Chapter 191

"Rat glue"

"We don't have rat glue here, but if you want it, Grandma is happy to help," the gold-rimmed hedgehog said, exhaling a cloud of smoke toward Lord Fuli.

An Sheng had just asked Lin Ying and confirmed that the chemical adhesive used to capture spirit beasts is a special product that must be removed using a dedicated adhesive remover; ordinary alcohol and turpentine are ineffective against it.

When chemical adhesive comes into contact with air, it quickly oxidizes to form a film on the surface, maintaining the stickiness inside.

In addition to its powerful stickiness, chemical adhesive also has the characteristic of expanding and multiplying when it comes into contact with moisture.

According to Lin Ying's understanding, the original chemical structural formula of chemical adhesive was discovered from the secretions of marine spirit beasts and processed into adhesive.

Chemical adhesive can be synthesized artificially, but the solvent that can remove it belongs to a secret-level formula.

Once stuck by chemical adhesive, besides spending a large amount of time and manpower to clean it, the only way is to seek help from the authorities who hold the formula.

Abai obviously wouldn't want to live in a communal dormitory.

But waking up to find the dog has gone bald is also a very difficult thing to explain to Qiu Lingling.

But if there were rat glue, everything could be explained reasonably.

It's just that Abai and the other dogs might need to suffer a little grievance.

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An Sheng sat in the gold-rimmed hedgehog's home eating and drinking, while Abai and the related dogs were transported by the speedboat group to a meeting point, where they were secretly transported by the villagers of Hao Village to Hai Linglong's parking lot.

"Woo-woo—"

When Abai saw Fox Brother again, it let out a whimper from its mouth, revealing a human-like indignation.

The chemical adhesive didn't cause any harm, but when the adhesive hit Abai, it splashed, sticking its fur and skin together. Every movement caused pain, and as it struggled, the adhesive film broke, and the unsolidified adhesive continued to spread outward.

The result was that the entire dog was stuck fast; Abai couldn't even move now.

"I will definitely help you get revenge, but before that, let's keep a little distance..."

After seeing Abai, An Sheng retreated two steps without a trace, hiding behind Lin Ying's legs, revealing only his little fox head, maintaining a polite smile.

Helping you get revenge is definitely no problem. In a while, I'll have the gold-rimmed hedgehog do me a favor and take a can of chemical adhesive to fill the smugglers' trenches with glue...

But if you're asking for comfort, that won't do. You're covered in chemical adhesive from head to toe; what if it spreads to An Mou?

An Mou is famous for making a living off his looks. If the fur on my body were gone, wouldn't the originally elegant and fluffy Lord Fuli turn into a solid, big rat?

"Awoo."

Abai seemed to sense Fox Brother's disgust and immediately became aggrieved again.

Under the gold-rimmed hedgehog's arrangement, Hai Linglong's underlings put on hazmat suits and gloves, took small knives, and went forward to slice open the adhesive film on Abai's body, scraping the unsolidified adhesive inside into a bucket using a scraper.

One of the characteristics of the adhesive is that it expands when it meets water.

There was less than two liters of adhesive, but after hitting Abai and brewing with time and seawater, the underlings were busy for two hours, scraping nearly thirteen jin of diluted adhesive off Abai.

The fur on Abai's body looked like it had been chewed by a dog. The originally elegant white fur was also standing up in tufts as if it had been styled with hair gel because of the adhesive. Looking from a distance, one would think it was a relative of the gold-rimmed hedgehog.

"Is that your relative?"

Seeing Abai, who had changed its look and could walk, An Sheng looked at the gold-rimmed hedgehog and made a sarcastic remark.

"Being able to process a dog like this is already our limit. Go back, shave off all the fur, and then scrub it with running water and a steel wool ball, and it will return to normal."

The gold-rimmed hedgehog crossed her legs, looked at the aggrieved dog with a happy face, and explained the current situation to everyone present through a translation speaker.

Upon hearing that it needed to be shaved, the big white dog was so shocked it froze in place, subconsciously clenching its legs.

After the gold-rimmed hedgehog finished speaking, she turned her gaze to Lin Ying and said: "By the way, Chairman Lin, there is one thing."

"Hmm?" Lin Ying frowned and looked at the gold-rimmed hedgehog.

"Our courageous act has no reward," the gold-rimmed hedgehog shifted her body and said with a hint of a joke: "People spent half a month blowing in the wind by the sea, waiting and hoping for the credit, only for us to intercept it."

"Those people were just responsible for delivering goods. Chairman Lin should know what a 'delivery mule' means, right?"

During the time spent helping Abai smooth out its fur, some information came from the shipyard.

Of the six, the two boatmen knew nothing, thinking it was just a normal tax-free business.

The other four were "delivery mules," paid to help the employer deliver goods from Point A to Point B at a specified time.

The mules knew about spirit beasts, so when they discovered Abai, they immediately used the goods in the cabin, wanting to sell Abai to the employer to collect an extra bounty.

"What was their purpose? Is it worth it?" Lin Ying looked at the gold-rimmed hedgehog, who had mastered the intelligence.

Upon hearing about the delivery mules, Lin Ying immediately knew that the matter involved quite a lot; being able to move the mules meant that this matter was organized and premeditated.

Moreover, there was definitely more than one group of delivery mules.

"Normally, it wouldn't be worth it. Our Xia Kingdom isn't the only place with spirit beasts; the world is huge, and there are quite a few in the Samba Rainforest. But according to what the mules confessed, that spirit beast was a snake."

"A small, pure white snake with golden eyes." The gold-rimmed hedgehog looked at Lin Ying with a strange smile and said:

"People often say the Xia Dong region is superstitious, but with Chairman Lin's previous overseas experience, you should know, right?"

A snake, biologically speaking, is a reptile.

But from a mystical perspective, the snake symbolizes wisdom and rebirth, as well as temptation and evil, and the meanings of healing and medicine. The most famous point is that all medical school logos have a snake and a staff.

That thing is commonly known as the Rod of Asclepius; although it feels a bit evil at first glance.

But its underlying meaning is that of a god of medicine.

The symbol of that god of medicine is the snake.

If a Xia Kingdom person says Xia Dong people are superstitious, the Xia Dong people might not be able to refute it; after all, in the Xia Kingdom, there are indeed some regions that don't engage in any feudal superstition.

But if a damn foreigner says Xia Dong people are superstitious, the Xia Dong people might even jump up and curse them out.

Yes, yes, yes, we are superstitious. Who is the president whose family has to swear on the Bible when taking office?

And whose family doesn't see 6 and 13?

Who? Do you know? Don't you know? Come, come, come over here, let me show you the most famous temple in our Xia Dong region: the 【Martyr Temple】.

The gods in the Xia Dong region all have prototypes that can be found in history.

"White snake..."

Hearing the gold-rimmed hedgehog state the spirit beast's species, Lin Ying's face showed a look of realization.

If it were a snake, it really could attract some criminals who harbor wishful thinking.

After all, that is a 【Snake】!

A symbol of wisdom, rebirth, healing, medicine, and luck.

If its existence were exposed, it wouldn't be impossible to attract some extremely superstitious guys.

"There are others behind them? Ugh." An Sheng's face showed obvious disgust.

An Sheng felt he could earn wish-power points here.

But this was also the first time he had shown such concise disgust for an opportunity to earn wish-power points.

How is it so hard for me, a little fox, to earn some wish-power!

I used to go up mountains and down into the sea; now, I have to be treated as a target for glue-shooting. Don't you guys go too far!

(End of chapter)