"Shasha is definitely a Spirit Beast, and she's ranked among the heaviest weights within the Spirit Beasts."
Ansheng squatted next to Shasha, lifted a paw to pat Shasha's thigh, and smiled at Ah Qing and the others.
"Next, she might stay with us at the College of Agriculture for a while. The Security Bureau said something about conducting safety inspections and has entrusted me to act as a temporary guardian..."
"Hello, I'm Shasha..." Shasha looked curiously at Ah Qing's group and greeted them.
"Did Brother Fuli bring you guys back too? Should I call you sisters?"
Shasha's nostrils twitched slightly as she sniffed the scent emanating from Ah Qing and the others.
Momo's scent felt somewhat familiar, likely containing trace amounts of similar bloodlines, Ah Qing seemed a bit unfamiliar, but she resembled those mushrooms a bit, while Tang You and Lingren bore no other scents, they were pure humans.
"Sisters?"
Ah Qing looked at Shasha in astonishment and waved her hands frantically at Shasha, saying, "Just call me Ah Qing....."
Judging from her appearance, Shasha looked like a mature, sexy urban lady, fitting the big sister category, seeming about twenty-six or twenty-seven at first glance.
Shasha is actually the big sister, right? Her calling Ah Qing 'sister' felt very peculiar.
It's just that it feels against the natural order of things...
"Ah Qing, you guys chat with Shasha, I need to check out the lost-and-found for the snails...."
Having signed Shasha's delivery receipt, Ansheng prepared to check out the so-called lost-and-found to find his snails.
After greeting Ah Qing, Ansheng followed the Security Bureau staff up the stairs to the floor where the Spirit Beast hospital and interrogation rooms were located.
"It's them, during a special security check at the Imperial Capital International Airport, they were found attempting to smuggle themselves in. They were then handed over to us at the Security Bureau for processing..."
"They are scientifically named Scaly Gastropod Snails, a species listed on the red endangered list."
As the Security Bureau staff pushed the door open to enter, they began explaining to Master Fuli the origins of the two snails.
They were smuggled illegally, and the Lin Clan was the one that provided the smuggling route.
Moreover, it was someone from the overseas Lin Clan who called and reported it to the Imperial Capital, saying there were two Spirit Beasts in the compartment of a certain flight.
"Buzz..."
The hospital room doors opened, and a wave of more than forty degrees of heat hit Ansheng in the face, leaving him stunned and looking at the two snails inside in disbelief:
"No, why do they look so handsome! They don't resemble the slugs I have in my mind."
Inside the room, the two snails were exceptionally handsome, their snail shells on their backs resembled obsidian, with irregular patterns forming a black metallic-looking shell, and their gastropod bodies appeared like molten lava in orange-red.
Moreover, they were covered in a layer of metallic armor in physical sense on the outer layer of their gastropod bodies, radiating fierce heat, their height from the foot to the top of the shell was almost two meters, among snails, their body size is akin to skyscrapers.
A common snail climbing onto them and trying to find a gap to crawl into would feel like entering a mountain cave.
When Master Fuli saw them, the two snails were squeezed in front of a small sun heater, enthusiastically rubbing their hands with their antennae as if warming themselves by the fire.
"They're said to be snails, but they more closely resemble conches growing in the deep sea." The internal affairs officer from the Security Bureau began explaining their origins to Master Fuli.
The Scaly Gastropod Snails are only found near hydrothermal vents two thousand meters deep in the Indian Ocean.
They are very delicate creatures, typically only appearing near the sixty-degree hot springs, and leaving the high-temperature hot springs environment would lead them to succumb to Blue Star's extreme cold and die instantly.
However, after their Spiritualization, it seems they've overcome the temperature weakness, and their respiratory and digestive systems have undergone new evolutions.
But logically, the Security Bureau couldn't comprehend why the two Scaly Gastropod Snails would want to smuggle themselves.
Neither Xia Country nor any other country has an environment conducive for them to live comfortably, they have no reason to leave the deep-sea hot springs and come to the land.
Strangely enough, they arrived loudly proclaiming they wanted to see Fuli; they only trust Fuli.
"Was it you who wanted to see me?"
After listening to the Security Bureau official's explanation, Ansheng had a certain understanding of the Scaly Gastropod Snails and, with a puzzled expression, moved in front of the two snails to ask.
"Buzz?"
The two snails, who were dozing off, were startled when the white fox suddenly jumped out, and shivered all over.
"Is he Fuli?"
"I don't know! Isn't there a photo of Master Fuli inside your shell? Take it out and compare."
The two snails conversed in 'buzzes' and conspired loudly in front of Ansheng, ultimately, one snail rummaged through its shell, pulling out a waterproof bag.
Inside was a photo of Master Fuli taken at Lin Ying's house, showing him holding a golden statue, hitting members of the Xia Country Lin Clan one by one.
The two snails picked up the photo, placed it beside Master Fuli for comparison, and after confirming the answer, they immediately burst into tears with a 'buzz.'
"Master Fuli, we've come to apply for a job. We heard you don't have stone lions at your doorstep; do you think our physique could work as stone lions?"
The snails said with a mournful expression, looking at Master Fuli, "They... are practically inhuman, treating our home like a claw machine."
"We all heard from Old Lantern that there was some village of yours openly recruiting disciples, providing food and accommodation, and even monthly hot and cold temperature subsidies, making me consider not wanting to work hard!"
When the snails mentioned Old Lantern, they were referring to the anglerfish, a type of fish that can freely move between deep-sea and shallow waters.
Among the sea brothers of the Spirit Beast Gang, whether dolphins or orcas, they were all well-known sea roamers.
With the opening of Qingao Island imminent, the street roamers of the entire sea gathered en masse to distribute flyers across the five oceans.
"If you're a Spirit Beast brother, come with me, our Spirit Beast Gang at Qingao Island takes care of food and accommodation."
Due to the annoying presence of claw machines at their home, the Scaly Gastropod Snails also planned to relocate. Just in time, upon encountering the flyers distributed by the Spirit Beast Gang, they decided to move their entire clan.
But their speed was painfully slow, so they could only find the anglerfish to notify the orcas.
Then the orcas called the monster fish, who then contacted Chen Zhiyu to find the Lin Clan, arranging an interview.
Eventually, the two of them were sent ahead to check out the treatment and benefits offered by the Spirit Beast Gang.
"With mischievous elements at home...."
Based on the description by the two snails, Ansheng also understood what they referred to as the mischievous elements.
That claw machine-like thing, while Ansheng couldn't recall their scientific name, knew they belonged to a kind of deep-sea mining equipment capable of clawing out minerals from the deep sea with one grasp.
Just like playing an ore mining game.
Previously, before the Scaly Gastropod Snails underwent Spiritualization, their body diameter barely reached five or six centimeters, but after Spiritualization, they became massive, and their entire bodies appeared like a fusion of obsidian and metal.
It's no wonder that deep-sea mining machines kept grabbing snails one after another.
And when a snail got taken away, the entire snail clan needed to move en masse to forcibly retrieve the buddy that got grabbed away like a toy.
Yanking it back thus, created a big mess.
The miners above thought there was big loot in the sea, hastily ordering newer, more powerful mining equipment.
After being tormented by the miners for two to three years, the Scaly Gastropod Snails couldn't bear it anymore and prepared to flee.
"If you think our color is too dark, Master Fuli, we also have brother snails from another tribe, where the sea water is nourishing, and each one of them looks as fair as jade."
Seeing Master Fuli in deep thought, the two big snails immediately began recommending their fellow tribe that more closely resembled white jade.
"We've heard of your heroic deeds if we really can't find work, please use me as a shield, so when robbing the vault, we'll be there to block the door!"
"Ordinary rockets can't penetrate our shells, and we can even roll the gold bars into our shells to make a quick getaway..."