My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 607 - 606: Strange Virus

Chapter 607: Chapter 606: Strange Virus

Yu Xiaoyu and Li Yiren slumped on the ground, staring blankly at the slender figure that walked in from beyond the vines.

Shao Zifeng felt uncomfortable under their gaze and said with a smile, "What, don’t recognize me anymore?"

Then he witnessed the best face-changing performance show he had seen to date. He saw Yu Xiaoyu’s face transform from a blank mask to one of wild joy in an extremely short time. Then her lips pursed into a look of grievance, and finally, she burst into tears, donning a mask of pain.

She quickly scrambled up from the ground and took off towards Shao Zifeng with long strides.

Watching Yu Xiaoyu run toward him with open arms, Shao Zifeng almost instantly recalled the image from a few days ago when he was rubbed repeatedly on the tablet. He truly did not want to experience that torture a second time.

Therefore, he pushed Yu Xiaoyu’s face away with his hand: "Don’t rush, don’t rush, if you have something to say... Hey, you smeared my hand with your snot... Hiss."

Even though her face was being held back, Yu Xiaoyu’s hands still tried to embrace him. Luckily, Shao Zifeng’s arms were a bit longer than hers, preventing her from succeeding. At the side, Li Yiren finally snapped out of it. She stood watching them and a water balloon-like mutant creature appeared in her arms.

"Hehe~"

As the two were arguing, a cold laugh without any emotional fluctuation came from not far away.

"Burp..."

Yu Xiaoyu felt like she was targeted by some danger and instantly stopped crying. She stiffly turned her head and saw outside the ragged vine net standing a little loli who was completely out of place in this environment.

The little loli wore a black bonnet, with a circle of rose-shaped black veil around the brim that covered the upper half of her face, and she was dressed in a gothic-style puff skirt. Her small, white, stocking-covered legs were spotless and unstained with blood. She dragged a blood-stained katana in her hand, and her round-toed leather shoes made ripples in the blood pools as she walked past the corpses on the ground.

Rustle!

The sound of the blade scraping against the ground stopped, and the little loli, with her head slightly lowered, had red light flickering under the black veil, and her body seemed to emanate a tangible black aura.

Upon seeing this, Yu Xiaoyu subconsciously wanted to embrace Shao Zifeng’s arm, but before she could do so, she felt the black aura intensify. She withdrew her restless hand and said to Shao Zifeng, stumbling over her words, "Shao... Shao classmate, who is this?"

Shao Zifeng looked at Lingling with a helpless expression: "Lingling, have you dealt with all those monsters?"

At Shao Zifeng’s words, the black aura and the katana in Lingling’s hands instantly dissipated. Her rosy lips curved into a sweet smile, and even the red glint under the black veil seemed to soften a lot. "All taken care of~ Just now, the Duke said he wanted to race with Lingling, but why did he run off alone? Lingling was worried."

With that, she turned her head to look at Yu Xiaoyu, her body radiating black aura again as she laughed coldly, "It wouldn’t be because of this flat-chested big sister, right?"

"Flat... flat-chested!" Yu Xiaoyu felt as if struck by lightning, and Li Yiren hurriedly came forward to comfort her.

"I’m not, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense," Shao Zifeng blurted out in denial, then made a clumsy excuse: "The knife accidentally slipped out of my hand during the fight, so it was an accident... Haha."

Lingling’s gaze shifted to Shao Zifeng, her little face cold as she took steps towards him, the black aura on her body seeming to grow denser with every step.

Shao Zifeng swallowed, watching Lingling approach him.

Just as he was about to say something, Lingling suddenly tilted her little head, revealing a sweet smile. She opened her arms for a hug, her demeanor once again reminiscent of an adorable girl-next-door.

When Shao Zifeng picked her up, the little one wrapped her arms around his neck, and whispered into his ear, "Duke doesn’t need to explain~ Lingling believes you."

However, in Yu Xiaoyu’s eyes, Lingling gave her a cold smile, causing Teacher Xiaoyu to shiver violently.

Shao Zifeng breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Yu Xiaoyu hadn’t succeeded just now, or else she would’ve been torn to pieces by now, wouldn’t she?

"Alright then," Shao Zifeng said, lightly patting the virtually weightless Lingling, "let’s get down to business."

Obediently, Lingling hopped down from his embrace and followed Shao Zifeng to the monster pinned against the wall by a whale horn.

Shao Zifeng examined the corpse before him. From its appearance, one could roughly make out human-like features, only its limbs were longer, and sharp spikes protruded from its joints and along its spine. Then there was its skin.

He pressed a finger against it to find the creature’s skin was mostly a hard, keratinous layer, except for the thick, insect-like soft skin at the joints. Below the keratinous layer, there seemed to be an absence of any filling, as if all its muscular tissue had been dissolved by an unknown substance.

But these were not Shao Zifeng’s main concern. He glanced around; this area belonged to a more secluded edge of the central venue. The mutant creatures that had been surrounding them were also eradicated by Lingling. If he was careful with the scope, the impact shouldn’t be too severe.

With this in mind, he closed his eyes and entered the perceptual vision.

In the illusory space, lines rapidly sketched the monster’s outline. Shao Zifeng inspected it closely and found a mass of purple-black shadow in its brain, different from the linear viruses he had seen before.

Shao Zifeng’s spirit emitted a purplish-red sheen, with several lightning-shaped purplish-red lines emerging and forming an abstract eye on the back of his right hand. He then grasped the purple-black mass, which felt like grabbing a handful of mud.

As time ticked away, the purple-black substance remained dormant without any change, and there was no alteration in Shao Zifeng’s right hand either.

"Is it really not working?" Shao Zifeng frowned slightly. From the start, he had felt that this virus was odd. In the past, when encountering viruses, his ’infectious’ ability was like a 48-year-old bachelor seeing a charming widow—the urge and desire were so strong, he could barely handle it.

But facing so many infected today, this ability seemed to have become like a saintly monk, whose heart remained unmoved even by the temptation of women, contemplating the emptiness of desire instead.

Knowing that he couldn’t absorb this virus, Shao Zifeng wasn’t planning to stay any longer. But just as he was dispelling his ’infectious’ ability, the mass suddenly came to life, extending tendrils that quickly attached to his fingers and started spreading upward.

Shao Zifeng was alarmed. Before he could react, a wave of energy emanated from the mass.

"Despicable blasphemer, you will soon meet..."

Clang!

A clashing sound like that of a sword rang out in the illusory perceptual vision as the sword light fell close past Shao Zifeng’s spirit.

The mud-like purple-black substance writhed and swelled rapidly, then exploded violently, dissipating into ashes.

(PS: Thank you for the 100 rewards from Wang.)