My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 600 - 599: The Train Dilemma

Chapter 600: Chapter 599: The Train Dilemma

"Rock Barrier!"

Scrape, scrape!

Two towering stone barriers rose from the ground, and the chaotic elemental fluctuations pushed the crowded people around, clearing an area near the fallen soldiers.

"Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu, hang in there."

Another soldier rushed out from behind the stone wall, knelt on the ground, lifted Xiao Liu, and let him lean in his arms. Looking at his bloodless comrade, the soldier pressed his hand on the wound at Xiao Liu’s waist, but the crimson blood couldn’t be stopped.

His lips trembled continuously as he looked at his teammates being squeezed in the middle of the crowd, his eyes red with anger as he roared, "Someone come over! Help us! Xiao Liu is in this state; what are all of you doing!!"

But his voice was soon drowned out by various screams and moans, and every face within his sight was filled with horror. The cleared area that had been pushed open was gradually shrinking as people shoved each other, trying to get closer to this side.

"Mo!"

Xiao Liu’s Stone-armored Giant Rhinoceros, eyes red, stamped heavily on the ground, causing another rise of the rock barriers amidst intense vibrations, but it was soon overwhelmed by the crowd that followed, who climbed onto it with hands and feet because they knew the Stone-armored Giant Rhinoceros wouldn’t really hurt them.

"Pain... squad leader... it hurts so much, squad leader." Xiao Liu’s body convulsed violently, his consciousness blurry as he muttered, and crimson blood poured from his mouth: "I... don’t want to die... squad leader."

"Don’t want to die..."

The squad leader, looking at the eighteen or nineteen-year-old Xiao Liu in his arms whose life had just begun, and who had never shed a tear in training no matter how tough it was, could no longer control his tears: "You won’t die, you won’t die, Xiao Liu, just hang on a little longer..."

As he spoke, he lowered his head, his shoulders moving continuously, and his sobbing was covered by the surrounding noise.

Tears fell on Xiao Liu’s pale face, mixing with the blood flowing down. His tightly closed eyes slowly opened, and seeing the usually solemn squad leader crying like a child, he managed a grimace of a smile, "Squad leader, you look so ugly when you cry."

The squad leader hurriedly looked at Xiao Liu and saw faint black lines emerging on his face, which startled him.

As a soldier, he should have immediately pulled out his military dagger and ended Xiao Liu’s life, but he couldn’t bring himself to be so ruthless. There was even a moment when he thought being infected might not be so bad since at least people wouldn’t die.

Xiao Liu read something from his reaction, and with effort, he raised his hand to touch his face: "Squad leader, am I infected?"

"No," the squad leader managed a forced smile to comfort him: "Don’t think nonsense, in a moment the Miss from the Yulu Army will come to save you, haven’t you always liked to sneak glances at her..."

The smile on Xiao Liu’s face slowly faded: "It seems I really am infected."

He turned his head and looked through the crevices of the Rock Barrier at the chaotic scene outside, bit his teeth and reached for the military dagger strapped to his thigh.

The squad leader pressed his hand down and said with reddened eyes, "What do you think you are doing!"

Xiao Liu grinned: "Heh, being such a handsome fellow, I don’t want to turn into that ugly mess. It’d be a huge loss if I can’t find a wife, right?"

He was laughing, but to the squad leader, it felt as painful as a knife slicing through his heart.

At that moment, Xiao Liu’s face twisted a few times, and the dark purple lines became more pronounced.

Just as the squad leader thought Xiao Liu was about to lose his mind, Xiao Liu suddenly grabbed his shoulder, used his waist to exert force, and flipped over his head, going from lying in his arms to lying on his back.

Pfft!

The squad leader felt his neck being covered by a large amount of warm liquid, the sticky slippery liquid flowing down into his collar, turning his military uniform to a dark green color.

Xiao Liu’s faint breath caressed his ear, and he was totally stunned.

"Squad... squad leader, take care... of my mom... I’m... sorry"

"Being your soldier... I don’t regret..."

Thump.

Xiao Liu slid from his back and fell beside him, his once bright and lively eyes now empty and lifeless.

A whooshing sound came from behind, and the squad leader didn’t manage to crouch down and roll on the ground a few times before he stood up with his back against the Rock Barrier. He suddenly noticed a woman inside the sealed area, whose face was covered with thick purplish-black lines, and her eyes had turned the same purplish-black color.

Her face distorted as she looked at the squad leader, and with a push of her feet, she clawed her way towards him.

The squad leader, seeing fresh bloodstains on her hands, charged at her like a bull enraged. His eyes bloodshot, he grabbed the woman by her clothes at her chest and smashed her to the ground. He then wiped his thigh with his hand, and a black matte combat knife appeared in his grip.

He knelt on the woman’s chest, and with the combat knife in his hand, he aimed it at her major artery, shouting, "Fuck you! Die!!"

Blood spurted out, and the woman abruptly opened her eyes wide. Her hands, like chicken claws, tightly grasped the ground as her body violently struggled.

Blood beads splattered on the squad leader’s face, but he did not stop, furiously stabbing the woman’s body with his knife.

He only stopped when the woman’s battered head completely detached, kneeling there, blankly staring at Xiao Liu’s corpse, oblivious to everything happening around him.

...

"Help! Save me!"

The man with glasses hid under the seats in the audience row, frantically pushing with his feet and grabbing the man who was dragging him.

That man, with his face twisted with purplish-black lines, grabbed his legs trying to drag him out. In the chaotic venue, this scene was not uncommon.

Whoosh!

A sharp whistling sound was heard, and suddenly the pulling hands slacked. Gasping for breath, the man with glasses opened his eyes to find the other man lying on the ground, pinned down by an ancient bronze spear.

The spear trembled slightly and was then pulled from the ground and whisked away.

The man suddenly remembered something, his face flushing with excitement: "Iron-eating Giant Panda! It’s Iron-eating Giant Panda in action!"

"Roar!"

The Iron-eating Giant Panda, clad in ancient bronze armor, let out an earth-shattering roar, and behind it, bronze spears materialized, swirling in the air with piercing screeches.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Sounds of tearing erupted as two spears sped towards the ground, piercing through the infectees harming the civilians, like Damo’s Sword.

On the edge of the venue, the scientific research team led by Chen Yixin was guarded by dozens of people. Their tensed faces relaxed somewhat when they saw the mighty Iron-eating Giant Panda.

Tang Tang tugged at Chen Yixin’s arm excitedly, "Professor, we’ll be out of trouble soon."

Chen Yixin patted her little head, but as she witnessed a scene akin to zombies besieging a city, her expression grew solemn. She was not hopeful about escaping, as the Iron-eating Giant Panda, while powerful, faced a predicament similar to that of the Stone-armored Giant Rhinoceros.

There were too many people at the center of the venue. The infectees were mixed among the crowd, and they dared not act rashly.

Acting might kill the infectees but also a large number of civilians, yet inaction would eventually lead to the infectees tainting everyone, possibly even spreading across the entirety of Daxia.

This situation resembled the famous trolley problem: a speeding train was about to run over five children on the track. The bell didn’t ring, and the brakes failed. Just as the train was about to hit the five children, a track change was noticed nearby, but there was also a child on that track.

How to choose in such a scenario was undoubtedly agonizing for the decider.

Chen Yixin sighed and reached into her pocket to touch her phone. The image of a figure bathed in flames surfaced in her mind. She wanted to call Shao Zifeng to confirm his safety but feared doing so might lead him to come to her rescue, potentially putting himself in jeopardy.

Just then, a cold touch came from her hand. Chen Yixin looked down and saw the mutant fairy clam, Caicai, sneaking glances at her.

"Umpa~"

Seeing Chen Yixin looking, the little creature patted its chest with its small hand, as if to say that with it here, it wouldn’t let its master get hurt.

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