Abyssal Invasion, I Wield Dark Authority – Chapter 21

Ch 21: The Reappearance of the Weird Species

Over the next two days, Qin Jin-nian went out early and returned late, spending his time leveling up by the Qinghe Lake.

The creatures in the lake faced a terrifying enemy, and in just three days, no one knew how many had died.

“Old Li, skunked again today?”

“Don’t even mention it, skunked both days. At most, I caught a few that were the size of a palm… Wait, where did all those big fish go?”

“I don’t know, me too. Only caught a few fish fry… Let’s change spots tomorrow, go check out the south side?”

“Sounds good… But it’s really strange, it shouldn’t be like this…”

The two fishing enthusiasts, carrying large bags of equipment, passed by Qin Jin-nian, both muttering to themselves.

Qin Jin-nian held a snakeskin bag and coughed a little awkwardly… Who said there were no big fish? In his snakeskin bag, there was a black carp weighing over thirty catties… Hmm, he specifically saved it for Ningning.

There were still a lot of big fish in Qinghe Lake, Qin Jin-nian could guarantee that. After all… he caught tens of thousands of them every day, how could there not be more?

However, it was normal that these fishing enthusiasts couldn’t catch any…

A fifty-meter-long shadow tentacle, splitting into hundreds at a time, anyone even slightly large would be unable to escape once touched.

Not once a day, but countless times…

Even if there were more fish, they simply couldn’t get to the spots where these two fishing enthusiasts were.

Qin Jin-nian had been walking along the riverbank and catching fish these past two days… Qinghe Lake was vast, but there were only a few good fishing spots, and basically, Qin Jin-nian had visited them all.

These fishing enthusiasts, if they weren’t skunked, could only catch the small fish fry that Qin Jin-nian didn’t care about…

However…

This was a good thing.

These fishing enthusiasts, not doing any proper work, only knew how to catch fish and shrimp. Their wives at home had probably already been furious, and they couldn’t control them, so there were definitely many family conflicts.

He was doing a good deed, letting them return to their families…

Thinking this way, Qin Jin-nian felt much more comfortable.

Looking at the panel again…

【Vitality: 10.00】

【Spirit: 100.00】

【Attribute Points: 132.17】

This was Qin Jin-nian’s harvest over these three days.

His spirit reached the limit of his current rank today during the day, and he couldn’t level up anymore. He had to upgrade his rank.

“Next is the matter of cultivation…”

Qin Jin-nian’s eyes fell on his vitality.

His spirit leveled up very happily, but because he hadn’t cultivated yet, his vitality hadn’t moved at all.

Speaking of cultivation, then the matter of making money had to be put on the agenda.

But over these two days, Qin Jin-nian still had no idea… It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought about making money by fishing. The price of lake fish in the market was about eight or nine yuan per catty. The fish he had caught these days were at least ten catties each. He had to catch tens of thousands of them a day at least. If he sold them, it would instantly be a large sum of money.

But this would make too much of a commotion, and his superpowers would inevitably be exposed, which wasn’t what he wanted.

So he still had to make long-term plans.

Thinking this, he unknowingly arrived at the bus stop.

Three days had passed now, and the impact caused by the blood moon had almost completely disappeared. The city had returned to its prosperity and peace, and the bus stop was also bustling with activity.

Soon the bus arrived. Qin Jin-nian got on, looked around, and there were no seats. He casually held the snakeskin bag and grabbed the bus handrail.

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he felt like he had grown a little taller these past two days…

It seemed that his vitality had gradually begun to manifest externally. After three months, it would be completely revealed.

“I wonder if I can grow to about one meter eighty-five…”

Qin Jin-nian didn’t think it looked too good to be too tall. A height of one meter eighty-five to one meter eighty-eight, he thought, would be most suitable. He was still a little expectant.

Thinking about things, his gaze unconsciously drifted around.

Suddenly, Qin Jin-nian’s gaze stiffened, and then his eyes locked tightly onto a position at the back of the bus, by the window…

In that position, sat a young man.

The young man was wearing a somewhat wrinkled shirt, his figure thin and gaunt, and he was buried in his head, only revealing half of his face.

That half of his face looked somewhat pale, as if he was thinking about something, making his eyes appear slightly dazed…

Of course, this wasn’t the key. The key was…

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Qin Jin-nian’s gaze slowly moved up, landing on the top of the young man’s head.

There, a mass of pitch-black mist was rising…

Black mist!

The same black mist as the Good Sister from the day of the blood moon, and the ‘Weird Species’ that turned into a worm the next day… exactly the same!

It’s just that, the young man’s black mist seemed to be much thinner.

But Qin Jin-nian could see it very clearly!

Weird species?

Qin Jin-nian’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately became highly alert.

But after watching for a while, a trace of doubt appeared in his heart…

Because although this young man’s expression was slightly dazed, his other behaviors were completely no different from a normal person.

He sat there, looking no different from a social worker who had worked hard all day, at most he looked a little unwell.

Someone passed by him and bumped into his foot. He just looked up at the other person with a dazed expression, then buried his head and silently retracted his foot… He didn’t look strange at all.

Then what about this black mist?

Qin Jin-nian was somewhat puzzled, his brows furrowed.

Soon, the bus arrived at a stop. This was the station where Qin Jin-nian had to transfer.

But Qin Jin-nian didn’t get off the bus. He remained standing in place.

Then he took out his phone from his pocket and dialed a number.

The call connected quickly.

“Hello, Xiao Nian? Where are you now? It’s almost time for dinner.”

Lin Yun’s voice came from the phone.

He had been eating dinner at Lin Yun’s house these past two days. The second day, Qin Jin-nian brought a fifty-catty black carp to her door, which directly scared Lin Yun silly.

Ningning’s eyes widened in disbelief at the big fish in front of her, which was even taller than her. And when she heard that this big fish was caught by Qin Jin-nian in the lake, Ningning’s worshipful look at Qin Jin-nian immediately filled Qin Jin-nian with a sense of accomplishment.

And after these two days of contact, Qin Jin-nian also had some understanding of Lin Yun’s family situation. Although he didn’t ask much, he could tell that Lin Yun was a single mother.

She was a shop assistant in a clothing store, and her monthly income was only three or four thousand yuan. Her life was still relatively tight.

That big meal that day, when she invited Qin Jin-nian to dinner, cost her a lot of money.

Although she was very shocked that Qin Jin-nian could catch such a big fish, Lin Yun obviously didn’t doubt it… Otherwise, where did this fish come from?

Then she felt a little embarrassed… That fifty-catty big fish, if put on the market to sell, would cost at least four or five hundred. After all, it was a lake fish, not farmed, and the price was not low.

But at Qin Jin-nian’s repeated requests, Lin Yun, although embarrassed, still accepted. That day, she made a dish of chopped pepper fish head… A fish as big as fifty catties, they, two adults and one child, couldn’t finish it in one meal.

And after bringing a big fish over, Qin Jin-nian’s arrangement to eat at Lin Yun’s house during his vacation was settled.

Hearing Lin Yun’s words at this moment, Qin Jin-nian said with a smile: “Sister Yun, I’m sorry, I won’t go over for dinner today. I met some fishing buddies while fishing, and we arranged to have a meal together today… Haha, I caught another big fish today, about thirty catties, I’ll send it over to you when I get back.”

“No need, you haven’t finished eating the fish you brought over the day before yesterday. You keep it for yourself. If it doesn’t work, sell it. Thirty-something catties, that’s two or three hundred yuan. You’re still a student, it’s good as pocket money.”

Lin Yun quickly refused on the other end of the phone.

“Haha, don’t worry, there are a lot of fish in the lake recently, there’s something every day. I’ve also sold some, this is specially saved for Ningning… Okay, I won’t say more, you and Ningning quickly eat, I’m busy here.”

“Alright.”

With that, he hung up the phone. Qin Jin-nian put away his phone, stood in place, and looked like nothing was wrong.

Until ten more stops had passed, the young man who had been sitting by the window staring blankly suddenly stood up.

Qin Jin-nian’s eyes immediately narrowed slightly…

He was getting off the bus.

A weird species whose behavior was the same as a normal person…

With black mist rising from the top of his head…

Qin Jin-nian decided to see if he was really that normal…

The bus pulled up to the stop, and the young man slowly got off. Qin Jin-nian also got off…