And the old man he was talking about, Yan Qi knew, was not referring to Xue Guangqi at the top of the Xue family, but Xue Yang's father, Xue Hongde, who had contacts some time ago and some small frictions.

"Alright, go and tell him that I have something good for him. Yan Qi leaned on the sofa and said lightly, then put his hand into the pocket of his clothes and took out half a pack of cigarettes.

"Good thing? ”

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the reception room, accompanied by a calm and powerful voice like a bell, and a middle-aged man in a white suit walked in.

This person has a pair of deep tiger eyes, and under the unmessed black hair, there seem to be a few looming flowers. He has a sturdy and powerful figure, walks calmly with a hint of domineering, and is really extraordinary, standing tall and tall among the people.

The person who came is the current three masters of the Xue family, Xue Hongde.

"If you don't say that, how long are you going to hide?"

Yan Qi took out a cigarette, lit it, and looked at Xue Hongde coldly, who actually changed his serious and domineering atmosphere, and said with a hippie smile.

"Hehe, Brother Yan, there's no such thing. Xue Hongde came to Yan Qi's side, sat casually beside him, and took out a cigarette from his cigarette case.

Yan Qi didn't care, he lit the fire for Xue Hongde, and the two began to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog.

Steward Zhong's brows have been wrinkled, how can these two people, who are more than 20 years apart, look like two brothers at this time.

And Bai Ran also got up and sat on the sofa next to him.

"Xiaobai, I've been following this kid for so long, and I still can't learn to smoke?"

Xue Hongde looked at Bai Ran with a smile.

"Ahem, sir, please don't say this kind of bad things to teach children, you must pay attention to your words and deeds. Steward Zhong couldn't help it, and reminded him loudly, it seemed that in his opinion, Bai Ran was just a seventeen-year-old doll.

"Okay, okay, old bell, don't mention it, don't mention it. In the face of such a severe rebuke from Steward Zhong, this majestic middle-aged man actually didn't refute at all, he finished with a smile, and then turned his head to look at Yan Qi.

"Stinky boy, what good things did you bring, show the old man. ”

Yan Qi glanced at him with disdain.

"Are you so sure I brought something?"

"Nonsense, otherwise you have nothing to do with me and fart here. ”

When Yan Qi heard this, he immediately got up and beckoned to Bai Ran.

"Didn't you ask someone to bring me in, forget it, let's go. ”

Bai Ran stood up obediently, intending to leave with Yan Qi.

As soon as Xue Hongde saw that Yan Qi was really leaving, he immediately became anxious, and hurriedly ran up and grabbed Bai Ran regardless of his identity.

"Xiaobai, Uncle knows, generally this kid has any good things, they are all put here for you, you take out the things for the uncle, and the uncle buys you cakes, a lot of cakes, customized for you, super large, okay?"

Xue Hongde slowly leaned towards Bai Ran, and his obscene appearance made Steward Zhong almost burst out, and he almost stepped forward to wake up his stupid master.

After Bai Ran heard the cake, her eyes seemed to have some kind of light flickering, and then her hand involuntarily reached for the black waist bag.

"......" Yan Qi looked at this scene helplessly, but he didn't really want to stop it.

Then she rummaged through her fanny pack and pulled out a white object.

It was that night in the abandoned building that Zou Xing used to release the skull of the cold miasma

"Oh my day, stinky boy, you killed someone!?" Xue Hongde screamed, not daring to take the skull in Bai Ran's hand.

"Old Ghost Xue, don't pretend, even Chang Ziming recognizes that this thing is not an ordinary product in this world, what are you old things still pretending to be here?" Yan Qi stepped forward and snatched the skull from Bai Ran's hand.

"Well, don't be, okay, I'm going to ruin it now. With that, he began to strain his right hand slightly.

Seeing this, Xue Hongde hurriedly shouted Don't Don't Don't Farewell, and snatched the bones back from Yan Qi's hand.

"Just kidding, just kidding, Brother Yan, don't be angry. With that, he held the skull in one hand and Yan Qi in the other, pulled him back to the sofa, and then sat down on his own.

He began to scrutinize the skull in his hand.

"How did you get this?" his expression was slightly serious.

"I often found that there is an abandoned building that is a little abnormal in recent days, let me take a look, and I came across a... It's human, but it's not normal. ”

Hearing this, Xue Hongde looked at Yan Qi with some confusion.

"Who the hell is that?"

"Ed..." Yan Qi scratched his head. "It's just... Similar to me?"

"Damn, that's okay. Xue Hongde was so frightened that he stood up again. "Fuck, one more monster like you?"

Yan Qi was a little speechless, how could he become a monster, if you want to talk about a monster, it is also this girl standing next to her.

"I'm talking about the same, it's about the same situation, if you have the strength... It's very immature. ”

Xue Hongde sighed, put his skull to his nose and sniffed it, and said with some surprise.

"Well, this thing is not simple... Using it as a medium, that power can at least reach the level of an Abyss Walker. ”

Yan Qi nodded slightly, but it didn't seem quite right, he seemed to hear a relatively unfamiliar word.

"What the hell?"

Xue Hongde was stunned for a moment, and then gave him a blank look.

"You, you've been entangled with these monsters for so many years, don't you know that they are ranked?"

"Ah, I know, I named it myself, and it's called the Octopus Monster, the Tentacle Monster?"

It's impossible to find out how long ago these monsters began to appear in the human world, but it has been in recent years since humans were able to get up close and personal with them and interfere with their daily lives.

To be exact... It was three years ago.

That incident was the second time that Yan Qi knew what the pain of parting was.

"What the hell is this? Xue Hongde said while playing with the skull.

"But these things don't necessarily apply everywhere, but the people of the organization have divided them into levels, and at the beginning, they came into contact with some relatively weak small creatures, which can be easily eliminated with human weapons, that kind of thing, called creepers, and then, gradually began to appear some creatures that are about the same size as people, but do not have intelligence, called brainless. ”

Xue Hongde mentioned the organization, Yan Qi was a little interested, he interrupted Xue Hongde and asked.

"Does the Xue family have anything to do with the organization?"

"Ahh Well, especially the Fang family, can you let me finish talking first?" Xue Hongde was a little dissatisfied, and he groaned slightly.

"Damn, where did I go?"

"No brains. Yan Qi reminded him.

"Oh, brainless, and later, some intelligent monsters that can imitate humans have gradually appeared, and this is the stalkers, they are extremely fond of hunting humans, but I don't know if the ultimate purpose of killing is to eat, or for some other reason, in short, they are extremely dangerous. ”

When Yan Qi heard this, he remembered the monster he killed yesterday, and he called him the Corruptor, but it didn't matter what his name was, anyway, as long as he knew that this was a very low-level existence.

"After that, there are far-reaching walkers who can freely change their bodies and travel through the plane, but at present, they have not witnessed the existence of such things, and the existence after that... Humanity has no way of knowing. After Xue Hongde finished speaking, he paused, and seemed to remember something again.

He looked at Bai Ran again and said.

"Xiaobai... Which kind of one does it belong to?"

Yan Qi shrugged his shoulders, and Bai Ran was expressionless, not wanting to answer Xue Hongde's question.

"Alright. Yan Qi suddenly smiled at Xue Hongde.

"Did you call us here just to popularize the ecology of these monsters?"

Hearing that Yan Qi was no longer joking, Xue Hongde also put away his playful attitude, and his face suddenly sank.

He turned around and walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the bustling city.

"I'm sure you've heard about how my wife died. ”

He said suddenly.

Yan Qi pondered for a moment, then pursed his lips and said helplessly.

"Remember, three years ago, we all lost some important people. ”

"Although there is no conclusive evidence, there are signs in the past few years that the constraints on them in the world are decreasing, and the barrier we rely on for survival may soon be on the verge of breaking. ”

With a grim look on his face, he said solemnly.

"But what about us, our time, the most vulnerable generation, the most unprepared generation, we can't stop them from coming, if really, one day, the door opens... our world..."

"It will be devoured, and humanity will come to an end. Bai Ran, who had not spoken, said suddenly.

Xue Hongde looked at her and smiled helplessly.

"It's a little strange that these words came out of your mouth, Xiaobai, you seem to be one of them. ”

Bai Ran shook his head.

"I'm a different being from them. ”

Xue Hongde didn't want to argue with Bai Ran about this topic, he looked at Yan Qi and said with a serious gaze: "Yan Qi, your strength is extremely special and unfathomable, I really don't understand, how are you..."

"I'm not going to tell you that, I should have said it a long time ago. Yan Qi lit another cigarette and said helplessly.

"If you're here today so I can teach you how to get the power of monsters, I'm sorry, I can't do that. ”

With that, he stood up and extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the coffee table.

"One more thing. Yan Qi's words suddenly became cold, and he lifted the shirt inside his coat, and on the almost perfect body, there was a black wound on his waist.

The wound is still very new, and it can be seen that it should have just begun to scar, although it is relatively long, but it is not very deep. "You should recognize this wound. ”