Chapter Ninety-Three: The Demon Extermination Plan

Ren Guang felt deeply wounded by the newcomer chatting with Zhou Shu, but what could he do? Zhou Shu was handsomer than he was, and he even had a cat.

He had originally wanted to seek comfort from his good friend Lin Tianjing, only to be told to get lost.

And his elder brother Hu Wenli had already been thoroughly “suppressed” by those geniuses to the point of utter silence. If Ren Guang went over there, who knew who would end up comforting whom?

Ah, this world was full of malice toward idiots... no, toward honest people.

So it would be best to settle that damned Ascension Society as soon as possible. He was a future demon hunter of the Demon-Suppressing Bureau, sworn to protect the people, and he was almost embarrassed to call himself a celestial being. Yet some monster organization that ran around causing trouble and eating people still dared to claim they were trying to “ascend to immortality.” What a beautiful dream they were having.

His own misery had all been caused by that Ascension Society.

And that so-called Evolution Organization, too. Causing trouble abroad was one thing, but they had to come all the way to Great Qin to cause trouble as well.

Served the bronze-level leader right to have his head blown open by Zhou Shu.

No one knew what Ren Guang was thinking, but after the meeting ended, all the animal companions were sent out to search for traces of Bai Huayue and Fasi te’s hiding place.

Everyone felt Zhou Shu’s plan had real promise. The key was whether the animals could find Bai Huayue and Fasi te’s base of operations.

As long as they found either target, their plan would make major progress.

While the animals were out searching, Zhou Shu and the others stayed at the base watching the tracking map. This time, the collars worn by the animals were special equipment fitted with tiny cameras, allowing them to see the images and hear the sounds as well.

According to the assigned targets, part of the animals searched for Bai Huayue, while the rest looked for Fasi te. Because they had local cats on the team, the two groups were mixed together.

But whether it was the spirit pets and local cats under Liu Shuiling, or the native underlings led by Forty-Seven and Eleven, after searching a certain distance they all began to split apart.

Through their communication, it turned out that the precise scent trail had started to become strange and scattered. It was clear the two monsters had used decoys at the point where the trail divided.

So the animal force, which had already split into two routes, divided again into several smaller groups to continue the search.

This also showed that Shuiling had not come for nothing. Her six spirit pets were truly useful.

Especially the three pigeons, which had the advantage of flight.

Without them, the scattered search teams would have been much less efficient, wasting far more time.

Their operation was highly secretive. Outsiders only knew that the main force had come to provide support, with the plan to defend the Demon-Suppressing Bureau in Dongyuan City. No one would have imagined that they intended to strike first, or that they would launch a counteroffensive without even having a large number of powered exoskeleton suits.

But secrecy alone was not enough. They also needed speed. Once outsiders noticed certain small details and had enough time to think, the risk of exposure would only grow.

Yet as they went along, setting aside the cat, dog, and pigeon teams searching for Fasi te, Zhou Shu’s own mission to find Bai Huayue soon ran into another split.

Forty-Seven was heading out of the city, while Liu Shuiling’s cat, Ling’er, was going to the eastern district.

Helplessly, they split up again. Eleven, who followed Forty-Seven, even ordered a few cats to go with Ling’er so the local animals wouldn’t bully the little girl from out of town.

Watching this through the video, Liu Shuiling blinked at Zhou Shu and said, “Your cat is so clever, and so gentlemanly. Should we let it have a litter with Ling’er?”

Zhou Shu: “...”

Since the moment they had met, this girl had had her eye on Forty-Seven and Eleven. When Zhou Shu refused, she fell back on wanting Eleven’s balls instead.

She looked soft and delicate, but when it came to animals, she was fierce as anything.

After all, she had delivered cubs for their family tiger twice already.

Zhou Shu did not mind Eleven’s bloodline spreading to the capital, but after realizing that his own cats were all extremely intelligent and capable of understanding certain things, he no longer made decisions for them. Instead, he would ask for their own wishes.

Then, looking at the map, Zhou Shu increasingly felt something was wrong, because Forty-Seven and Eleven were getting closer and closer to his home.

Those who understood the situation also noticed. Wang Kailun leaned over and asked in a low voice, “Zhou Shu, is this right? Isn’t what’s up ahead your house?”

“I don’t know,” Zhou Shu replied with a shake of his head, also in a low voice.

When they first came, Hua Hua had said that if they found Eleven, they should let it go home and take a look. Could that be what was happening now?

That made no sense. Forty-Seven should know the rules.

Could Eleven be eager to go back?

That did not seem right either.

There were too many people here, so he could not say much. He would first see what they intended to do.

After they entered the village, cats immediately swarmed around them, meowing nonstop before running along with them.

Because the sounds were too chaotic, even Shuiling, the beast-speaker beside them, could not make sense of it. The hunter, as always, was ridiculously capable, clearly rendering subtitles in translation.

But there were too many voices, and most of them were just emotions, so Zhou Shu had the hunter filter them out and show only the important information.

Soon after, a formidable big cat jumped down from the roof of a house and landed in front of them.

It was Hua Hua.

“Meow~”

Eleven immediately ran over and rubbed against Hua Hua’s front paw, while Forty-Seven began to report the situation.

“Meow~”

Leaving aside Liu Shuiling, who had already stood up from her seat and was practically glowing with excitement as if she wanted to crawl into the screen, Zhou Shu instantly caught the important information from the cat calls.

Hunter important-information translation mode activated.

Hua Hua: You came back today already? Weren’t you out helping the human cub find someone?

Forty-Seven: Yes. We followed that person’s scent here. She probably came here last night.

Hua Hua: Last night? Right, something with a disgusting scent came by last night.

Seeing this, Zhou Shu sprang to his feet, blood surging hot through him in an instant.

Bai Huayue had actually gone to his house!

And how had Bai Huayue known where his house was?!

At that moment, Wang Kailun pressed a hand on his shoulder and said, “Zhou Shu, calm down. Look at Hua Hua’s expression. Does it seem like anything dangerous happened?”

“It’s already at the level of a late-stage second-tier being, while Bai Huayue is at most early-stage second tier. Not to mention Hua Hua still has a whole bunch of super kittens.”

“As for the rest, we’ll investigate it clearly. We definitely won’t let you be wronged!”

Hearing Wang Kailun’s words and seeing Hua Hua’s expression, Zhou Shu gradually calmed down.

At that moment, Forty-Seven suddenly jumped onto a nearby step, and the camera happened to capture Hua Hua in full.

From Forty-Seven’s report just now, Hua Hua already knew that Zhou Shu could see what was happening here, so it called out several times toward the camera.

Hua Hua: Don’t worry, everything is fine. That thing didn’t even get near the front door. But I didn’t know it was the one you were looking for. Since I had to stay home and hold the fort, I let it escape under my children’s siege.

Hua Hua: Still, it was badly injured, and the scent it left behind is very strong. You should be able to find it and subdue it easily.

Hearing this answer, the weight in Zhou Shu’s heart finally lifted. At the same time, he became even more resolved to eliminate this unstable factor.

Even Hua Hua in the village gave a sweep of its paw and directly assigned twenty “cat assassins” to Forty-Seven, letting it take them to search for the target. At the critical moment, they could still launch a sneak attack.

These cats had taken part in last night’s battle, and they were very familiar with Bai Huayue’s scent.

Thus, after returning home for only a short while, they had not only obtained crucial intelligence, but also gained twenty super cat assassins.

Following the scent from the night before, the cats began to search, and a massive net started closing in on Bai Huayue. She was also the first step in the entire demon-purging plan.

Back at the Demon-Suppressing Bureau, Zhou Shu ignored Liu Shuiling, whose eyes were shining brightly, and sighed inwardly that this time had been truly perilous, even more so than the virtual battlefield from last night.

He had not lied to Ren Guang before. He really had spent the whole night in a “nightmare.” Otherwise, he would not have jumped away at the slightest touch, nervous to the point of near hysteria. He had indeed been frightened badly by last night’s virtual battlefield.

Those disgusting things hid in the dark, disguised themselves as the people you knew best, and suddenly attacked from right beside you. There was no way to guard against them.