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 surveince, the rest of the undercover agents would likely hide even deeper and not actively seek trouble.


    He ced the phone on theputer desk and continued with his work.


    After applying medicine 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 residentialpound, Shao Zifeng pondered for a moment and then decided to enter through the abandoned amusement park entrance, which,pared to the ‘Happy Sunshine Residential Area,’ was more deste, had fewer people around, andcked extensive surveince cameras.


    The abandoned amusement park had been around for a long time. Reportedly, it used to be flooded with visitors every day and was famous within the surrounding cities. However, due to urban nning changes, the amusement 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 woulde 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 aint call.


    Thest time he had emerged from the amusement 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 seemed 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 amusement 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 nts here werest 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, nning to check if there were any for sale on the tformter… 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 summed 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 amusement park in the distance. But Shao Zifeng couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off. Focusing, he realized that at some 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.


    Bing more alert, he looked around, tightened the travel bag he carried, and carefully scanned the environment, quickening his pace.


    As he moved forward, he felt something 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 rm, and a chill ran up his spine, his scalp tingling.


    This thing left a deep impression on him. Thest time at Qifeng Temple, he had almost been dismembered by a Blood-sucking Tarant after identally 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 amusement park. He couldn’t be sure if the web was from a Blood-sucking Tarant.


    The current situation, however, was unlike Qifeng Temple. There were no ambushes, no abundant mmable dust, not even a knife for self-defense—just the fact that getting quickly into the tform was the safest option. He couldn’t afford to be careless.


    As he ran through, unable to clear the roadside weeds, the long des of grass whipped his face painfully. Gradually, his expression became 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 movement extremely difficult.


    Shao Zifeng slowly spread his fingers, focusing on drawing the fire elements from around him, gradually umting them into a fist-sized fireball. Clenching his teeth, he mmed the fireball onto himself. In an instant, mes enveloped him, turning him into arge fireball. The spider silk twisted and snapped in the mes before turning into ash.


    Shao Zifeng could feel the raging fire burning his skin but not causing any harm. Relieved, it seemed his gamble paid off—although he had ess to few elemental powers, the corresponding resistances had increased.


    Before he could rx, apuse came from not too far away.


    “Snap, snap, snap,”


    Shao Zifeng’s heart tightened again. As the mes 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 elemental power. I’m really starting to feel a bit reluctant to make my move.” With a hearty smile, Li Hanying stood a few meters 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 seemed impossible. He stared at Li Hanying, his eyes nearly shooting fire.


    “Hehe, look at my memory. I forgot that Student Shao can’t talk anymore. Don’t worry, it’s just some 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, bing 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 remembered something, 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 y gently.”


    No sooner had Li Hanying finished speaking than rustling sounds came from the weeds on both sides of the road. One, two… a total of six huge Blood-sucking Tarants 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 Tarants. In theory, as long as you have enough resources, it is indeed possible to breed arge number of pets, but Blood-sucking Tarants are different—they grow by killing and sucking blood. In other words, to raise six Blood-sucking Tarants, he must have killed so many…


    Lost in thought, the six Blood-sucking Tarants drew near Shao Zifeng, raising their forelimbs to stab at him.


    Shao Zifeng closed his eyes in despair, realizing he was truly defenseless this time. It seemed he was really about to meet his end.


    “Qiuqiu, it looks like it’s time to say goodbye,” he murmured.


    …


    Li Hanyingughed maliciously, imagining the blood sttering before his eyes, which made him shiver uncontrobly with an exhrating 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 tarant’s ws drew closer to Shao Zifeng, and Li Hanying, with eyes wide in anticipation, was inwardly screaming in madness, his facial muscles twisting in excitement, his smile growing wider.


    Just as he was about to reach the climax of anticipation, the expected spray of blood didn’t ur.


    As the tarant’s w was about to pierce Shao Zifeng’s body, a Space Rift appeared out of nowhere in front of him. Waves of mes burst forth, setting the Blood-sucking Tarants in front of it on fire, causing them to shriek and retreat chaotically.


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    The surroundings slowly heated up, even the air appeared slightly warped. The dry grass in the hot environment rapidly shrank into clumps before bursting into mes, which swept through and devoured everything around them.


    The Blood-sucking Tarants huddled anxiously together, bellowing intermittently, eyeing the rift fearfully.


    “Yingeya~”


    An angry roar sounded, immature yet filled with supreme authority. The mes from the rift grew even more explosive, rolling and swelling. A pair of ferocious ming eyes suddenly opened, the invisible pressure increasing the fierceness of the mes, 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 seemed so nd.