The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 83 Epoch Acorn

Chapter 83: Chapter 83 Epoch Acorn

"Fisherman? Don’t know him."

Niu Ma shook his head.

"The person in the photo you gave me."

"That was from Napoleon, you should ask him," said Niu Tou.

"Can you help me call him then?"

"Boy, you really are troublesome."

Muttering, Niu Ma took out his cellphone.

"Spit it out, I’m busy here."

The voice of White Feather Chicken sounded.

"It’s not me looking for you; it’s my little bro."

Niu Ma handed the cellphone to Liu Zheng.

"Human, what do you want with me?"

The tone of White Feather Chicken had grown much colder.

"Well, I met a man named Fisherman in the sewer."

"He seemed to know you and asked if you were about to tear up the agreement and start the war anew with him," Liu Zheng said.

"When did I ever want to rip up the agreement? Human, you didn’t wander into his fishery, did you?" White Feather Chicken asked.

"That, I’m not sure. But the fish there were quite plump."

"That’s his fishery. Did you catch any fish?"

White Feather Chicken asked excitedly.

"Caught some, but not completely."

"I initially caught a giant mouth whale and three of its kind, but then they merged into one Fishman," Liu Zheng said, looking at the four-in-one Fishman on the ground.

"Hahaha!!!"

White Feather Chicken laughed wildly while Niu Ma disdainfully covered his ears.

"Human, well done, really well done!"

"I even thought you were an illegitimate son of Niu Ma, but now it seems there’s a reason it covers for you—you are indeed a fortunate general!"

"You are the illegitimate son yourself!"

Niu Ma cursed from the side.

"Have Niu Ma immediately bring the fish over," White Feather Chicken urged.

"Boss, Napoleon asks you to kindly send the fish over."

"Boss here heard you. Damn Napoleon, I’m going to drop a deuce in the fish’s mouth later," Niu Ma cursed as he carried the four-in-one Fishman out.

"Human, this fish means a lot to me. I will have Niu Ma bring you the Epoch Acorn, and you can make another request," said White Feather Chicken.

"Can I hold off on that?" Liu Zheng asked after thinking.

He didn’t have anything urgent he needed right now.

"Sure. By the way, were you just asking me about Fisherman?"

"Yes."

He nodded.

"I’m not particularly clear about his background, just know he has a lot of fisheries in the sewer."

"His fisheries occupy the best sections of the sewer, cultivating fish that are both plump and tender," White Feather Chicken explained.

"Then why didn’t you just buy the giant mouth whale directly from him?"

"No time. The guy is nuts, only sells his stock sporadically. You can’t buy from him until he announces it’s time, no matter how much money you offer."

"When I just became the Executive Chef, I was a bit hot-tempered, and because of this, I had a fight with him."

"I stole fish from three of his fisheries, and he killed over twenty of my men. That’s how we started our feud."

"Later, I would sabotage his fisheries every other day, and if he saw my guys, he’d kill them and wouldn’t sell me fish. After a standoff, someone mediated and we signed a truce," White Feather Chicken detailed the whole situation.

"I see."

No wonder Fisherman had immediately asked Liu Zheng if White Feather Chicken had sent him.

Apparently, Fisherman did not let him go just because of White Feather Chicken.

Could it be Ghost Hand then?

"Alright, I’ve got to get busy,"

White Feather Chicken hung up the phone.

After a while, Niu Ma came back.

"Here you go."

It spat out a round fruit to Liu Zheng.

"Name: Epoch Acorn"

"Type: Item"

"Quality: Fine"

"Effect One: Heals damage caused by unnatural passage of time."

"Effect Two: If the player possesses Elf Clan (non-natural series elves excluded) or plant lineage, the lineage will evolve."

"Note: Don’t let any squirrels see this!"

"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"

A quite specific item, surpassing perfect quality for some players, but for most, it wouldn’t even be considered good.

Trading a four-in-one Fishman for this, strictly speaking in terms of money, was definitely a loss.

It was already reserved for the French Plane Tree, so it didn’t matter anyway.

"Oh, and these. Salmon asked me to give these to you."

Niu Ma spat out another bag.

Liu Zheng opened the bag and saw it was filled with palm-sized dried fish.

All of them were of ordinary quality, and their effect was to replenish stamina.

The note was somewhat interesting.

"Made to express thanks, these little dried fish are infused with the maker’s kindness and their master’s full malice."

With these dried fish, he didn’t need to ask Niu Ma for canned food anymore.

Although he probably had eaten through all of their stock by now.

"Speaking of which, when do you actually plan to use that sick leave note?"

Niu Ma asked.

"I can’t wait for you forever."

"I definitely can’t use it today," Liu Zheng sighed.

"Why not?"

"The Fisherman asked me to court his daughter."

"What?"

Niu Ma immediately perked up.

"Is his daughter very ugly?"

"On the contrary, she’s quite beautiful by human standards."

"Oh, then indeed very ugly."

Niu Ma nodded.

"...Looks don’t matter much to me, I’m face-blind anyway. The main issue is he doesn’t even know what his daughter likes, which makes it very challenging."

Liu Zheng shook his head slightly.

"What are you afraid of? If you can’t charm her, just go for a bold move."

Niu Ma encouraged him.

"Big guy, do you have some misunderstanding about my abilities?"

The Fisherman alone could go toe-to-toe with an entire kitchen; was his daughter any easier?

"So timid and you still want to pick up girls? Back in my day, when I was pursuing my wife, I just went for it full-frontal."

Niu Ma puffed up his chest.

"And then you succeeded?"

"And then she made a bold move on me."

"Sheesh~~~"

Liu Zheng let out a long hiss.

"The process isn’t the point, the result is the same anyway."

"Alright, alright."

Creak.

The hatch door was pushed open, and Ghost Hand quietly sneaked in.

This time, it didn’t approach Liu Zheng. Instead, it placed a takeout slip at the door then tried to sneak away.

Liu Zheng dashed forward, blocking the exit.

Ghost Hand froze in place, somewhat at a loss.

"Sigh."

He sighed towards the ceiling, then signaled Ghost Hand to wait a moment.

Although Ghost Hand’s behavior was too reckless this time, the outcome was indeed good, and he couldn’t fully not acknowledge it.

However, there was no way he could give it alcohol again, or he might scare it into having a heart attack.

Liu Zheng took a can of drink from the cupboard and crouched down to hand it to Ghost Hand.

Ghost Hand didn’t take it immediately.

He pushed the drink into its palm, and only then did Ghost Hand open its mouth and swallow it.

It patted Liu Zheng on the shoulder then slipped out of the break room.

Liu Zheng noticed a new X-shaped wound on the back of its hand.

Molten Lava swirled inside it, scorching the wound to prevent it from healing.

"This one didn’t die, is this guy a relative of the mayor or what?"

Niu Ma came closer.

"That wound, could it be?"

"Exactly."

Niu Ma nodded.

He had once said that Si Xue liked bathing in gold.

That was the end of that topic.

Liu Zheng picked up the takeout slip and looked at the contents.

"Meal: one serving of sour fish dish"

"Address: ’Red Witch’ board game store"

"Ordering person: sea girl"

"Time limit: twelve hours."

"Twelve hours? Are they insane?"

Niu Ma almost dropped his jaw.

He didn’t dare think about how much extra money such a long delivery time would cost; it was probably enough to buy a scalped ticket to Heaven Island.

"Never underestimate a father’s determination to keep his daughter from marrying Huang Mao."

"Let’s go."

Liu Zheng shouldered the delivery box.

"What for?"

"On a mission to woo a girl."