with locals while moving around in Ye City, Lu Qiu's mind began to stir.

I wonder how much the development here differs from the main world, and whether he has any opportunities to make a profit by trading between the two.

The search in Luqiu continued.

Upon entering an abandoned restaurant at the end of the street, he discovered a basement.

The entrance had claw marks, and a few grayish-yellow cat hairs were still hanging on the edge. They felt tough when twirled in your hand, indicating they were remnants of a skull-crushing cat.

The basement entrance was small; even the skull-crushing cat would have to exert some effort to get in, so it was clearly not its lair.

But a faint smell of blood emanated from within, clearly indicating that a strange beast resided there—given the power of the Skullcrusher Cat, this could only be a massacre.

really.

In the basement, withered mutated plants clustered together like a nest, with small, alien beast corpses scattered around.

Each one was crushed, its blood splattering on the ground, dried to a similar degree to the blood of the poisonous lizards outside.

Lu Qiu approached to take a closer look and found that it was a baby giant cheek pouched mouse.

Each one was about the size of a kitten, with pink skin and no fur yet, clearly indicating that they had just been born.

Lu Qiu had a picture in his mind.

On its way back to its den after a good meal, the skull-crushing cat heard the chirping of baby mice and went into the basement.

It wouldn't even bother with such tiny rodents, casually crushing them before swaggering away.

"Tsk, the law of the jungle."

Lu Qiu stood up and looked around, but found nothing useful except for the droppings of the giant cheek pouched rat.

Just as I was about to leave, I heard a voice from above.

First came a few questioning "squeaks," from an adult giant cheek pouched mouse.

As the sound drew closer, it seemed to have caught a whiff of blood; its cry turned into a piercing shriek, and it became enraged.