Chapter 595 - 377: Spiritual Energy Entering the Body, Accelerating the Mutation

Chapter 595: Chapter 377: Spiritual Energy Entering the Body, Accelerating the Mutation

"I can’t really explain it. It was just a feeling, like something was telling me he was about to walk out of the stairwell..." the Little White Cat said, tilting its head up to look at Zhou Tongtong.

"A feeling?" Zhou Tongtong didn’t understand the principle behind it. Since she couldn’t figure it out, she didn’t dwell on it. Instead, she reached out to pet the Little White Cat and praised it.

"You knew Lin Li was coming out of the stairwell just based on a feeling. You’re so amazing!"

"Meow..." The Little White Cat enjoyed Zhou Tongtong’s petting. Hearing her praise made it very happy, and it let out a comfortable and cheerful mew.

The Little Black Cat, lying on the ground to one side, saw the Little White Cat being praised by Zhou Tongtong and felt very envious. At this moment, it said to Zhou Tongtong, "Meow... I can get bigger, you know! I’m super impressive."

"Little Black, you’re talking about getting bigger again! If you can really do it, then hurry up and show me!" Zhou Tongtong said. She didn’t believe the Little Black Cat could get bigger like it claimed.

"Er..." The Little Black Cat was suddenly at a loss for words. Then, it responded in a small voice, "Meow... I haven’t found the way to do it yet. Once I do, I’ll show you right away, and then you’ll know how amazing I am."

"Alright, alright, I’ll be waiting then. You’d better hurry up and find that way to get bigger!" Zhou Tongtong said, mimicking an adult with a look of resignation. She reached out and patted the Little Black Cat’s belly as a sign of encouragement.

After that, Zhou Tongtong played with the two little stray cats for a while. Then, feeling it was about time, she picked up the licked-clean little bowl and headed home.

"Meow... Little White, you’ve seen me get big. Why didn’t you back me up just now?" the Little Black Cat asked its little companion as it watched Zhou Tongtong leave.

"Meow... If you can’t transform in front of her to show her, what’s the use of me backing you up?" the Little White Cat replied.

"Meow... That’s true. Argh, how on earth am I supposed to get big again?" the Little Black Cat muttered to itself, a little agitated. Then, an idea struck it, and it looked at the Little White Cat.

"Meow... Why are you looking at me like that? What sneaky idea are you cooking up?" the Little White Cat asked, watching its companion warily.

"Meow... Little White, can I run something by you?" the Little Black Cat said.

"Meow... What is it?"

"Meow... The reason I was able to get big last time was because you were being bullied by that Big Orange Cat. So, I was thinking, what if we go find that Big Orange Cat again, and you let him bully you a little, and then I can..."

The Little Black Cat hadn’t even finished its sentence before its little companion cut it off.

"Meow... What are you thinking? I’m not agreeing to that."

"Meow... Please! I want to get big one more time. Maybe if I experience that feeling of transforming again, I’ll be able to master how to do it whenever I want."

"Meow... No way. I don’t want to be pinned to the ground by that Big Orange Cat again."

"Meow... Please!"

"Meow... No means no. Don’t bring it up again."

The two little stray cats bickered back and forth in the shade of the large tree.

A woman from the residents’ committee was passing the green belt when she heard the two little stray cats under the large tree meowing nonstop. She looked over at them, puzzled, and thought, ’Why are these two little guys making such a racket? Is something wrong?’

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Under the scorching sun, the air on the street visibly distorted.

In a black sedan parked on the side of the street, Zhu Daqi scrolled through short videos, enjoying the cold air blasting from the car’s AC.

The task of tracking and surveillance becomes incredibly boring and tedious when the target doesn’t make a move.

Fortunately, there were plenty of ways to kill time nowadays, which made the job of monitoring the target less boring for Zhu Daqi.

Watching the pretty girls dancing around in the short videos, Zhu Daqi couldn’t help but break into a knowing grin.

Suddenly, a silver-white van drove out of the entrance of Ping’an Garden District and passed by the sedan where Zhu Daqi was parked.

Zhu Daqi, who was watching the pretty girls dance in the short videos, glanced at the van passing his sedan. He froze for a second, then immediately fixed his gaze on the van’s license plate.

The familiar license plate number instantly jogged his memory. "Holy shit, the homebody target is finally out."

The words had barely left his mouth when Zhu Daqi immediately started the car to follow, while simultaneously opening the tracking software on his phone.

’This guy’s finally left the house,’ he thought. ’Now, if he just heads toward the suburbs, I can report to Big Bro and this surveillance mission will be over.’

Zhu Daqi had done this kind of surveillance mission many times before, so he could be considered quite experienced.

He maintained a safe distance to avoid being spotted. He didn’t have to worry about losing the target, because the tracking software on his phone let him know the target’s location at all times.

Lin Li drove the van to the wet market. After parking, he got out and walked into the market, which wasn’t very crowded.

Most people did their grocery shopping here early in the morning, so when Lin Li walked into the market at this time, it was natural that he wouldn’t run into a huge crowd.

Water-boiled fish is usually made with grass carp, silver carp, snakehead, or catfish. Because grass carp has more meat and fewer bones, many restaurants make it their first choice for the dish.

Lin Li had also come to the market this time to buy grass carp for the water-boiled fish he was making for lunch.

He went to the part of the market that specialized in seafood, and after a quick search, he soon found a stall selling grass carp.

Since it was nearly noon and there were very few customers in the market, the owner of the seafood stall was dozing off in his chair.

"Ahem..."

Lin Li coughed lightly, and the dozing fishmonger immediately snapped awake.

"Hey, handsome. Here to buy some fish?" Boss Yu asked Lin Li, rubbing his eyes.

"Boss, can I get two grass carp, about five-and-a-half pounds each..." Lin Li said to the boss, looking at the large basin of grass carp in front of him.

"You got it..." Boss Yu was very happy to have a customer. He hadn’t expected anyone else to come buy his fish before lunch.

"Handsome, you buying this grass carp to make water-boiled fish or pickled vegetable fish?"

"Yes, Boss."

"In that case, do you need me to clean the fish for you and slice it all into fillets?"

"Yes, please. Thank you."

"No problem, it’s what I do."

After that, Boss Yu picked out two large, lively grass carp for Lin Li, weighing a total of eleven and a half pounds.

With Lin Li’s nod of approval, he began to prepare the two thrashing grass carp.

Boss Yu had been running his fish stall for over a decade. In all those years, he’d handled countless fish, and his knife skills had become truly remarkable.

With a flash of his knife, in a few swift moves, the two thrashing grass carp were stunned and gutted by Boss Yu. Then, the plump, large chunks of fish meat were sliced into fillets.

Lin Li and Su Yue both liked thicker fish fillets. Seeing that the ones Boss Yu was cutting were a bit thin, he immediately spoke up, "Boss, I like thicker fillets. Could you please cut them a bit thicker?"

"Alright..." Seeing the customer wanted thicker fillets, Boss Yu immediately adjusted his cutting.

The two grass carp weighed over ten pounds in total, so slicing them all into fillets would take some time. Taking advantage of the wait, Lin Li took out his phone, scanned the payment QR code on Boss Yu’s stall, and paid for the fish.

"Boss, I’m going to go buy a few more things from the other stalls. You can keep working on this, and I’ll come back to get the fish in a bit..."

"Sure, go ahead! I’ll have it all prepared and packed for you..." Boss Yu said with a smile.

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