My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 572 - 571 The Death of Wang Hao

Chapter 572: Chapter 571 The Death of Wang Hao

"This issue, well," Cang Haiyuan pondered for a moment, rubbing the cigarette case under his nose, "is quite complicated. At first we thought it was an isolated incident, but after an investigation, we found that there have been many disputes involving foreign nationals attacking citizens over the past few days."

Shao Zifeng was somewhat dissatisfied, "Many? And nobody’s handling it?"

"Yeah, many," Cang Haiyuan sighed, his expression slightly helpless, "Let me put it this way, it’s not that no one’s handling it, it’s just really beyond handling."

"Fights and brawls like these happen almost every day, and as long as they don’t result in casualties, the grassroots enforcers mainly focus on mediation and educating with criticism; they wouldn’t alert the higher-ups over something so trivial."

"This time, on one hand, there’s the pressure from online public opinion, and on the other, many of the older generation have come out to support and speak for you, otherwise, it wouldn’t have caught our attention."

At this, he looked at Shao Zifeng with a grin, "But you can rest assured, we’ve already made calls to the embassies and consulates of various countries in Daxia, and should anything similar happen in the future, we’ll treat the troublemakers with terrorism charges. I believe they will restrain themselves a lot more afterwards."

Listening to Cang Haiyuan’s explanation, Shao Zifeng knew he was being honest, but still felt a nagging irritation inside.

He thought back to before the Abnormal Administration Bureau agents arrived when someone in the crowd seemed to be watching him.

At that moment, with all eyes on him, the reason he felt that peculiar sensation was because he sensed the longing for the virus, prompting his vigilance.

After getting in the car, Shao Zifeng had used his perceptive vision to check and saw no signs of infection in anyone around him, including the two black individuals.

Chen Yixin, who had been sitting beside him quietly the whole time, said with concern, "Zifeng, you’ve already done what you should, don’t put too much pressure on yourself."

"Yixing, I’m fine," Shao Zifeng couldn’t figure it out and eventually gave up, "It’s getting late, let’s head back."

After dropping Chen Yixin off at the research institute, Cang Haiyuan proceeded to the hotel booked by Su City University.

When he got out of the car, Cang Haiyuan had a cigarette in his mouth and an arm resting on the car window, looking at Shao Zifeng with a smirk, "I hadn’t noticed before that you were quite narcissistic. I’ve seen the photos, they aren’t bad."

"Photos?" Shao Zifeng asked, bewildered, "What photos?"

"I get it," Cang Haiyuan took a deep drag on his cigarette and flicked the butt away, waving with a smile, "I’ve got other business, so I’ll head back first. Call me if you need anything."

He then stepped on the accelerator and the special service vehicle roared into the night like an arrow leaving the bow, leaving a dumbfounded Shao Zifeng standing there, lost in thought.

Me.

Narcissistic?

...

The next morning.

In Shao Zifeng’s room.

After some wriggling, a hand emerged from under the thin blanket.

Beibei, curled up beside him, watched the fumbling hand with interest, wagging its tail.

"Beibei~"

Seeing that Shao Zifeng was groping about for a long time, the concerned Beibei tapped the blanket with its little paw, then wrapped the cellphone in its tail and stuffed it into his hand.

"Dead battery..."

Shao Zifeng sat up, yawned, and scrubbed at his messy hair, ready to charge the phone.

Knock, knock, knock!

Suddenly, there was an urgent knocking at the door.

"Who is it?"

Shao Zifeng grabbed a robe and threw it on before opening the door, to find Li Yiming there: "Yiming, if there’s something, come in and talk."

As he spoke, he turned to head to the bathroom to wash up.

Li Yiming, looking at Shao Zifeng’s back, opened his mouth and said in a low voice, "Captain, Wang Hao is dead."

Shao Zifeng’s steps halted, and he turned around, disbelievingly staring at him.

Inside Yu Xiaoyu’s suite’s living room, all members of Su City University were present.

"This is the live recording of this morning’s first match." Yu Xiaoyu tapped a few keys on the keyboard and pulled up Wang Hao’s match video.

The screen showed a terrain filled with rocks and gravel, withered trees, and hills slowly rising from the ground.

"Match mode ’1V1 Reality Combat’, match location ’Gobi Desert’, one contestant per side, with three pets allowed for each. Please get ready, players."

"The competitors have entered the arena, the match officially begins."

After the start of the match, Wang Hao successively summoned the Spike Viper King, Earth Spirit Dog, and a kind of sea bird Shao Zifeng hadn’t seen before.

The Gobi Desert venue was filled with heavy sand and dust, and after a brief hesitation, Wang Hao removed his conspicuous blue team uniform, revealing his dark, sturdy upper body.

He used stones to construct a human shape, dressed it in the team uniform as a decoy, and under his command, the three summoned beasts moved separately. The sea bird soared into the sky, the Spike Viper King buried itself in the sand and stones, and the Earth Spirit Dog constructed an underground cavity for Wang Hao to hide in.

The progress bar under the video kept moving forward, and the windblown sand in the Gobi Desert grew more intense, stirring up a small sandstorm within the venue, which whistled hauntingly.

The blue team uniform on the stones fluttered loudly in the fierce wind, and the wind and sand gradually buried all previous traces. Wang Hao, hidden in the sandpit, waited silently like a hunter for his prey.

At this moment, amid the swirling sandstorm, a vague figure appeared, his broad black team uniform clinging tightly to his body in the wind as if each step required all of his strength.

"Hiss!!"

Just as the figure passed a raised dune, the quicksand on it suddenly sank, followed by a ferocious snake head bursting forth from the ground, opening its mouth wide to bite the person.

Facing the sudden attack, the person seemed to freeze in terror, allowing the Spike Viper King’s sharp venomous fangs to pierce into his body.

A glint of excitement flashed in the cold eyes of the Spike Viper King, and its powerful body twitched continuously in excitement.

Seeing the person’s body grow limp, Wang Hao turned pale with shock. He forcefully pushed aside the cover on top of him and while running through the wind toward that spot, he frantically shouted, "Stop, stop it, he’s going to die!"

The Spike Viper King opened its mouth and shook its tail irritably.

Just as Wang Hao was about to reach him, the figure with the bowed head suddenly lifted his face, a pair of crazed eyes staring intently at Wang Hao: "Found you."

Saying this, he pulled his feet out from the sand and pounced toward Wang Hao.

In the midst of the sandstorm, Wang Hao’s dark face showed a look of terror; he knew the toxicity of the Spike Viper King all too well, but this person...

It was already too late for further thoughts: "Spike Viper King, strangle!"

The Spike Viper King sprang forward and caught up with the man in black, its robust body coiling around him, sharp spikes penetrating into his body to inject a large amount of venom once more.

The sea bird and the Earth Spirit Dog quickly attacked the man in black, tearing and biting at him.

Even so, the man in black still walked step by step towards Wang Hao. Seeing this, the Spike Viper King let out an angry hiss and kept tightening its body.

The man in black’s body became distorted and uneven like a balloon until it finally burst into fine sand with a loud ’pop.’

Puh!

As Wang Hao stood uncertain, a figure suddenly appeared behind him, and then his chest eerily swelled up, as a bloodied hand clutching a heart pierced through his skin.

Wang Hao slowly looked down at the pulsing heart in that hand, and a deep red blood spilled from his mouth.

"Hiss!"

"Woof!"

Upon seeing their master wounded, the Spike Viper King and Earth Spirit Dog began to howl madly as they furiously charged at the man in black.

Boom!

Just then, the Gobi Desert began to shake violently, chaotic winds whipping up countless sand and stones to form an even more terrifying sandstorm engulfing the entire venue.

Beep, beep, beep!

The sharp blast of a whistle resounded in the video as workers wearing white protective gear assembled around the venue.

After a while, the sandstorm slowly dissipated, revealing the scene within.

The man in black lifted his head to glance at the camera, leisurely wiping the blood from his hand. At his feet lay Wang Hao, covered in yellow sand.

Wang Hao lay face-up in a sand hollow, his chest bearing a fist-sized hole, sticky blood mixed with yellow sand turning into a sinister dark red that continued to spread outward.

Apart from that, there were his three beasts, including the Spike Viper King that had left Shao Zifeng with a lasting nightmare. Now, they laid torn into segments, scattered among the surrounding sand and stones.

As the video ended, there was not a single sound in the living room; everyone sat quietly on the couch.

Shao Zifeng closed his eyes and leaned against the back of the sofa, his mind filled with images of his time with Wang Hao.

From the beginning, that sophomore revealing his big white teeth with every smile, to that final smile just before the elevator doors closed. Over the course of more than a year, Wang Hao had changed a lot, but no one expected him to die on the field.

After a long silence, Shao Zifeng’s emotions slowly calmed down, and he opened his eyes to ask calmly, "Which school?"

Yu Xiaoyu didn’t know why, but she felt that Shao Zifeng was somehow terrifying at that moment. She spoke softly, "It’s from the White Eagle Federation team."