Through the active state of the Evil God Text, Chen Meng knew that someone must have conducted a ritual in the sewer before.
But when she arrived, the cultists had already disappeared without a trace.
If they had fled, Chen Mo would have definitely mentioned it. Since Chen Mo hadn't said anything, it meant he had them under control.
To this, Chen Mo did not find it surprising and responded:
"I'll hand them over to the Spirit Control Bureau as soon as possible."
Since it was hard to justify the reasons for keeping the wanted criminals privately, Chen Mo simply didn't bother explaining.
Anyway, he was going to deliver these four cult members to the Spirit Control Bureau soon.
It was just that the method was a bit unusual.
Chen Meng did not pursue the matter further and rode away on her Bright Unicorn.
After resolving the incident with the remnants of the Four Gods Sect, Chen Mo prepared to first make a trip to the Thunderbolt Daoist School.
He needed to return his older martial brother's Space Bracelet.
He had been too busy completing challenges the day before and didn't have time to return it.
At this moment, the Isolated Island Spirit within the Heart of the Sea emitted a humming sound.
"Whoo—" (Hungry, mealtime~)
Chen Mo was startled for a moment. Was it because Xing Hai had watched cartoons for a day that it started to speak in this tone?
"I'll go prepare food for you."
Thinking about the food he had to prepare for the Isolated Island Spirit every day, Chen Mo felt a headache coming on.
What's the biggest drawback of raising an Isolated Island Spirit?
The cost!
The big guy averaged around 3 tons of fish and shrimp each day, roughly costing 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.
Although Chen Mo had made a considerable profit from this adventure, it would not be enough to cover the Isolated Island Spirit's lavish consumption for a few months.
Right now, Chen Mo especially wished he could draw a term like "Bigu" (fasting) and install it into Xing Hai.
Glancing at his account balance, Chen Mo suddenly remembered He Siyao who still owed him 750,000 yuan.
"That guy wouldn't be thinking of reneging on the debt, right?"
So Chen Mo sent He Siyao an emoji for "Send the money," and unexpectedly, she transferred over all the remaining money directly.
"Sorry, sorry, I was a bit busy yesterday and forgot to transfer the balance to you. It was a pleasure working with you this time, hope to cooperate again next time!"
After He Siyao won first place in this adventure, her father was so happy he gave her an extra 3 million yuan as pocket money. So, even after deducting the commission she paid to Chen Mo, she actually made a small profit.
Totally hit the jackpot!
More adventures like this would be great!
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Shenghai City is a coastal city. Chen Mo took a taxi and arrived at the seaside port in about half an hour.
"It's a pity I don't have a fishing permit; otherwise, I could just let the big guy loose in the sea to feed freely," Chen Mo sighed.
After wiping out all the large fish and shrimp sold by the local fishmongers, Chen Mo went to the supermarket and bought a large barbecue grill and a variety of seasonings.
Then he started a fire for the barbecue.
He had promised to treat the big guy to delicious and spicy food!
1 hour later.
After having devoured all the fish and shrimp, Xing Hai finally felt somewhat satisfied.
A "fountain" rose from the center of the island, symbolizing that the big guy was in a good mood.
Generally speaking, squirting water is one way Isolated Island Spirits express their joy—the higher the "fountain," the more excited the Isolated Island Spirit is at that moment.
"I wonder how other Spirit Masters manage the food for the Isolated Island Spirits?"
Chen Mo was a bit troubled, so he searched on the official Spirit Master website for how to raise an Isolated Island Spirit.
The search yielded no information.
The Isolated Island Spirit was simply too rare.
Even if there were Spirit Masters who had contracted with an Isolated Island Spirit, they were all high-level Spirit Masters or above and would never post such questions online.
Continuing his search, Chen Mo looked up topics like how to feed large Spiritual Beasts, and this time he finally found a solution.
The answer was Spirit Chef!
There was a high-level technique in the food series called "Full Satisfaction" which could increase the energy, proteins, and nutritional substances in food by hundreds or even thousands of times without changing its volume, specifically for the convenience of feeding large Spiritual Beasts.
Many Spirit Chef shops online offered this product for sale, and they even accepted custom food orders.
That is, customers could specify a food item and have it delivered after being enhanced with "Full Satisfaction."
Of course, food with "Full Satisfaction" wasn't cheap; the processing fee ranged from 10,000 to 50,000 yuan for a single job, but it was convenient.
And it could save quite a bit compared to feeding fish and shrimp every day.
"Wow, there's actually such a great thing!"
The "wealthy and imposing" Chen Mo ordered 30 Mirror Lake Shrimp carrying "Full Satisfaction" in one go; these shrimps from the Spirit Realm had a very good taste.
In this manner, just for purchasing a month's worth of food for the Isolated Island Spirit, Chen Mo spent 900,000 yuan.
In the afternoon, Chen Mo returned to the Thunderbolt Daoist School, handed back the Space Bracelet to his senior brother, then entered the meditation room for meditation, while Xiao Jiu went to practice at the Thunder Training Ground.
During this time, whenever the Cultist and their Spiritual Beasts showed signs of waking up, Chen Mo had the Blazing Flame Fox hit them with an "Electric Shot."
It was unclear whether it was because the Electric Shots from the Blazing Flame Fox weren't powerful enough or because the constitution of these Cultists and their beasts was just too good.
They got shocked over a dozen times in one afternoon.
The last time, one of the Cultist, relying on their strong willpower, finally uttered — "Stop shocking me for a moment!"
Then the next second, a purple lightning ball smashed into his chest, and the powerful electric current once again let him "sleep" peacefully.
...
Time flew by, and evening quickly arrived.
Chen Mo, after changing his outfit and disguising himself, put on black nightwear and headed straight for the Spirit Control Bureau.
Compared to daytime, the Spirit Control Bureau was much quieter at night. Other than the duty officers, there were almost no other people.
This made it convenient for Chen Mo to find a dark corner and take out a large delivery box from the Ocean Pearl.
Inside it was one of the Cultists and his Spiritual Beast, along with a small speaker.
To prevent the Cultist from waking up halfway and possibly escaping, Chen Mo had the Blazing Flame Fox give him another Electric Shot before leaving.
And this time, it was the enhanced version!
Chen Mo gently put down the paper box and then pressed the play button on the speaker.
"You are the most beautiful in my sky..."
The officer on duty had just brewed a pot of tea, getting ready to start the night shift, when he heard the sound of some catchy song.
"Who's that? Playing music out loud on their phone in the middle of the night?"
Since the sound was very close, after it continued for more than a dozen seconds, he felt something was not right and walked out of the duty room to see a delivery box that had mysteriously appeared dozens of meters away.
The music was coming from inside the box.
"A bomb? A provocateur's letter from a criminal?"
In a flash, the officer thought through many possibilities.
To be safe, he had his Little Flame Dog go to the station for backup.
Soon, several duty officers from the Spirit Control Bureau gathered in the duty room.
One of the officers' Spiritual Beasts was a Rock Armor Guardian, with a strong defense. After casting Hardening, Rock Shield, and other defensive techniques, the Rock Armor Guardian slowly approached the paper box.
Then, the Rock Armor Guardian showed a strange expression.
"Ga?"
Inside the box was a person in a coma, a plague crow, and a small speaker that continued to play music.