My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 492 - 491 New Discovery of Mutant Virus (Congratulations to ’Yueye Bingfeng’ for becoming the Alliance Hierarch)

Chapter 492: Chapter 491 New Discovery of Mutant Virus (Congratulations to ’Yueye Bingfeng’ for becoming the Alliance Hierarch)

In the realm of void perception.

Countless dark purple fine lines sometimes Entangle, sometimes separate, resembling iron nematodes swimming in water, sending chills down one’s spine.

Shao Zifeng’s right hand trembled slightly, with purple-red energy particles threading through his fingers. At the moment the purple-black virus was about to touch the spirit, a strong suction erupted from the abstract eyes.

"Squeak!!"

The purple-black fine lines struggled to break free, but they were gradually sucked into the eyes.

One strand.

Two strands.

A hundred strands.

In just a few seconds, all the purple-black fine lines were absorbed by the eyes.

One end of the virus strands was bound by the eyes while the other end struggled frantically. Shao Zifeng’s hand appeared as if it had grown living hair, looking extremely bizarre.

The purple-red particles that Entangle the spirit spun wildly, constantly absorbing the purple-black virus strands and then releasing threads of pure energy to nourish Shao Zifeng back.

In ward No. 1, the body of the patient lying on the bed gradually relaxed, though the muscles still twitched occasionally.

The doe’s eyes sparkled with starlight, and the surreal vines creeping up the wall hung down branches, blooming a few small white flowers beside the pillow.

A faint fragrance permeated the air, and the expression on the patient’s face slowly became more serene.

...

"Ah!!! Kill... you!"

"So much Pain... Ah! Please release me."

Cries of agony echoed through the corridor along with the sounds of bed legs scraping against the floor.

Outside ward No. 1, a female soldier wrapped in a protective suit grew increasingly uneasy, occasionally looking up at the small window on the door.

But the window had already been sealed off by vines, leaving her completely unaware of what was happening inside the room.

Click!

The sound of a door opening.

The door to ward No. 2 opened, and another female soldier, also in a protective suit, stepped out.

Seeing her comrade in front of ward No. 1, she paused briefly and saluted hurriedly, "Squad leader, what’s going on? The patient in my ward suddenly became extremely agitated."

"If this continues, I’m afraid they might get injured by the restraints."

"Just listen carefully," said the female soldier from ward No. 1, somewhat helplessly.

The soldier from ward No. 2 listened intently.

"How could this be? The patients in the other wards are also reacting so violently." She stopped mid-sentence, her curiosity piqued as she looked at ward No. 1, "Squad leader, why is there no commotion here?"

"Someone came earlier, said they were sent from above to treat the virus..." The squad leader was also unclear on the situation, "He asked me to stand guard here, but shortly after he went in, all the patients in the wards started to become extremely agitated."

"What should we do? Shall we contact the General? I’m really worried something bad might happen."

"Let’s wait a bit longer, it might get better soon..."

As the two conversed, behind them, the Jade Horn Cloud Deer affectionately nuzzled each other, their long necks rubbing together as if whispering secrets.

Rustle.

The ears of the Jade Horn Cloud Deer fluttered, curiously turning their heads.

On the snow-white wall, several black lines were winding and wriggling like snakes. The moment the Jade Horn Cloud Deer set eyes on them, they froze in place.

The Jade Horn Cloud Deer exchanged glances, about to alert their master when their eyes suddenly widened in shock. Their foreheads were pierced by the black lines, and crimson blood trickled down along the lines.

Thump!

After the black lines were retracted, the Jade Horn Cloud Deer collapsed to the ground.

"Who’s there!"

Hearing the noise, the female soldier tensed up, and before she could turn around, she felt something entangle her neck.

The two dared not make any sudden moves and slowly turned around.

Upon seeing what was behind them, their eyes widened behind their thick goggles.

Thud, thud, thud!

Several black threads crisscrossed as they stabbed into the bodies of the two individuals, who collapsed to the ground before they could even cry out.

The threads that had pierced their bodies slowly withdrew as one woman struggled to open her eyes wide.

Through her blurry vision, she saw a small figure waving countless black threads, step by step approaching them.

...

In the sickroom.

Shao Zifeng slowly opened his eyes, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at his right hand with satisfaction.

Phew!

A pulsating dark red flame hovered over his right hand, reflecting the flame light in his pupils, which shimmered with a purplish-red glint as his right hand emitted countless purplish-red energy particles that began to erode the flame’s elemental particles.

The dark red flame slowly turned purple-red, and as nearly one-fifth of the flame was transformed, Shao Zifeng began to feel the pressure.

He closed his palm, and the flame dissipated.

"Yo~"

At that moment, the deer came over curiously and looked at him.

"Hmm, the process went very smoothly this time."

At these words, the deer happily squinted its eyes, and a vine extended from its body to gently wipe the sweat from Shao Zifeng’s forehead.

Shao Zifeng glanced at the vine-covered sickroom, "Let’s go to the next one. I reckon I can absorb the virus from ten people today."

"Yo~"

The deer nodded, stars twinkling in its eyes, while the vines entrenched on the walls dissipated into elemental particles.

After everything was done, they turned and walked toward the room’s door, but Shao Zifeng suddenly stopped just as his hand was about to touch the doorknob.

"Yo?"

The deer looked at Shao Zifeng, puzzled.

"Shh."

He furrowed his brows and listened intently.

Only then did he notice the eerie silence in the corridor. If before the silence was due to the deer’s vines sealing everything, now...

With this thought, Shao Zifeng slowly lowered his hand and once again activated his perceptive vision.

There was nothing unusual in the sickroom. Shao Zifeng hesitated for a bit, then slowly expanded the range of his perception.

There was no one in front of sickroom number one.

Next door’s sickroom also had only one infected individual remaining.

Expanding further, sickroom number two also had only the infected left.

Shao Zifeng frowned slightly. Had the people from the Jade Deer force left?

After pondering for a moment, Shao Zifeng didn’t dwell on it much, as the presence or absence of the Jade Deer force made no difference to him.

Soon he focused his attention on the infected individuals in the nearby sickrooms, who were previously restless but now lay motionless on their beds.

The previously erratic black-purple lines circulating in their bodies were now all converging in their brains, with the virus occupying nearly one-third of the area.

"Squeak!"

Just as Shao Zifeng was about to probe further, those purple-black viruses turned towards him again, prompting Shao Zifeng to decisively disrupt the empathic connection.

Opening his eyes, Shao Zifeng recalled the scene he had just witnessed.

It now seemed that this virus was not merely a mutation but was specifically targeting the brain.

The brain is the most crucial organ in humans, the largest and most complex structure in the central nervous system. It regulates bodily functions and serves as the material basis for consciousness, spirit, language, learning, memory, and intelligence, among other higher neurological activities.

Such a virus, already capable of infecting others through the infected individual, was terrifying enough.

To think it could also control the brain...

Shao Zifeng cursed inwardly.

Those people from the Holy Origin Society, could they be trying to create zombies?

(PS: The next Chapter will feature a corrupted Lingling. Alliance Hierarch Fengfeng said whoever delivers Lingling’s lines with the most flavor in this Chapter will get a red packet from him, haha.)