Chapter 237: Fuli Lao Ye

The fungus-parasitized beast, upon learning it could not rebel, felt deeply disappointed by the current situation.

"Ding-ding-ding—"

As the beast felt disappointed, a truck entered through the entrance and, seeing the MPV blocking the road, honked to signal it to move forward.

Su Qiyuan pressed the accelerator, clearing the road and pulling over to the side. The truck behind swayed slowly into the parking lot.

When the two vehicles passed each other, Su Qiyuan and Bai Tao suddenly widened their eyes.

On the unlicensed, old-style truck, the occupant in the driver's seat was not a human—it was clearly a wolf.

The white giant wolf held the steering wheel with one paw and rested the other on the window frame, wearing sunglasses, driving the truck into the parking lot with complete calm.

The truck stopped inside the parking lot.

Bai stepped out from the driver's seat, stood upright, and walked to the rear of the cargo van, unlocking the door to reveal the brightly lit interior and a golden lion sitting motionless in a fixed position.

"Aowu?"

The golden lion, with its paws resting on the left armrest of the sofa and its head propped on the right, seemed to sense the door opening and turned its head to greet the newcomer.

"Wang—"

Bai waved toward the cargo compartment, signaling the golden lion and the others inside to come over.

The golden lion leapt to the ground, stretched lazily, with two leopards flanking it like knights guarding a king. Monkeys, carrying camera bags they'd somehow acquired, followed behind their master.

The people inside the MPV: "."

A large group of spiritual beasts, accompanied by ordinary animals, arrived at Jiule City's most upscale club for a party.

In a certain sense, the richness of the spiritual beasts' nightlife in Jiule City stunned them for an entire year.

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"Has the sound system been tested? Don't let the Young Master's voice crack, understood?"

"Are the cameras and lights set up? Remember to record every moment of the Young Master's grandeur, got it?"

Onstage, An Sheng crouched before a laptop downloading audio files, logged into his account, and selected speech materials.

Lin Bingyun coordinated on-site personnel, swiftly checking all equipment and organizing staff to continuously serve dishes and clear empty plates for all guests.

Lin Bingyun paused, hesitated slightly, then looked toward the general manager of Hailinglong and said:

"Do your technicians… help pets with baths?"

Hailinglong's general manager, Lin Yun, froze at the question, glanced around at all the stray animals, then looked at Lin Bingyun with a strained expression and instinctively shook her head.

Bathing… isn't really a problem.

It's just a bit wasteful of technicians, but we can assign the image-duty security guards to help.

After all, image-duty guards are, in plain terms, well-paid junior staff and enforcers—if Lin Hao gives the order, bathing these pets shouldn't be an issue.

It's just a bit wasteful of people.

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"Ying!"

Crouched onstage, having finished selecting all materials, An Sheng faced the microphone and said: "Bai, Golden Lion, come here."

"Oh! And you monkeys—remember to record my speech and take it back to the orca."

"Aowu!"

At Fuli Lao Ye's command, Bai and the Golden Lion rushed onstage and roared toward the crowd below.

With Bai managing the dogs and Golden Lion managing the cats, the parking lot quickly fell silent, all stray animals turning their gaze toward the stage.

"Good! Now, those among you who feel you're the smartest, step forward to the front row. Those with dull minds—don't come, or don't blame Fuli Lao Ye for being ruthless and sending you to a pet shop to be put down."

An Sheng stood upright, placed his paws on the low table, and faced the microphone, emitting a soft "ying" sound.

At Fuli Lao Ye's order, the smarter stray pets took seats in the front row.

"If there are no issues, do not interrupt my speech. If you don't understand something, wait until the gathering ends to ask collectively, or consult your leader."

"Enough idle talk."

"The First Annual 'Spiritual Beast Association Economic Growth and Sustainable Development Conference' is now officially open."

Fuli Lao Ye raised his paw and tapped the podium, producing a resonant sound, then operated the mouse on the laptop to project images onto the screen.

The screen suddenly began playing video clips featuring Wei Maye and Da Fei.

"As our Spiritual Beast Association—pfft. As our Jiule City Stray Little Wretches Mutual Aid Association grows, from an initial size of fewer than thirty, we've now expanded to…"

An Sheng looked at Bai and the Golden Lion. Bai thought for a moment and said: "The dog population has exceeded three thousand, and the cat population is nearly two thousand. Other species haven't been counted yet, but we estimate at least a thousand."

"Good! Let's use the lowest estimate: five thousand!" An Sheng faced all the stray animals: "As our mutual aid association grows, our numbers have reached five thousand, scattered across all districts and counties of the city."

"Everyone knows that in the past, only those who joined Bai's crew for sea raids could eat full meals daily. The rest of you could only scavenge scraps or rummage through trash bins."

"It's still summer now, but when winter's bitter cold arrives, bluntly speaking, at least half of you—especially the cats—won't survive until next spring."

"Today, I, Fuli Lao Ye, have gathered the dog and cat groups for one purpose."

"I want you to eat your fill, never again rummage through trash bins, never again huddle under boxes or bins during typhoon season to escape wind and rain—but to have a home!"

"We need a revolution—to overthrow the old life of stealing to survive. We need a fairer distribution and a more efficient system."

Fuli Lao Ye's voice rose in passion, his "ying" echoing through the hall, while the projection screen displayed rotting food.

Those videos were all internet images, but the food obtained by robbing Da Fei had indeed spoiled from delayed distribution; Bai could only toss it into the sea to feed the fish, lest his brothers die from eating it.

"Something's off. Very off." Even the Hedgehog Grandma was listening to Fuli Lao Ye's speech, but the more she heard, the more suspicious she grew, her expression turning wary.

"What's off, Grandma?" Lin Hao, unable to hear the "ying," blinked and asked the Hedgehog Grandma.

"If you summarize Fuli Lao Ye's speech, it's essentially: 'Are kings and generals born of noble blood?'" The Hedgehog Grandma said warily: "Let's move back, or that Fuli Lao Ye will extort us billions."

On the MPV, Grandpa Jin Long swallowed hard and said:

"Wan Lin… this doesn't feel right! That Fuli Lao Ye looks like he's about to start a rebellion!"

"Hm?" The parasitic beast's ears twitched upright again.

Fuli Lao Ye, speaking onstage, knew nothing of what the Hedgehog Grandma or the MPV occupants were saying.

But even if he had known, he wouldn't have cared.

"And the first thing we must revolutionize is the primitive 'barter system'!"

Fuli Lao Ye operated the laptop, projecting a video of a golden dog selling flowers on the street.

Around its neck hung a sign that read:

【Dear kind big brothers and big sisters, please buy some flowers from this dog! Three yuan per stem—buy one and you can pet me all you want~】

Below the sign was a QR code for payment.

Of course, all the spiritual beasts and dogs present could tell this was a staged video.

In the video, the dog himself kept asking when his shift ended and whether he could get a big chicken leg.

The video was fake, but An Sheng felt the concept behind it could be borrowed.

"For us little wretches—"

"If we want to live happily and freely in this city!"

"Based on my travels, Fuli Lao Ye has distilled three rules."

"Sell charm! Sell cuteness! Sell pity!"

"Once you deploy the Three Sales, normal humans can't resist!"

"But we don't need ready-made food—we need them to scan the QR code and pay. With money, we can buy food, buy property, establish a spiritual beast capital in Jiule City, invest our earnings, and reinvest in ourselves!"

Fuli Lao Ye raised his left paw into a fist and shouted toward all the dogs and cats:

"Now!"

"Let's take our first step! Learn to sell charm!"

(End of Chapter)