After hanging up the phone, Shen Heng raised his hand and lightly pressed two buttons on his headset.
Soon, Wang Hai's voice came through the call first.
"What happened?"
" Yu Jingming and his group have encountered another Third Tier Calamity Beast." Shen Heng opened the car door, got in, and then quickly started the engine.
There was a moment of silence in the earpiece, followed by Wang Hai's steady voice.
"Location."
" Kaiping District, Linping Avenue "
"Clear."
After a brief exchange between the two, other people's voices came through the earpiece.
"No, what the hell are they? We just run into a Tier 3 Calamity Beast like that?" Wu Cheng asked in surprise.
"This is probably fate," Wei Leyang said.
"Oh my god, that's so unlucky..."
A few minutes later.
The black car slowly came to a stop on Linping Avenue.
Shen Heng glanced at the large pool of blood on the ground, then raised his long sword and slammed it heavily on the ground.
The sound waves spread outwards, and the surrounding scenery rapidly formed in his mind.
A straight avenue, grassy roadsides, surrounding buildings...
A moment later, Shen Heng slowly opened his eyes.
His gaze swept across the surroundings, a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Just like the previous days, he did not find any trace of the suspected Calamity Beast in the surrounding area.
Given what happened a few days ago, this seems quite normal.
The problem is that a few days ago, it was quite far from his home, and it took him more than ten minutes to get there.
But today, it only took him a few minutes.
Within minutes, the Calamity Beast had moved beyond the three-kilometer radius of the Echolocation.
It's not that a few minutes isn't enough time for the Calamity Beast to escape this area.
If a Third Tier martial artist or Calamity Beast were willing, a few minutes would be enough for them to run much further.
But the problem is, who goes for a long run right after a meal?
After thinking for a moment, Shen Heng slowly closed his eyes.
He did not use his Echolocation ability again, but listened to the outside world using only his most basic hearing.
Darkness surged in like a tide, only making the sound clearer.
Machine vibrations, insect and bird chirps, sirens, fetal movements...
Hundreds of millions of voices flooded into Shen Heng's brain.
Shen Heng neither dealt with it nor could he handle it.
His consciousness began to search aimlessly within the sea of sound.
He was searching for any unusual or unusual sound that might catch his attention.
A moment later, Shen Heng slowly opened his eyes.
"As expected, if the distance is too far and there's no clear target, it's impossible to find it?"
Shen Heng let out a soft breath, not dwelling on it too much.
Even when he first tried it, he already knew what the likely outcome would be.
Shen Heng picked up his phone and made a call.
The call was answered quickly.
"Come back. Also, contact the others who were with you this time and come back together. The Calamity Beast is no longer nearby."
"Okay, sure," Yu Jingming's voice came through the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Shen Heng waited where he was.
Ten minutes later, the crowd gathered on the main road.
Four people survived this time.
Yu Jingming, Deng Ming, Ye Chengyun, Qiu Rui.
Everyone had furrowed brows and solemn expressions, clearly still reeling from the previous attack.
Shen Heng glanced at Yu Jingming's expression.
His expression was dazed yet seemed to carry a strange resolute quality.
"How many people died this time?" Wang Hai glanced at the four survivors.
"Dead..." Ye Chengyun paused unnaturally, took a deep breath, and slowly said, "Three died."
Wang Hai's expression turned serious. "Were the three who died the other three who survived last time?"
"No, the other three withdrew after the last incident. These three are the ones I contacted and invited later." Ye Chengyun shook his head.
Wang Hai nodded and continued:
"Please explain the situation."
Ye Chengyun let out a soft breath, composed himself, and said:
"After that, I found three more people, and then continued to wander the city searching for the Calamity Beast."
"Then, until just now, we encountered a level 2, a Nightwalking Wolf that looked like it was Tier 2."
"When we got closer, we realized that the Nightwalking Wolf wasn't Second Tier, but Third Tier, and then..."
Ye Chengyun fell silent and did not continue speaking.
"It looks like a Tier 2 Nightwalking Wolf?" Shen Heng raised his eyes slightly.
"Yes, that Nightwalking Wolf looks to be only a little over 2 meters long," Ye Chengyun nodded.
According to the Calamity Beast Illustrated Guide, the Nightwalking Wolf is about one meter tall before reaching its rank, and about two meters tall for First Tier.
"We originally thought that Nightwalking Wolf was only about 2 meters tall, maybe Tier 2 at most, but who would have thought..."
Ye Chengyun gave a wry smile, then looked at everyone.
" Director Wang, have you ever encountered this situation before?"
"No," Wang Hai said calmly.
"Then what's going on?" Ye Chengyun frowned.
"It might be a genetic mutation; this is probably why it won't grow tall or will have a hard time growing taller!" Wu Cheng suggested from behind.
"If that's the case, then maybe we're just unlucky," Ye Chengyun said with a wry smile.
"Who were the three who died?" Wang Hai brought the topic back.
Ye Chengyun took a light breath and said:
" He Da..."
The captain continued asking questions, but Shen Heng was no longer paying attention.
He turned his head and looked around at the empty street and the large pool of blood left on it.
It looks like a Tier 2 to Tier 3 Calamity Beast; the corpse is gone; it's only been a few minutes, yet it's already vanished without a trace...
Two days later.
Shen Heng sat in the car, his gaze unfocused as he looked at the seafood market not far away.
What happened a couple of nights ago ended up being left unresolved, and that's all that matters now.
After all, the Calamity Beast have disappeared, so even if they wanted to do something, there was nothing they could do.
However, after that incident, the team Yu Jingming participated in was forcibly disbanded.
Their first encounter with a Tier 3 Calamity Beast could be attributed to bad luck.
But the second time, even if it's just bad luck, the only option is to force them to disband.
Who knows if you'll do it a third time after the second?
Therefore, for their safety...
That very night, Wang Hai warned them to disband the squad and to try to stay home as much as possible at night during this period.
The group simply nodded silently, without saying anything more.
Perhaps it was because so many people died around them twice in a row that they were deeply shaken.
Time slips away silently like fine sand.
At one point, Shen Heng's gaze focused slightly.
Beneath the faded signboard of the seafood market, Qiu Rui slowly walked inside.
"Are they here to help...?" Shen Heng's eyes flickered slightly as he recalled Qiu Rui casually mentioning during the previous test that he would occasionally come to help with the family business.
He lowered his eyes slightly, and just as his thoughts were about to drift away, a jolt of alertness shot through the back of his neck.
Shen Heng suddenly raised his eyes, his gaze fixed on that figure.
After the seafood market inspection went smoothly, Qiu Rui's team encountered Tier 3 Calamity Beast twice in a row...