My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 540 - 539: The Serpent’s Tail in the Perception Field

Chapter 540: Chapter 539: The Serpent’s Tail in the Perception Field

In the empty room, Shao Zifeng rubbed his sore eyes.

After the first failure, he scrambled the order of the stones and tried again, but the result was no different from the first attempt.

Shao Zifeng stood up and stretched, moving his stiff limbs around the room.

He was still thinking about the details of setting up the Array under the Under Ice Lake. He walked around the arranged stones once and his eyes suddenly lit up.

If he remembered correctly, there was a concave disc where he had set up the Array at Under Ice Lake.

With that thought, Shao Zifeng became somewhat excited. He made a gesture with his hand and a faint Space Rift slowly unfolded.

"Wu~"

Dragging her shimmering veil, Jingjing briskly pounced over, her broad veil fins wrapping tightly around Shao Zifeng’s body, her head with an ice-crystal-like horn rubbing against his face.

Feeling the traces of coolness from Jingjing’s soft body, Shao Zifeng helplessly rested his hand on its big head.

"Wu——"

Although somewhat unhappy, Jingjing obediently let go of him and returned to the pet space.

Shao Zifeng shook his head in resignation and summoned Yaya again.

"Gululu~"

Yaya’s enormous body stood next to Shao Zifeng, its small claws gripping his clothes, the amber vertical pupils full of dependence.

"Yaya, make a circle for me here." Fearing it might not understand what a circle was, Shao Zifeng demonstrated with his hands, "It doesn’t have to be too deep, just as deep as my knuckles will do."

"Wu~"

Yaya nodded its head, and a gray-white halo flickered in its amber eyes.

Crack.

The ground at the center of its claws instantly turned to dust, and the small whirlwind flowing around quickly blew the dust aside.

"Nicely done." Shao Zifeng patted its body, "Go ahead and play here, I have some work to do."

"Gululu~"

Hearing this, Yaya obediently laid down on the ground, its two eyes quietly watching Shao Zifeng.

Shao Zifeng looked at the circular dent in the ground and took a deep breath. He sat down cross-legged and began to fill the indent with stones.

...

"Item C7 successfully retrieved, ready to be positioned at E8, energy testing meter power up."

"Energy testing meter powered up normally, ready to enter working state at any time."

"Energy testing meter detected no energy fluctuations, the experiment is declared a failure."

After another failure, the surrounding researchers had become somewhat numb.

Nan Lixuan tossed the documents in his hands onto the table, "Let’s call it a day, prepare to freshen up and go get something to eat."

Seeing everyone’s dispirited look, he clapped his hands to encourage them, "Don’t lose heart, everyone. We’ll succeed one day, perk up!"

"Understood."

The lackluster voices sporadically responded, and Nan Lixuan raised his eyebrows without saying anything more, heading first to the washroom.

Splashing cold water on his face, Nan Lixuan stroked the stand-up white hairs on his head in the mirror, a satisfied expression on his face.

Just as he was about to leave, the middle-aged man responsible for the energy testing meter came in. He shrank his head when he saw Nan Lixuan, murmured a greeting, and tried to walk past him.

Nan Lixuan couldn’t help but chide upon seeing his exhausted appearance, "Young Wu, you can’t be this feeble at such a young age."

"I’ve told you so many times, do morning exercises with me in the park. You keep saying you’ll drink goji berries, but I haven’t seen any improvement despite drinking so much..."

Wu Liyan had a pained face. After working so hard every day, how could he have the energy to exercise? But as a subordinate, it wasn’t appropriate to argue.

Suddenly, he remembered something and quickly interrupted Nan Lixuan, "Professor Nan, aren’t we going to call that lad?"

Nan Lixuan paused for a moment, "The lad? What lad?"

"The one who came this morning, that Shao... Shao somebody or other."

Nan Lixuan thought hard, then slapped his bald forehead and said, "Oh no, oh no, how could I have forgotten this."

"Quick, quick, quick, come with me to check, we can skip eating, but don’t let the child go hungry."

The two hurriedly summoned their researchers and rushed to the storeroom.

When they opened the door, they found Shao Zifeng sitting on the ground, his eyes fixed intently on the array of stones in front of him.

The Yaya behind him lifted its head, its amber-colored vertical pupils vigilantly watching everyone.

"Professor Nan, this..."

"Shhh," Nan Lixuan waved his hand to silence them.

He walked slowly to Shao Zifeng’s side, glanced at the array on the ground, and couldn’t help but reveal a hint of disappointment on his face—it seemed that the child had made no progress.

However, his expression soon faded, and he patted Shao Zifeng’s shoulder gently, saying warmly, "It’s ok, Shao, there’s no hurry. Let’s go eat first and get some good rest."

Shao Zifeng came back to his senses, rubbed his temples, and looked at the array in front of him.

It was still a failure.

After dinner, Shao Zifeng said goodbye to Nan Lixuan and went alone to the small park.

Although one couldn’t see the sun rise or set in the underground base, when evening came, the bright lights on the dome would extinguish, and simultaneously, countless starry blue lights would illuminate, looking up one could feel as though they were under a starlit sky.

Lampposts lit up along the road, just like a small town under the cover of night.

The lush trees shaded the splashing fountains, whose water reflected the crystalline sheen under the dim yellow streetlights, perfectly creating the ambiance of the night.

If there were several older women dancing in the park, it would be even more like a nighttime park.

Shao Zifeng sat on a bench, his mind replaying the Teleportation Array.

The stones weren’t the problem, and neither was the method he used, but when all the stones were placed together, that’s when the problem arose.

So which step exactly was wrong?

Feeling somewhat exhausted, he closed his eyes, unable to figure out the problem despite racking his brain, and decided not to think about it anymore.

When he opened his eyes, his gaze fell directly onto the statue in the fountain.

Looking at this statue, the frustrated Shao Zifeng once again felt a restless urge within him.

"Why not, just give it a try?"

If it’s just one look, there shouldn’t be a problem, right?

After comforting himself for a while, Shao Zifeng closed his eyes, and everything before him became a void.

He carefully extended his mental vision.

meters.

meters.

meters.

Surrounding him was emptiness, not even the simplest form of life could be detected.

Just as Shao Zifeng was about to give up, his mental vision suddenly blurred.

Dozens of meters below him, countless lines madly converged, sketching something, but the area seemed to be shrouded in a fog, making it unclear.

Shao Zifeng felt his spiritual power rapidly depleting, but it was still within his tolerance limit.

He struggled to concentrate, trying to see what it was.

Boom!

His mental vision suddenly shook violently.

The enveloping fog rolled away, revealing a giant snake’s tail outlined by the lines.

The snake’s tail swayed slightly.

Shao Zifeng’s spiritual power drained away like a breached dam, his complexion turning extremely pale in an instant.