140: Reserve agent, Lao Sha!

In a long-abandoned courtyard, the overgrown weeds within were clearly recently tended to.

'Bang, bang...' The sound of wood being chopped and a man's voice occasionally echoed from the courtyard.

There were no other sounds around, as if the man was talking to someone invisible.

And through the light of the bonfire in the courtyard, the man's figure was revealed in its glow.

If someone happened to pass by nearby, upon seeing the man's attire, they would surely be scared and turn to flee...

The man's physique was burly, standing at a full meter eighty.

Under the flickering firelight, the man's specific appearance was unclear.

Only the base color of that face could be vaguely seen, which was an extremely terrifying pale white.

Moreover, both cheeks and lips of this face were smeared with a crimson color like blood.

The corners of the mouth on both sides were split into an exaggerated arc, revealing a terrifying smile.

Under the firelight, this pale white face also had a faint reflection...

Due to the dark sky, only by looking closely with the help of the firelight could one see the clue.

It turned out that the man was wearing a pale white clown mask on his face.

As the sound of chopping wood continued,

It was the rusty iron axe held tightly in the man's hand, repeatedly raised over his head and brought down heavily, chopping the wood placed in front of him.

Along with the man's movements, the yellow cloak tied behind him also flapped up and down.

In the dead of night like this, there was such a strange person chopping wood in the courtyard.

This scene, no matter who saw it, would likely feel a chill in their hearts.

However, at the same time, a nearly collapsed phone stand was placed directly opposite the man.

A phone was positioned on it, facing him, live streaming.

There were also over two thousand viewers in the live stream room.

On the screen, netizens' bullet comments scrolled endlessly:

"As expected of Bro Sha, he's simply the peak of Homeless person combat power!"

"Tsk tsk, Bro Sha's outfit is too intimidating! Especially at night, even ghosts would probably steer clear!"

Through the comments in the bullet screen, it was not difficult to discern the man's identity.

Indeed, the man is currently a Homeless person.

However, before this, Bro Sha was a somewhat famous figure on the internet.

Moreover, his previous profession was vastly different from his current image.

Bro Sha previously worked in the literary field.

It was just that later, due to various changes, in order to help a friend, Bro Sha lost all his savings.

His house was also repossessed and mortgaged by the bank, so Bro Sha simply began a life of wandering.

It wasn't until later that Bro Sha came into contact with the circle of wanderers.

He discovered that many of these wanderers were there against their will, basically having their own difficulties.

Bro Sha was thus moved and decided to film and record his wandering life.

He hoped that through his sharing, others could learn from his experiences.

Or that those who were currently wandering could gain some experience and slightly improve their difficult wandering life.

Within his capabilities, Bro Sha would even actively help other Homeless persons.

And at this moment, the bullet comments in the live stream room were still scrolling.

Some netizens who had been following for a longer time were asking Bro Sha:

"Hey, I remember Bro Sha used to have a follower..."

"Why haven't I seen him for a long time?"

When the follower who had appeared in Bro Sha's videos before was mentioned, it had clearly become a running joke.

Many viewers began to joke, "It's right that you don't see him, he's probably been eviscerated by Bro Sha."

Eviscerated is a dialect term, originally a literal verb describing actions like butchering pigs.

However, Bro Sha would use it when occasionally improving his meals, with a meaning similar to having meat.

As for the netizens' teasing, the jocular component was self-evident.

"Uh, don't talk nonsense."

Bro Sha stopped the action of swinging the iron axe and explained to the bullet screen:

"He found a good place and didn't want to move, unlike me."

However, Bro Sha's explanation seemed somewhat weak amidst the netizens' teasing and joking.

Seeing this, Bro Sha did not continue to explain.

At this time, another bullet comment caught Bro Sha's attention.

"Bro Sha, I heard that Fat Bears are causing trouble in your area recently?"

"I saw many people posting online, saying there's a group of Fat Bears specifically targeting Homeless persons."

Seeing this bullet comment, Bro Sha also paused for a moment.

Homeless persons also have their social circles; they have a chance to meet when digging through treasure chests.

While competing for discarded bottles, they also share some information with each other.

And Old Sha had also heard about the recent events.

It was said that there was a group of strangely dressed Fat Bears, specifically inquiring about single Homeless persons in the City.

It was said that many Homeless persons had encountered them.

Not only were they pinned to the ground and groped, but they were also blindfolded with towels, a scene that was quite perverted.

However, Old Sha was not too worried about this.

He also took a step forward with his left foot and specifically lifted his pant leg.

He revealed the white socks he was wearing on his feet and said:

"Brothers, see? I even specifically wore a pair of white socks, wanting to deal with this group of Fat Bears."

"But unfortunately, up until now, I haven't encountered a single Fat Bear."

"I'm thinking, with my physique, which ignorant Fat Bear would dare to mess with me?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the bullet comments in the live stream room also became lively.

"Indeed, with Bro Sha's physique, how could Fat Bears dare to have any crooked thoughts?"

"With this clown mask on and carrying this big axe, he could probably counter-kill them easily."

And looking at the netizens' bullet comments, Old Sha also seemed to think of something.

"Hey, just right, today I'll show you brothers a treasure."

Saying that, Old Sha stepped and ran to the side.

His figure briefly disappeared from the live stream screen and quickly ran back.

Returning to the camera, Old Sha held a golden object in his hand.

It was a four-sided pyramid shape, divided into seven sections from the tail, gradually tapering.

And the tip was also blunt, clearly a rather heavy blunt weapon.

"Come, brothers in the live stream room, take a look, do you know what this is?"

Old Sha asked while gesturing with the blunt weapon.

During this time, he also struck a few poses, like a general on the battlefield.

It was just that Old Sha's attire combined with his movements inevitably seemed a bit incongruous.

And seeing that the correct answer had already appeared in the bullet comments, Old Sha also said:

"That's right, this is a mace, made of pure brass."

"A friend gave it to me, saying it was for self-defense."

Old Sha said, and also straightened the wood in front of him, raising the brass mace and saying:

"Brothers may not understand, saying that this thing doesn't even have a point, how can it hurt people?"

"But I tell you all, never underestimate the power of blunt weapons."

"Today I will show you the destructive power."

After saying that, under the gaze of the netizens in the live stream room.

Old Sha raised the brass mace and smashed it down hard on the middle of the wood!

Bang! With a muffled sound, wood chips instantly flew everywhere.

The flying wood pieces nearly hit the phone, narrowly missing the stand.

An irregular gap was also clearly visible on the wood.

And this was chopping horizontally, which is different from chopping wood along its grain.

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To cause such a wound on solid wood, the power was already quite terrifying.

Old Sha held the brass mace, looking at the smashed wood.

"Hmm... that's roughly the situation."

"If I were to put a big bone here, the effect would be even more intuitive."

"Brothers, I'm not exaggerating, with one mace strike, the bone marrow can be smashed out."

Old Sha was still introducing it to the viewers in the live stream room, but he didn't notice a message:

'Lin Yuan joined the live stream room'

This new user entry notification was quickly drowned out by the screen-filling bullet comments.

And the viewer who just entered was none other than Su Yue.

Because the information about the abandoned unfinished building before came from a screenshot of a video platform.

Su Yue was still thinking and analyzing in the quiet of the night.

He simply opened that video platform.

He wanted to find the original video through that ID.

However, after searching for the ID 'Chong Ge Paranormal Exploration',

He found that the account had been banned by the platform, and all the videos within it had been cleared and taken down.

Su Yue also thought about it, judging from the screenshot of that video.

This so-called paranormal exploration blogger's other works in his account were probably mostly fabricated.

He could easily create ghost fires and once-in-a-century blood moons by simply adjusting a filter,

It was also inevitable that some discerning people would see through it and report the account for banning.

And the screenshot provided by the intelligence station should have been taken on the eve of the account being banned.

The System captured what it considered useful footage, which is why Su Yue didn't miss this clue.

However... now that the original video has been cleared and taken down, the clue seems to have stopped here.

Su Yue also hasn't figured out what the recent two pieces of information are hinting at.

In desperation, he could only turn to analyze the 'ghost fire' in the unfinished building.

That firelight appearing in the abandoned building in the dead of night seemed to indicate that someone was still living inside.

But what kind of person would live in an unfinished building...

Suddenly, a guess surfaced in Su Yue's mind.

'Homeless person?!', Su Yue realized something.

It seemed that only homeless Homeless persons would choose to live in uninhabited unfinished buildings.

So Su Yue changed his investigation direction and decided to start with the Homeless persons in the City.

He first searched on the video platform and coincidentally found related content.

And it was in the City where Su Yue was located.

Someone who shared his wandering life was live streaming.

It was through this series of actions that Su Yue entered Old Sha's live stream room.

He also learned about Old Sha's situation from the comments of some old fans through the videos previously posted on Old Sha's account.

However, the burly man in the camera now, wearing a clown mask and smashing wood with a brass mace,

It was really difficult to associate him with anything artistic.

Su Yue watched in the live stream room for a while and also learned a bit about Old Sha.

At this point, he recalled the upgrade conditions for the intelligence room.

Now he had Lin Jia and Li Haoyang as agents.

And to upgrade the intelligence room, he needed to continue recruiting agents.

Thinking of this, Su Yue couldn't help but focus his gaze on Old Sha in the camera.

Could Homeless persons also be absorbed into the Abyss?

Moreover, people like Old Sha and his group have relatively simple social relationships.

Even in the City, no one knows them or their names.

But Homeless persons are found in streets and alleys, and they are also seen under bridge arches.

Compared to office workers who stay in the office all day, they are more likely to receive some insider information about the City.

Just like in ancient times, there were also instances of using Homeless persons or the Beggars' Sect as informants.

Furthermore, from the information obtained earlier, the unfinished building with the 'ghost fire' also had traces of Homeless person activity.

Perhaps this Old Sha would also know something...

Su Yue was thinking in his heart, also wondering how to communicate with this Old Sha and obtain information from him.

And at this moment, Old Sha in the live stream room suddenly stood up straight.

He no longer spoke, and for a while, except for the refreshing bullet comments, the live stream room was silent.

Su Yue noticed the anomaly and focused his attention on the screen.

And Old Sha on the screen was standing straight, holding the brass mace.

It was clearly visible in the picture that his muscles seemed to have tensed up a bit.

The hand holding the brass mace was also exerting force, and he was listening carefully to something with his ears perked up.

It seemed that some strange sound had suddenly appeared nearby...

"Woof! Woof!" Suddenly, a few barks broke the silence of the live stream room.

Some old fans who were familiar with Bro Sha knew that this was a stray dog that Old Sha had adopted.

It usually wouldn't bark, only barking when it was extremely afraid of people.

And when the barking sounded, Old Sha also became slightly serious.

"Brothers, something's not right." He leaned towards the phone stand and lowered his voice.

"I heard footsteps, someone should have entered the front courtyard."

Hearing Old Sha's words, the viewers in the live stream room were also stunned.

"In the middle of the night, could it be that group of Fat Bears?"

"Damn, Bro Sha is wearing white socks today, could they really smell him and find their way here?"

The live stream room was again filled with scrolling bullet comments.

In the dead of night, the atmosphere was also tense.

And Old Sha obviously didn't have the time to guess; he was inexplicably nervous even through the screen.

Not to mention Old Sha who was actually there.

He clearly heard footsteps, and it was obviously more than one person.

"Brothers, maybe it really is that group of Fat Bears..."

"I'll go and check first."

Old Sha looked at the phone on the ground, worried that there might be a fight later.

After hesitating for a moment, he still didn't take this burden with him.

He directly stepped towards the front courtyard.

Go around the dilapidated house in the courtyard， Lao Sha's figure is hidden behind the wall。

Stretching his neck to look towards the front courtyard, he saw three beams of flashlight light sweeping through the courtyard.

When the light almost hit Old Sha's face, Old Sha quickly dodged back.

He didn't see the specific appearance of the people holding the flashlights with that one glance.

He just felt that they also seemed to be emitting a white light.

And then, those footsteps also approached the back courtyard.

He could vaguely hear them talking in low voices.

"Where is he? There should be one here."

"Let's go, let's check the back..."

The voices were a bit strange, sounding very muffled.

And as Old Sha heard the footsteps approaching, a fire also ignited in his heart for a moment.

"I heard that there's a group of Fat Bears recently, and now I've actually encountered them myself!"

Old Sha had long wanted to teach this group a lesson, and he gripped the brass mace in his hand tightly.

At the moment the footsteps approached, he darted out from behind the wall in a flash.

Instantly, three beams of flashlight light shone directly on him.

And upon seeing Old Sha, who was wearing a clown mask and holding a brass mace,

The figures of the people who had arrived instantly froze in place.

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