Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Frozen Goods Warehouse
Ye Bai had traversed the Jianghu for so many years (adding up his past and present lives), and had never seen such an absurd thing.
The Thousand-Change Silkworm could not only devour crystal cores to learn skills, but also replace higher tiered similar skills.
The Steel Skill could make the whole body as hard as steel, greatly enhancing its defense capability, while the Hardening Skill could make the whole body hard, enhancing one’s defense capability.
The Steel Skill is considered an advanced version of the Hardening Skill.
If Ye Bai didn’t have the Eye of Insight, he wouldn’t be able to detect this subtle anomaly and naturally wouldn’t notice the special traits of the Thousand-Change Silkworm.
If all skills could be replaced like this, then the Thousand-Change Silkworm would be incredibly formidable.
Ye Bai’s heart was pounding, but the prerequisite was that the Thousand-Change Silkworm itself already possessed many skills.
"Thousand-Change Silkworm, use the Steel Skill, and then use Rolling."
The Thousand-Change Silkworm’s body emitted a metallic glow, and when it curled up to use the Rolling skill, the asphalt road cracked like a cobweb under its weight.
It heavily collided with an iron fence, deeply denting it, and the fence was deformed by the impact of the Thousand-Change Silkworm.
"After using the Steel Skill, the defense of the Thousand-Change Silkworm increased several folds, and its weight also increased several folds, enhancing the power of the impact when using the Rolling skill."
Ye Bai was quite satisfied with this.
At this moment, a manhole cover was suddenly shot up into the air, and many Burrowing Rats emerged from the sewer.
"That’s strange, I clearly sent an email to the Pet Beast Union, logically these Burrowing Rats should have been controlled."
"Why are there still so many Burrowing Rats."
Ye Bai was somewhat baffled.
In Jiaying City’s large cold storage warehouse, which is near the largest dock in Jiaying City.
The cold storage warehouse housed a large amount of frozen meat, enough to supply the whole population of Jiaying City for a month.
A cargo ship was quietly docked beside the dock.
Many people were unloading the frozen meat from the cargo ship.
The dock suddenly became bustling with activity.
"Hurry, we must take advantage of the martial law in Jiaying City and get our smuggled frozen goods into the warehouse."
A man with sunglasses and a gold chain around his neck shouted at everyone.
"Brother Long, I heard there’s a Beast Tide here, will it affect our business?"
A bald man asked Brother Long, looking worried about the impact of the Beast Tide on Jiaying City.
Brother Long, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, sternly gazed at his subordinate: "The timid starve, the bold prosper."
"We can’t just stop our business because of a Beast Tide."
"Besides, according to my insider information, the Beast Tide has already been controlled."
"That’s why we can take this opportunity to transport hundreds of tons of uninspected frozen goods from abroad."
"We must use Jiaying City as a central hub to distribute the frozen goods to other cities, and as long as this batch of goods is fully digested, we can earn at least millions of Alliance Coins from this."
"What are we afraid of a Beast Tide for, what we fear most is having no business to do."
"In fact, I wish for a Beast Tide every day."
Brother Long laughed, but just then, screams erupted from the cargo ship.
"What is this, get away!"
"Help, someone help!"
"It’s Burrowing Rats, so many Burrowing Rats!!!"
Bang bang bang.
Several gunshots rang out, then silence fell.
Brother Long gave a glance to his group of subordinates, signaling them to go and see what was happening.
His subordinates swallowed hard, grabbed the pistols holstered at their waists, and slowly approached the cargo ship.
As soon as they set foot on the ship, they saw many red-eyed Burrowing Rats feasting on the bodies of the crew.
They were gnawing on the flesh with sharp teeth, producing chilling chewing sounds.
Blood mist emanated from these Burrowing Rats, forming a corrosive blood mist.
Brother Long’s subordinates were instantly terrified, and as they were about to leave, they were spotted by the Burrowing Rats.
Screams abruptly rang out, and then there was only silence on the ship.
Brother Long heard the screams but was ultimately reluctant to give up the ship’s cargo.
So he mustered the courage, grabbed an AK47, and rushed onto the ship.
"Aren’t they just a bunch of Burrowing Rats?"
"I don’t believe they can withstand bullets!"
As soon as he reached the deck, Brother Long regretted it immediately.
He saw the cargo ship swarming with Burrowing Rats.
They were using their sharp teeth to gnaw through the entire cargo ship.
On the ship, the containers were riddled with holes, and the Burrowing Rats were pulling out frozen meat from inside, devouring it in frenzy.
All over the ground were scattered bones clad in crew uniforms.
The bones were strewn all around.
When the Burrowing Rats sensed the presence of humans, they swarmed over like a tide with their red eyes.
Brother Long grabbed the AK47 and fired wildly.
Bullets fell upon the Burrowing Rats, and many of them fell after being hit, but more continued to surge forward.
They seemed fearless, baring their teeth and claws, pouncing towards Brother Long.
"Stay back, stay back, help!"
One Burrowing Rat jumped onto Brother Long’s hand and bit down hard on his gun-wielding hand.
Brother Long felt a piercing pain, and his gun was thrown out of his hand.
Just as Brother Long was about to pick up the gun from the ground, the Burrowing Rats surrounded him completely.
"Ah ah ah."
Brother Long soon became silent, and the sound of chewing was heard, before long, the Burrowing Rats dispersed, leaving behind a skeleton picked clean.
The big gold chain on the skeleton was also completely devoured by the Burrowing Rats.
The skull stared blankly at the sky filled with dark clouds.
The patrol drones in Jiaying City quickly noticed this anomaly and reported it to the Pet Beast Union in Jiaying City.
Bang.
Wang Jinyin slammed the table with his hand, very angry at the moment.
It had taken him a lot of effort, following the clues in emails, to prevent the Beast Tide, yet despite all precautionary measures, some audacious individuals had taken advantage of the situation to smuggle frozen goods.
The Beast Tide, once under control, now showed signs of resurgence.
"Not good, President, according to our investigation, this ship carried a total of hundreds of tons of ’Zombie Flesh’, and with the abundant flesh supply, the Burrowing Rats will rapidly grow and quickly advance to Tier Two Bloodstorm Rats."
"The large cold storage warehouse near the dock holds a vast amount of frozen goods, and if the Burrowing Rats discover it, the consequences will be catastrophic."
"The entire Jiaying City will face complete devastation."
"We must immediately send someone to intervene."
The secretary’s face turned pale instantly, knowing the seriousness of the situation.