"I want to go get something."
Liu Zheng said bluntly.
"You're addicted to stealing now, aren't you? No way."
Bullhorse refused just as directly.
"Do you think the kitchen is your home? Coming and going as you please, taking whatever you want."
"If you get caught again, you dying is the small problem - me getting blacklisted by Napoleon is the big problem."
"Aren't you about to run away anyway? Why care about being blacklisted?"
"Haven't run yet, have I? Besides, not working at the restaurant doesn't mean I can't take restaurant jobs. With my relationship with Napoleon, smuggling would be a piece of cake."
"You're cutting into the Circle God Sect's business - would they agree?"
"Whether they agree or not. When the time comes, Oink and I will join forces - does some little broken sect think they can overthrow the heavens?"
Bullhorse snorted coldly.
"Can Oink leave the Black Market?"
"Theoretically no, but it's not impossible."
"The cost must be huge?"
"At least two years of profits."
Bullhorse's mouth twitched.
This was assuming he could make money every time.
But given his strength and the connections he'd built up as a delivery driver, the possibility of losing money wasn't great.
"I actually have a way that doesn't require Oink to get involved."
Liu Zheng rolled his eyes as he spoke.
Bullhorse asked with considerable interest.
"Partner with Delago."
"That tree? No way, no way."
Bullhorse shook his head frantically.
"I'm doing well enough not to burn it down, and you want me to cooperate with it? Not a chance in hell."
"The Circle God Sect sold you out, and you could restrain yourself from taking action. Delago just beat you up, and it was because you sold it fake wine first - what deep hatred or great resentment is there?"
"The Circle God Sect was doing Napoleon a favor. Cooperating with that tree would be me going to it myself - how face-saving would that be?"
"Money gives you face. When I went to deliver to that office building this time, the security guard actively swiped his card for me. The person who ordered the food got taken out by me, and their assistant still had to thank me. So much face."
"Why? Because I hit them with money."
"Have you forgotten when the two of us went to the gambling den and almost got all our money scammed away by demons?"
"Don't you want to earn big money steadily?"
Liu Zheng fired questions like a machine gun, finally prying open Bullhorse's mouth.
"Even if I'm willing to cooperate with that tree, what help can it provide anyway?"
"The Circle God Sect people aren't stupid - they won't enter its activity range."
"That's exactly why I need to get something from the kitchen."
Since they'd reached this point in the conversation, he simply laid all his cards on the table.
"The kitchen might be storing a wood spirit. Delago needs the acorns from her body to complete its evolution, which would expand its activity range to several nearby streets."
"Then we can use that to lure the Circle God Sect people over and wipe them all out in one go."
This way, he'd complete the transaction with the plane tree, help Bullhorse eliminate competitors, and solve his own potential enemies.
Three birds with one stone, as they say.
After hearing his words, Bullhorse pondered for a long time, then suddenly stood up.
"Wait here, I'll go ask."
It threw out this sentence and ran out.
After about half an hour, Bullhorse returned.
"Napoleon said wanting the acorns is fine, but you have to trade something for them."
"A giant mouth whale."
"A whale? Does Napoleon think too highly of me?"
Liu Zheng had a black question mark expression on his face.
Although he did have some connection with the Mermaid Princess, whether she'd acknowledge it was another matter.
Even if the Mermaid Princess was willing to help, he couldn't drag it back.
Even an orca weighs several tons, let alone a "giant" mouth whale.
"Panicking over what? It's just a name, not an actual whale."
"It's a type of catfish, found in many places. But Napoleon specifically wants one from the sewers."
"Sewer water nurtures people, of course. All the wastewater in the city has to pass through the sewers first - it's full of essence."
Bullhorse licked its lips.
Liu Zheng made a disgusted expression.
"What do you know? Let me ask you, what's the next line after 'the rich rely on technology'?"
"The poor rely on mutation?"
"Exactly. The sewers lack everything except things that can make you mutate. Take a bath in that water, and you might come out as a hermit crab."
"Crazy, suddenly speaking in dialect to act cute?"
Liu Zheng said disdainfully.
"Who the hell is speaking dialect? I said hermit crab."
Bullhorse said angrily.
"This is the most common mutation type in the sewers. No matter what race you were originally, you'll turn into a retarded shrimp, your only thought for the rest of your life being to find yourself a big, hard shell."
"Is this supposed to be a good thing?"
"Is this not a good thing?"
Bullhorse looked at him strangely.
"In this world, the smarter you are, the more pain you feel. The more you want, the more you suffer. Might as well be a hermit crab - live simply and comfortably, finding a shell can make you happy for several days."
As it said this, its expression actually showed some compassion for humanity.
"Copied from Bai Langzi's poetry collection again, right?"
However, Liu Zheng immediately exposed it.
"None of your business. Just say whether you're going or not?"
Bullhorse said furiously, embarrassed.
"Go, of course I'll go. But from what you're saying, this place doesn't sound very safe."
"Nonsense, besides this break room, where is there a safe place?"
Bullhorse said matter-of-factly.
Liu Zheng glanced at it.
You're the biggest unsafe factor.
"Didn't you kid still want to go to the garbage processing plant? That place is much more dangerous than the sewers. If you don't even dare go to the sewers, then you might as well give up now."
"Can't you come with me?"
"I don't have that kind of free time. Plus, the sewers don't welcome me either. If I go, I'm more likely to get surrounded."
"But a mutated freak like you might actually get along well with them."
More like getting along through physical means, I bet.
Liu Zheng thought to himself.
Teasing aside, he began calculating in his heart.
First, now the White Feather Chicken already knew he wanted the wood spirit's acorns.
Stealing was impossible, robbing was even more of a pipe dream - he could only trade for them with the giant mouth whale.
Second, what Bullhorse said about the sewers being less dangerous than the garbage processing plant was probably true.
He could just right use this to adapt to the intensity in advance.
Finally, Liu Zheng wasn't completely without advantages in the sewers.
First, he still had the "Never Return Empty-Handed" status effect, which could greatly increase fishing success rate.
Second, in water the Heart of the Ocean could grant him two powerful effects. Combined with the Legendary vest's bonuses, self-protection shouldn't be a problem.
After finishing his thoughts, Liu Zheng said.
"Sewer water nurtures people, of course. All the wastewater in the city has to pass through the sewers first - it's full of essence."
Bullhorse pulled out a black and white photo from its mouth.
The photo showed a middle-aged man smiling very happily, and at his feet lay a catfish about the same size as him.
Not gonna lie, just looking at the front face, it did somewhat resemble a baleen whale.
Seeing what the giant mouth whale looked like, Liu Zheng actually felt somewhat disappointed.
Compared to those ingredients he'd seen before, it was too ordinary-looking.
"What else do you want?"
Bullhorse looked puzzled.
"A fishing rod. How do you fish without a fishing rod?"
"Who told you you need a fishing rod to fish? Look at what the person in the photo used to fish?"
Bullhorse said with a look of disdain.
Liu Zheng looked at the photo again. Besides the middle-aged man and the giant mouth whale, there was only the background.
He had an ominous premonition.
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"He used himself as bait."