My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 598 - 597: Changing the Plan

Chapter 598: Chapter 597: Changing the Plan

Shao Zifeng suppressed his feeling of humiliation and asked, "What Duke, I don’t know what you’re talking about?"

The voice on the other end of the line hesitated for a moment, "It’s your code name on the testing platform. To meet the requirements of some Combat Training Masters, all registrants on the testing platform use code names instead of real names. Didn’t the staff inform you when you registered your identity information?"

Inform my ass, the card was already registered when he got it. He had skipped the registration step altogether.

Sensing Shao Zifeng’s subtle emotions, the person on the other line paused for a moment before saying, "If you’re not satisfied with your code name, you can submit a request to us on the platform, providing a new code name. Once the testing platform completes the test and officially rolls out, your code name on the merit rankings will be automatically updated."

Rankings?

There’s even a rankings list!!

Shao Zifeng felt a headache coming on. He did want to change his code name, but he hesitated when it came to picking a new one.

He seriously considered the naming method he had inherited from his mother, which was using repetitive syllables.

Could his new code name possibly be Zizifeng or EggEgg?

Ew~

Never mind, never mind.

He shook his head repeatedly, casting aside those names that didn’t sound human.

A code name like Duke...

Once he got used to it, as long as he wasn’t embarrassed, others would be the ones feeling awkward, right?

There were more important matters at hand. Shao Zifeng collected his thoughts and said, "Let’s talk about the code name some other time. Right now, I want to know the distribution of personnel pursuing the suspects."

"This..."

The operator hesitated, unsure of how to respond.

It wasn’t that they didn’t trust Shao Zifeng, but what he was asking about involved the confidentiality of the operation, and as an operator, he didn’t have the authority to decide.

At that moment, Shao Zifeng heard a deep male voice on the phone, "Tell him, S-level, especially S01, has the authority to know any combat intelligence and plans during a mission. In the future, there’s no need to ask for permission for such matters."

"Yes." The operator spoke again, this time with more respect in his tone, "Duke, at present, all the action teams are pursuing their targets. Apart from a small number of suspects within the fifth ring of Imperial City, the rest are fleeing towards the wilderness beyond the seventh ring. There are many roads there that have been abandoned long ago. The specific locations of the personnel are as follows..."

"Stop." Shao Zifeng suddenly interjected, "What about the large entertainment venues and densely populated areas within the Imperial City area?"

"Please hold on for a moment," the operator replied without any hesitation, quickly continuing, "In the city center of Imperial City, in addition to the central venue which is under martial law, only the National Grand Theater has gathered over seven thousand people."

"Then there are several large sports stadiums between the third and fifth rings, where there is a lot of civilian activity, and various nightclubs are also currently highly populated."

"However, please rest assured, Duke, the escape routes of those suspects are far from these places and won’t pose any threat to the city center..."

The few people in the hall listened carefully to the conversation, and Secretary Sun suddenly changed his expression. He stepped forward, snatched the operator’s microphone, and pressed it to his ear, "Do you know something, Shao? First, let me introduce myself. My name is Sun Bojian, currently in charge of the testing platform’s affairs."

"Mr. Sun, nice to meet you." Shao Zifeng didn’t engage in much small talk, "Earlier on a mission, I pried something out of Li Changze’s mouth. He said he was planning to take several Koreans to crowded places."

Sun Bojian repeated his words, "Crowded places?"

"Yes, that’s exactly what he said. Since the information was so vague, I only had suspicions. Now it appears the mastermind behind the scenes never intended to let those foreign nationals return alive. They’re playing a game of luring the tiger away from the mountain," he explained.

Sun Bojian’s expression fluctuated, and though these were only guesses based on a single phrase from Shao Zifeng, such risks couldn’t be ignored. If those people didn’t have this in mind, it would still be alright, but if Shao Zifeng’s speculation turned out to be correct, all the efforts they had made today would have been in vain.

With this thought, he made up his mind and said to the few looking at him, "Colonel Wang, Director Ren, Group Leader Cang, immediately order all personnel on assignment to return. The troops stationed outside the city will take over the capture mission, and notify the event organizers at all assembly areas to implement security measures and wait for official personnel to assist with the evacuation of the crowd. Until then, any foreign face that appears should be killed on sight."

"Also, inform the leaders of each unit, researchers, and scholars to report their current schedules. If not necessary, stop all activities immediately."

Seeing some hesitation among the few, Sun Bojian added, "I will report this matter to the Tingming Pavilion. Before new instructions are issued, do as I say."

Without further hesitation, Cang Haiyuan and the others in the temporary command center began to operate with tense busyness, and in a short while, various reports rang out one after another.

Shao Zifeng listened to the responses and breathed a sigh of relief. With the temporary command department mobilized, he figured there would likely be no major chaos.

Next, he had more people to capture to see if he could extract more information about "Fei" and the Holy Origin Society’s plans.

Just as he was about to hang up the phone, a sentence from the other end made Shao Zifeng stop in his tracks.

"Where is Professor Chen Yixin now?"

Sun Bojian knew there was a deep connection between Shao Zifeng and Chen Yixin, and he quickly said to him, "Professor Chen is currently doing sampling research at the central venue. But don’t worry..."

Click.

Shao Zifeng hung up the phone. He stood on the rooftop of an old building, looking towards the brightly lit city center and muttered, "You really are a handful."

"Woo~"

The wind grew stronger, and the ethereal sound of whale song rose in the night sky.

Central Venue.

At this moment, the entire venue was brightly lit, and the situation inside was much the same as when Shao Zifeng had left: the frantic activity of the Yulu military personnel and the ceaseless screams of gravely wounded people.

Almost ten hours had passed since the incident unfolded, and the emotions of the trapped crowds had become increasingly unstable. Coupled with the fear of the virus, people often resorted to fighting over minor issues. Although the Bensi military and the venue staff had made it clear that the virus would not spread through the air, that unsettling feeling continued to spread among the people.

At the security channel exit of the venue, dozens of agitated citizens surrounded the intercepting soldiers, constantly trying to breach and push through.

"Let us go!"

"We’re not injured, so why can’t we leave? This is illegal detention."

"Stop pushing, I’m telling you once more, stop pushing. Do you have any idea who my father is?"

"We want to go home, let us leave!!"

Faced with the crowd’s incomprehension and questioning, the Bensi military did not hit back, did not retort, stalling like a steel barricade, blocking the exit channel tightly.