Bai He tried to reach a safe place before deploying the aircraft.
However, when dozens of giant fierce beasts appeared, he silently lowered his hand and transformed directly into beast form.
The snow-white crane spread its wings and soared high, letting out a high-pitched cry towards Ruan Li and Xi Han on the ground.
Xi Han understood the intent, narrowly dodging the numerous fierce beasts converging towards them, then using the momentum to step up successfully onto the crane’s back.
Controlling the direction, Bai He narrowly avoided the spider threads shooting up from the ground multiple times, safely carrying the two into the high sky.
Ruan Li was still shaken: "How could there be so many fierce beasts?"
Xi Han added: "And all of them are mutant beasts."
The crane called out.
Bai He: Asking me? I can’t talk!
Xi Han analyzed: "A few days ago, Zhe Ye mentioned evolved ferocious beasts, there’s a good chance this incident is being orchestrated."
Ruan Li: "I feel we overlooked a very critical point.
The spot we were just at was merely a remote mall, yet we encountered so many mutant beasts, it likely indicates that the entire safety zone... is no longer safe!"
The air was silent for a moment. This update is available on ɴovelfire.net
The crane suddenly stopped advancing, circling in the air instead.
Ruan Li gazed at the ground...
A dense mess, complete chaos.
The previous tremors were explosions, the bustling market street now in total ruins, ashes, fires, debris, screaming crowds, beastmen fighting to the death...
The peaceful world collapsed suddenly, war ignited.
Ruan Li’s conspiratorial thinking began, after all, she had learned plenty of historical reflections, "The most terrifying part isn’t the deliberate destruction of the Empire and Federation’s diplomatic relations, but various forces taking advantage of the situation. If Star A falls, then the Empire’s capital, S Star, is also precarious."
Xi Han patted her head, "Let’s go, let’s go home."
They didn’t belong to the military, the Beastman’s sole mission is to protect the Female Head.
Bai He also waited for her response.
The Smart Brain on Ruan Li’s wrist rang, there were two calls, one from Shi Jue and one from Lu Mufeng.
She answered the calls one after the other, one urging her to hurry home, the other urging her to return to S Star quickly.
Ruan Li understood they couldn’t perform heroic rescues at the moment, preserving themselves was the wise choice.
"Let’s go back first."
The ground of the market didn’t stop collapsing, on the contrary, it intensified, with many fierce beasts emerging...
Ruan Li glanced back one last time.
Xi Han squeezed her hand, whispered: "Let’s go."
Returning to the residential area, the scene was unexpectedly peaceful.
Bai He landed slowly in the courtyard, and Ruan Li dismounted from him.
Bai He returned to human form, noticing the confusion on her face, "I don’t sense any dangerous aura, there should be no fierce beasts."
"So this can only be premeditated, could it be that fierce beasts deliberately avoid residential areas?"
Compared to the chaotic market street, this place was like a safe haven.
Ruan Li entered the house, turned on the TV, tuning into the news channel, and indeed saw a live broadcast.
It seemed the military had gradually brought the situation under control, and a reporter was interviewing Zhe Ye: "Colonel, is this beast riot an accident or man-made? The site of diplomatic relations between the Empire and Federation is not far from here, is this another country’s intentional sabotage?"
Zhe Ye faced the camera, coolly uttering a few official remarks, "The military will investigate this matter thoroughly."
Zhe Ye commanded several squads to clear out the last few fierce beasts, but his gaze was caught by a fleeting white shadow, and he immediately pursued it.
The white shadow, under his chase, twisted and turned, finally running into a dead end.
Zhe Ye blocked the only exit, stepping closer.
The man turned his back to him, chuckled: "Colonel, you ignore those fierce beasts, coming here to chase an innocent civilian like me?"
"Innocent civilian? You underestimate yourself."
Zhe Ye couldn’t discern the man’s strength, but his silver hair was certainly eye-catching.
"Why don’t you turn around and let me see your true face, if you’re not the person I’m looking for, I certainly won’t trouble you."
The man shrugged and turned around, his face was delicate and gentle, with a pair of black eyes.
Zhe Ye looked at him a few more times, and the radio on his waist rang.
"Colonel! There’s a major discovery here!"
Zhe Ye frowned, looked up at the man who still wore an innocent face.
"I have mistaken you for the Empire’s most wanted, I sincerely apologize..."
Zhe Ye turned to leave, responding to the radio: "Where’s the address? I’m on my way."
A sudden wind blew, Zhe Ye shivered as he turned to look.
Only to see a vine branch extending from the man’s sleeve, hanging high on the wall, underneath a mocking smile revealed beneath his mask, "Colonel, until we meet again."
Without waiting for a reaction, the man’s figure quickly vanished into the vine, hidden atop the building.
Zhe Ye furrowed his brow, transformed into a giant wolf, and climbed the high building in a few strides, but the rooftop was empty, with not even a trace of breath remaining.
The radio urged him to go over again.
Looking down from the rooftop, most of the evolved ferocious beasts in the street had been eliminated, and the scene was being cleaned... except for many people gathered around the hospital.
He felt a bad premonition arise in his heart.
Upon arriving at the hospital, a beastman waiting outside saw Zhe Ye and immediately reported the situation inside.
"Colonel, there are still six pregnant females in the hospital, with fierce beasts guarding inside, our people don’t dare rush in."
"Is there surveillance footage of the inside?"
The Beastman led Zhe Ye to the surveillance room.
On the monitor, several females could be seen stuck in a narrow corner trembling, surrounded by three fierce beasts that showed no signs of attacking them.
"The fierce beasts instinctively attack all other species, yet they’re monitoring these females..."
The words fell into silence, but the silence didn’t last long, as the monitor suddenly flickered, emitting a harsh static noise.
The screen switched, unexpectedly showing—the residential area.
But this seemed not entirely like the residential area, as the entire perimeter was covered by a transparent dome, with birds flying over crashing into the surface and instantly being burned to blackened char by the fire, rolling along the dome.
The beastman soldiers were instantly unsettled, standing up in a panic, the safety zone was their home, more importantly, their Female Head was still inside!
Zhe Ye clenched his fist at his side.
His Female Head might also be in the residential area!
"Colonel, we can’t contact the residential area, the signal has been cut off!"
Zhe Ye also noticed his messages to Ruan Li were like stones sinking into the sea. Even though panicking inside, he had to remain calm and reassure the male Beastmen.
"Information team, try to break through the blockade, take two teams with me to the residential area, and send a request to headquarters for support." Zhe Ye efficiently issued a series of commands.
Meanwhile, some of the residents in the residential area had already realized something was off.
Ruan Li heard a commotion outside and walked to the window confused.
Bai He looked outside intently, saw Ruan Li approaching, "Things seem to be a bit troubling."