The Kui Ox Drum with its two fake certifications looked utterly ordinary, giving off no supernatural aura whatsoever. Even the aura of lightning on its hide when it had been enhanced to +3 was gone. It looked like an antique worth nothing beyond its value to collectors.
Even Jiang Chen wondered whether the enhancement had failed.
He curled a finger, about to tap it.
But at that instant, every hair on his body abruptly stood on end, and a powerful sense of unease arose within him.
"What does that mean?"
"Will something terrifying happen if I tap it?"
Jiang Chen froze. After a moment's thought, he went downstairs, hailed a cab, and headed for Sunward Middle School.
Although the supernatural incident there had been resolved, the cordon had yet to be removed. There would be few people nearby, and the school grounds were spacious enough for testing.
Sunward Middle School, in a corner of a ground-floor classroom in the abandoned teaching building.
An old beggar with disabled legs sat hunched there, chewing something. Liquid dripped onto his clothes, thick and wet.
"Delicious, absolutely delicious. Thank you for the meal, boss. Without you, I would've starved to death..."
The beggar was clearly alone, yet words of thanks came from his mouth. There was no telling whom he was addressing.
As he gnawed away, the beggar suddenly twitched his nose. A pair of eyes lit up in the darkness. He wiped his bloody mouth, dropped a mangled thigh, and crawled outside.
"Another boss is here. Have mercy, please. I haven't eaten in three days..."
The beggar's voice was both pitiful and chilling.
Jiang Chen crossed the park and had barely entered the school gates when a beggar with two disabled legs crawled over, crying out through tears and snot.
"Handsome young