Free Web NovelChapter 372: Chapter 280: The Weird Mutant Beast Corpse
WHOOSH, WHOOSH, WHOOSH...
The giant owl Mutant Beast shook its feathers again, launching a dense, rain-like barrage.
When Zhao Chi saw that the giant owl Mutant Beast was attacking him instead of fleeing, he gave a cold, disdainful sneer.
The Flaming Wings on his back instantly expanded, folding around to completely envelop him.
The incoming barrage struck Zhao Chi’s Flaming Wings and was instantly incinerated by the searing heat.
HOOT HOOT...
Seeing that its attack had failed to harm its enemy, the giant owl Mutant Beast let out a few enraged hoots.
Just as it prepared to attack again with its awakened Superpower, Zhao Chi decided its time was up.
SHLICK.
A red streak of fire flashed across the sky. The sound of something being sliced was followed by the smell of scorched flesh filling the air.
Zhao Chi, having flown past the giant owl Mutant Beast, turned and hovered in mid-air.
The giant owl Mutant Beast, which he had sliced in two with his Flaming Wings, was utterly lifeless. Its carcass plummeted toward the ground.
The prison staff on the ground, seeing their Prison Director charge into the sky, had immediately scrambled for cover.
They knew that once their Prison Director took action, the giant owl Mutant Beast in the sky was doomed. To avoid getting caught in the crossfire, they had wisely taken cover to protect themselves.
THUD.
The bisected carcass of the giant owl Mutant Beast slammed heavily onto the ground, splattering foul-smelling blood in all directions. Fortunately, the prison staff had already taken cover; otherwise, they would have been showered in the filth.
Zhao Chi descended from the sky. He retracted his Flaming Wings and walked over to the giant owl Mutant Beast he had just killed, frowning as he looked down at the creature that had invaded the prison.
"Prison Director, for a Mutant Beast to cross the border and wreak havoc in a safe zone... this doesn’t seem like a simple matter, does it?" The Prison Director’s assistant approached the dead giant owl Mutant Beast, glanced at it, then turned to his superior.
"This giant owl Mutant Beast had the strength of a Second Rank Initial Stage. Logically, it’s understandable if a Tier One Mutant Beast occasionally crosses the border irrationally."
"But a Mutant Beast at the Second Rank Initial Stage or higher shouldn’t be doing something like this," Zhao Chi said.
He also knew something was unusual. Without wasting any more time, he pulled his phone from his pocket and called the Superpower Administration Bureau.
"Hello."
"Are you asleep?"
"I’m not even off work yet!"
"Still working this late?"
"We were in a meeting! It just ended, and I was about to head home. Why are you calling me so late? Is something wrong?"
"Well, something happened over at the prison. We were attacked by a giant owl Mutant Beast with the strength of a Second Rank Initial Stage."
"A Second Rank Initial Stage Mutant Beast is nothing. It shouldn’t pose much of a threat to your prison... No, wait... You’re saying the prison was attacked by a Second Rank Initial Stage giant owl Mutant Beast?!!!"
"How could a Second Rank Initial Stage Mutant Beast enter the safe zone and attack your prison?!!!"
"Exactly! I have no idea why it dared to cross the border. Logically speaking, Mutant Beasts at the Second Rank Initial Stage or higher should never dare to cross into the city zones under our jurisdiction..."
"I feel like this might not be a simple matter, so I called to give you a heads-up."
"..."
The high-ranking official from the Superpower Administration Bureau fell silent after hearing what Zhao Chi said.
After a moment, the person on the other end said to Zhao Chi, "I understand the situation. I’ll dispatch a team to the scene to investigate immediately."
After ending the call, Zhao Chi instructed his subordinates not to move the giant owl Mutant Beast he had killed. They were to keep the scene intact and wait for the Investigators to arrive.
The Superpower Administration Bureau took the incident very seriously: a Second Rank Initial Stage Mutant Beast had abnormally crossed the border, entered a safe zone, and attacked the prison.
About ten minutes after Zhao Chi’s call, Investigators from the Superpower Administration Bureau arrived by car at the prison, which was located in the South District Suburbs bordering the wilderness, to conduct their investigation.
Despite the Investigators’ meticulous on-site examination, they failed to find any useful clues.
In the end, the Investigators at the scene had no choice but to take the corpse of the giant owl Mutant Beast that Zhao Chi had killed back with them.
Once morning came, it would be sent to the Spiritual Energy Research Institute. The researchers there would conduct tests on the corpse of the giant owl Mutant Beast that had attacked the South District Prison to see if a more detailed analysis could yield any useful clues.
...
Early the next morning, a black car drove into the Rongcheng Spiritual Energy Research Institute.
In the parking lot, Zhao Tianfu, a senior researcher at the Spiritual Energy Research Institute, got out of the car and headed toward his laboratory.
BEEP...
After the facial recognition scanner at the laboratory entrance verified his identity, the door opened, and Zhao Tianfu walked inside.
He was heading over to the coat rack to put on his white lab coat when, passing a lab bench, his eyes fell upon a glass case on its surface.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks.
"Huh?" Zhao Tianfu let out a soft, questioning sound as he stared at the seemingly unremarkable Jade Token under the glass case on the lab bench.
"That’s strange. I remember placing this Jade Token perfectly straight before. Why is it a little crooked now?"
