The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Chapter 191 Strange Offerings

"Oh? I was wondering why no one reported such a commotion in this area. It seems your superior has been arrested by the boss's men. I remember one of his subordinates applied for wedding leave. Could it be you?!"

Ling Yan then realized that because Zhou Yun's superior contact was someone who had been bribed, his disappearance was concealed and faked as a wedding leave, thus avoiding the attention of his superiors.

"What?! Wedding leave?! No way! I've never even had a girlfriend! If I actually get married and then find out I don't have wedding leave, won't my wife suspect I'm divorced?! I'm doomed! ╥﹏╥"

Zhou Yun, who had been like a deflated balloon, slumped listlessly onto the cold, hard ground. His slightly haggard face revealed deep weariness, and his eyes had lost their former sparkle.

Just then, Lingyan's devastating news reached his ears—his wedding leave had been used up!

In an instant, time seemed to freeze, and Zhou Yun remained motionless as if he had been frozen in place.

His eyes widened as he stared ahead in disbelief, his expression shifting from initial surprise to despair. His lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something but no sound came out.

"Okay, okay, it's alright. I understand now, I'll go back and fix it for you, don't worry!"

Lingyan saw that he hadn't been so desperate when he was undercover here alone before, but when he heard that his wedding leave was gone, he was completely out of sorts. Lingyan couldn't help but laugh and cry as she promised him that she would definitely change it back for him.

You must remember this!

After Zhou Yun reiterated that it must be changed back, he looked at the others and spoke again.

"My ability is to create a space that will not be discovered by anyone, which makes me very suitable for infiltration and other similar work. I am also very confident in my abilities, so when I first went undercover, I only maintained the most basic vigilance and did not pay too much attention to the activities here."

Zhou Yun sighed and revealed the inevitable turning point.

"As a result, I was careless and messed up. During one of their rituals, a strange liquid surged into my body, and for a moment I even forgot who I was."

"Then I slept for a whole day. When I woke up, all I remembered was what I said when I joined them: I was a hoodlum who joined them because I wanted to make a fortune."

“Until this afternoon, I saw you in the square. The moment your cat glared at me, I felt the slime inside my body tremble with fear and suddenly gushed out, and then I came to my senses.”

After Zhou Yun said these words, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and relaxed a lot.

Perhaps because he knew that with someone in charge, things would eventually be resolved, he had great faith in the elite team.

"Um……"

Upon hearing this information, Ling Yan felt his mind was in complete disarray. He knew something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was.

Can I ask you a question?

Lin Xiyue thought for a moment and then spoke first.

"Of course. Please go ahead."

Zhou Yun nodded.

"When you participated in the ritual, did you notice anything unusual? You should have learned the general procedures of this kind of cult's rituals. Was there anything particularly different this time?"

Lin Xiyue asked this question, of course, at Meros's instruction. Lin Xiyue had absolutely no understanding of these sacrificial rituals, so how could she possibly know these things?

"Let me think about it."

Zhou Yun lowered his head and thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up as he looked at Lin Xiyue and the others.

"I remember one thing that was particularly unusual about them. Other cults usually use very bloody sacrifices, such as animal entrails, heads, or even human bodies. But their sacrifices were very..."

Zhou Yun thought about it with great distress and finally managed to come up with a word.

"Child's play".

"Child's play?"

Everyone was surprised to hear the word "child's play" and wondered if they had misheard.

"Yes, their offerings were quite frivolous. I could see clearly that their offerings were just takeout food. Just the ones I recognized included braised chicken rice, fried chicken legs, braised pork with preserved vegetables, sweet and sour pork, taro and bubble tea, sweet and sour pork ribs, braised pork belly, spicy chicken, roast duck, and beef brisket with potatoes (ˉ﹃ˉ)..."

Everyone was listening attentively, planning to prepare properly for the sacrificial ceremony the next day, but unexpectedly, this kid started reciting the names of the dishes as he spoke.

All the food was delicious, and the more they listened, the hungrier they became, their mouths watering. Although they had eaten something in the cabin before coming here, it didn't stop them from craving the good food.

"No, bro, wait, wait! Don't recite the menu yet!"

Lingyan abruptly stopped Zhou Yun from reciting the menu, then swallowed hard.

"Ok?"

Zhou Yun swallowed hard, then looked at Ling Yan with a puzzled expression in his eyes.

"Well, you don't need to explain it so clearly. Just, just point out what's strange about it."

Lingyan scratched his head awkwardly and said.

"Oh, oh, oh. This is strange. Their sacrificial offerings are all delicious food, and after the sacrifice, they are distributed to the followers to eat. It was after I ate this food that I was invaded by the slime that suddenly appeared from the ground. It was very fast and had a very clear target."

"While I was enjoying the delicious food, they seemed to appear out of thin air, suddenly popping up from the ground, then crawling into my trouser leg, and then... well, they just invaded me."

Zhou Yun, who had been speaking fluently and clearly, became hesitant and stammered when talking about how the slime invaded him. His cheeks turned increasingly red, and he looked extremely embarrassed.

"Oh~~~~ cough cough cough, I understand, I understand, no need to say more."

Ling Yan coughed awkwardly a few times, then hinted to Zhou Yun that there were girls in front of them, so they shouldn't be too obvious.

"Ahem, anyway, when we hold the ceremony tomorrow, you must not eat the food on the altar, no matter how delicious it looks."

Zhou Yun also remembered, he coughed awkwardly a few times, and finally gave his summary.

"Okay, I got it. By the way, what are you in charge of here? You seemed to have a lot of power before."

Lingyan noted down this important question and then asked Zhou Yun a question.

"Me? Ah, they're just a dog."

Zhou Yun sneered and continued.

"Because I was brainwashed, well, you could call it brainwashing. They discovered that I had abilities, and I was reported as a strength-type ability user, so I was assigned to manage these people who were about to participate in the sacrifice, to ensure that they wouldn't have any major problems before participating in the sacrifice."

Zhou Yun said with a helpless pursed lip.

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