Chapter 47: The Despicable Outsider

“Pfft!”

Little Spider couldn’t help but laugh out loud, her smile blooming like flowers.

Lu Yu was shocked by this shamelessness, but what surprised him even more was that the hamster in front of him was not speaking human language, but transmitting to the Mist Crow using telepathy.

And telepathy is a special ability only possessed by some pets with strong souls, mainly among those with a spirit series!

Could it be that this small hamster, capable of manipulating shadows, also possesses abilities of the spirit series?

Now interested, Lu Yu had Little Spider instantly teleport him into the ruins.

The Mist Crow instinctively looked up, but the hamster showed a delighted expression.

The opportunity has come!

Damn your foster father!

The hamster, standing between heaven and earth, refuses to live downcast under humans!

With a leap, its pudgy pudding-like body plunged towards the shadows.

So close!

Just a little more and it could’ve sneaked away into the darkness!

Then it would have the whole sky to soar and seas to swim!

Mid-air, it stretched out its hand, treating the shadow as the first glimpse of life, and just before it was about to make contact, suddenly a bright light came driving away the darkness.

Bang!

Accompanied by a thud and the hamster’s skidding on the ground, its pounce failed.

Turning its head, it saw Lu Yu holding a cellphone, using the flashlight aimed at it.

Ah, it’s so dazzling!

You’re going to blind my eyes!

And to use high-tech…

Despicable outsider!

But before it could get angry, as it was preparing to get up and run again, it suddenly noticed dozens of invisible silk threads wrapped around it, and the other end started pulling fiercely!

“Don’t ah ah ah!”

The hamster wailed pitifully as it was yanked back by the silk threads, flying in a parabola and landing in Lu Yu’s hands, who grasped it easily and used his thumb to press against its lower jaw, preventing any biting.

He smiled and said, “Go ahead, why aren’t you running now?”

“Despicable human, what are you doing! Stop touching, umm, perverted repairman, what do you want to do… even if you get the hamster’s body, you can’t have its heart… no, wait, you evil fellow, let go of me…”

Having owned a hamster in his previous life, Lu Yu was quite skilled at handling them and started rubbing its chin.

However, listening to the voice in the telepathy, which was like a tsundere loli, felt a bit strange for him, like he was doing something with a minimum punishment of three years, or even the death penalty.

Out of curiosity, he lifted it up for a check.

Hmm…

It really is a female!

Following this action, the hamster, as if struck by lightning, petrified visibly and kept muttering:

“I am no longer pure…”

Lu Yu was amused by this nonsense; the hamster was unexpectedly intelligent and seemed to understand human society quite well.

Then, he activated his Eye of Truth, but the information it revealed made his gaze sharpen.

【Shadow Hamster】

【Strength: Servant Peak】

【Race Potential: High-level Leader】

【Skills: Shadow Slice, Shadow Stealth, Shadow Mimicry…】

【Description: Originally just an ordinary hamster living in human society, it escaped from the city due to an accident, entered the underground area of the Abandoned City District through the sewer, and witnessed a sacrificial ritual. Afterwards, too starved to resist, it climbed onto the altar after the ceremony to look for food, discovering a jar of dark black paste inside.

Contained within was the blood of a severely wounded and sealed ancient evil deity’s offspring. After a long time, it coagulated into a paste due to the extraordinary spiritual essence seeping through the seal, was dug up and used as a medium for the link to the seal, but was stolen and eaten by the starving hamster.

Since the owner of the blood was sealed and with the silence over the long years, instead of being twisted after absorption, the hamster’s soul was remodeled, gaining a trace of undying quality, incredible tenacity, capable of slowly repairing as long as it is not destroyed over half in an instant, and also developing telepathy, transforming into an extraordinary creature.

The innate racial skill Shadow Slice allows the manipulation of flowing shadows. It can intimidate predators by mimicking the shape of other powerful creatures using the force of flowing shadows. To mimic the true prowess, it must cut a complete shadow, but once the shadow loses its subject, it is just consumables.

Since it inherited the blood of an evil deity’s offspring, it can use shadows to exempt itself or allies from divinations and probes at or below the Morningstar rank.

Although it has control over shadow power, it is quite afraid of the dark and rarely uses it except for stealing snacks and escaping.】

Just an ordinary hamster, it not only witnessed an evil deity ritual and swallowed the deity’s offspring’s blood with no harm done, but it also evolved into an extraordinary creature!

Are you the crime nemesis from the league’s promotional movies, the legendary investigator… oh no, the legendary investigation hamster?

If it weren’t for the information provided by the Eye of Truth, he would have thought this was the legendary Wealth and Fortune Hamster.

Innate skill 【Divine Grace】: Daddy Heaven’s favorite.

Even Luo Qingyue would envy you to tears, given she hasn’t encountered any major evil deity-related events so far and is still a gold digger.

But the most embarrassing… or rather, the most humiliating thing is!

As a pet with powerful Shadow Slice ability, an expert in shadows, you actually fear the dark?

That’s like telling him fish are afraid of water and prefer to take vacations on land for a change, which is just as nonsensical.

The hamster, almost played to death under Lu Yu’s odd gaze, shrank its head, feeling like the perverted repairman was entertaining some very disrespectful thoughts.

But the massage is quite comfortable…

Not completely useless!

No, wait…

How can a hamster be swayed by mere trivial gains!

As Lu Yu was observing the hamster, he fell into contemplation. At first, he was prepared to swiftly kill the mastermind behind it and extract materials.

But it turned out to be a stupid hamster, also a runaway like him, reminding him of his pet from his past life.

The key point is the possession of special shadow series abilities and the capability to block divinations.

Especially the latter ability, using the terminology of the world of immortals, it’s akin to having an extra treasure capable of concealing one’s aura and screening fate.

He was still planning to earn more money to buy a pet with a similar ability, or else enhance one with evolutionary food, but to his surprise… one was delivered right to his doorstep.

Moreover, with even stronger abilities!

Although timid and not as powerful, preferring to stay an indoor creature, its undying soul trait is solid.

Lu Yu then remembered Little Spider’s 【Hearteye Soul Blade】 could only truly display its power when paired with a soul blade…

Just as Lu Yu was about to make an attempt, the Shadow Hamster, sensing something, urgently shouted through telepathy:

“Perverted repairman, quick… hide well that guy is going to come out if it discovers us, we’ll both be eaten!”

“What does 【that guy】 mean??”

“There’s no time to explain, hide in that corner over there first.”

Despite some doubts, Lu Yu agreed considering the fear on the hamster’s face didn’t seem fake. Thus, he firmly bound it with silk threads, moving to a crevice where light filtered through, dispelling the surrounding shadows to prevent it from escaping.

The hamster was dumbfounded; although it hadn’t thought of escaping, it never expected this human to be so cautious. Looking at Little Spider standing guard over it, it felt utterly disheartened, resigning itself to fate:

“It’s already in the sky above us. Be quiet, empty your mind, and don’t think of anything.”

What could it be?

Lu Yu looked up only to see the grey, cloud-covered sky, thick with dark clouds, and now that it was past six o’clock, the sun began to set, its orange radiance being consumed by the darkness in a moment.

The heavy clouds suddenly billowed, and a figure slowly emerged as if squeezing through. If it were not for the enhanced eyesight of the Eye of Truth, surpassing that of ordinary people, Lu Yu might have overlooked it.

But upon clearly seeing its real form, his pupils suddenly constricted and he exclaimed in horror:

“This is…”