"What's going on?"
When the explosion was over, everyone in Beiyuan City looked at the mayor's residence, at the mushroom cloud that was gradually rising to the sky and the thick black smoke around. They were all shocked.
"The mayor's residence has been blown up!"
"How is Mayor Long?"
"It's over, it's over!"
Countless people were extremely worried.
The Zhao family.
On a tall building.
Zhao Xi looked at the mayor's residence that had been blown into a deep pit in the distance. She suddenly felt frightened, as if someone important had been at the center of the explosion.
"Is it Ah Ming?"
"Hasn't he returned to Garan Castle?"
"No!"
"I have to ask."
Zhao Xi immediately took out her phone and sent a VX message to Wu Ming and Ye Sanniang to ask about their situation.
…
In the main control room of the underground laboratory.
The cameras on the eight death-defying pets were recording the entire process of the attack.
Everyone here had seen the final moment.
Li Daliang, in particular, saw from the big screen that the eight pets were all within ten meters of Long Zhentian, Wu Ming, Ye Sanniang, and Yu Lili and then exploded.
That distance was the real center of the explosion!
One B-grade and seven C-grade explosive pills all exploded within ten meters. Even an A-grade pet couldn't withstand it!
Li Daliang widened his eyes at the thought.
"Hahaha!"
"Wu Ming, Yu Lili, and Long Zhentian, those three tricky guys are finally dead."
"That's one B-Grade and seven C-Grade explosive pills!"
"Even if I was at the center of the explosion, I would have been killed. There's no way they could have survived!"
"Hahaha!"
Li Daliang kept laughing. He was very happy.
"Congratulations, Director!"
"Congratulations, Boss!"
The staff members around congratulated him.
Only the sexy female secretary standing in the distance was still holding the cigar with her fingers. There was a complicated expression on her face, as if she was feeling sorry.
"Humph!"
Li Daliang slapped the table and turned to the sexy female secretary not far away. He smiled proudly.
"What do you think?
In the end, I won. "
The sexy female secretary took a puff of the cigar and blew out smoke rings. She didn't say anything. Instead, she twisted her slender waist and disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Hehe, looks like you're unhappy."
Li Daliang said.
The sexy secretary had always been dissatisfied with his work. She felt that he had failed too many times recently, which made Li Daliang lose face.
But this time, he launched a surprise attack and directly killed Wu Ming, Ye San Niang, Long Zhentian, and Yu Lili, four powerhouses above Class B. It was a huge victory.
Even the one from the Pet Alliance would treat him differently, or even praise him.
"Done!"
"Next, continue to spend a lot of money to buy Direbeast cores and make a large batch of B-grade and C-grade explosive cores for me."
"If it's possible, make me an A-class one too!"
Li Daliang ordered the staff.
However, high-tier inner cores were too rare, especially F, E, and D grade inner cores. They were very common and could be bought if one wanted to.
Starting from the C class, the number decreased.
As for the B-grade, it was very difficult to buy one without any channels. Fortunately, the laboratory had enough channels to buy a B-grade inner core.
However, Class A was too difficult.
Beasts and pets of that level were hard to kill. Basically, they were priceless.
Clatter, clatter, clatter!
Li Daliang walked to the ground and stood on the peak, overlooking the beautiful rivers and mountains.
"Ha, ha, ha!"
"One day, the entire land will be under my, Li Daliang's, rule. I will become the highest emperor!"
Li Daliang laughed wildly.
…
Beiyuan City was in chaos.
Everyone saw through the news that the mayor's mansion was on fire. They were worried.
"Put out the fire!"
"Pets of the water family, come and help!"
"Team A341, move out!"
"Hospital, send out support. The explosion has covered more than one kilometer. Save the wounded!"
"Bring a pet with healing talent!"
Orders were sent out from the command office of the emergency team, dealing with the unexpected situation in an orderly manner.
The emergency team was set up by Long Zhentian's wife herself. It was located in a different place from the mayor's mansion. The two places were about ten kilometers apart so that they wouldn't be caught in one fell swoop.
In the office.
A beautiful woman in a dark blue tight-fitting combat suit was standing in front of the huge screen. Water was flowing around her body to protect her.
That was Long Zhentian's wife, Lan Sitong.
Her rank wasn't low. She had reached B rank.
The blue water flowing around her was her pet, the Aqua Beast. Similar to the Beast of All Shapes, the Aqua Beast could change its body shape at will.
"Zhentian, don't die!"
Lan Sitong clenched her fists and prayed.
She was worried about Long Zhentian's safety and wanted to go to the scene. However, as the commander of the emergency team, she had to stay here at all times and arrange the work in an orderly manner.
"Sir, the mayor's body is not found."
"The mayor's secretary has been found. She was not close to the explosion and is out of danger. Should we talk to her?"
"The casualty count is in progress!"
Many messages were sent to the office and Lan Sitong heard them, rekindling her hope.
That explosion was horrifying. Even a Class A could have been killed. But it couldn't have killed Zhentian completely. So, he's probably alive. It's just that I don't know where he went.
That was what Lan Sitong thought to herself.
A moment later.
She ordered the others, "Treat the wounded first. Then, ask them to tell us what they were doing at the time of the explosion. Let's reconstruct the situation bit by bit."
"Yes!" The team members began to work.
…
Under the rubble.
Wu Ming hugged the two beauties in his arms. Then, he looked at the situation around him. He found that the four-winged angel beast was fine except for vomiting blood.
Further away, the Nightingale, a Class B pet, was lying on the ground. Half of its wings had been blown away, but most of its body was covered by the dark golden armor, which saved its life.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
"Brother Wu Ming, your armor is awesome!"
"I only vomited blood because of the explosion. Apart from that, I'm fine."
Long Zhentian, who was pressed under the boulder, chuckled.
He was wearing the dark golden armor that Wu Ming had given him. The moment before the explosion, he had covered himself and his pet, the Beast of All Shapes, with the armor, which was why he was fine.
As for Wu Ming and Ye Sanniang, they were wearing the third-generation dragon-scale armor all the time. Nothing could have happened to them.
As for the four-winged angel, it had put on a set of dark golden armor after being subdued by Wu Ming.
Although the armor wasn't very resistant, the four-winged angel was at the peak of Class B in the first place. With the protection of the armor, it was fine.
As for Yu Lili, she had been standing close to Wu Ming since the beginning.
The moment Wu Ming sensed the danger, he put on the dark golden armor for her.
However, Yu Lili's Class B pet, the Nightingale, was a bit far away. Half of its wing was blown off before it could put on the armor. It was heavily wounded, but fortunately, it survived.
"Are you okay?"
Wu Ming patted Yu Lili who was lying in his arms, making her blush.
"I'm fine. Thank you!"
Yu Lili found that she was still lying on Wu Ming's chest. She could feel the strong masculine scent coming from him.
"Our boss saved your life. Aren't you going to repay him with your body to express your gratitude?" Ye Sanniang teased.
Yu Lili blushed even more.
"Brother Wu Ming, stop flirting. What should we do now?" Long Zhentian couldn't stand it anymore. He hurried to ask for Wu Ming's opinion.
Wu Ming said, "We're under the ruins now. Li Daliang must think that we're dead. Next, we'll beat him at his own game and pretend to be dead."
"Good idea!"
The group was wrapped in the Beast of All Shapes. Their bodies were like flowing water. They passed through the cracks of the ruins easily and arrived at the emergency team's basement ten kilometers away.
There was no one there.
"Where are we?" Wu Ming asked.
"My wife, Lan Sitong, is in charge of the emergency office. Now, I'm a 'dead man'. My wife will be in charge of the operations of Beiyuan City," Long Zhentian said.
"Lan Sitong?
The most beautiful woman in Beiyuan City decades ago?
I heard that she's from the same generation as my grandmother. "Yu Lili was surprised.
"My wife and I have lived for seventy or eighty years. What do you think?"
Long Zhentian smiled. "A and B ranks can live for one or two hundred years. They won't die so easily."
"You're right." Yu Lili nodded.
Right then, Wu Ming looked at the B-rank Nightingale and said, "Your pet's situation is not good!"
"Nightingale!"
Yu Lili's heart ached when she saw that half of her beloved pet's wing had been blown off.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
Nightingale squeaked and rubbed its head against Yu Lili's neck. Tears were running down from its big eyes.
Yu Lili was sadder to see this.
"H.e. Wu Ming, you're a genius trainer. Can you save it?" Yu Lili looked at Wu Ming.
"Of course." Wu Ming nodded.
Yu Lili's B-rank Nightingale was only at the elite level. It was one talent away from reaching the peak of the B-rank. In the system store, there happened to be a B-rank talent called Limb Regrowth.
However, this talent was only useful to the pet itself.
With this talent, after the limbs were broken, the pet could consume its own energy to regenerate quickly. In a few days, it would be as good as new.
This kind of talent was of little value.
But, it was not.
"Really?" Yu Lili was overjoyed. The B-rank Nightingale beside her also opened its eyes wide and looked at Wu Ming.
"Of course." Wu Ming nodded.
"In that case, H.e. Wu Ming, I have a presumptuous request. I wonder if you can agree?" Yu Lili bit her teeth and asked expectantly.
"What request?" Wu Ming was curious.
"I'm a 'dead person' now and you're my savior. So, I … can I join you and work for you?"
Yu Lili asked anxiously.
This was the idea she had come up with after careful consideration.
She had betrayed the laboratory and needed a powerful force to back her up. Wu Ming happened to be the best candidate.
"Sure." Wu Ming agreed readily.
How could he say no to the loyalty of a beautiful woman who was also a B-rank Beast Tamer?
"Congratulations, Wu Ming. You have another B-rank subordinate." Long Zhentian clapped his hands and congratulated him.