Chapter 557

Not until the three homeless people aimed their pistols at him did Lu Jianuo react.

As a bounty hunter with relatively rich experience, he couldn't care about distinguishing which position the enemies intended to shoot at and exerted force with his feet, lunging toward the side front.

Amidst the bang-bang gunfire, he avoided two bullets, but the remaining one, because the distance was relatively close and the route was covered, was truly unavoidable.

Lu Jianuo, suspended in mid-air, did a strange thing.

He actually actively stretched his body instead of curling up to protect his vital parts, only using his palm to cover his chest.

Bang!

That bullet hit his right rib, splashing bright blood.

Plop—as soon as Lu Jianuo fell to the ground by the street, he immediately rolled forward, trying to avoid subsequent shooting.

And long before he made the lunging movement, Lu Mian's body grew out of the shadows by the roadside, directly giving one of the homeless people who had just pulled the trigger a punch.

Amidst the sound of "boom," that homeless person's eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

Lu Mian immediately returned to the shadows, quickly wandering behind another homeless person, and before he could fire a second shot, smashed a punch behind his ear.

Accompanied by this homeless person falling to the ground, Lu Jianuo dodged the second bullet fired by the last attacker.

At this time, the surrounding passersby and the old women chatting by the street fled one after another, hurriedly looking for cover, and the surrounding area presented a cleared state.

Shadows floated, and Lu Mian stepped out of the darkness from the side of the last attacker, stretched out his right palm, and directly pinched the other party's neck.

Almost simultaneously, the attacker's mouth opened naturally, spraying out a thin black shadow.

That was a finger-thick insect, with stiff hairs drifting on its body surface like tentacles.

It went straight for Lu Mian's neck.

"Hmph!"

Two faint white radiances flashed and disappeared from Lu Mian's nose, and that thin, strange black insect lost its strength, falling softly and landing in his raised left palm.

Sure enough... Lu Mian retracted his right hand that was pinching the homeless person's neck without much surprise.

The homeless person's eye whites returned to normal, holding the pistol, retreating blankly, leaning against the wall, and sliding to the ground powerlessly.

Lu Mian didn't care about him, quickly came to the side of one of the fainted homeless people with the help of shadows, and saw a small, bloodless wound behind his cervical spine.

Another thin, black insect covered in stiff hairs crawled out, trying to escape, but was grabbed by Lu Mian's palm burning with crimson-white flames, and after struggling a few times, it emitted a ripe fragrance.

Immediately after, Lu Mian dealt with the strange black insect that crawled out of the other homeless person's body using a similar method.

During this process, Lu Jianuo half-squatted by the street, his left palm flashing with clear light, pressing on the gunshot wound on his right rib.

That hideous wound with a burnt smell immediately contracted, no longer overflowing with large amounts of blood.

Then, Lu Jianuo pulled out a dagger and accurately and effectively "picked out" a golden bullet from the wound.

After finishing this matter, he let his left palm flash with light again and pressed on the wound.

The wound squirmed, fused rapidly, and soon became only one-fifth the size of the original.

Lu Jianuo had just actively stretched his body, hoping that the bullet would hit a place convenient for him to deal with!

He took out a bandage and was preparing to tie up the remaining wound when Lu Mian walked in front of him and spread his empty right palm.

Lu Jianuo understood his employer's meaning and, while returning the "Lie" earring, said with quite a bit of celebration:

"Fortunately, I am a 'Physician.' As long as I wasn't killed on the spot, gunshot wounds aren't a big problem."

Lu Mian pressed and wiped on the gunshot wound on Lu Jianuo's body silently, transferring it to the back of the other party's right hand.

Because the location and structure were different, and because of Lu Jianuo's prior treatment, this wound degenerated into a very small scratch like scraping against a rough wall.

"..." Lu Jianuo looked at this wound that didn't even need bandaging and fell into a long silence.

Only then did Lu Mian smile:

"Otherwise, why do you think I wanted you to carry 'Lie'?"

"..." Lu Jianuo opened his mouth, still not knowing what to say.

Lu Mian looked around and ordered directly:

"Collect the guns of those three homeless people and wait for the police to come. Tell them you were attacked."

"After recording the statement, if there is nothing else, take Ludwig to the entrance of the Life Sect and let them preside over justice for you and maintain the order of Santa Harbor."

"Alright, alright." Lu Jianuo stood up in a panic.

He walked two steps toward the dazed homeless person, suddenly realized, turned his body halfway, and blurted out:

"What about you? Where are you going?"

In his urgency, he forgot to use honorifics.

Lu Mian smiled and didn't respond.

Letting you go to the Life Sect is telling them what I want to do and notifying them!

Lu Mian then walked toward the Solo Hotel, and patches of crimson flames ignited on the ground behind him, burning the blood dripped by Lu Jianuo.

On the way, Lu Mian lowered his voice and said:

"Termiboros, do you recognize this kind of insect?"

Termiboros did not respond.

Returning to the suite on the fifth floor, Lu Mian saw Ludwig greet him actively with a look of eagerness.

His heart moved, he spread his left palm, revealing the three black insects, one alive and two burnt, and asked as if casually:

"Do you know what this is?"

Ludwig nodded obediently and said at a very fast speed:

"Batins black insects, a kind of creature from Planet 3 of Hewen, rich in various proteins, with a relatively high energy level. They like to invade human bodies from the cervical spine, control their nervous system, and manipulate them to do behaviors beneficial to themselves."

"These three Batins black insects stopped evolving many generations ago. When manipulating the nervous system, there will be relatively obvious traces such as stiff movements and rolled-back eyes."

"Batins black insects rarely kill the host directly, but after they finish laying eggs, the growth of the larvae will absorb the host's energy, indirectly leading to the host's death."

"In ancient times, many of their ancestors received gifts. Although the descendants no longer possess the ability of gifts, the body structure changed due to adapting to the power of gifts was passed on to them. After a long evolution, such a population with a small amount of supernatural specialness was born."

"You can understand it as a special spirit world creature or a degenerated supernatural creature."

After babbling a lot, Ludwig looked at Lu Mian with longing and said:

"I've finished answering."

"Can I eat it now?"

You actually know... Saying it just like it's true, Batins black insects, Planet 3 of Hewen, what are all these things... The planets Aurora talked about? Lu Mian was stunned.

Regarding Ludwig wanting to eat the Batins black insects, he wasn't surprised at all.

This guy could even gnaw on live mice!

And this insect was actually quite fragrant after being roasted.

Lu Mian stared at Ludwig for a few seconds and handed the three Batins black insects in his hand over.

Ludwig didn't hide his happiness, stuffed the two roasted ones directly into his mouth, and bit out the wonderful feeling of the juice exploding and splashing in his mouth.

He half-closed his eyes, and there seemed to be some wonderful fluctuation in his body.

Lu Mian frowned and watched without understanding, not stopping him.

After discovering that there seemed to be something else under Ludwig's skin with the "Spectator's Glasses," combined with the other party's daily performance and the attitude of the Church of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom," he guessed that this little boy was a monster wearing human skin, but was sealed by the Church of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" to do some things that were inconvenient for clergy to do.

And the "Reader" pathway mastered by the Church of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" had a large number of applications at the mental body level. Ludwig's mental state was damaged after being sealed, becoming silly, which was easy to understand.

After twenty or thirty seconds, Ludwig opened his eyes, turned around, ran to the dining table, picked up a small steel table knife, placed the remaining Batins black insect on the tablecloth, and skillfully dissected it, removing quite a few black fascia.

Then, Ludwig poured a glass of Manzan wine, put those fascia together with the shell of the Batins black insect into it, and added the black juice squeezed from the insect's body.

Lu Mian saw that the pale golden wine liquid quickly dyed into a dark red-black color, and dense bubbles emerged.

After the bubbles subsided, Ludwig picked up this peculiar "cocktail."

Only then did he seem to remember Lu Mian's existence, his lips whispering:

"Can, can I drink some?"

The mental body was indeed sealed... Lu Mian sighed with a smile:

"Drink."

Gulp, gulp—Ludwig drank the small amount of dark red-black wine liquid and said to Lu Mian with satisfaction:

"The prepared Batins black insect body fluid can enhance the physical fitness of those who drink it for the first time to a certain extent, and make everyone who drinks it possess the ability to paralyze primates within two hours. Hmm, it must be completed through contact."

This, this is turning the Batins black insect into something similar to a charm? And it also has permanent effects and short-term supernatural abilities... Lu Mian was surprised and felt that Ludwig had undergone significant changes.

He had never shown the ability to make similar food before!

Lu Mian didn't ask much and said in a calm voice:

"You take Lu Jianuo to the entrance of the Life Sect later and watch him tell Noelia about his encounter with the attack."

"Alright." Ludwig's mood was quite good, and he agreed very readily.

…………

When Ludwig and Lu Jianuo arrived at the Life Sect, Port District.

Lu Mian, wearing a golden straw hat, walked to the square with the sea wave statue and cast his gaze toward the gray-black building with the "Santa Harbor Fishery Guild" sign.

This four- or five-story, castle-style ancient building was said to have a history of over a thousand years and was later destroyed and rebuilt several hundred years ago.

After Lu Mian scanned the complex symbols composed of "iron hooks," "fishing nets," etc., on the wall surface several times, he pressed the straw hat on his head and walked toward the Fishery Guild.

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