White Bone Evolution Guide

Chapter 17 Old Popsicle

Gu Bai paused at the entrance of the residential compound after returning from the hospital.

In the distance, two women are rummaging through a garbage truck.

"What are you looking for?" the garbage truck driver asked from below. "I'm in a hurry to get to the next neighborhood; if I delay any longer, it'll get dark."

"Master, when you collect the garbage, do you smell any foul odor?" Li Hongyi asked.

"Which garbage doesn't stink?" the driver said irritably.

"How many trips have you made today?" Li Hongyi asked again.

"This is the fourth time. What are you looking for?"

"How do you dispose of the garbage?"

"The power plant? Just burn it down."

The driver checked the time and said anxiously, "Ladies, if it's not serious, please let me go. If it really doesn't work, you said you'd go there, so I'll unload the trash and you can take your time looking for it. I'll go pick it up again after I'm done."

"I'm sorry, you've had a long day." Li Hongyi apologized and jumped out of the car.

Gu Bai strode into the residential area.

"Is it because of me?" Gu Bai wondered to himself.

I need to be more careful when hoarding food in the future.

Even though it was already treated, something was still detected by the smell.

However, those two female security guards were really attractive, especially the one in red. He wanted to pounce on her just from smelling her scent.

I've already eaten today, so normally I wouldn't crave it.

Moreover, neither of them seemed to possess any yang energy.

It has locked away its own yang energy and contained it very well.

Human beings should not be underestimated.

"Huh? The ice cream spilled out?"

Gu Bai's eyelids twitched, and he hurried home. He actually smelled the aroma of 'ice cream' in the neighborhood.

He hurried to the bedroom, opened the drawer, and found that his "ice cream" was fine, the bone powder was still there, and his aura had been suppressed.

In other words, the "ice cream" smell wafting through the neighborhood isn't theirs.

He peeked through a crack in the curtains and looked at the building next door.

"Whether it's tracking ice cream or anything else, I need to be more careful," Gu Bai pondered.

From now on, I need to clean up the food I finish eating and throw it away further away.

He opened the residents' group chat to see if there were any messages.

It's mostly casual chatter about everyday life. Because of mosquitoes, many people are staying home and chatting in the group.

"Just now, two women were rummaging through the garbage truck at the entrance. I don't know what they lost." - Fishing expert.

Someone said, "They probably lost something valuable, otherwise they wouldn't be rummaging through the trash."

"I must say, those two women are really beautiful. I felt inferior and didn't dare to ask for their contact information." The fishing expert posted a distant photo, which he took from upstairs.

"Holy crap, it's so beautiful? Is it still there?"

"I need to go down and take a look."

Vulgar humans!

They only focus on appearances and neglect inner qualities.

The White Bone Demon looked at herself with disdain, admiring her skeletal frame and praising its beauty and smoothness.

……

At night, I set off with Liu Wu on time.

"I went somewhere a bit far today, and I probably won't get back until late at night. Here's a big red envelope for you," Liu Wu said.

"It's nothing," Gu Bai said nonchalantly.

It doesn't matter how far it is, as long as I can continue to stockpile food.

"How's that kid doing? What did he ask for?" Liu Wu asked.

"He recovered quite quickly, didn't ask for anything, and won't try to extort you," Gu Bai said. "He thinks it's his own fault. I offered him 10,000 yuan as compensation, but he refused, saying that a real man doesn't accept charity."

"He's a good man." Liu Wu took a puff of his cigarette. "I'm lucky. If it were someone else, they probably would have swindled me out of everything."

"You're not bad either," Gu Bai said.

"Hey, I'm not exactly a saint. Poverty breeds cunning, wealth breeds conscience," Liu Wu said. "I've just made some money. If I weren't making money, I'd probably have to run away."

Gu Bai smiled but didn't say anything.

The vehicle left the new urban area and entered the mountain road, where the ride was somewhat bumpy.

We arrived at a town surrounded by mountains, with a bumpy, muddy road.

"I really don't want to come here, but I have no choice. It's hard to get the pigs out. They look so pitiful every time, and I can't stand the way these people look at them," Liu Wu said.

"Pitiful? You can eat your fill now, right?" Gu Bai said.

"The elderly stay at home to raise pigs and take care of the children, while their children work away from home and only come back for the Spring Festival once a year."

Liu Wu exhaled a puff of smoke: "In Qinjia Town, Qin Laosan's son broke his leg at the construction site. He was relying on the few pigs at home. After the amputation, his wife ran away, leaving behind two seventy-year-olds and an eight-year-old child."

Just as Gu Bai was about to say something, the streets of the town ahead were brightly lit, and many people were gathered on both sides of the street.

"Everyone's waiting for me to collect the pigs."

Liu Wu smiled, stopped the car a short distance away, opened the door and got out: "Folks, the pig buyers are here."

Gu Bai frowned. It was another icy taste, but it was different from ice cream; the aroma was a bit lacking.

If the photo is ice cream, then this tastes like an old-fashioned popsicle, with a slightly inferior texture.

He got off the car as well.

Villagers in the distance all looked over; they were all elderly, their eyes moist, gazing longingly at Liu Wu.

"What's wrong? Nobody's offering you a cigarette?" Liu Wu walked over with a cigarette in his mouth.

The two elderly people sat on the roadside, wiping their eyes and sobbing softly.

In front of them were more than a dozen dead chickens and ducks, and a pig.

"This is..." Liu Wu was taken aback.

"Boss Liu, please take a look. Can you still buy these pigs, chickens, and ducks? I'd be willing to lower the price." An elderly man with many wrinkles and wearing patched clothes came out.

"A dead pig? A dead chicken or duck? Xiao Gu, take a look for me."

Liu Wu's smile faded, and he said solemnly, "Please make way, everyone. If there's a problem, you can't approach."

Gu Bai walked over and looked closely. The chickens, ducks, and wild boars all had two holes in them.

teeth?

Zombies?

He stepped back to Liu Wu's side and gently shook his head.

Liu Wu understood and asked, "Did you report it to the police?"

"We are," two elderly men in police uniforms stepped forward. "We don't know what to do either. All the young people have been transferred, leaving only the two of us. If we can't take them in, then so be it."

"Are these all for the two uncles?" Liu Wu squatted down and asked the old man sitting on the ground.

The two elderly people looked up at him, their voices choked with emotion, barely able to utter a sound: "...Yes."

An elderly security guard said, "They raised them for a year. These chickens were all old hens, and the ducks were kept to wait for their son to come back. Now they're all dead. I don't know what bit them."

"I brought test kits; if there are any problems, the police department will provide a subsidy."

Liu Wu glanced at Gu Bai, gesturing for him to get the test kits from the car. He then took out his phone: "Hey, Captain Chen, I found some problematic chickens, ducks, and pigs in Qinjiacun Town. They were all killed by biting. Could you come and take a look? There are only two old men left to maintain order here. Sure, I'll keep an eye on them for you. They've been raising them for a year, and they're both elderly..."

"Okay, okay, I'll pay for it first. It's not easy for them to come to the city, so remember to reimburse me."

"Xiao Gu, you go with them to collect the pigs. I'll stay here and keep an eye on things. This can't be delayed; everyone's pigs need to be sold."

"Grandpas and grandmas, let me help you drive the pig over here."

"Yes, yes, sell them quickly, before they all get bitten to death."

The other elderly people came to their senses, and an old security guard led Gu Bai to collect the pigs.

Gu Bai's gaze fell upon a mountain peak, the scent of an old-fashioned popsicle wafting back into the mountain: "What's the name of that mountain?"

"It's called Old Mountain Top. It's all farmland. Our ancestors are buried there," the old security guard said.