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Chapter 481 - 387 Liu Zheng: I’m Not the Protagonist

Chapter 481: Chapter 387 Liu Zheng: I’m Not the Protagonist

He looked towards the burning area and beneath the facade of the novelty costume, a black mark was glowing with a faint red light.

"Seems like this is from those beggars, the Black Dumplings, right?"

Liu Zheng recalled.

"Hmm, they also seem to squeak. Are you their relative?"

He held the mark up to the Black Dumpling that was being suppressed.

"Squeak squeak!"

The Black Dumpling struggled to assert with its eyeball-like objects.

"You want me to rescue you?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Squeak squeak!!!"

The Black Dumpling cried even louder.

"Alright then."

Since he had helped before, he did not mind doing it once more; it had become a silent obligation.

"Mr. Batiao, you heard it. It asked me for help."

Liu Zheng shouted towards Ba Tiao.

"If you’re going to help, just do it. Why waste words."

Ba Tiao said impatiently.

His arm waved faster and faster until only blurred afterimages were visible.

"Mr. Batiao, you sure you won’t get tangled up doing that?"

Liu Zheng asked with concern.

"If you keep babbling, I’ll throw you into the pot and cook you. Human meat is also good medicine, nourishes yin, replenishes yang, and beautifies the skin with its blood-activating properties."

Ba Tiao said with a sinister tone.

"I was wrong."

He quickly backed down.

"Hmph."

Ba Tiao ignored him.

Liu Zheng looked at his back, thought for a moment, and lifted a corner of the novelty costume, extending a thick tentacle slightly out.

"Hmm?"

Ba Tiao’s body stiffened for an instant, then he casually continued with his work.

"Mr. Batiao, aren’t you going to ask?"

He pretended not to see, yet Liu Zheng took the initiative to tease him.

"No time. Don’t bother me, get on with your task."

Ba Tiao said bluntly.

"Roger that."

He replied cheerfully and then extended all four tentacles straight out.

Ba Tiao’s body stiffened again, but he still said nothing.

"As expected of someone wise with age, truly versed in the art of feigned ignorance."

Liu Zheng praised in his heart, then let his tentacles hang.

As soon as the tentacles touched the coal, a sizzling sound like frying a steak filled the air.

The outermost layer carbonized rapidly, filling the air with the aroma of roasted meat and the stench of scorching.

"Awesome, if I used this to roast sweet potatoes, the smell would be incredible."

He muttered to himself as he picked up the coal.

These special coal pieces were heavier than he anticipated, weighing about 20 to 30 pounds each.

A piece the size of a palm this heavy would have been a bit burdensome back in Metropolis.

But now, after various takeout attributes enhancements and the high bonus from the Legendary Armor, it was quite easy.

"Squeak squeak!"

Relieved from the pressure of the coal, the Black Dumpling squeaked with joy.

It then took a deep breath, and its body puffed back to its original state.

Its eyeballs were still protruding, changing from cute to adorably ugly.

"Pile all the coal pieces over there, I’ll transport them together."

Liu Zheng pointed at the empty space nearby and instructed.

"Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!"

The Black Dumplings exchanged glances, quickly communicated, nodded at him, and then got to work.

Soon, there was a small mountain piled up by Liu Zheng’s feet.

At that moment, a sign suddenly fell from the ceiling, hovering in front of Ba Tiao.

"Hurry up, Da Chuanliu needs to bathe."

Upon seeing it, Ba Tiao’s complexion changed dramatically as he yelled.

"Coming."

Liu Zheng took out the Human Bone Cane, looked at his four tentacles, and thought about it before deciding to hold the cane in his mouth.

It tasted slightly salty with a complex fishy aftertaste, probably from something it touched when it was last used.

But having eaten who knows how much shit, he didn’t care about that odd flavor.

"Hey! Ha!"

Liu Zheng squatted down, wrapped his tentacles around a bunch of coal, and then stood up.

After that, he rushed towards the furnace with the speed of a hundred-meter sprinter.

With the boost from the Human Bone Cane, he managed to get ahead of the Black Dumplings and was the first to reach the charging port.

"May I just ask, I’m not expected to jump in there myself, am I?"

Liu Zheng mumbled unclearly with the cane in his mouth.

"If you want to jump, I wouldn’t stop you."

Ba Tiao said with an expressionless face.

"Maybe next time, when I feel like having a fire cupping session, I’ll take the leap."

While half-heartedly replying, he vigorously tossed the coal in his arms into the charging port.

Dumping so much fuel at once, the flames inside the furnace soared, rushing towards Liu Zheng like a fiery dragon.

Thankfully, the invisible barrier was still sturdy and blocked all the overflowed flames.

"If I throw in so much at once, the furnace won’t explode, right?"

He asked with some concern.

Liu Zheng wasn’t worried about himself, but rather about Jing Zi.

It would be really embarrassing if Jing Zi wasn’t torn to pieces by Granny Tang but died from the boiler explosion he caused – that’d truly be a rescue gone Russian.

"Even if you blew it up, it wouldn’t explode. Keep going, that little fire wouldn’t even boil water."

Ba Tiao said.

"Alright then."

Liu Zheng’s tentacles slapped each other, knocking off the outermost carbon shell.

The carbon shell could insulate some of the high temperatures, but if it was too thick, it became an operational hindrance.

Black fragments fell dustily, revealing a slightly lighter colored carbon shell beneath.

The carbon shell cracked as new flesh pushed through, exposing streaks of pink.

"The rate of growth is a bit too slow for my liking."

Liu Zheng frowned slightly.

The high heat carbonized the flesh, making it irretrievable for reuse.

That’s when Ba Tiao suddenly grabbed something from the cupboard and held it up to his eyes.

"Eat."

Ba Tiao said succinctly.

"What’s this?"

Liu Zheng asked, looking at the pile of eyeball-like objects in his hand.

"Fireproof Spider’s eyeballs."

"Are you sure these aren’t human eyeballs?"

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