Chapter 99: Revisiting the Sewers and the Giant Rats

【Independently copy a monster card of level 11 or higher (or equipment of white quality or higher)! (Complete!)】

【You have created a Spiritual Painting, Path of Oil Painting points +1.】

"Huh, it's done already?"

Yun Mu looked at the prompt on the Game Panel with some surprise.

That's it?

She had thought it would be difficult, but she didn't expect to complete it after just a casual attempt.

As expected, as soon as I, Great Emperor Yun, make a slight move, it is already the limit of this world.

Ahem, tone it down.

It is about time to go observe how the children's works are coming along.

Standing up from the stool in front of the painting board, Yun Mu strolled through the classroom, inspecting the paintings of the various young Apprentices.

Most of them were drawn quite well; at the very least, one could recognize who was drawn at a glance.

While she was looking, she also took the opportunity to note down the parents of the corresponding children.

Hmm, they are all little rascals, all drawing the parents who came to pick them up from school today.

Perhaps it is because some parents are still sitting in the back, making it convenient for reference?

"Hmm?"

Passing by Tina's side, Yun Mu looked at the work on the painting board in front of her.

Unlike most children who only drew one person, this painting in front of Tina actually depicted two people at the same time.

One was a woman with a smile on her face, wearing a clean white dress and a pair of sandals on her feet.

One was a man wearing a white shirt as a base, a light brown leather jacket over it, and holding a briefcase.

It was very clear that this was Neisen and his wife, Aiwei.

Tina was drawing very seriously; she was fully focused, concentrating her attention on the painting board in front of her.

She didn't even notice when Yun Mu came to her side.

After all, having to draw two people at the same time in just one hour, even without needing detailed work, was still a very difficult task for her.

Smiling silently, Yun Mu had no intention of disturbing Tina and turned to leave to look at the other children's works.

When there were only five minutes left in the class, she called a stop to all the children and let them hand their paintings to their parents.

After discussing casually for five minutes, they could finish school and go home.

After sending off all the parents, including Neisen and his daughter, she came to the first-floor lobby of the Painter Association and accepted a commission from the lady at the front desk to clean up giant rats in the sewers.

The reward is 800 contribution points.

She planned to complete the fifth item of the advanced mission today, and then draw an Oil Painting every day to bring her Destiny Points up to ten.

As for why she chose giant rats instead of others, like slimes, piranhas, or other sewer-dwelling creatures.

It was because she felt that giant rats were easier to deal with.

Slimes have strong physical resistance, and their body fluids are also corrosive and capable of long-range attacks.

Not to mention piranhas, which hide in sewage and are hard to find; if she encountered some deeper areas, she might even need to go into the water.

After thinking it over, giant rats were still easier to deal with.

She could probably solve it with just one Mental Shock.

It is also simple to find giant rats; experienced hunters will set bait or traps in areas where the other party is frequently active.

And she doesn't need anything.

As a Bloodline, she can easily perceive the scent of blood in the other party, which is also one of the reasons she chose giant rats.

After all, she couldn't possibly perceive the scent of blood on a slime that doesn't even have blood.

After completing the procedures for accepting the commission, Yun Mu took a Steam Taxi to the area mentioned in the commission where the giant rats were active.

Finding a deserted alley at random, she skillfully climbed into the sewer, and suddenly, a familiar smell rushed into her nasal cavity. "Ugh, I'd rather not be familiar with this smell."

Following the somewhat Xiuxie stairs downward, Yun Mu stomped hard on the sewer floor and then began to wander aimlessly within it.

There was quite a lot of the scent of blood in her Perception, and she could roughly judge the body size based on its concentration.

According to the commission, the giant rats were about one and a half to two meters tall, with a lean build, not very fat.

After all, apart from the occasional stray vagrant they might encounter for an extra meal, there wasn't enough food in the sewers for the giant rats here to eat until they were fat.

"Found it!"

A conspicuous figure suddenly appeared in her Perception; its size was about the same as a human's, but the scent in its blood had a fishy, foul smell of fur.

Of course, this was judged according to the special Perception of a Bloodline; in fact, it cannot be said to be a sense of taste.

Yun Mu suddenly quickened her pace and ran toward the direction of the giant rat in her Perception.

However, soon, she stopped in front of a wall covered in moss.

"A miscalculation."

She frowned and looked at the wall in front of her.

As everyone knows, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but this obviously does not apply in the intricate sewers of Frostfall City.

She did indeed perceive the location of that giant rat, but she didn't know the way and would easily get lost in the complex environment of the sewer.

"Go right." Lucy's voice suddenly appeared in her ear, saying: "Even underground, the stars can guide my path."

"There's such a thing?"

Hearing Lucy's words, Yun Mu raised an eyebrow and then decisively ran toward the right.

Although she was curious about how the stars Lucy spoke of could guide the way in a sewer without even a trace of starlight, who cares; it wasn't a bad thing anyway.

"Continue forward, turn left, jump down from the hole in front, and then continue moving forward..."

Following Lucy's instructions, the location of that giant rat in her Perception became closer and closer.

Besides this, the figures of many ordinary rats also appeared in the surrounding area.

In this world, all rats belong to the kin of Luoye'er, the God of Fear and Plague.

They spread pestilence everywhere, and often, wherever there are rats, a plague will be born.

Furthermore, out of almost every one thousand rats, one will undergo a mutation; not only does its body become much larger, but its aggression toward humans and other living beings also intensifies.

If bitten by an ordinary rat, there is still a chance one might be lucky enough not to contract a disease.

But if bitten by one of these fellows, not only is it a one-hundred-percent chance of contracting a disease, but the physical damage alone is enough to put someone in a difficult spot.

Therefore, the Frostfall City authorities conduct a purge of the creatures in the sewers every so often; although the rats cannot be wiped out entirely, keeping them controlled within the sewers and preventing them from spreading into the city is still feasible.

As for the giant rats that appear occasionally, they are simply posted as tasks for the Transcendental organizations in the city, and if no one takes them for a long time, the Guard Hall then takes over.

This allows for the maximization of manpower conservation.

Yun Mu tried her best to keep her distance from these ordinary rats, although after becoming a Transcendental, theoretically, ordinary germs are very difficult to affect her.

But being careful is never wrong.

As for whether these ordinary rats should be dealt with... forget it, she is just one person, she does not have the ability to kill all these rats.

It is better to focus on dealing with that giant rat.

PS: Luoye'er, the God of Fear and Plague, was born from living beings' fear of pestilence and plague.

The first recorded appearance was in the Heral province in the south of the Helier Empire, which triggered the famous Helier Plague Disaster.

It was precisely this disaster that indirectly triggered the birth of Heral, the God of Civilization and History.

(End of chapter)