Chapter 121 – Hunting Mood

Lu Yuan lived in an old-style residential building with a total of six floors.

Old-style residential buildings were generally six floors tall because, according to regulations, buildings higher than six floors had to be equipped with elevators. To save costs, developers of the past often capped them at six floors.

The height difference between the rooftop and the ground was about twenty-two meters.

Lu Yuan mentally calculated using a Physics formula and came to a rather grim conclusion.

His untrained bones and internal organs might not withstand the recoil from the fall and could break and rupture, but due to his 17 constitution points, he would certainly not die.

Moreover, this calculation did not include the “lightening body” Effect from his agility.

This was precisely what Lu Yuan wanted to verify.

A while ago, while sniping at a Divine Servant of the Crow Deity sect in the wilds of the south district, he had exploded with strength and leaped over ten meters into the air. After falling, he was fine.

At that time, his agility points were two points less than they were now.

Of course, he had landed on soft mud that time, and the height was only a bit more than half of this.

“Logically, it should be fine…”

Lu Yuan stared down and began to simulate in his mind how he should buffer the impact and reduce the force of the fall, and how to land without damaging his bones and internal organs.

After simulating about ten times, he took a step forward.

Just as he was about to give it a try, he suddenly saw a couple on the fourth-floor balcony of the opposite building pointing at him.

The man quickly pulled out his mobile phone, seemingly recording him.

Lu Yuan’s already weak impulse vanished instantly.

“Forget it.”

He stepped back from the edge of the rooftop and began to pretend to stretch, making it look like he was just idly standing at the rooftop edge out of boredom.

The man on the fourth floor opposite, holding the mobile phone, showed a disappointed expression.

“How wicked… One day, I’ll have crows steal all the clothes you hang out to dry on your balcony.”

Lu Yuan memorized the number of the apartment of the nosy neighbors and made a mental note.

Then he turned and left the rooftop, thinking of a better way to test his theory.

By the River.

A figure suddenly dashed from the riverbank, sprinting swiftly towards the center of the river.

The figure made running motions, creating splash after splash on the water’s surface.

After sprinting for several dozen meters, the figure gradually sank into the water.

Then, he swam back and repeated the actions.

“Huff—huff—”

After attempting four or five times, Lu Yuan finally concluded his agility test and sat down on the pebbled shore by the river.

He ran his hand through his wet hair, pushing it back, while letting the sunlight dry the remaining water on his body. He reflected on the test he had just conducted.

“It’s starting to feel like the ‘light body skill on water’ described in novels.

Especially the first ten meters, where I was almost completely running on the water’s surface…”

Lu Yuan’s eyes sparkled with a bit of excitement.

What he had just tested was essentially mimicking the game of skipping stones on water.

By rapidly moving the water surface and creating a pressure difference between the moving surface water and the still water below, an upward thrust was generated, allowing continuous movement on the water surface.

However, a person is not a flat stone, and achieving this is much more challenging.

Besides needing enough explosive power to provide initial speed, the key was the ability to control his own body.

With 16 agility points, Lu Yuan’s control over his body had reached an unprecedented level.

“The Effect of reducing air resistance has also strengthened significantly. Although my strength hasn’t changed, my speed has increased quite a bit…”

This was particularly noticeable when running at high speed.

The air resistance was minimal, making running feel exceptionally “smooth.”

“My striking speed has increased, improving my attack frequency…”

Lu Yuan thought as he pulled an egg from the backpack he carried.

He imitated a move from a certain movie.

He gently held the egg between two fingers and spun it, then slowly peeled off its shell bit by bit.

The inner membrane soon became visible.

Under direct sunlight, the orange yolk inside could be faintly seen.

Yes, it was a raw egg.

Before his agility points increased, with a ton of boxing power, Lu Yuan couldn’t have done this at all.

Even a cooked egg could be easily crushed if he wasn’t careful.

“Come over here, this place is fun!”

At this moment, a few young men and women in swimsuits walked along the riverbank, looking like university students.

“There’s something under the water here that lets you run all the way to the center of the river!”

“Really?”

“Really, I just saw this guy running on the water. There’s definitely a glass bridge or something under the water here!”

Lu Yuan saw someone pointing at him and loudly talking to their companions.

He couldn’t help but smile. He placed the peeled raw egg on the pebble shore, quickly put on his clothes, and left the area swiftly.

“The west district… I should check that place out too.”

He thought.

…

“Thank you, Master!”

Lu Yuan jumped off an agricultural electric tricycle and was about to transfer some money to the driver.

The middle-aged man sitting in the driver’s seat, speaking in heavily accented Mandarin, waved his hands repeatedly.

“No need! No need!”

He twisted the handlebar, kicking up a cloud of dust as he drove away.

Lu Yuan watched him leave.

He had been walking along the road when he encountered this middle-aged man on the tricycle. After asking his destination, the man insisted on giving him a ride.

Lu Yuan initially thought he was about to be kidnapped.

To his surprise, the man was genuinely kind.

“This should be the place…”

Lu Yuan surveyed the surroundings.

This area wasn’t far from where he had previously visited Chen Yang’s home.

It was a location at the junction of urban and rural areas.

In the distance, he could see a twenty-story building standing tall.

It was quite old, with its exterior covered in white square tiles and large green glass panels.

Four large gilded characters hung on the building’s facade “Baishi Building.”

This area had developed around this building.

Therefore, on maps, this area was marked as “Baishi Town,” although some called it “Baishi Village” or “Baishi Township.”

Lu Yuan walked along the street into the town.

Both sides of the road were littered with discarded household garbage, giving off a stale, sour smell under the midday sun.

Two electric scooters sped past Lu Yuan.

Each scooter carried two teenagers with brightly colored hair.

Lu Yuan took a few more steps and saw a tricycle selling cold jelly, a few clothing stores, and a mobile phone shop with loud music blaring.

There were a few crows and other birds perched on the utility pole in front of the shop, seemingly unremarkable.

“Have Yellow Bear’s people never been here? Or are they not ready to close in yet?”

Lu Yuan walked to the entrance of a milk tea shop, pretending to look at the menu, but in reality, he was using his mental power to interact with the crows outside.

He had mentioned this to Gao Qing when he filled out the application form last time.

He wasn’t sure if Gao Qing had taken it seriously.

So far, it seemed she hadn’t.

However, Lu Yuan did notice that the police seemed to be paying attention to the area. Just two streets away, in a fried noodle shop, two plainclothes officers were having a meal.

The crows had spotted them, so the Divine Servant of the Crow Deity hiding here must have known for a while.

Not leaving likely meant they didn’t consider the police a threat at all.

“Should I make a move? Should I make a move?”

As Lu Yuan was contemplating, the impatient cashier at the milk tea shop interrupted him, “Sir, have you decided yet?”

“Oh.”

Lu Yuan looked up, glanced at the menu, and casually read out a name.

“I’ll have the Baishi Mood.”

“Fifteen. I’ll scan your code.”

Lu Yuan took out his mobile phone to pay, then waited for a bit.

Soon, his “Baishi Mood” was ready.

It was lemonade with two pieces of cut-up green mandarin.

The taste was pretty good, sweet and sour with a slight bitterness.

Lu Yuan stood at the entrance of the milk tea shop, downed the lemonade in one go, and then tore open the packaging to eat the ice and mandarins inside.

His fierce chewing made two girls who were about to approach him stop in their tracks and roll their eyes.

“He looks handsome, but why is he so uncouth…”

Lu Yuan tossed the empty plastic cup into a nearby trash can and smoothly turned into an alley next to the milk tea shop, heading in the direction the crows indicated.

The “Baishi Mood” had given him a revelation—

Why worry so much about Yellow Bear? Just act according to his own mood.

In fact, Lu Yuan had also realized this.

Although there were cameras everywhere on the streets and in the alleys, Yellow Bear’s surveillance of this world wasn’t as tight as he had imagined.

Perhaps it was just as Gao Qing had said.

The information network in the Old City Circle was too outdated.

And… the Old City Circle itself wasn’t highly prioritized by them.

Otherwise, the Crow Deity sect wouldn’t be so brazen in Jiaoyan City, and Yellow Bear hadn’t yet completely eradicated the sect’s influence even after arriving.

Lu Yuan kept walking deeper into the alley, making several twists and turns.

During this, he found that the already sparse surveillance cameras in this area were mostly broken.

The damage bore teeth marks.

He immediately thought of the mutated crows with teeth in their mouths.

He felt increasingly at ease.

Soon, he reached a three-story house.

It was an ordinary rural self-built house, similar to many others around, all packed closely together.

Almost every household had its own small courtyard.

“Today’s pork is sold out!”

Lu Yuan saw a piece of cardboard hanging on the wall at the entrance and sniffed lightly.

He caught a faint scent of blood wafting from inside.

“Using a butcher as a cover? Pretty clever.”

He muttered to himself, then gently pushed the rusty red iron gate, finding it locked from the inside.

Lu Yuan didn’t mind. He walked over to the iron gate, placed one foot against the wall for leverage, and effortlessly climbed over the more than two-meter-high wall.

His keen senses detected the unique presence of a Divine Servant of the Crow Deity emanating from the third floor of the house.

Although he had already scouted the background of this Divine Servant through the crows beforehand, Lu Yuan still adhered to his usual principle—if he could win, he’d eliminate the threat; if not, he’d retreat immediately and call for reinforcements!

Lu Yuan jumped down from the wall, landing silently.

He was just about to head directly upstairs.

At this moment, two people suddenly walked out of the house.

A man and a woman.

The man was burly and bare-armed, wearing only a black rubber apron, holding a cleaver for chopping pork.

The woman was tall and thin.

They were talking as they stepped outside, and they ran right into Lu Yuan.

They all froze for a moment.

“I’m here to see the house,” Lu Yuan said calmly.

The man looked at him with a face full of suspicion, then glanced at the locked gate behind him.

He made a shooing gesture with his hand, loudly scolding in a dialect, as if telling him to leave immediately.

“I’ll just take a look upstairs, right?” Lu Yuan nodded and strode towards the staircase at the end of the hallway leading to the second floor.

“Damn…”

Seeing Lu Yuan act on his own, the man’s face suddenly twisted into a fierce expression. He cursed loudly and raised the cleaver, swinging it towards Lu Yuan.

The woman had already run back into the house at some point.

“Bang!”

Lu Yuan didn’t dodge. He let the man’s cleaver fall.

The cleaver struck Lu Yuan’s neck with a “clang” sound, like hitting an inflated tire, and bounced back forcefully.

“Uh…”

The man holding the cleaver was stunned.

He stared at his knife, momentarily at a loss, bewildered.

Lu Yuan lightly brushed the spot where the cleaver had hit him, then grinned at the man, revealing a set of perfectly white teeth.

“Five hundred for the deposit, right? Fine, I’ll pay it now!”

With that, he spread the fingers of his right hand wide and thrust it forward towards the man’s head.

The man didn’t even have time to utter a sound before he was sent flying backward like a cannonball…