My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 614 - 613 Guardian Barrier

Chapter 614: Chapter 613 Guardian Barrier

"We made it out alive! Wuhu."

The audience that rushed out of the central venue looked around the desolate Imperial City, somewhat bewildered. The cheers from a few girls shattered the surrounding silence as they hugged and cried together in joy, affecting the people around them.

But after a brief moment of joy, people started to look around at each other warily. Their previous experiences had left them with lingering psychological shadows, making them feel as if the person next to them could turn into a terrifying infected at any second.

After learning that all the citizens of Imperial City had evacuated, tens of thousands of people found cars or rode shared bicycles and quickly dispersed.

A young man, seeing the crowd gradually disperse, anxiously tugged on the middle-aged man behind him: "Editor Ding, we should hurry as well."

Ding Gaozhuo didn’t make a sound. He pushed his glasses up and stared intently at the not-too-distant central venue: "Chen, do you want to pull off a big one?"

The young man Chen was startled and looked at Ding Gaozhuo puzzledly, "Editor Ding, do you mean to..."

Ding Gaozhuo’s eyes shone as he looked at Chen, "All the media have already evacuated. This is our newspaper’s chance. Are you content being an unknown reporter all your life?"

"I..."

Chen was somewhat tempted, but his rationality told him that such gamble-like reporting was like playing with fire.

It was well known that during major shocking events that could panic the nation, the authorities usually kept a tight control, and only authorized media were qualified to report. For a tiny newspaper like theirs, one misstep could crush them completely.

Seeing Chen still hesitating, Ding Gaozhuo couldn’t help but provoke him: "You weren’t like this when you first joined. Have the years worn away your ambitions? If you are unwilling, leave the equipment and I’ll go alone."

After hearing his words, Chen pictured his recently graduated, enthusiastic self. The passion he thought had cooled reignited. He gritted his teeth: "Editor Ding, just tell me what to do. I’m in!"

"Good lad." Ding Gaozhuo was very pleased and patted his shoulder: "I knew I wasn’t mistaken about you... Hush, someone’s coming out. Let’s find two spots and broadcast live on the coin station."

Shao Zifeng and his group walked out from the venue, looking at the brightly lit but incredibly silent Imperial City in silence.

However, their pets were completely unaffected by their masters’ moods. Beibei rode on a deer, clutching its shoulder’s glowing ribbons and looking at the illusory flowers on its antlers, happily chattering, while Lingling nestled in Shao Zifeng’s arms kept her gaze on the Ice Toothed Tiger. The red glow under her black veil flickered, making the hair on the little Broadax’s back bristle and stick closely to Chen Yixin’s leg.

Perhaps due to the suppression in strength, the Cannon Claw Shrimp Soldiers, Snow Feather Owl, and Sleeping Orchids maintained a certain distance from Shao Zifeng’s pets and dared not get too close.

"Be careful, you guys. Don’t get hurt," said Yang Qi with a bird’s nest hairstyle, clutching a box containing samples, directing the accompanying researchers and Li Yiming as they moved a monster’s body.

Chen Yixin and Shao Zifeng stood side by side. Her bun was a bit loose, a few strands of hair mischievously sticking to her face, the hem of her white lab coat fluttering gently with the night breeze. Although stained with a bit of dirt, it didn’t affect her distinct charm.

As she tucked her hair behind her ear, Chen Yixin turned her head slightly to look at Shao Zifeng’s profile: "It’s been a while since you called my brother, huh?"

Shao Zifeng was slightly startled, picturing Chen Zhenglong and He Juan, a slight smile appearing on his lips: "I’ve been busy ever since I got back. I’ll find time to visit them in Su City."

"You better do it soon. They’re afraid to contact you first as they don’t want to interfere. They call me if there’s something..." As she said this, her eyes narrowed behind her glasses, shaping into crescents.

Shao Zifeng was a bit baffled: "What does that smile mean?"

Chen Yixing said with a smile, "I just feel a bit happy."

Zifeng: ???

It was baffling. What was there to be happy about?

After a brief chat, the vehicle loading was completed. From afar, Yang Qi waved at them, "Professor, junior Zifeng, you can drive now."

"Let’s go then. We have to reach the warrior’s shelter and there’s still a distance to cover..."

Rumble...

Just as the two approached the car, a blinding firelight suddenly erupted from behind them at the center venue, followed by a thunderous roar rolling in, shaking the ground violently.

Zifeng quickly steadied Yixing, turned around with a grave expression, and saw the surface of the center venue cracking open with fissures, dark purple flames spurting out of the cracks. The walls of the entire venue gradually bulged, and large chunks of smooth glass fell off, resembling a bomb ready to explode at any moment.

"Get down!" Zifeng yelled at everyone. His eyes then turned into amber vertical pupils. A layer of stone armor surfaced on his body as he threw himself and Yixing to the ground. The others, after a brief daze, also quickly ducked and covered their heads.

At the same time, the center venue, having swollen to its limit, suddenly exploded. The world was momentarily filled with blinding white light, and all surrounding sounds seemed to be erased, plunging into an eerie silence.

Zifeng lifted his head and saw, in the glaring white light, the soldiers stationed at the venue’s exit were violently blown away, then mercilessly devoured by the flames.

The ground shook violently, collapsing downwards from the center venue as a fulcrum, with wide crevices rapidly spreading outward. Visible white shockwaves instantly swept across, toppling nearby skyscrapers. Chunks of steel and concrete flew like meteor showers, piercing through building after building, leaving behind enormous voids.

Lingling and the deer stood side by side. A fierce elemental glow burst from their eyes simultaneously. Thick as large trees, thorny vines sprang from the cracked ground, intertwining to form a towering vine barrier.

The shockwave ceased in an instant, the vine barrier, after briefly holding off the force, tore into countless fractured splinters, scattering away in flaming fragments.

Following closely, Beibei levitated, her white fluffy dress swaying violently. A blue glow emerged beneath her white mesh, and with a wave of her small hand, she called out, "Beibei!"

Whoosh!

The swirly Water Defense opened up, followed by countless pale blue scales materializing out of thin air to form the Dragon Scale Armor, finally ending with a glass wall-like illusion refracting barrier at the forefront.

Crack!

Cracks appeared on the illusion refracting barrier under the shockwave, shattering into countless pieces. Both the Dragon Scale Armor and Water Defense could only hold out for a moment before they were completely destroyed. Beibei let out a sad cry as she was thrown backward, soon caught in Lingling’s arms.

Fortunately, at that time, the power of the shockwave had significantly weakened, and the last to appear was the mutant fairy Beibei, her eyes flickering. Her innate Guardian Barrier enveloped everyone within.

Cracks appeared on the Guardian Barrier amidst the shockwave, yet were quickly mended by a strange power, holding until the shockwave fully dissipated before it finally shattered with a loud crash.

(Guardian Barrier: Activates instantly in times of danger to the owner, blocking elements or physical attacks no stronger than its own strength. The capacity of the pet’s transformation determines its corresponding power.)

Absorption: It can absorb elemental attacks no stronger than its own strength, converting them into energy to fortify the Guardian Barrier.)