Free Web NovelShe thought for a moment, then said to the temporary tour guide, Qi Yuan, "Mr. Qi, why don't you wait for me for a moment? I'll go find Mingxi and bring her over. She's still young and might not understand the implications."
"No need! If she doesn't want to go, we shouldn't force her."
Qi Yuan's tone was cold, with an inexplicable sense of eeriness.
Shen Hongling's brows furrowed even tighter.
This Xiao Guniang clearly offended the organizers.
Sigh.
Young people, indeed.
Mingxi was unaware of the worries of Shen Hongling and the others.
Her routine was always regular; she would wake up at five and begin her standard training.
Originally, she had planned to find a training ground nearby to spend the day, but due to Chu Kuangsheng's reminder, Mingxi ultimately did not go out.
And she was mentally prepared for the day to be anything but peaceful.
Even so, she hadn't expected it to be this unpeaceful.
She was staying in a three-star hotel arranged by the organizers; the hotel's conditions and living environment were very ordinary.
Around 10 AM.
Mingxi was doing the homework assigned by her teachers.
Classes could be skipped, but daily assignments could not; this was her duty as a student.
Lan Yue and Little Silver Flower quietly practiced not far away. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Considering the size of the pet beasts, hotel rooms in this world were generally very large.
Although the king-sized room Mingxi was staying in was relatively simple, the space was sufficient to accommodate Little Silver Flower and Lan Yue.
Of course, offensive skills definitely could not be used in the room.
So Little Silver Flower was practicing Barrier, Holy Light Guard, Teleportation, Telekinesis, and Time Stop; these skills did not require a high-demand training environment and would not cause damage to items in the room.
Meanwhile, Lan Yue was practicing Endure, Flash of Inspiration, and Elemental Rejection, while silently engaging with Little Silver Flower, resisting the Telekinesis and Time Stop it occasionally threw over.
Due to Golden Yuanbao's forced absence, the two, feeling their task was immense, were clearly more serious.
"Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep!!!"
An urgent, piercing alarm suddenly sounded.
Mingxi's mind sharpened, and she immediately stood up.
Little Silver Flower and Lan Yue also reacted quickly, guarding her side at the first moment, a transparent Barrier enveloping them.
The Barrier had just opened.
"Whoosh la la la!"
The automatic fire suppression sprinkler system on the ceiling was triggered!
A fire?
Mingxi frowned.
An accident?
Or man-made?
"Ling!"
Lan Yue also frowned, looking at the continuously spraying sprinklers above, and called out with a serious expression.
Mingxi was slightly startled.
Lan Yue just said there was a strange smell in the water!
Could it be poisonous gas?
"Hold your breath!"
Mingxi immediately ordered, while quickly running towards the door.
This room was still too cramped; if something really happened, it would definitely affect Little Silver Flower and their performance.
But just as she reached the door, before she could reach out to open it, she heard a «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» strange tapping sound from outside.
Like a woodpecker pecking at the door panel and wall.
Hearing these sounds, Mingxi's heart sank.
"No way?"
Strange smell.
Strange tapping sounds.
And the triggered sprinkler system.
...
She remembered a news report she had seen before.
It also happened in Tianhe City, the Zhuzhu Yuan raid incident twelve years ago.
Zhuzhu Yuan, a Ghost and Flight dual-type Advanced Level Transcendent creature.
The Zhuzhu Yuan has a peculiar appearance.
Its body resembles a ghostly owl, its feathers are dark gray, and its wings are broad and transparent, as if they can blend into the darkness.
However, its head has a woodpecker's beak, sharp and hard, gleaming with a metallic luster.
Its eyes are deep purple, and it is said that one cannot look directly into its eyes, or their essence will be taken.
In reality, the Zhuzhu Yuan indeed has the ability to extract the essence of others and other beasts.
But it does not rely on its eyes.
But its beak!
The Zhuzhu Yuan's ghost attribute allows it to silently approach its target in an invisible state.
Then, it uses its beak to easily peck through hard objects, thereby Absorbing the opponent's essence.
At the same time, when Zhuzhu Yuan appear in groups (more than 3), they can also cooperate with each other, releasing a special sound wave through pecking, which can interfere with the enemy's senses and cause them to fall into confusion.
This Transcendent creature also particularly likes to plunder the wealth of humans and other Transcendent creatures; it is naturally a bandit.
Moreover, they also possess the special ability to penetrate spatial items.
In other words, the Zhuzhu Yuan's talent is theft; they can even steal things placed in spatial items.
To satisfy their purpose of theft and plunder, their cruelty has almost no limit.
Even if they don't actually need those things, they can still commit murder, arson, and all sorts of evil deeds.
Therefore, the Zhuzhu Yuan species has a notorious reputation in the Alliance.
The malicious robbery incident that occurred in Tianhe City twelve years ago was the work of a group of Zhuzhu Yuan. freёwebnovel.com
That incident directly resulted in 53 deaths and 67 injuries at an energy potion manufacturing plant!
According to the employees of that potion factory who described the incident afterward, when the Zhuzhu Yuan invaded, the factory's fire extinguishing system first activated, a pungent smell appeared in the air, and then there were tapping sounds...
The situation was almost identical to the present.
So Mingxi immediately thought of the Zhuzhu Yuan.
If she wasn't mistaken.
Then this matter was huge.
The tapping sounds outside were so frequent and dense, it was probably hundreds of Zhuzhu Yuan?
So many wild Transcendent creatures appearing unexpectedly in a three-star hotel?
This didn't seem normal no matter how she thought about it.
"Could it be the Yang family's doing?"
Mingxi was suspicious; if it was really arranged by the Yang family, then was the incident twelve years ago also related to the Yang family?
After all, the amount of potions stolen from that factory back then was not something a few wild Transcendent creatures could handle or digest.
There were quite a few problems to consider.
However, now was clearly not a good time to ponder the truth of that year.
"Little Silver Flower, give us Angel's Kiss!"
The Zhuzhu Yuan's sound wave attack was extremely troublesome; one might not even realize they were affected.
So, it was necessary to be constantly alert and prepared.
Fiery Red Lips immediately landed on Mingxi and Lan Yue.
Their minds instantly cleared.
Mingxi also noticed that Lan Yue had an extra buff, Triple Sobering.
This indicated that Lan Yue might have already been affected by the sound waves, experiencing a negative state of confused thinking.
Fortunately, Little Silver Flower's skill was released fast enough, dispelling the negative effect before Lan Yue became confused.
Otherwise, they might have ended up fighting each other!
Many of the employees at that pharmaceutical factory twelve years ago were affected by the sound waves, dying or being injured from self-mutilation or infighting.
"Lan Yue, did you feel anything just now?"
"Ling Ling ling..."
I just vaguely saw the brother who bullied me the most, and almost swatted him with a claw...
Good heavens!
Lan Yue must have mistaken her or Little Silver Flower for its brother.
"Tap tap tap!"
