Beast Tamer: I'm invincible because I can see the evolution path!

Chapter 214 The ominous premonition came true! The fragile bond of camaraderie!

Qiao Bai landed in a rather large square.

Beneath our feet was a patterned floor made of blue and red bricks.

In the very center stand two statues, a male and a female, back to back, their features obscured.

Although being watched by countless eyes.

But Qiao Bai's gaze still unconsciously swept over the heads of the two statues, which were about the same height as normal people.

I don't know if it's just Qiao Bai's imagination.

Or perhaps it was because of what Jianmu had said earlier that Qiao Bai felt the female statue should also be wearing a wreath on its head.

But no.

Her long, flowing hair was completely empty on top of her head.

There was nothing there.

"How...how did you get in?"

Just as Qiao Bai was lost in thought, a trembling voice sounded beside him.

Qiao Bai, finally realizing his current state: "..."

Oh wow.

Qiao Bai stiffly looked up, meeting those predatory eyes once more.

Qiao Bai: "..."

Looking at it at a glance.

Because of their clothing and demeanor, Qiao Bai could basically tell the difference between locals and tourists in Wanmu City at a glance.

The tourists' gazes toward him will be even more excited and eager.

They seemed to want to know how he got in, and whether they could leave using the same method.

The way the locals looked at him... it's hard to describe, it was more like they'd seen something unbelievable.

"Hmm..." Qiao Bai pondered for a moment, "I am a member of the Beast Taming Alliance in NY City. I discovered that there seems to be a special situation in Wanmu City, so I came to see what's going on."

As he spoke, Qiao Bai nodded solemnly.

Although Qiao Bai was wearing a mask and a baseball cap, his voice sounded quite young.

But Qiao Bai spoke very calmly and confidently.

None of the tourists had any doubts.

At most, there were only two or three people who thought Qiao Bai, who was wearing a mask, looked somewhat familiar.

"That's great, comrade!" Immediately, an older woman excitedly waved her hands from the crowd and shouted in Qiao Bai's direction.

"Did the alliance say when they would rescue us?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

After the older woman spoke, the surrounding tourists echoed her sentiments.

When can we go out?

This is exactly what they care about most!

"Everyone, please don't rush, we need to wait a little longer." Since Qiao Bai dared to say this, he must have been prepared in advance.

"When I came in, I communicated with the alliance. They said that if I was out of contact for more than 24 hours, they would immediately send a large number of people to help."

"I'm here to lead the charge."

The tourists had many questions, and it was quite noisy.

But overall, everyone felt relieved.

OK OK.

As soon as the outside world finds out about their current situation.

They knew they were trapped here.

It's enough that they stayed here voluntarily!

Qiao Bai calmed the tourists down, but his gaze fell on the locals.

Unlike the tourists' expressions of "being saved".

The locals still looked quite somber.

Suspicious glances occasionally swept over Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai smiled.

It seems they really had no purpose whatsoever, knew nothing of the truth, and simply came as vanguard soldiers.

"By the way, do you know Professor Zhou Xinran?" Qiao Bai casually asked a young man next to him.

"Their school has entrusted something to our alliance."

In front of so many people, Qiao Bai cautiously refrained from directly revealing his relationship with Zhou Xinran.

However, after Qiao Bai mentioned Zhou Xinran's name.

The young man's expression gradually became hesitant.

The locals from Wanmu City who were closest to Qiao Bai seemed to have heard something and suddenly looked in Qiao Bai's direction.

Qiao Bai's heart skipped a beat.

I had a vague feeling that things weren't going well.

No?

What does that look mean?

Before Qiao Bai could even finish his deep thought...

Someone then offered the answer.

"Do you know those professors?" A rugged-looking middle-aged man with a thick beard, who looked like he could perfectly cosplay as a hunter if he only had a shotgun, walked towards Qiao Bai.

His deep voice and tall stature immediately silenced the area around Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai realized that the situation seemed to be a little worse than he had imagined.

Smile.

"That depends on your definition of 'knowledge'." Qiao Bai shrugged calmly, looking directly into the eyes of the middle-aged bearded man without any fear.

"NY City and Bluebird University are not far apart, and everyone in our alliance has heard of Professor Zhou."

"After Bluebird University learned that we were coming to Wanmu City, they specifically instructed us to make sure we could contact Professor Zhou and protect him."

That's it.

As he spoke, Qiao Bai spread his hands, looking quite honest.

The middle-aged man with a thick beard stared at Qiao Bai with sharp eyes for a minute before slowly looking away.

"If you don't know them, don't ask any more questions."

Qiao Bai's eyebrows twitched.

My bad premonition came true.

His reluctance to offend these people does not mean he is afraid of offending them.

"Why can't I ask?" Qiao Bai continued, despite the horrified look on the young man's face.

"Professor Zhou is a renowned professor of pet research at Qingniao University, and also a well-known professor in Jinyang City and NY City. We have the need and the obligation to protect her safety."

"It was your Wanmu City that invited the professor to participate in the event as a judge."

"Now that the professor has disappeared, shouldn't you give a reasonable explanation?"

Qiao Bai's main traits are straightforwardness and fearlessness.

As he listened to Qiao Bai's words, the middle-aged man with the big beard gradually became angry and impatient.

The young man next to him was grateful to Qiao Bai for taking the lead in checking on their situation as a staff member of the alliance, and for acting as a bridge between the two sides.

The young man tugged at Qiao Bai's clothes and whispered, "Don't ask anymore. It won't do you any good to anger them at this time."

Qiao Bai remained silent.

The middle-aged man with a thick beard glanced at Qiao Bai and the young man, snorted heavily, and then walked away without looking back.

Qiao Bai stared at his back until he disappeared.

Then Qiao Bai looked around at the people.

There are no locals.

"What exactly happened?" Qiao Bai asked in a low voice.

The young man quickly looked around and pulled Qiao Bai into a circle full of tourists.

Amidst everyone's cheerful discussion, the young man whispered to Qiao Bai:

"Is the Professor Zhou Xinran you're talking about the youngest and most beautiful professor?"

The young man spoke as if he was deeply impressed by Zhou Xinran.

no way.

Among a group of older and middle-aged professors, Zhou Xinran's appearance and temperament were indeed exceptionally outstanding.

Qiao Bai nodded.

"And then what happened?" Qiao Bai's voice also became soft.

The young man quickly glanced around again before whispering something in Qiao Bai's ear.

"They locked up all those professors."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Bai did not show too much shock on his face.

How should I put it... it actually felt somewhat like what he had expected.

Do you know why?

The young man's expression suddenly turned somewhat blank: "Ah... ah... I'm not quite sure about that either?"

"Anyway..." the young man said, scratching his head with a silly expression, "They just said the stuff was missing, and then all the professors were taken away with it."

Qiao Bai: "..."

Understand.

The locals' secret.

But Qiao Bai's first thought was of the flower wreath again.

Why are the professors being locked up?

The wreath is gone.

Do the locals know the importance of flower wreaths?

know.

They wouldn't believe the disappearance of the wreath was caused by their own people.

Perhaps because of certain reasons.

They concluded that the disappearance of the wreath was related to the visiting professors.

Everything then becomes explainable.

Thinking of this, Qiao Bai sighed deeply.

Well... I just have a bit of a headache.

Qiao Bai: "Why are you all gathered in this square?"

"Suddenly, everyone was unable to leave; it was as if the road out of Wanmu City had vanished."

"Then... someone suggested that it would be safer for everyone to gather together?"

The young man shrugged and said, "This square is the largest place in Wanmu City, and it can hold the most people."

So is there anything strange about it?

Anyway, the guy thought it looked pretty natural.

"Do you notice anything different about this square compared to before?"

"Huh?" The young man seemed surprised that Qiao Bai would ask such a question.

However, trusting Qiao Bai's identity, the young man answered honestly.

"I don't think so, right?"

The young man's expression held a hint of bewilderment.

Different?

What's different?

The guy didn't feel anything at all.

Before Qiao Bai could ask anything else, an older woman standing next to them suddenly leaned over.

"Why?"

"Hey! Comrade, you want to ask what's changed here, right? I know!" The older woman didn't bother to lower her voice.

Fortunately, the crowd around was quite lively, so it didn't attract any extra attention.

"My husband and I took some photos right here in this square as soon as we arrived!" the woman said, pulling out her phone and quickly opening several photos.

He shoved the phone right in front of Qiao Bai.

If Qiao Bai hadn't retreated quickly, he might have gotten a blow to the face.

Qiao Bai: "..."

cough.

This is not important.

Look at the photos.

Hurry up and look at the photos.

well.

The elderly couple were taking photos specifically of the two statues in the square.

The statue's original appearance was captured in its entirety in the photograph.

Both the male and female statues have a wreath on their heads.

The male statues are made of vines and leaves woven into wreaths.

The female statue is topped with a colorful wreath.

Although the wreaths come in many colors, they miraculously do not appear out of place or cluttered; instead, they possess a beauty that feels close to nature.

Before the Jianmu tree existed.

Qiao Bai can say this with absolute certainty.

This wreath is the wreath that Jianmu mentioned.

"You..." Qiao Bai held the old lady's phone, looked at the photos on it, and was about to say something.

A dark, shadowy figure suddenly descended from above Qiao Bai's head.

Qiao Bai isn't that carefree.

I looked up.

Qiao Bai then saw a huge figure envelop him.

It was a giant mushroom.

The shadow that enveloped Qiao Bai was its canopy.

Qiao Bai: "..."

The young man and the middle-aged woman next to me.

Both of them took a step back in the same manner.

The young man and the middle-aged woman exchanged a glance.

The woman's hand moved with lightning speed, snatching her phone back from Qiao Bai's hand.

Then he gave Qiao Bai a "good luck" look.

It's not that we don't want to help you.

I truly have the will but not the ability!

Qiao Bai, who had casually put her pet away before coming in, was speechless.

What is this doing?

Intimidate him with force?

Again.

Qiao Bai's refusal to provoke trouble does not mean he is afraid of trouble.

next second.

Four pet beasts appeared around Qiao Bai at the same time.

Some fly, some drift.

Some ran away, some got entangled.

They were familiar with the process and each performed their duties.

It won't bother the other person at all.

However, their most important task now is to unite against external threats.

The targeted mushroom beast: "..."

I'm afraid I'm afraid.

Just a second ago, it was the one with the upper hand.

Before it could even show off its power, the beast tamer's goal was achieved.

next second.

The four pet mushroom beasts immediately cowered in the face.

Yes.

The umbrella-shaped mushroom beast could sense an extremely dangerous aura emanating from the four pets in front of it.

If the Mushroom Beast is also a pet beast that has been contracted.

Out of trust in the beast tamer.

The connection of contracts.

As long as the other side doesn't make a move, the Mushroom Beast won't run away.

However, the relationship between the mushroom beast and its rider is not based on a contract.

Sensing the dangerous aura emanating from the four pets, the Mushroom Beast instantly did something that shocked everyone around it—

run!

He turned and ran!

They charged straight into the unseen edge of the town!

Running away... the Mushroom Beast knew it definitely couldn't escape.

that's not important.

Just stay away from these four devils!

The person controlling the umbrella-shaped mushroom beast: "..."

Umbrella mushroom... not as big as this one?

Although in Wanmu City, ordinary people can also tame beasts.

However, this does not mean that beast taming is completely free of cost, or that one can easily control an extraordinary creature.

Choose the strongest extraordinary creature within your personal capabilities.

Compatibility between the two parties.

The tacit understanding that comes from spending a lot of time together...

Etc., etc.

This is also a very complex process.

Each extraordinary creature they could control was a precious treasure to them.

Did they just run away like that?

moment.

The way the Umbrella Mushroom Beast's tamer looked at Qiao Bai changed completely; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he had poisoned it.

He winked at his companions.

It means everyone should go together.

Let's teach this guy a lesson!

companion:"……"

Do they have the option to give up?

"What he said makes sense. He was just looking for someone as a side job, so isn't it normal for him to inquire about the situation?"

"He's probably not with those people. I think Azar is overthinking it!"

These words were spoken.

Everyone else nodded in agreement.

Yeah.

That's what it means.

Aza, the only one who lost a Mushroom Beast: "..."

Aza took a few deep breaths and reluctantly believed his companions.

then……

He turned his head and saw Qiao Bai staring directly at him.

Qiao Bai :)

(End of this chapter)