About the Previous Body's Grudges

Compared to the surprise on Shen Mu's face, Geng Jun's heart was even more turbulent with astonishment.

After the two introduced themselves, Geng Jun's face showed a hint of emotion. "I really didn't expect it. Yesterday, when I saw you, young brother, come here for the first time, I thought you were just one person, a lone wolf. I didn't expect it to be a pride of lions."

His words were humorous and conveyed a friendly intention.

"You flatter me," Shen Mu just smiled calmly, not explaining too much.

Instead, he looked behind Geng Jun at the two Gnolls from the Spiritual Realm, who were about 1.67 meters tall, hunched over, and slightly shorter than adult men. His eyes were filled with even more admiration.

These creatures were native inhabitants of the Spiritual Realm, wanderers scattered across Blue Star after the crystal wall system of the Spiritual Realm shattered.

As long as one possessed a Spiritual Realm Mark, they could gain their allegiance and help resist the Undead Monsters in the darkness.

It seemed they sensed Shen Mu's gaze on them.

The two Gnolls also raised their ferocious heads, opened their mouths full of sharp teeth, and stuck out their pale pink tongues to lick the rusty scimitars they held up.

They looked quite brutal and violent.

And the owner of these two Gnolls, Geng Jun, was also observing the 15 Swadian Recruits beside Shen Mu.

Seeing these relatively thin figures, dressed in gray-black cloth robes, with weapons mostly being simple long-handled sickles and single-handed axes resembling farm tools, and tattered wooden shields, clearly all human, his eyes showed some recognition.

Geng Jun said with emotion, "Brother Shen is lucky to have gained the allegiance of so many human Spiritual Realm inhabitants."

"Just good luck," Shen Mu nodded.

Of course, he couldn't say that this was a reward from the Mount & Blade System, not a gift from the Spiritual Realm Mark.

This was fundamentally different from the Gnolls owned by the guy named Geng Jun in front of him.

"If the Diesel Company knew they offended Brother Shen last time, I'm afraid they'd be regretting it now."

After a brief chat, Geng Jun seemed to remember something and curled his lip mockingly. "Just because they have a lot of people in their company, they dare to casually snatch other people's Spiritual Realm Marks. I knew they'd hit a wall sooner or later."

"..." Shen Mu frowned slightly at this moment, and the residual memories from his predecessor in his mind also surged out.

"But Brother Shen, this place is quite far from the Diesel Company, it's on the edge of their influence. Although there's a grudge, it's better not to provoke them," Geng Jun comforted him.

"I understand," Shen Mu's expression was a bit complicated at this moment, as he remembered the reason for his predecessor's suicide.

"Alright, Brother Shen, I won't disturb you clearing this floor. Just a reminder, be careful of those apartment rooms that haven't been opened yet. Maybe they have thick curtains drawn to block the light inside."

Geng Jun didn't continue chatting and was ready to leave.

But before leaving, he hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm on the second floor, room 2101 by the elevator. The entire second floor is my territory, so we're neighbors."

"There are a few ordinary families living on the third and fourth floors. We can look out for each other if anything happens."

"As for the fifth floor, there's a strange person who has 9 Halflings under her. They can produce delicious dried mushrooms and dried earthworms. After eating them, they are more filling than our native Blue Star food and can also restore stamina, but she has a strange personality, so don't bother her if there's nothing important."

"I understand, thank you for the reminder," Shen Mu nodded in thanks.

Then he watched Geng Jun leave.

"Fifth floor, has Halflings, a strange person who can produce food with special recovery effects."

Shen Mu repeated the sentence softly.

This was indeed good information.

However, Shen Mu also looked towards the west at this moment, his face slightly darkening. "Diesel Company."

He slowly muttered the name.

In his mind, from the residual memories of his predecessor, a deep-seated hatred permeated his body and mind.

Because his predecessor was truly angry, wronged, and incredibly stifled!

"The day before yesterday, my predecessor found a Spiritual Realm Mark in a basement. It seemed that after activating it, he could also gain the allegiance of Spiritual Realm creatures."

"But he never expected that after he obtained the Spiritual Realm Mark, he would be discovered by the people from the Diesel Company."

"There was no other way, so he had to hand it over."

"After returning, his predecessor was consumed by anger and felt stifled by his actions. In a fit of rage, he slit his wrists and committed suicide."

Shen Mu curled his lip. This was his predecessor's last obsession.

He also understood why he felt something was wrong in his heart when he heard the name Diesel Company.

"Slowly, I will avenge you," Shen Mu touched his rapidly beating heart, offering comfort and a promise.

Gripping the hilt of the long sword tucked into his waist, Shen Mu said in a deep voice, "Alright, lads, it's time for us to act."

He turned to look at the Swadian Recruits beside him who were still on high alert, even after the two Gnolls had left, still tightly gripping their long-handled sickles.

These were his confidence!

"Action!"

Shen Mu waved his hand and began to lead them to open the doors of the rooms throughout the apartment building and search for supplies.

Perhaps it was also thanks to them being old-style apartment building rooms.

Most of them had ordinary doors.

If they were anti-theft doors in a high-end community, they might not have been able to open even a few, no matter how hard they tried.

Oh, this has a lot to do with Shen Mu's predecessor's ability to pry open this kind of cheap ordinary anti-theft door with just a wire.

Click. Shen Mu focused for seven or eight seconds and pried open another anti-theft door.

"Rustle!" But the sound coming from inside was not good.

"Something's happening."

The prepared Swadian Recruits raised the long-handled sickles in their hands, the sharp tips of the sickles aimed at the gap in the door.

Just as Shen Mu held the doorknob and confirmed that the sound was coming from behind the door.

He glanced back.

The prepared Swadian Recruits nodded at him.

"Go!"

Then Shen Mu directly pulled the doorknob and pulled the entire anti-theft door open outwards.

Then he slightly bent his waist, gathering all his strength in his arms, and then thrust the long-handled sickle in his hand fiercely into the darkness inside the opened door!

Puff! The sound of flesh being pierced instantly appeared.

"Gah!"

Then came an angry wail.

At the same time, the sound of wings flapping appeared in the darkness, accompanied by sharp screams and collisions, and a smell of sulfur.

"Kill!" But the Swadian Recruits showed no fear, repeatedly swinging the long-handled sickles they had thrust inside.

And using the dim light after opening the door, they charged straight into this apartment room!

In the narrow space, cold, gleaming sickle blades swung.

Seemingly simple broken wooden shields were raised to block.

And the one-handed axes in their hands.

In less than two or three minutes, the sound of flapping wings and wailing screams inside had disappeared.

Then came a 'whoosh' sound, the sound of curtains being pulled open.

Light shone in from outside the window.

The darkness and gray mist instantly vanished, completely cleared away in this apartment of about thirty square meters.

When Shen Mu entered, there were already seven or eight creatures lying on the ground, about the size of an eight or nine-year-old child, with dark red bodies, small black horns the size of a little finger on their heads, and bat wings on their backs, baring their teeth and looking like little devils.

The 15 Swadian Recruits were all standing in place unharmed, with only a few bloodstains on the faces of the two recruits at the very front.

Or a few unlucky recruits had their clothes torn by scratches, with blood staining the surrounding cloth robes.

These were considered the losses of this battle, and they were all minor superficial injuries.

"Imps."

Shen Mu recognized the name of this monster.

At the same time, he felt a bit fortunate: "It's not other types of demon monsters, just some low-level Imps."

No one knew what kind of Undead Monsters would be born in the darkness and gray mist.

Some were strong, some were weak.

Some were many, some were few.

But they were all extremely dangerous existences for ordinary people!

As the sunlight shone in, the bodies of these Imps, killed by the Swadian Recruits, also began to dissipate into black smoke.

It was as if a pile of snow was evaporating in an oven.

Whether it was blood, flesh, or bones, they all turned into black smoke and completely vanished.

Only in the corners of the apartment were scattered many withered bones, some slender, some thick, but all covered with tiny tooth marks.

Shen Mu was silent.

He knew these bones were the bones of the Blue Star natives.

There was no need to say more about what happened to them back then.

"Search around and see if there are any supplies," Shen Mu withdrew his gaze and waved his hand, instructing those behind him, "Pack up the bedding and wood and send it all back to our room."

"Understood," the Swadian Recruits responded and began rummaging through boxes and cabinets.

These were ownerless items, so of course they could take them freely.

However, during this time, Shen Mu looked at the dialogue box that appeared on his retina.

Ding! Congratulations! Your troops have won a battle!

You have soldiers who can be upgraded!