69novels Chapter 27 Ruby
Chapter 27 Ruby
At 6 p.m., Luo Qiu returned to her rented apartment.
The equipment originally used for investigating the tunnel had been returned. However, even after changing into his own clothes, he still felt a lingering stench emanating from him.
But Luo Qiu can't worry about those things right now.
He rummaged through his pockets and found a bag of gems, which he then tossed into the basin of water with a splash.
These gems were an unexpected find during the operation.
A total of 36 gems were retrieved from the rat's nest. Five of them were confirmed to be made of plastic and were thrown away on the spot. Of the remaining 31 gems, Luo Qiu took 12.
Of all these gems, the one that was truly valuable to Luo Qiu was the ruby he found at the very beginning.
Luo Qiu reached out and picked out the dark red gem.
After cleaning, the gemstone revealed its original appearance: oval-shaped, about the size of a chickpea, dark red in color, and containing many natural cracks, the largest of which ran the length of the gemstone, almost splitting it in two.
This confirms the previous assessment that the gemstone is not particularly valuable.
However, in Luo Qiu's innate vision, the red light emitted by this gem was comparable to the coal he had previously harvested, and it was something that could allow him to break through the 20 mark in his mental strength.
As for the other gems, not a trace of 'extraordinary aura' could be found.
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Luo Qiu was reminded of a story.
A mouse lives near a subway station.
There are sewage pipes connecting it to the sewers and the subway, allowing it to move freely inside. There are few natural predators around, so it doesn't have to live in constant fear. If it gets hungry, it can find a delicious piece of bread or cheese just a few steps from the subway station.
This kind of life went on for a long time.
One day, it was foraging for food near the subway station as usual.
There were still many people around that day, and its presence, when accidentally exposed, even elicited screams from some people. But it wasn't particularly afraid, because it had experienced this scene countless times before.
It knew those people wouldn't dare come up.
However, the more sounds it heard, the more urgent it felt. So it quickened its pace, following the scent, found something, picked it up, and then quickly slipped back to its den along the way it had come.
When it got back and was about to eat, it discovered that the thing it had found seemed very hard; even when it bit into it, it couldn't leave a scratch.
It quickly lost interest in the food. If the other party couldn't eat it, then it was worthless to it.
But it didn't throw the other out of its nest, because it found that using the other to sharpen its teeth seemed to be quite effective.
And so, some time passed. One day, the mouse suddenly realized it was different.
It couldn't pinpoint exactly what was different, but after watching its kind constantly struggling for food, it suddenly grew tired of such a life.
So it punched every one of its kind it recognized, making them obey it.
Its kind began to offer it food, so it no longer needed to go out and work.
Its kind builds a nest for it, and it only needs to wait for the house to be dug before moving in. Then it lets its kind live nearby and obey its commands at all times.
But soon, these things were no longer enough for it. The mouse discovered that what brought about these changes was that small, red thing that looked no different from a stone.
So it gave another order, proclaiming to its kind that they should find something similar to this stone.
Its own kind dared not disobey its words.
After some time, the stones were gradually found again, some blue, some white, and some even bigger and brighter than the red stone.
But every time it saw these things it had found, it just shook its head.
None of its kind knew what it was thinking; all it received after each tribute of treasure was the same urging: "Go find more."
Several more months passed during this search.
Over the past few months, some of its kind have had offspring, and it has also had offspring, making it feel that its power has increased.
But then it suddenly heard news that one of its subordinates had died unexpectedly.
This news enraged it. That very night, it went out and finally identified the culprit—a homeless man lying on the street.
The mouse was somewhat intimidated by the fact that the other party was human. The sense of oppression from the size of the human was something ingrained in its genes.
But on that day, seeing the adoring looks in the eyes of its subordinates, it made a crazy decision.
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Search Target: 0002
【Mental Power: 18.2】
[Mana Points: 1/34]
[Talent Data: Unknown]
Luo Qiu casually placed the gemstone on the table.
In two more days, his talent will drain the extraordinary power of this gem.
At that time, he will be able to advance to Sequence 1.
The phone says that after advancing to Sequence 1, a superhuman will awaken a second talent. At the same time, after Sequence 1, the superhuman's supernatural power has reached a certain intensity, which will force supernatural particles in the surrounding space to enter the body and modify it.
Just like a sponge that is finally put into the sea, it will slowly be permeated by the seawater until it sinks completely into the water.
The moment it completely sinks into the water is when it reaches promotion sequence 3.
Of course, Luo Qiu hadn't thought that much about Sequence 3 yet.
He only focuses on two points.
First, after advancing to Sequence 1, your body will be modified, and you will no longer get sick for no reason.
Second, the awakened talent in promotion sequence 1 is crucial.
He currently only possesses the talent to accelerate cultivation, but lacks any talent in combat. Today was his only attempt to witness a battle between extraordinary beings, but at the underground sewage main road, he couldn't see anything clearly through the smoke.
If only Sequence 1 could awaken a combat-related talent, preferably a defensive one. With that, he could plan which combat runes to inscribe around that talent, instead of just inscribing runes that help him avoid combat, as he is now.
Seeing the endless stream of bizarre cases in the newspapers every day, he was almost suffering from a fear of being overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information.
After a moment of reverie, Luo Qiu finally snapped out of it, checked the time, and quickly turned on the TV again.
There should be news broadcasts about today's operation tonight, and he needs to confirm that there were no unexpected incidents.
In fact, the situation was pretty much as he had imagined.
The news program had already started airing, and in the footage, a well-dressed middle-aged man was talking at length to the camera.
"Regarding the recent topic of public concern... in fact, this actually proves the effectiveness of our rat extermination campaign..."
"This time, under my arrangement, four detectives participated in the investigation... The investigation results proved that these rats chose to act in the early morning due to the risks of daytime activity. Later, they accidentally ingested some hallucinogenic drugs... which ultimately led to the tragedy."
"Therefore, this was entirely an accident, please believe the public..."
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