Giant Beasts Attack

After memorizing the 'Nine-headed Bird' mark, Luo Yan returned to the Zeng family's home.

At this time, the Zeng family was all in the alley, and no one dared to stay inside the house.

Seeing him return, Zeng Shan quickly said, "Old Luo, are you alright?"

Luo Yan shook his head slightly.

Zeng Shan added, "I've already contacted the Local Security Bureau for this area, and someone should be here soon."

As expected, it hadn't even been 5 minutes.

The people from the Local Security Bureau arrived.

The one leading them was Chen Kang'an, who had already been there once that day.

Chen Kang'an received a report from his subordinate, who said that a Giant Beast parasite had appeared at the Zeng family's residence.

He immediately led his team over.

Upon arrival, without a word, he first grabbed Luo Yan and said, "Student Luo, are you injured anywhere?"

His concern was evident.

Luo Yan found it a bit overwhelming.

Fortunately, he had always maintained a stoic demeanor.

He didn't speak, just shook his head, which was enough to brush it off.

Chen Kang'an then asked Zeng Shan for more details about the situation and learned that the person he was looking for was hiding there.

The culprit had even released a Giant Beast parasite in an attempt to create chaos and escape.

Fortunately, Luo Yan and Zeng Shan had killed it.

The disaster had not escalated further.

Even so, Chen Kang'an broke out in a cold sweat.

If the disaster had spread, he, as the head of the Local Security Bureau for this area, might not have been able to keep his job.

When he heard that the culprit had held Mother Zeng hostage but was then tragically silenced, Chen Kang'an's expression turned serious.

"Did you see what the culprit looked like?" Chen Kang'an asked.

Both Luo Yan and Zeng Shan shook their heads.

Chen Kang'an said, "That's good. If you didn't see the culprit's face, you won't be in danger."

Based on his experience.

If the culprit had been seen by Luo Yan and the other, they would surely have been silenced.

Luo Yan also did not mention the 'Nine-headed Bird' mark.

It was better to avoid trouble than to seek it out.

At this time, the bodies from the Zeng family's house had already been carried out.

Chen Kang'an glanced at Luo Yan, then took out a set of keys and said to Zeng Shan, "This is the crime scene, and we need to conduct some investigations here."

"I have a house that no one lives in usually."

"Why don't you move there temporarily for a few days?"

"If you get used to it, you can just live there from now on, saving you the trouble of moving back and forth."

"The house is empty anyway, it doesn't matter who lives there."

Zeng Shan was greatly moved.

With a death in the house, his family might have psychological trauma if they continued to live there.

Now that there was another place to move into, it was naturally the best option.

He immediately thanked Chen Kang'an profusely.

Chen Kang'an called a security guard and had them escort the Zeng family and Luo Yan away together.

It was Sunday afternoon.

This was the day to return to school.

After bidding farewell to his family, Zeng Shan and Luo Yan arrived at the train station.

When purchasing tickets, the station security wanted to confiscate Luo Yan's sword, but after Luo Yan showed his student ID, he was allowed to pass.

On the train.

"Old Luo, if it wasn't for you this time, my family would probably have been thrown into chaos," Zeng Shan said, scratching the back of his head.

Although his grades and talent were average, he wasn't stupid.

He knew that his family's current ability to live in Chen Kang'an's house was all thanks to Luo Yan.

Luo Yan didn't respond.

Zeng Shan saw this and said nothing more.

After a while like this.

Suddenly.

The train braked sharply.

Instantly, people in the carriage cried out in alarm.

A girl even fell towards Luo Yan.

Luo Yan dodged with a sidestep.

The girl sat down on the ground with a thud, looked up, and stared at Luo Yan in disbelief.

She couldn't understand why Luo Yan had dodged her.

Of course, she didn't know.

This was Luo Yan's instinctive reaction.

During the years he lived on the surface, Luo Yan had encountered similar situations.

He had once helped a girl who fell towards him, but in return, she had stabbed him in the stomach with a dagger.

And then stolen his food.

From then on, Luo Yan developed the habit of not letting strangers get close.

After the train braked sharply, the power was also cut off, and the carriage plunged into darkness.

And not just the train.

Even outside the train, even the lights of all the buildings in the entire underground city were extinguished.

Finally, when the lights on the ceiling of the underground city also disappeared.

The world was plunged into darkness.

Then, red lights flickered on in the carriage, causing panic among the people.

A broadcast followed: "Alert, alert."

"Deep detection has found a shockwave energy appearing above the underground city."

"All power is temporarily shut down. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."

The broadcast repeated.

Anxiety began to spread through the carriage.

The girl who had fallen earlier clutched her head and cried out, "The Jambu Realm Space is opening above us, are the Giant Beasts coming?"

A man tried to calm himself, saying, "Don't worry, it's not the first time. It happens two or three times a year."

"We've always managed to escape danger. The Giant Beasts won't find us. We can go three hundred meters underground!"

At this moment.

The screen in the carriage lit up, displaying footage of the large lake area above the underground city.

Above the sky, black energies were swirling and condensing, as if tearing open a rift in the sky.

"Spatial shockwave energy reaching critical point."

"'Jambu Realm Space' will open in three seconds."

"Giant Beasts will be deployed."

As the countdown on the screen sounded, Luo Yan suddenly saw that in the dim underground city, lights began to flicker on one after another, illuminating upwards.

"That's the 'Quick Attack Skylight'!" Zeng Shan said excitedly, "The Surface Exploration Legion is going to sortie!"

He then explained to Luo Yan, "The high-speed assault pods used in the sortie skylights need to rapidly deliver about two thousand tons of mechas to the surface, which requires immense power."

"Therefore, when a sortie is needed, the power to most buildings in the city must be shut down so that the energy can be used where it's most needed."

Luo Yan nodded.

A gasp was heard from the carriage again.

"Jambu Realm Space, the Jambu Realm Space has formed."

Looking at the screen, Luo Yan saw that the black energies above the underground city had finally gathered together, forming a branch-like shape.

This 'branch' expanded sharply, tearing through space and forming a rift.

Looking through the rift, Luo Yan saw a deep, dark, and unimaginably abstract world.

In that dimension, which was higher than reality, countless black shadows roamed. Then, a flat, constantly changing black shadow approached the 'rift'

and began to infiltrate outwards, into the real world.

Luo Yan's gaze was slightly solemn.

Up to now, the time and location of the Jambu Realm Space's appearance have been unpredictable.

So humanity can only defend passively.

If one day we can accurately predict the time and location of the Jambu Realm Space's appearance.

That would mean humanity understands it well enough.

Perhaps by then, there will be hope of closing this space!

On the screen, a voice spoke again.

"The spatial boundary has been infiltrated."

"The Giant Beast is about to deploy in three dimensions!"

"Orange spectrum detected, matching with the archive now!"

"...Match complete."

"The Giant Beast to be deployed is 'Taotie'."

"Level: Mid Tier 3."

"Type: Shedded Worm."

"Characteristics: Energy Absorption, Taotie, Swift Movement, Invisibility!"

"Weakness is between its legs!"

Taotie!

It's this Mid Tier Giant Beast again.

In Luo Yan's mind, the scene of that sheep-faced, human-bodied Giant Beast looking down at him in 'Flower City' flashed by.