355 Squeeze! ? (1/2)

1000 …

2000 …

3000 …

The experience point came pouring into Zhao Yao's BOOK as he delivered the victims from the village back to their loved ones. This trip alone had earned Zhao Yao 3000 experience points. With the 'X2 Exp Card' in effect, the experience points netted increased to 6000 instantaneously.

Hence, Zhao Yao's book now reflected BOOK: lv5 (12608/10000).

”Good, good, good! Now, I have more than enough points to upgrade my book! I never expected this district of scammers to be my lucky star!” Zhao Yao's eyes then drifted towards Xiao Ming, who remained unconscious. Another 1000*2 experience points awaited him the moment he successfully delivered Xiao Ming back to Jiangmen City.

”But there's still the issue of Old Cat and extracting more intel regarding this entire saga in Chuan Xiao.” Zhao Yao's original plan was to secretly infiltrate the place and rescue the hostages. From there, he would collect intel on the sly before capturing Old Cat in one fell swoop.

He never expected to come face to face with Old Cat in a direct confrontation, which resulted in a deviation from his original plan.

”I have no idea if the intel extracted from this interrogation would even net me any experience points.”

However, things were not as bad as it seemed. With Old Cat captured in his hands, Zhao Yao had successfully completed the mission to capture the leader of Chuan Xiao District, earning him 500*2 experience points and a bag of royal catmint.

Immediately, Zhao Yao knew that the bag of royal catmint was not as simple as it seemed. It definitely possessed some sort of special powers like the 'X2 Exp Card', 'Explosive Card', or even that adorable dress.

In the blink of an eye, the bag of catmint had miraculously appeared in his hands.

”So this is the reward which I have busted my ass for?” Zhao Yao's prying eyes scrutinized the reward in his hand. Evidently, the producers of the catmint had carefully ground it to powder for easy consumption. From a certain angle, it would even reflect the light in a certain manner which produced a faint golden glow.

Furthermore, even though it was still sealed within a plastic bag, a whiff of aromatic smell still managed to spread into its surroundings. Just a whiff of that scent relieved Zhao Yao of all the bodily aches suffered from the fight.

What intrigued Zhao Yao more was the description written at the bottom of the packaging.

”The royal catmint is a delicacy reserved for the cat kings. One bite of it would increase the cat's level by one.”

”Upgrade by one level?” Beams of excitement shot out of Zhao Yao's eyes as he calculated, ”That means it will be more worthwhile to use this item when the cat is at a higher level.”

Even though the catmint was perfect in every manner, Zhao Yao had no idea what to do with it for the moment. Hence, he immediately stashed it within his extradimensional belly, ordering Dust Ball to look over it with her life.

”Dust Ball, do not allow any cats to come near this catmint. If anyone dares to come close to it, beat them till they can't even walk.”

Dust Ball nodded her head diligently with a smug plastered on her face. When Zhao Yao turned his head around, he was greeted by the sight of Uncle Egg, Airplane, Catherina, and Diana all gathered behind him with saliva trickling down their lips and their eyes glued to the catmint. It looked exactly like the scene taken from the Walking Dead.

Upon receiving the goods from Zhao Yao, Dust Ball immediately clutched it tightly against her chest before exclaiming, ”I will devour this bag of catmint if anyone tries to come close to it!”

Uncle Egg retorted, ”How is that considered taking care of the catmint? You are just using it for yourself!”

Dust Ball slammed her paw against the ground and roared, ”I'm repeating myself! Do not come near me! If not, I'll eat everything inside it!”

Airplane quivered with indignation as he roared, ”Zhao Yao would never forgive you if you do it!”

A sly grin crept up Dust Ball's face as she explained, ”I'll just tell him that all you ferocious beasts laid a trap on me. In order to protect the catmint, I had no choice but to eat them and protect it with my stomach and skin.”

Uncle Egg gritted his teeth and roared, ”You corrupt piece of shit!”

…

Meanwhile, Zhao Yao still had no clue on how to deal with the experience points and catmint. His current plan was to consolidate all the money and points before coming up with his next move.

However, the moment he left his extradimensional belly, he witnessed the trio of Elizabeth, Ares and Roly Poly shouting incessantly at Old Cat.