Free Web NovelChapter 58: Chapter 56: Evolved
Seeing everyone’s curious gazes on him, Zhou Weiping thought for a moment before speaking up. "This Mechanical Desecration Association, well, they’ve actually caused a lot of trouble within our Dongxia Federation."
The appearance of the Mechanical Desecration Association in Lingshui City was an extremely serious matter that had to be handled with caution.
And since they had shown up once, there was no guarantee they wouldn’t appear a second or third time.
If it happened again, and the public knew nothing, a situation like today’s would inevitably repeat itself. So, he decided to tell the crowd about this organization.
After glancing around at the crowd, he continued, "However, this organization’s activities are mostly concentrated in Tier One Cities or Special Level Cities. It’s rare to see them in a Tier Three City like Lingshui City."
"Of course, now that they’ve appeared today, they might show up again to cause destruction in the future."
Hearing this, someone in the crowd looked anxious and shouted, "Hey, handsome Security Officer, tell us about this Mechanical Desecration Association! That way, if we run into them in the future, we’ll be able to defend ourselves a little."
Hearing the word "handsome," Zhou Weiping was secretly pleased, but on the surface, he remained the stoic Security Officer Zhou.
He nodded and continued, "Speaking of the Mechanical Desecration Association, they’re different from other Cult Organizations. They focus on the Mechanical Element..."
After briefly introducing the Mechanical Desecration Association, he continued without a pause, warning, "Right now, we still don’t know what this organization’s objective is. What we can confirm is that they are highly destructive."
"As long as it’s an uncontracted Mechanical Pet Beast, they can use special methods to seize control of it." He pointed to the Shadow Soul, which had been reduced to a pile of parts, then brandished the Black Box in his hand. "The Mechanical Octopus inside this is one of their tools."
When the crowd saw the Black Box in Zhou Weiping’s hand, looks of fear appeared on all their faces.
That little thing... just now, if they hadn’t ganged up on it with their superior numbers, the consequences for one or two people running into it would have been unimaginable.
And who knew how many more of these Mechanical Octopuses were lurking in the shadows.
"These Mechanical Octopuses can even temporarily possess electronic or mechanical devices to create a Mechanical Pet Beast," Zhou Weiping said with a frown. "The more high-end the device, the more they like to possess it, and the stronger the combat power they can unleash afterward."
Hearing this, a look of realization dawned on Li Qian’s face. He finally understood why the Mechanical Octopus’s first target had been Fatty An, and its second, Sun Shouhe.
Among everyone present, their electronic devices were probably the most high-end.
When Fatty An heard this, he took out his phone and stared at it, almost unable to resist smashing it. "This stupid phone almost got me killed! Looks like I’m better suited for a senior’s phone."
After a moment’s thought, he didn’t throw the phone away after all. It had cost tens of thousands. Tossing it would be too wasteful. Even if you have money, you don’t just throw it away like that.
"..."
Next, Zhou Weiping shared a bit more about the Mechanical Desecration Association, finally stopping after about ten minutes.
He had shared everything he was allowed to; some information was confidential and he couldn’t disclose it.
He scanned the area and noticed that Sun Shouhe and Lu Kuihuan were still on the ground. The latter was unconscious, while the former was clutching his thigh and waist, his face pale from obvious blood loss.
Seeing this, Zhou Weiping asked in confusion, "Why isn’t the ambulance here yet?"
There were injured people at the scene, so he had instinctively assumed someone had already called an ambulance. After all, it was common sense and shouldn’t have required a specific instruction.
"If this keeps up, these two could be in danger..." Seeing no reaction from the crowd, he pressed on, "Uh, who called for an ambulance?"
An awkward silence fell over the scene. At that moment, Zhou Weiping realized something was wrong. "You... don’t tell me... you haven’t called an ambulance yet?"
Logically speaking, this place was just on the outskirts of the city. More than ten minutes had passed; if someone had called an ambulance, it would have definitely arrived by now.
"Um, Security Officer Zhou, your explanation just now was so good... we were all so captivated that we forgot!" someone offered as a weak excuse.
Not far away, Sun Shouhe, who had been struggling to stay conscious, heard this, and his head lolled to the side as he fainted.
He was filled with so much resentment. If his own phone hadn’t been destroyed, he would have called long ago.
Seeing this, the corner of Li Qian’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch. ’These guys... The reason they didn’t call for an ambulance definitely has something to do with Lu Kuihuan. After all, some of them were the ones who had beaten him up in the first place. Calling an ambulance for him would be a bit like a cat mourning a mouse. As for the others, perhaps they’d genuinely forgotten, or they just assumed someone else would surely make the call.’
After confirming his suspicions and seeing the miserable state of Lu Kuihuan and Sun Shouhe, Zhou Weiping didn’t dare delay any longer and immediately dialed for an ambulance.
He waited for a while. After the ambulance arrived and took Lu Kuihuan and Sun Shouhe away, Zhou Weiping finally prepared to drive off.
Seeing that Zhou Weiping was about to leave, Li Qian shot him a look.
The latter froze for a second. When he saw many people in the crowd giving Li Qian strange looks, he instantly understood and played along. "Alright, you can all disperse. Student Li Qian, you come with me to the Public Security Bureau to give a statement."
Li Qian heard this and seized the opportunity. "Classmates, I have to go to the Public Security Bureau to give a statement. Besides, after what happened today, there’s probably no point in continuing this gathering. I think we should all just head home."
With that, he got into Zhou Weiping’s car and left the scene.
As he was leaving, he gave Fatty An a look.
Fatty An immediately understood his meaning and stopped worrying.
At the scene, many people, including several of Li Qian’s classmates, looked disappointed as they watched this happen.
Some of them had wanted to come over to chat and get to know him; others probably wanted to ask about the Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon. freewebnoveℓ.com
Li Qian knew that if he stayed, he would have to deal with these hassles. So, he coordinated with Zhou Weiping to make his escape.
Watching Li Qian get into Zhou Weiping’s car and speed away, Li Lanying narrowed her eyes slightly, a thoughtful look in their depths.
Just then, the class president, Tu Jiaojiao, walked over. She was also looking in the direction Li Qian had left. "I never would have thought Li Qian would be so lucky as to contract a wild Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon!"
"Mhm," Li Lanying replied perfunctorily.
In the car on the way back to the Lingshui City Public Security Bureau, Zhou Weiping’s thoughts were similar to the class president, Tu Jiaojiao’s. "Student Li Qian, you really are lucky, being able to contract a wild Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon."
Li Qian looked ahead, thinking about where he should get out of the car, and replied casually, "It wasn’t luck. Qizai evolved with my help."
"Oh, evolved..." Zhou Weiping repeated subconsciously, not yet realizing the meaning behind Li Qian’s words at first.
But soon, it dawned on him, and for a moment, his grip on the steering wheel faltered.
His eyes widened, and his voice suddenly shot up. "Wait, what did you say? Evolved?!"
Feeling the car swerve, Li Qian quickly grabbed the handle above the door and warned, "Security Officer Zhou, watch the road!"
At the same time, he couldn’t help but complain inwardly.
’Seriously, what’s with the overreaction!’
