Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

"What a bumper harvest..."

As the investigation progressed, Qi Xie's expression gradually brightened with joy.

"That 'snake infant' is actually a crippled ferocious-level creature! Now, together with that 'Iron-skinned Blood Corpse' from before, it can be considered a complete one! In addition, there's a restricted-level creature and two novice-level weirdos inside it..."

To cope with diverse dangers, travelers who primarily use summoning-type bizarre skills typically choose to combine different bizarre abilities.

Who would have thought that this would actually benefit Qi Xie?

"It's a pity that my skill level is too low to handle the full range of dangerous and bizarre monsters... Hehe, anyway, I've already gained quite a bit, so there's no need to fuss over such trivial matters."

Qi Xie shook his head with some regret.

At this moment, Jiang Zhengyi came over and said excitedly:

"Brother, what are you doing here?"

"I sent you a message through the Walker system, but you haven't replied all day."

Qi Xie answered simply:

"Zhao Jian'an happened to ask me to buy something, so I asked him where he had been. After learning that he was on a mission, I realized something was wrong."

"So that's how it is... Luckily you happened to text me..."

Jiang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, but then noticed something was off:

"Huh? So our department knows we had an accident now, right?"

"certainly."

Qi Xie nodded:

"However, the Guyuan City branch has no extra manpower, so your branch is mobilizing other personnel from the surrounding area to provide support."

"That's good, that's good..."

Jiang Zheng nodded, then, remembering something, looked at Qi Xie with some curiosity:

"Huh? Our support team hasn't even arrived yet, why are you here first?"

Of course, we should come early to catch the supernatural creature. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient to take it away in front of everyone when the Supernatural Special Task Force arrives.

Qi Xie thought to himself.

He could also make a deal with the Special Operations Bureau, offering to go ahead and provide support in exchange for the special operations bureau killing or capturing the special operations creatures.

But he didn't do that, and planned to make as much of a gain as possible before the arrival of reinforcements from the Special Operations Bureau, and then stop once the reinforcements arrived.

After all, he still remembered the possibility that the Special Operations Bureau might be connected to entities like the system administrator.

Before the evil god invaded the system, it devoured the calamity-level strange energy, which was the two legs of the mantis.

Although the system administrator might not be able to see the evil god's need to devour the strange, Qi Xie, who was used to thinking about the worst-case scenario, did not want to take that risk.

If the authorities see that you've taken away a large amount of strange energy at once, the system administrator might also find out.

So he planned to take as much as he could before the reinforcements arrived.

As for what the people trapped in the ancient town saw.

Qi Xie thought about it for a moment and decided it didn't matter.

There is a type of system in the bizarre skill system that involves raising and controlling bizarre creatures, causing them to devour each other and become stronger.

Of course, such systems are also walking a tightrope, and there is usually a limit; otherwise, if they become too powerful and bizarre, they will turn against their master.

Therefore, as long as he doesn't take away an unbelievable number of bizarre corpses at once, there won't be any problems.

He bought a "ghost eye" at the auction.

Qi Xie was certain that the fact that this thing appeared at the auction meant that no one had successfully controlled it before him.

Therefore, the information from the "Ghost Eye" is not completely transparent.

He could easily attribute the whereabouts of the strange corpses to the "Ghost Eye," misleading others into believing that the ghosts within the "Ghost Eye" can devour their own kind and evolve.

"The seemingly gluttonous and bizarre female ghost with long hair and dressed in white is actually a woman with a huge appetite."

Qi Xie chuckled to himself.

The strange creature that was captured before the auction was the one he intended to push onto his own shadow with its blood-red vertical eyes.

Raising two ghosts at once can mislead officials, making it seem reasonable for them to acquire more bizarre corpses.

"elder brother?"

Seeing that Qi Xie seemed to be thinking about something and didn't answer the question immediately, Jiang Zheng called out curiously:

"Say something, why did you get here first?"

Qi Xie snapped out of his daze, glanced casually at Jiang Zhengyi, and said calmly:

"That's because I was worried about your safety, so I came early."

Jiang Zhengyi was taken aback.

He then blinked, a genuine look of emotion appearing in his bright eyes:

"Holy crap, bro, this tough guy is about to cry from all the emotion you've given me... I never imagined our bond was this strong. When we get out, let's become sworn brothers... and then I..."

"Okay, okay, I got it."

While giving a perfunctory response, Qi Xie focused on manipulating the shadow tentacles to bind and trap the strange creature inside the black-robed, hooded man's body, storing it in the shadow space.

He only turned around after he had finished collecting all the spoils.

Just then, Lin Dong approached, carrying a meteor hammer and a pair of long and short swords.

He glanced at Jiang Zhengyi, then looked at the handsome young man opposite him, and said cautiously:

"Uh... who is this...?"

"My brother!"

Before Qi Xie could speak, Jiang Zheng suddenly patted his chest and said with a hint of pride:

"They came specifically to rescue me after they discovered I was out of contact. Don't worry, he's already notified the station, and backup will be here soon."

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"That's good... but I remember you're not an only child?"

"We are half-brothers."

"Oh... I see... um?"

Lin Dong's CPU spun twice in an attempt to understand.

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around."

Qi Xie interrupted Jiang Zhengyi's attempt to burn Lin Dong's CPU, then looked at the items in Lin Dong's hand and recognized them as two level-four sealed artifacts.

Clearly, the main force of this team that was going to deal with Jiang Zhengyi consisted of the "Iron-skinned Blood Corpse" and the man with the "Snake Infant," while the other two were relatively weak.

Seeing Qi Xie looking at him, Lin Dong swallowed hard and subconsciously stretched out the two sealed items in his hands.

Logically speaking, he and Jiang Zhengyi also participated in the battle, so they should have a share of the spoils. After all, without them attracting the opponent's attention and expending a lot of their energy, Qi Xie wouldn't have been able to kill them so quickly.

Of course, that's the general principle.

However, those enemies who could fight them for half a day were all kicked away by Qi Xie.

Therefore, Qi Xie is the principle now.

Qi Xie didn't stand on ceremony. Although he looked down on these oddly shaped fruits, he still reached out and took them, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything.

I thought about it.

He then picked out a relatively inexpensive meteor hammer and handed it to Jiang Zhengyi:

"Here you are."

He didn't give any reason, which meant, "I don't need a reason to be loyal to you."

This moved Jiang Zhengyi to tears, and he pulled Qi Xie aside for another heartfelt conversation.

Qi Xie also waved his hand and said something like "We're all brothers".

Finally, he seized the opportunity and asked to borrow the Ghost Sword for half a day.

Jiang Zhengyi agreed without saying a word:

"Brother, you can borrow it whenever you want!"

Lin Dong's lips twitched.

As a seasoned adult who had been navigating the social world for several years, he immediately saw through Qi Xie's intentions, but wisely chose to remain silent.

Having achieved his goal of borrowing the sword from Jiang Zhengyi, Qi Xie was no longer willing to waste time. Thinking of capturing as many strange creatures as possible before reinforcements arrived, he spoke:

"Alright, let's not waste any more time. Tell me which important figures from the Black Saints Guild are currently in the ancient town."