92: Chapter 92 Monster Attack, Li Meng in Crisis
When the materials arrived, Li Yu and Zhou Ya began to process them. Neither was slow, and in no time, they had processed a large pile.
Just then, a sharp, urgent alarm sounded over the city.
"What's happening?" Li Yu asked.
"Beast tide," Zhou Ya said. "This is the alarm for a beast tide. All Beast Tamers who are not apprentices must rush to the city wall upon hearing this sound to accept unified combat dispatch."
Hearing this, Li Yu turned his gaze toward the members of the Rongrong Group.
Everyone wore a grave expression, looking in unison at the Female Regent Commander. Even Doll Girl was no longer making decisions at this moment.
The Female Regent Commander said with a serious expression: "Doll Girl, lead everyone to the nearest city wall. All remaining members at the base are to go there as well. You captains will command the battle. Do not clash with other battle groups until I arrive."
"Yes!"
The group rushed out of the cultivation room and quickly disappeared from sight.
Li Yu stood in front of the glass window, looking down. He saw Beast Tamers speeding past on the streets and in the sky. He could not make out their faces, but he could feel the heavy atmosphere.
This direction...
The south.
Suddenly, he thought of something and turned his head abruptly to ask: "Which direction is Cuiyu Camp?"
Zhou Ya shook her head. She was a typical stay-at-home Breeder and generally did not pay attention to the situation outside the city.
"The south," Chen Qing replied.
"The south..." Li Yu's face turned pale instantly, and the materials he was holding dropped to the ground with a 'clatter'.
"What's wrong?"
Li Yu said urgently: "My younger sister is at Cuiyu Camp. How are the defenses there? Will she be in danger?"
"Cuiyu Camp can only withstand small-scale beast attacks. If they truly encounter a beast tide..." Chen Qing shook her head. "There is absolutely no possibility of resistance."
Li Yu's heart sank. He took out his phone, his hands trembling with nervousness.
The Female Regent Commander walked over at this moment and comforted him: "Young man—no, Senior Cultivator, don't worry. The City Defense Bureau has very mature methods for dealing with beast tides. They will certainly take the camps outside the city into account."
However, Chen Qing said: "During last year's beast tide, a Monarch-level beast trapped Ningyang City. Rescue was delayed, and among the three camps, all 400-plus people perished."
"That was an exception."
"If President Mingyue hadn't arrived, Ningyang City would have been gone back then."
"That was just an exception. How could there be so many Monarch-level beasts near Ningyang City? If you keep talking, you'll only make him more worried."
Chen Qing and the Female Regent Commander were about to argue, but Li Yu suddenly roared excitedly: "Enough!"
The two fell silent.
Li Yu dialed a number and held the phone to his ear, pacing back and forth anxiously. The ringtone, which usually sounded ordinary, now felt like a file grinding against his heart.
The call went through, but no one answered.
Li Yu tried calling two more times, but still, no one answered. Later, the call wouldn't even go through.
The camp could not withstand the beasts, and his younger sister's Beast Tamer level was still too low; even self-preservation was a problem.
What if...
Thinking of that scene, Li Yu shuddered, feeling terrifyingly cold all over.
Watching Li Yu's anxious and flustered state, Chen Qing felt something blocking her heart for some reason, but thinking of her mission, she hardened her heart and ignored Li Yu's feelings.
But at this moment, Li Yu looked at her.
Li Yu rushed over as if seeing a savior, grabbing Chen Qing's shoulders, and said excitedly: "You are my Guardian, so you will listen to me, right?"
"A Guardian's duty is to be responsible for the target's safety; others have nothing to do with the Guardian," Chen Qing said expressionlessly.
"Then... never mind that. Are we friends?"
"We are in an employment relationship."
"An employment relationship? Just an employment relationship?" Li Yu pressed.
Chen Qing placed her hand on the hilt of her sword, gripping it tightly, and said: "Yes."
"Good! Since it's an employment relationship, I'll hire you again. I have over 2 million in savings; I'll give it all to you. If that's not enough, after I finish evolving the Volcano Dragon, I'll have 10 million. I'll give it all to you. Please, go to Cuiyu Camp and save my younger sister!"
Chen Qing had wanted to remain heartless and not get involved in Li Yu's affairs to avoid getting in deeper.
But seeing Li Yu's bloodshot eyes and feeling the trembling of his hands, her heart softened, and a trace of helplessness appeared on her face.
"This is the last time."
"Good!"
Chen Qing turned and left. When she reached the door, Li Yu shouted, "Stay safe." Chen Qing waved her hand without looking back.
Watching Chen Qing walk away, Li Yu looked at the unanswered number on his phone again, his heart slightly settled.
He knew that with his current two beasts, going outside the city would be suicide. The best method was to ask Chen Qing to act. Chen Qing's strength was so great that protecting one person would be easy.
If Chen Qing had still refused just now, he would have abandoned this cultivation without hesitation and charged out of the city.
Chen Qing was his Guardian; she would inevitably have to follow to protect him.
Fortunately...
She might be cold, but her heart was still good.
"Li Yu, so now..." Zhou Ya asked.
The Female Regent Commander also looked at Li Yu.
Li Yu took a deep breath: "Continue the cultivation!"
...
Cuiyu Camp.
Just as Chen Qing and the Female Regent Commander had said, the camp was fragile in the face of the beast tide. Before the alarm even sounded, Cuiyu Camp had already been breached by beasts.
Metal walls were torn open, and sturdy buses were twisted into lumps of metal in the beast attacks. The ground was covered in blood and severed limbs, and the thick, pungent smell of blood permeated the air, causing the beasts' scarlet eyes to turn even redder.
"Help... save..."
A young female student, her snow-white school uniform already stained black and red with blood and mud, moved inch by inch, driven by the desire to survive despite having only one leg and one arm left. She let out a cry for help full of terror.
However, her stomach had been ripped open, and a bloody length of intestine dragged for over four meters as she moved. A dozen beasts surrounded her and were gnawing on her intestines.
At the end of her gaze was a house protected by a shield, but the next second, her vision was replaced by a snarling, vicious wolf head.
The wolf's mouth opened, and a foul, fishy stench rushed toward her.
The girl was finally freed from fear.
Similar scenes were happening in many parts of the camp, but more beasts were gathered outside the shielded house, thousands upon thousands, dense as an ant colony.
"What do we do? When will help arrive from the city?"
The leading Female Teacher asked with a face full of anxiety.
A man wearing a combat suit hung up his phone and said with an ugly expression: "It will take at least half an hour. We must hold on."
"Can the shield hold?"
"No. The shield hasn't been charged for too long. It can last at most another 10 minutes."
The Female Teacher's face changed instantly. Her gaze moved past the man to look at the beast swarm outside the house, piled up like a small mountain, crashing into the shield one after another.
In 10 minutes, they would all be exposed to the sight of these beasts.
She turned her gaze to the corner, where a girl was dyed into a bloody person, only her face remaining fair and clean—so pale it looked blue. Her breathing was growing weaker and weaker.
Tears flowed slowly from the teacher's eyes.
If it weren't for this silly child, who braved the beast attacks and risked her life to activate the shield, they would likely all be dead by now.
"Brother..."
The girl's pale lips moved, but no one could hear clearly what she was shouting.