Chapter 256: Feeding

A truck sped down an empty lane, leaving behind a whistling and the rumble of heavy metal in the air.

Greed's mobility is truly strong; the previous battle had just ended, and before there was time to catch a breath, a second Yummy had already been conceived.

Insects, given a suitable environment, can reproduce in large numbers all at once.

The driver of the truck, in the blink of an eye, saw a bandage-wrapped stranger hanging outside the front window of the cab.

The entire truck window glass was occupied by shadows, making it impossible to see the road ahead or pedestrians clearly.

The hideous, mummy-like face made him scream in terror, and the limbs he used to drive froze instantly from fear.

The steering wheel in his hand briefly lost control, and the truck that had been driving smoothly on the paved road lurched wildly, advancing in a jerky motion.

Boom—

The truck, controlled remotely by fate, slammed at unmanned speed into a vehicle parked at the roadside.

Fortunately, the truck's size was disproportionate to ordinary vehicles, effortlessly smashing the roadside car to pieces.

This time, the truck driver who had just avoided was struck by the powerful impact and turned into meat paste.

Pungent smoke rose from the natural rubber tires until the impact was fully spent, and the large truck slowly came to a stop.

The newly born second Yummy, with great force, tore open the steel-locked truck container and saw the large-denomination banknotes stored inside.

It was drawn by the smell of money; this large truck was not as simple as it appeared, but a bank-exclusive vehicle used to transfer assets stored in safes.

Iron-sheet protections could not stop Yummy's actions; it opened a nonexistent large mouth and began rapidly devouring the large-denomination bills.

This is human desire—an endless pursuit of money; those who possess this desire number in the thousands or hundreds, but few are driven to extremes by money.

What Greed values most is this extreme power; the Yummy born this way is not only strong, but can also carry a tremendous amount of cellular coins.

After consuming all the banknotes in the truck, the bandage-wrapped Yummy that still retained a human shape shattered completely.

Dark gray feet extended first, then a huge head like a locust's, and finally a body like dead branches.

A dark gray giant locust appeared on the road and began to rampage.

This time it was not like the recently humanoid monster; it could not even be called human—it was simply a giant locust.

Countless coins drifted down in a void, forming a small hill.

Its shape and bamboo joints let it move smoothly in any environment; the near-perfect space formed by buildings at the roadside allowed it to scout for money's scent from high above.

It opened its head atop the surrounding small buildings, and its chest unveiled a huge mouth full of sharp teeth, like a bottomless pit devouring desire.

From the ceiling, it aimed at a lavishly decorated place filled with money desire—a bank.

Jiang Xia looked at the thorn-covered exterior and the vast store of cellular coins inside; this was already the limit without causing harm to people.

If it continued, it would start eating all kinds of valuable things; after satisfying its craving for banknotes, it now set its sights on gold.

At that moment, a flash of gold light appeared in Jiang Xia's hand, and the locust Yummy that had been lunging toward the bank was halted midair.

Its huge pupils were entirely filled by this object emitting a rich money scent.

Beneath its several-meter-long arthropod legs, it was like a tensed spring; the whole person turned into a huge shadow and lunged at Jiang Xia at a speed unimaginable for a human.

But it is obvious that Jiang Xia is not an ordinary person, especially now.

«Boom! »

Jiang Xia vanished, in the instant before the locust Yummy would have struck him.

The locust Yummy's abdominal mouth could almost swallow Jiang Xia's whole body, but the next moment it was met with a strong stimulus from desire; the feeling of something right before its eyes yet unattainable utterly enraged it,

but being angry does little; unattainable is unattainable, regardless of whether you're angry.

Anku, who had hurried over, and the out-of-breath Huo Ye Yingsi watched Jiang Xia leading the Yummy like a dog, and both fell silent.

«Anku, give me the coins. » Huo Ye Yingsi, looking at the scene before him, reached out to ask.

«You'd better look after yourself; with your current stamina, you can only bring vegetables for the Yummy—don't blame me for not warning you. »

Anku gave Huo Ye Yingsi a contemptuous smile.

«That's better than doing nothing. » Huo Ye Yingsi said.

Huo Ye Yingsi slipped the belt around his waist, caught the coins thrown by Anku, and while charging at the monster, transformed into OOO.

At this moment, the locust Yummy's brain, which originally lacked intelligence, was completely covered by rage.

But it didn't notice that the number of cellular coins inside its body was explosively increasing.

The earth memory imbued with the concept of money, as it repeatedly lunged at Jiang Xia, was being poured into its body by Jiang Xia.

At the same time, the locust Yummy's volume was swelling wildly, but because it was being led, it gradually drew toward the deserted outskirts of the city.

«Memory plus desire coins; as long as the earth memory matches the desire one possesses, the original desire can be directly detonated. »

«Thus, upon defeating it, one can instantly obtain a large amount of cellular coins. » Jiang Xia thought to himself.

If the money memory is developed deeply enough, it can generate banknotes of circulating value out of thin air.

Indeed, Jiang Xia now also lacks no money; he can create gold out of thin air, and even self-synthesize precious items.

But he generally has little interest in money; enough is enough.

In Jiang Xia's hand, the money memory can already be considered the source of this concept.

For the locust Yummy, it was like a criminal preparing to rob a bank who suddenly discovered a banknote-printing machine.

All it needed was to wait quietly to obtain a steady stream of banknotes, so for a bank, the appeal of a printing press was far greater for it.

Under such immense desire, the originally bottomless craving for money was completely satisfied all at once.

However, such mutually matching desires are few; for example, one's goal may be to eat, but a person's eating has limits, and after being full, one will not continue.

But money is different—no one ever complains of having too much.

As Huo Ye Yingsi charged over, its size grew ever larger.

Filled with rage, it merely exerted a little force, and its grayish bamboo-joint legs turned into blades, slashing directly into Huo Ye Yingsi's body.

The already exhausted Huo Ye Yingsi was blasted far away, and his Ozu armor instantly disengaged.

At the same moment, Anku fell from the sky and snatched back three coins from his hand.

Watching Huo Ye Yingsi lying on the ground, he revealed a hint of a sneer; this is the consequence of not listening to him.

What an idiot, he clearly knows the concept of Alchemical Art, yet he can't see that Jiang Xia is deliberately cultivating Yummy? Houteng, who was riding a motorcycle toward the battlefield in the distance, looked at the Yummy that had already grown to over ten meters long,

His eyes beneath the helmet showed a hint of surprise; can Ouz handle this monster? Moreover, a long gift box was placed on the back seat of his motorcycle, inside which was exactly the equipment that President Hongshang wanted him to deliver to Ouz.

However, besides delivering the equipment, he still had another mission.

(End of chapter)