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"Old Master Wang, we were just inquiring about some news, there's no need for you to take it so seriously. Besides, Mr. Chen is the savior of our entire town. The supplies we are eating right now were brought back from outside by him."

Liu Zhongxiang was somewhat indignant, his hand subconsciously lifting, ready to start a fight.

Li Guokai, beside him, was even more enraged, drawing a short knife from behind him.

Old Man Wang's son immediately stood up, seemingly pulling out two chain hammers from nowhere.

In the town, Wang Sanhu was known as a little overlord. No one knew how his muscle-bound body grew so strong, leaving others in awe.

It was also because of this son that Old Man Wang could bully others in the village.

Liu Zhongxiang and Li Guokai had no choice but to suppress their anger and take two steps back.

Chen Yu, however, was not afraid of these threats. He walked right up next to Old Man Wang and, with his bare hands, grabbed a piece of grilled meat from the furnace and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Old sir, so many people in the town have contracted a strange illness, which might be related to the revered meat you sell. If you don't mind, could you let me have a look at the revered meat?"

Old Man Wang licked his lips. He had heard about Chen Yu's deeds recently and knew that a divine figure had come to town.

But as far as he was concerned, it didn't matter who came; it was all irrelevant to him.

His family had been trapped here for several hundred years and could never leave the town.

Unless an outsider could take him away from this cursed place, he would do whatever was asked of him.

Old Man Wang spat out the bone in his mouth.

"Young man, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but the revered meat is too precious. It took a lot of effort for my son and me to obtain it. You can't just waltz in and expect to see it that easily."

Chen Yu ate a few more bites of meat and then stretched lazily, standing up.

"There's a well to the northeast of the watermelon field, where the revered meat is hidden. Since the old sir is unwilling to tell me, I will have to go get it myself."

Old Man Wang's eyes widened in shock; he had not expected Chen Yu to know even this.

That well was his secret, typically used to cool watermelons and, when necessary, the well water was sold.

Only he and his son from the Wang Family knew about this.

Before he could react, Chen Yu had already made his way to the northeastern corner of the melon field and was crouching by the well.

Startled, Old Man Wang quickly rushed over with his son.

But by the time they got there, Chen Yu had already hoisted out a large piece of the revered meat.

Wang Sanhu could not care less, swinging the chain hammers in his hands down in an attack.

However, to his surprise, Chen Yu simply and casually raised his hand to catch the chain hammers. With a gentle squeeze, he crushed the hammers into pieces.

"Your toy can't hurt me!"

A surge of unnamed fury rose in Chen Yu's heart, and he slapped his palm onto Wang Sanhu's shoulder.

The overmuscular body immediately flew backwards, harshly crashing into the melon field.

Old Man Wang swallowed hard, not daring to let out a breath. His biggest support had been his son, and his son's intimidation was why he could be so arrogant and domineering.

Now that his son had been sent flying, he didn't know what to do.

Chen Yu didn't bother with them any further; he compared the sample he had extracted from the patient's body with the revered meat.

Although there were some similarities in the composition, there were still many differences.

The substance in the patient's body was teeming with a large amount of fungi and viruses, resembling some kind of hybrid.

But the Tai Sui in front of him was purely fungal, with most of its content being purely natural proteins. Continue reading on empire

[System warning, mutated protein chain end detected]

[Once combined with the human body, it will absorb the surrounding environment and mutate]

The system's prompt sounded in an instant, and made a specific analysis of the Tai Sui flesh in front of him and the sample next to it.

That was not any ordinary Tai Sui meat, but a protein mutant that had accumulated over the years.

If people were to consume this, it would mutate within their bodies and eventually kill them.

Chen Yu was immediately enraged, turned around, grabbed old Wang by the collar, and lifted him high.

"Do you know what this is? You even dare to sell it at a high price here. If the people in the town eat this Tai Sui of yours, it wouldn't take long before they would all die."

Old Wang was scared out of his wits.

Trapped in the town for so long, where had he ever seen a real Tai Sui?

The first time he found this stuff, he simply identified it against the books left by his ancestors and then cut off a part of it to sell.

The townspeople had never seen such a thing either, but once they heard it was Tai Sui meat, they scrambled to purchase it.

To them, this was a rare and precious commodity.

Most of the townspeople were in poor health, with many suffering from malnutrition. If they could eat a bite of Tai Sui meat, it would be a significant tonic for them.

"What has that got to do with me? It's they who insisted on coming here to buy."

Old Wang argued and struggled to break free from Chen Yu's grasp.

But Chen Yu's grip was like iron pliers, impossible to escape.

"Old man, I don't want to waste words with you. This thing is highly harmful to human bodies. You'd better recall carefully, just how many people have bought this stuff?"

Old Wang's breathing became extremely rapid, and he pointed to a melon shed not far away.

"There is a ledger there. I've recorded clearly who bought what and how much."

Chen Yu didn't care about that, he dragged the old man over directly.

According to the ledger, no less than fifty people had eaten Tai Sui meat.

After recording the contents of the ledger, Chen Yu handed it over to Liu Zhongxiang and Li Guokai.

"You two, hurry to these people's homes. If they haven't eaten it yet, you must stop them. If they have eaten it, gather them together. I will come later to treat them."

Both had seen what became of those who ate Tai Sui and dared not delay, immediately setting out to do the task.

Chen Yu stayed behind, using the system to cover the entire melon field.

It didn't take long before he discovered more than a dozen pieces of Tai Sui beneath the melon field.

Most of these Tai Sui had been dug out and hidden in one place.

Chen Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked back coldly at the father and son, then went to a hiding spot and set a fire.

Old Wang's mouth fell open wide, and he collapsed to the ground, limp.

He felt as if Chen Yu were like a deity, knowledgeable about everything in the melon field, even what he was thinking in his head.

"Old man, all these things are harmful. Today, I'll cleanse them for you! If I hadn't come today, you probably would have eaten Tai Sui too. If you feel something is wrong with your body, come and find me immediately."