Lu Fei's heart trembled. The beast tide had arrived. Wouldn't his plan be ruined? And that drunkard?
Lu Fei believed in the drunkard's strength, but according to the shopkeeper, large numbers of berserk contracted beasts had already gathered on the Forget Worry Grassland. Given the scale of this beast tide disaster, he began to worry about the drunkard. At the very least, he had to notify him. After spending so many days with the drunkard, Lu Fei found him to be like a hermit, having no communication device at all.
Although the drunkard didn't say it out loud, he had taken good care of this stranger. Lu Fei couldn't just watch him get eaten by those berserk contracted beasts that had lost their minds.
Lu Fei looked at the shopkeeper and said hurriedly,
"Shopkeeper, is there any way to get onto the Forget Worry Grassland? I have something very important to do there."
"This..." The shopkeeper pondered for a moment and gritted his teeth. "There is a way, but it's extremely dangerous."
Lu Fei's eyes lit up.
"What way?"
The shopkeeper let out a breath.
"That would be to wear a specially made contracted beast costume?"
Lu Fei frowned, a little confused.
The shopkeeper continued, "When humans wear ordinary contracted beast costumes, they can almost pass for real contracted beasts. Coupled with the cover of specially treated gas, ordinary contracted beasts can't tell the difference."
"And the specially made contracted beast costumes work on the same principle, except that the specially treated gas is replaced with the scent of the berserk contracted beasts."
Lu Fei nodded as if he suddenly understood.
"Shopkeeper, where can I buy such a costume?"
The berserk contracted beasts appearing near Wenmin City had already attracted the high attention of the Beastmaster Association.
Especially the hired beastmasters of the Wenmin City Beastmaster Association, who had long since entered a state of preparedness. This was a rare opportunity to earn merit. To become a top employee, this was an excellent chance, so danger was no longer that important.
Wu Di stood in front of a television wall, looking at the red dots that kept flashing on the map. Suddenly, he pointed to a location and asked in a deep voice,
"Where is that?"
Chen Fei, who was accompanying him, glanced at the map and replied clearly,
"Teacher, that area is the Forget Worry Grassland, a natural grassland adjacent to Sanglan Town. Various wild contracted beasts originally inhabited the grassland, with levels generally between 20 and 30."
Wu Di nodded slightly.
"Are there any residents there?"
"No." After a pause, Chen Fei added, "We have already contacted the Cangzhen Beastmaster Association, and the association will arrange for hired beastmasters to go deep into the Forget Worry Grassland to eliminate the berserk contracted beasts there."
Wu Di's gaze remained fixed on the television wall, but his focus was now on a large red dot on the map – the symbol for the berserk contracted beast leader.
The entire computer wall was covered with more than a dozen large red dots, distributed in various corners of the Beastmaster Continent.
After a long silence, Wu Di stroked his chin, making a muffled sound.
"So that's how it is."
Chen Fei blinked in surprise.
"Teacher, have you discovered something?"
Wu Di said with a half-smile,
"If I'm not mistaken, that 'Blood Fiend' should have come to this place."
Chen Fei's eyes widened.
"Teacher, should we immediately arrange for some top beastmasters to go there? With the strength of the Cangzhen Beastmaster Association, those hired beastmasters might not be a match for the 'Blood Fiend'!"
"No need," Wu Di raised an arm, interrupting Chen Fei.
"I will go there personally. This 'Blood Fiend' has significant research value."
Just then, the command center suddenly let out a series of alarm sounds. At the same time, several red dots on the computer wall screen began to flash madly.
"Council Member Wu! The berserk contracted beasts appearing near Longzhen have begun to invade the town! There are at least thousands of them!"
A staff member ran in in a panic.
Upon hearing this, the staff at the command center were all surprised.
"They've already started attacking the town?"
"Damn it, my family is still in Pingzhen, why is there no news!"
"Damn! This assimilation speed is too fast!"
"Quickly display the on-site surveillance footage!"
Every beast tide would cause huge losses to the city. The post-beast tide urban reconstruction work would cost a massive amount of money. Therefore, every city was equipped with high fortress walls and defensive equipment.
However, these facilities were not available in some small towns or on the outskirts of towns. Therefore, when the beast tide arrived, residents could only resist on their own until the Beastmaster Association or special forces arrived.
"Teacher, what should we do now?" Chen Fei's tone was somewhat anxious.
Wu Di remained calm and unhurried.
"Don't worry, Longzhen has many top beastmasters; they can withstand small-scale attacks."
"Take a few hired beastmasters of senior beastmaster level and go. Remember to cut off the source of the assimilation."
Chen Fei nodded heavily and then left the command room.
What Wu Di emphasized earlier, cutting off the source of assimilation, was the most important matter. The reason why berserk contracted beasts were increasing exponentially was that contracted beasts bitten by berserk contracted beasts were also assimilated with a high probability.
Their saliva contained a virus that made wild contracted beasts become violent. This was the root of berserk contracted beasts. However, even though the Beastmaster Continent had experienced multiple beast tides, scientists still could not figure out the fundamental reason why these viruses made contracted beasts lose their sanity.
Lu Fei, wearing a contracted beast costume, was playing Kouspalei. He had originally planned to enter the grassland during the day to reduce unnecessary dangers, but he never expected that halfway through, the sky would suddenly darken, and the daylight would seem to turn into night.
Lu Fei felt a bit unnerved. In this dim night, who knew if a berserk contracted beast would suddenly appear? So, he summoned Tie Tou Wa and Ji Ge to accompany him.
When Ji Ge came out, he was also very timid. He jumped onto Tie Tou Wa's back, telling his disciple to carry him, under the guise of letting his disciple fulfill his filial duty.
Unexpectedly, Tie Tou Wa was quite happy to hear this.
The few of them continued forward.
Just then.
A shadow flashed between the treetops.
Its dark body blended perfectly into the night. If not for its glowing red eyes, it would have been impossible to detect its presence!
This monster had a slender body. Each step it took on the branches made no sound, appearing extremely agile.
The monster was relatively small, only a little over two meters long and one meter high. In the wilderness, its size was not terrifying.
But its physique provided it with convenience. It moved like a black shadow through the dense forest, leaping from one tree to another.
As it stepped on the branches, the branches dipped, and the dense leaves swayed gently.
As the monster drew closer, a subtle killing intent permeated the night.
Lu Fei suddenly woke up.
"Something's coming!"