Chapter 1067: Chapter 1067: Star Era Guide (17)
If it weren’t showing here, he would have thought that was a dead person.
The image keeps zooming in.
Jing Lan squints slightly, what are they watching?
Jing Lan adjusts the image and quickly sees what’s on the virtual screen—how to extract a person’s Identity Chip from their body.
Jing Lan: “…”
He remembers that the jungle has long blocked signals, making it impossible to connect to the star network.
No, wait.
That’s not the point.
The point is what they’re watching…
“Boss, look, there’s a mosquito!” Xiao Jiu’s voice comes from outside.
“What’s so strange about a mosquito?”
“No… I think it’s watching us.” Xiao Jiu faces the screen.
“Maybe you’re good-looking.” Chuzheng praises her expressionlessly: “Stop staring at the mosquito and hold her down.”
Xiao Jiu ignores the mosquito, exclaiming fearfully: “Boss, isn’t this dangerous? This could be nonsense. What if she dies? She’s under the academy’s protection. We’ll be in big trouble!”
“What are you afraid of?” That chilly voice is quite fearless, Jing Lan thought she would say, whatever happens she’ll handle, but instead she says: “Who knows we did it.”
Xiao Jiu: “…”
Jing Lan: “…”
“Jing Lan!”
Jing Lan abruptly turns off the screen.
Professor Wei runs over: “Come with me, something’s happened.”
Jing Lan frowns: “What for?”
“Several Level 3 Ferocious Beasts have appeared in Zone F.” Professor Wei doesn’t give Jing Lan a chance to protest, dragging him onto a flying device.
Level 3 Ferocious Beasts aren’t particularly strong; even Jing Lan, without spiritual power, can easily deal with them.
But for these newcomers to the academy, Level 3 Ferocious Beasts could easily kill them.
“Where did they come from?”
“No idea. But fortunately, we caught them on surveillance before anyone got hurt. We need to capture them before there’s any harm.”
“…”
His students are about to extract someone else’s Identity Chip.
–
Xie Wanwan has already fainted from pain, her wrist covered in blood, resembling a murder scene.
“No way.”
Chuzheng throws away what’s in her hand and pulls out water to wash her hands.
“… Boss, you you you… where did you get the water?” Xiao Jiu is stunned by Chuzheng’s conjuring act.
“Do you want some?” Chuzheng, unfazed, hands it over.
“…”
The boss is truly a treasure.
Rustle…
Xiao Jiu hears the wind stirring, making her heart race uncontrollably.
“Boss, there’s a sound.”
“It’s the wind.”
“No… it’s different.” Xiao Jiu scans the surroundings, finding no wind in the woods.
Rustle…
The bushes on the left rustle.
Like something moving through them.
Chuzheng rises.
Rustle…
Rustle…
That thing moves swiftly, just in front, now to the left, closing in.
Chuzheng’s finger slowly lifts.
Swish—
Xiao Jiu’s arm tightens, pulled to the side.
Where they were standing, a golden leopard appears.
“It’s a Lie Yun Leopard!” Xiao Jiu whispers: “I know this creature, a Level 3 Ferocious Beast!!”
The Lie Yun Leopard is golden, but upon closer inspection, cloud patterns cover its back.
Its target is not them but the prone Xie Wanwan.
Chuzheng has no intention of saving Xie Wanwan; if she’s eaten, wouldn’t the mission be accomplished?!
It’s not like I killed her.
Chuzheng even feels like applauding the Lie Yun Leopard.
But she refrains because of her imposing demeanor.
“Boss… she… she’s going to die.”
“Unless you want to die for her?”
Xiao Jiu, life-loving: “…” Best not then.
The Lie Yun Leopard likely realizes that the prostrate Xie Wanwan can’t fight back, opening its mouth to bite.
“Bang—”
A bullet hits the Lie Yun Leopard, its open mouth recoils, glancing towards where the bullet came from.
The bullet is for students, not designed to kill, so the shooter must be a student.
Indeed, a few students emerge from there.
“I’ll distract it, you save the person!”
Chuzheng facepalms.
Ah.
Life…
“Ah…”
A student suddenly screams, and a tall, pitch-black, ape-like Fierce Beast leaps down, biting a student.
“Lightning Ape!” someone shout in fear: “It’s the Lightning Ape!”
Lightning Ape’s speed is one standout feature.
Another is it can indeed flash.
No one saw where it came from; once noticed, it was already biting someone.
The blood stirs the two beasts, causing threatening low growls, advancing on the students.
Their weapons can’t hurt these beasts.
A rescue signal has been sent.
But for now, no one can reach them quickly.
The people on the other side flee hurriedly as if blind, a male student running toward Chuzheng’s hiding spot, seeming to spot her, his eyes lighting up: “Save me!!”
The boy desperately runs toward Chuzheng.
Xiao Jiu’s face is pale, dragged along by Chuzheng.
The Lightning Ape chasing them is much faster, vaulting overhead, landing on the ground, crashing to a halt, crushing a section of shrubs.
Chuzheng suddenly halts,
The Lightning Ape pounds its chest, lets out a low roar, and springs up.
A huge shadow looms down, Xiao Jiu fights the urge to scream, instinctively shutting her eyes.
The boy behind her reacts the same.
But the expected pain doesn’t arrive; instead, bright light bursts, felt even with closed eyes.
Xiao Jiu opens her eyes, something falls amid the light.
Meanwhile, the light rapidly descends, aiming straight at them.
Boom—
The ground explodes, trees snap at the waist, flames erupt.
A not-too-large hole forms.
Chuzheng pulls Xiao Jiu away swiftly; otherwise, they’d be lying in that hole.
Whichever bastard did this!
Chuzheng looks skyward.
On the flying device, Jing Lan gazes confusedly at his weapon: “Did this thing get upgraded?”
Professor Wei, perplexed: “Upgraded what? There’s another, find it quickly!”
“It just disintegrated the Lightning Ape.”
“What does disintegrated mean?” Professor Wei, busy searching for the other, doesn’t take in Jing Lan’s comment.
Jing Lan thinks: “Turned to powder.”
“Have you been drinking? This couldn’t turn a Lightning Ape to dust, maybe disable it, there are students below, we can’t use such destructive weapons.”
“…”
Jing Lan also feels he must be hallucinating, but he hasn’t drunk today.
Even when drunk, he hasn’t hallucinated.
Jing Lan gazes below, no Lightning Ape carcass… only his students, coldly staring up.
Jing Lan: “…”
Jing Lan hands the weapon to Professor Wei.