Chapter 29: Special Skill Secret Food

Such a regular sound directly ruled out the possibility of birds.

Lu Yu’s first reaction was that a nightmare was coming.

However, upon second thought, nightmares are at their strongest within the realm of dreams where they can arbitrarily manipulate people’s inner fears and illusions; coming to reality actually means giving up home ground advantage.

Could it be another forbidden curse that summoned a demon or something?

Lu Yu’s gaze sharpened as he imagined scenarios with multi-armed and multi-legged spider-people, lizard people, and tentacle monsters, which took advantage of the relaxed vigilance at dawn to crawl up to his window.

After all, this wasn’t the main urban area; it was far from the Star Beast Tower and located at the edge of Dayuan City, a border area where there had been multiple instances of demons and followers of evil gods sneaking in and killing humans.

Thinking of this, the window covered by deep grey curtains became in Lu Yu’s eyes a deep abyssal gate that chose its victims.

Once opened, it would lead to a sudden attack.

He glanced at Little Spider, who understood immediately.

He hid beneath the window and asked, “Who’s there?”

However, he received no response, the knocking sound continued.

Lu Yu narrowed his eyes, counted down three seconds, and then swiftly pulled the curtains and opened the window in one fluid motion.

Little Spider deployed its threads in a sweeping motion, with skilled-level spider silk instantly weaving a large net that ensnared the figure outside the window and violently pulled it inside, resulting in a loud thud on the floor.

Although wrapped in spider silk, it was vaguely possible to discern its bizarre form with the upper body of a human and the lower half with wings, as if stitched together in a grotesque and twisted manner.

It was indeed a monster!

Lu Yu’s eyes were grave as he gestured to end its life.

“Whimper…”

Just as Little Spider concentrated on forming a silk sword to execute the culprit, a terrified whining sound came from the wrapped cocoon—it sounded sort of like…a person?

“Hold on a moment!”

Lu Yu stopped Little Spider, feeling that something was off.

But to be cautious in case it was a demon mimicking a voice to gain sympathy, he only cut open the part of the silk covering the head, revealing the face of a man around twenty with an expression full of terror and eyes closed, begging for mercy:

“Big brother, please don’t kill me! I have a five-year-old mother, a seventy-year-old child, and a wife who only just got married. I was just passing by to make a delivery. I know the rules, I kept my eyes closed, saw nothing!”

That would mean adding another widow to the world, no…that’s not the point.

“A courier?”

Lu Yu was stunned, then noticed the dark green clothing beneath the man’s neck, which did indeed resemble the uniform of the “Fast Must Reach” delivery company.

Still cautious, Lu Yu, fighting exhaustion, activated Eye of Truth again to make sure the fellow was indeed human and questioned, “If you’re making a delivery, why didn’t you come to the front door?”

There was also the possibility of cultists in disguise!

“Because this is an urgent delivery marked by the client, so it was by air…” the courier shivered.

Lu Yu considered that he had indeed rushed to order something with express delivery, but another question arose:

“Then why didn’t you respond when I called out earlier?”

“I…I was wearing headphones and didn’t hear…and when the light turned on, I thought someone was there…” said the courier trembling, turning his head to show the fallen earbuds inside the cocoon, though the wire of the earphones were indeed visible.

It was a misunderstanding!

Embarrassed, while Lu Yu pondered what to do, Little Spider leaned in, raising a hand like a flattering dog, motioning whether to slash the throat.

Anything that troubles

the master should just be buried!

This gesture frightened the courier, who was secretly peeping through closed eyes, into wailing again.

“Stop thinking about burying all the time, we are civilized people!”

Lu Yu flicked its head and then instructed Little Spider to set him free.

The spider silk disintegrated, and beneath the courier’s feet was a giant-winged egret gasping for breath, its wings bound by the silk, with its body curled up.

With the potential of an elite high-class breed, the creature before him had the strength of a peak servant and was near adulthood. Its neck was grey, and it was a meter wide even without considering the double wings, which stretched to a full six meters when opened.

Because of its strong endurance and docile temperament, it often gets tamed by beast tamers for carrying people or goods. There are rumors of an even larger evolved type, but most of the giant-winged egret breeding realms have been monopolized by the “Fast Must Reach” company, used as employee benefits for their couriers.

It’s also a distinctive pet beast that can serve as identity proof.

After Lu Yu’s explanations and apologies, the courier recovered from the shock, grasping that it was all a misunderstanding.

It seems he was mistaken for a cultist or a demon.

At this moment, he really wanted to curse.

Is this guy suffering from paranoid delusions?

What kind of evil cult works during the day without overtime pay, just for that little salary?

But seeing Lu Yu’s vampire-like pale face and the impeccably tidied room, his anger was instantly extinguished.

What kind of man keeps his room so clean?

Definitely a freak!

This paranoid delusion is surfacing during the day, and if he talks back, he might provoke him and be finished.

For the sake of not turning his wife into a widow,

he must endure!

It’s not cowardice, it’s kindness to others.

Lu Yu, seeing the courier’s fearful look, apologizes, “I’m very sorry. How about we exchange contact information? I’ll transfer you some compensation for medical expenses!”

Thinking about paying compensation made Lu Yu’s head hurt; he regretted every penny he spent, yet now he was set to spend more.

It’s all the nightmare’s fault, leaving him jumpy lately; he’ll definitely skin it.

However, mistakes must be acknowledged, and life isn’t easy for working people.

The courier, observing Lu Yu’s changing expressions and the flash of killing intent in his eyes, along with his sinister complexion, looked exactly like a super villain, grim and terrifying.

Compensation?

Was the money he was about to take meant for ‘life-paying’?

With this thought, the courier shivered and hurriedly waved his hands to decline, smiling apologetically, “No…no need, it’s also my fault for wearing headphones at work. Just don’t complain about me, here, sign to receive the delivery. That’s all I need for my task to be complete.”

No compensation required!

Lu Yu immediately felt much better, thinking to himself how the world is still full of good people, and signed his name.

As he turned to place the pen back, Lu Yu was about to invite the courier to join him for breakfast downstairs as an apology, but as he turned around, the courier scooped up his form and, with the giant-winged egret, performed a nimble leap of faith and promptly fled.

The courier, with a somber look, thought that he absolutely needed to report back to the company and quit air deliveries to switch to water routes. No, wait—those were dangerous with tsunamis too.

Right, the railway!

“Working so hard in the early morning, not wanting to waste any time slacking off, truly a person who loves life!” Lu Yu exclaimed as he opened the delivery package.

Inside were only three items; the first was a large tin box containing a bag of colorful cookies.

These were dream fragment cookies for dream series pet beasts, specially shipped from afar and made by a professional pet beast breeder.

One box cost ten thousand yuan, said to be rich in various trace elements and long-term use supposedly strengthens bones among other advertised benefits; it would last about half a month—good for a juvenile tamer’s beast.

His own daily food expenses were about thirty yuan, so a box equaled his yearly food expenses.

Humans are inferior to beasts!

Little Spider smelled the fragrance and leaned in, eyes showing longing.

(﹃)

But it stopped halfway and sat down obediently, looking to Lu Yu with a questioning, “Ying?”

Can I eat it?

“Go ahead, they’re bought for you!”

Lu Yu patted Little Spider’s head, and it happily nodded, lifted a cookie, and chomped it down, revealing a happy smile after chewing:

“Ying!”

Delicious!

Too adorable!

Now he understood why nurturing games were so popular; it’s impossible to resist such cuteness.

At first, Lu Yu was unsatisfied with the plain packaging that didn’t seem worth his ten thousand yuan, but seeing Little Spider’s content face, he couldn’t help but think about ordering another box.

Fortunately…

He quickly calmed down.

That was close; almost got caught by those capitalists. Thank goodness my balance restricted me!

Lu Yu thought proudly, turning to the other two items that he had rush ordered, placed in a box with special protective charms.

Inside were not anything else but two types of extraordinary materials, perfect for creating a special skill secret food for the current Little Spider…