Chapter 43: Chapter 43 Qiuqiu Returns
Looking at the information on his phone, Shao Zifeng felt a flicker of hesitation, but he didn’t take it too seriously. In his opinion, since the authorities had just apprehended people from the Holy Origin Society and were carrying out a citywide surveillance, the rest of the undercover agents would likely hide even deeper and not actively seek trouble.
He placed the phone on the computer desk and continued with his work.
After applying dicine to the wounds of the White-headed Bulbul and stroking the cat’s head, Shao Zifeng instructed the mutated white cat to keep watch over the house. Amidst the cat’s protests, he closed the door and left.
Exiting the residential compound, Shao Zifeng pondered for a mont and then decided to enter through the abandoned amusent park entrance, which, compared to the ‘Happy Sunshine Residential Area,’ was more desolate, had fewer people around, and lacked extensive surveillance caras.
The abandoned amusent park had been around for a long ti. Reportedly, it used to be flooded with visitors every day and was famous within the surrounding cities. However, due to urban planning changes, the amusent park found itself increasingly distant from the city center. Investors went bankrupt, nobody took over, and thus, the park was abandoned.
It is said that in the years before the ‘Unknown Recovery Event,’ many adventure enthusiasts would co here for night explorations. But after animals started mutating, it wasn’t frequented by visitors anymore.
Standing at an intersection of the ring road, Shao Zifeng watched the taxi speed away with a sense of speechlessness. Really… not even with extra money would the driver take him to his destination. Thankfully, it wasn’t that far away; otherwise, Shao Zifeng really felt like making a complaint call.
The last ti he had erged from the amusent park, he also had to walk to this stretch of the ring road before catching a ride. He had thought it was simply because there were fewer cars, but now it seed that drivers simply didn’t want to go there at all.
Adjusting the travel bag hanging in front of him, Shao Zifeng headed towards the abandoned amusent park. Walking on a seldom-traveled country road just outside the city, the roadside was overgrown with weeds as tall as a person, which narrowed the already limited space on the path.
Unlike the evergreen vegetation near Wutong Mountain, most of the plants here were last year’s dead grass, with new buds just barely sprouting, creating an overall barren appearance.
Parting the weeds in front of him with his hands, Shao Zifeng couldn’t help but think how inconvenient it was without a kitchen knife, planning to check if there were any for sale on the platform later… wait, why do I even need to buy a kitchen knife? Isn’t a long and hard Tang sword fragrant?
His rich inner life when alone helped relieve stress and made the journey less monotonous—a valuable experience he had sumd up, living a bachelor’s life for nearly two decades.
After moving forward for a while, he could vaguely see the buildings of the abandoned amusent park in the distance. But Shao Zifeng couldn’t shake the feeling that sothing was off. Focusing, he realized that at so point, the usual sounds of birds and insects had disappeared.
When he started down this road, the faint sound of birds could still be heard. It wasn’t loud, but it wasn’t entirely quiet either.
Becoming more alert, he looked around, tightened the travel bag he carried, and carefully scanned the environnt, quickening his pace.
As he moved forward, he felt sothing on his face, and when he reached to check, he pulled down a half-transparent thread, cool to the touch. Shao Zifeng felt a shock of alarm, and a chill ran up his spine, his scalp tingling.
This thing left a deep impression on him. The last ti at Qifeng Temple, he had almost been dismbered by a Blood-sucking Tarantula after accidentally stepping on its web.
‘No, I can’t keep going like this; I must get out of here as soon as possible,’ Shao Zifeng thought desperately, then broke into a run towards the amusent park. He couldn’t be sure if the web was from a Blood-sucking Tarantula.
The current situation, however, was unlike Qifeng Temple. There were no ambushes, no abundant flammable dust, not even a knife for self-defense—just the fact that getting quickly into the platform was the safest option. He couldn’t afford to be careless.
As he ran through, unable to clear the roadside weeds, the long blades of grass whipped his face painfully. Gradually, his expression beca numb, and he started having trouble breathing. His steps grew heavy until he realized that thick spider silk had already covered his body and neck.
“Damn it,” Shao Zifeng said, looking grim as he stood, feeling the paralyzing effect of the spider silk slowly numbing his nerves, making even the slightest movent extrely difficult.
Shao Zifeng slowly spread his fingers, focusing on drawing the fire elents from around him, gradually accumulating them into a fist-sized fireball. Clenching his teeth, he slamd the fireball onto himself. In an instant, flas enveloped him, turning him into a large fireball. The spider silk twisted and snapped in the flas before turning into ash.
Shao Zifeng could feel the raging fire burning his skin but not causing any harm. Relieved, it seed his gamble paid off—although he had access to few elental powers, the corresponding resistances had increased.
Before he could relax, applause ca from not too far away.
“Snap, snap, snap,”
Shao Zifeng’s heart tightened again. As the flas dispersed, a young man in an Abnormal Administration Bureau uniform appeared in his sight—it was none other than Li Hanying, with whom he had a previous encounter.
“I didn’t expect Student Shao to be so full of surprises, not only triggering a ‘Bonding reaction’ but also mastering elental power. I’m really starting to feel a bit reluctant to make my move.” With a hearty smile, Li Hanying stood a few ters away from Shao Zifeng, sizing him up with an amused look as if appreciating his prey.
Shao Zifeng’s body was stiff. He wanted to speak, but even opening his mouth seed impossible. He stared at Li Hanying, his eyes nearly shooting fire.
“Hehe, look at my mory. I forgot that Student Shao can’t talk anymore. Don’t worry, it’s just so special paralysis powder.” Li Hanying still wore a hearty smile, looking like a friendly big brother next door.
After saying this, his expression twisted into a cruel smirk, becoming increasingly deranged as he continued with a raised corner of his mouth, “This is a special present I’ve prepared just for you. Ever since hiding in this damn Abnormal Administration Bureau, it has been a long while since I’ve savored the fear of people on the brink of death.”
Drawing a dagger, Li Hanying walked toward Shao Zifeng with a sinister smile. However, after taking only a couple of steps, he paused, as if he had rembered sothing, and his face showed a frustrated look: “Really, you lucky bastards, I can’t deal the pain to you myself. It’s truly disappointing. I’ll leave it to them, but play gently.”
No sooner had Li Hanying finished speaking than rustling sounds ca from the weeds on both sides of the road. One, two… a total of six huge Blood-sucking Tarantulas crawled out of the undergrowth, first hissing at Li Hanying as if to please him, then turning around with a cold, cruel gleam in their eyes.
Shao Zifeng watched the scene before him in shock. Six—he had actually bred six Blood-sucking Tarantulas. In theory, as long as you have enough resources, it is indeed possible to breed a large number of pets, but Blood-sucking Tarantulas are different—they grow by killing and sucking blood. In other words, to raise six Blood-sucking Tarantulas, he must have killed so many…
Lost in thought, the six Blood-sucking Tarantulas drew near Shao Zifeng, raising their forelimbs to stab at him.
Shao Zifeng closed his eyes in despair, realizing he was truly defenseless this ti. It seed he was really about to et his end.
“Qiuqiu, it looks like it’s ti to say goodbye,” he murmured.
…
Li Hanying laughed maliciously, imagining the blood splattering before his eyes, which made him shiver uncontrollably with an exhilarating sense of electric shock; he bent forward slightly, squeezing his legs together.
‘Stab, please, just stab. I can’t wait any longer.’
The cold glint of the tarantula’s claws drew closer to Shao Zifeng, and Li Hanying, with eyes wide in anticipation, was inwardly screaming in madness, his facial muscles twisting in excitent, his smile growing wider.
Just as he was about to reach the climax of anticipation, the expected spray of blood didn’t occur.
As the tarantula’s claw was about to pierce Shao Zifeng’s body, a Space Rift appeared out of nowhere in front of him. Waves of flas burst forth, setting the Blood-sucking Tarantulas in front of it on fire, causing them to shriek and retreat chaotically.
The surroundings slowly heated up, even the air appeared slightly warped. The dry grass in the hot environnt rapidly shrank into clumps before bursting into flas, which swept through and devoured everything around them.
The Blood-sucking Tarantulas huddled anxiously together, bellowing intermittently, eyeing the rift fearfully.
“Yingeya~”
An angry roar sounded, immature yet filled with supre authority. The flas from the rift grew even more explosive, rolling and swelling. A pair of ferocious flaming eyes suddenly opened, the invisible pressure increasing the fierceness of the flas, reaching higher.
Li Hanying, drenched in cold sweat, watched incredulously as the scene before his eyes turned into a fiery hell.
His whole body shivered; everything suddenly seed so bland.
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