I Am Your Natural Enemy

Wei Jing looked around at the surroundings, traces of human activity had indeed increased.

This season, it was actually past the time for eating mushrooms, yet on his way here, he saw quite a few mushrooms.

There were so many kinds of mushrooms in Caiyun County, so many that he could only recognize a portion of them.

What’s even stranger is that some mushrooms, even though they seem to be the same kind, are edible in one place, but in another place, even if cooked properly, are still poisonous.

Only those who love mushrooms to the extreme, who blame only themselves if they get poisoned for not cooking them well enough, can over the years personally test and determine which local mushrooms are edible and which are not.

Such a place, with traces of human activity, judging from those traces, was likely from more than a month ago.

It seems the Stone Beast learns a little every year around this time, accumulating slowly over time.

He was willing to come here because the Stone Beast guarding the tomb is rather reasonable, eager to learn, not stubborn, and not arrogant.

The last point is most critical, arrogance brings disaster, even more so for different races.

Those who, due to accelerated Spiritual Qi Resurgence, have their power begin to swell, and their ideas follow suit, not humble, arrogant to the extreme, basically end up unable to see their plans through.

Wei Jing looked at the Stone Eye in his hand, feeling emotional, not regretting the effort he put into saying a few words, as it feels good that the other party can heed advice.

This is the only Tomb Guardian Beast he has encountered that is relatively clever-minded, and he does not wish for the other to go down the wrong path.

The process of gathering herbs was smoother than expected; the two most important herbs were very easily picked, and they were of very high quality. The rest was actually simple.

The rest, that he needed, could be found along the roadside; he had seen quite a few on his way here.

This place is truly blessed by nature, exceptionally suitable for plant growth.

In America, things that require huge efforts to cultivate can grow here along the roadside, and they thrive. Even if dug up and cleared this year, they grow back like weeds the next year.

The largest flower market in the Whole Asian is here; Wei Jing visited once, and it was an eye-opener.

He initially expected it would take more than three days to gather enough herbs, but it was done in a day.

He looked at the items he gathered; these things might not be suitable for public transport.

Without exception, all of these items are extremely poisonous. Just one of those grave-topped weeds could knock out several train cars full of people.

And that mushroom, anyone who sees it would recognize it as highly toxic...

Thinking it over, it’s best not to create trouble. Wei Jing bought a second-hand car locally, and at the same time, purchased a batch of medicinal herbs, driving himself back to Nanwu County.

Meanwhile, Wen Yan stayed at home and went nowhere, bringing the Sparrow Cat for a slimming walk every day, bringing a small portion of fried chicken for the little girl, watching her sweat profusely from the spice.

He’s idle, but the others are not, all busy.

He doesn’t need to handle many subsequent things, but every follow-up requires a lot of manpower.

The mountain of the Mountain Ghost is still being methodically excavated and transported away.

Even the Black Box is busy sorting through the families of Scorching Sun Department members for similar situations.

A few days later, the General Director obtained a suspect list, arranging for trusted individuals to start quiet investigations, private talks.

If dozens or even hundreds of handlers emerge from one commandery, it’s indeed difficult to control.

Black Box initially filtered once, with not many suspected targets, reducing all handlers to under twenty people.

In three days, three more individuals were identified.

One from Guanzhong County, one from Caiyun County, and one from the Magic Capital.

A fairly high element-matching Field Agent was even unearthed, from a northeastern commandery, but this Field Agent had already unexpectedly passed away.

This Field Agent encountered a car accident on the way back from a mission, died on the spot.

The driver responsible also died, post-mortem revealed the driver had suddenly died before the accident.

There was suspicion at the time, whether there was some force retaliating, and the local Scorching Sun Department specifically invited forensic experts from the department, several experts unanimously confirmed the autopsy results.

The driver was checked afterward, nothing unusual, can only be deemed an accident.

Now, this case has been unearthed by the Black Box according to several elements related to the families of Scorching Sun Department members.

Reviewing the files, this Field Agent had a happy family, but his wife had been frail and frequently ill since childbirth, minor illnesses throughout the year, major ones every two or three years, deteriorating over time.

This Field Agent was known for risking his life, just to achieve recognition, securing full health benefits for his family, so his wife could rest assured, without worrying about financial issues, being a recognized good man in the local Scorching Sun Department.

He merely went out on a Field Agent task, completed it very quickly and cleanly, said he’d report in detail when he returned, only to never come back.

The local Scorching Sun Department didn’t believe it was an ordinary car accident at all, the subdivision minister invited two waves of people to investigate, only to find out the responsible driver died suddenly before the accident occurred.

Even privately, they illegally invited local sect people for soul summoning, but it all ended in vain.

Because of this, the local department minister was reprimanded for violating procedures.

Now being unearthed again due to other matters, the General Director silently reviewed the data.