"Everyone, please leave Daping Village immediately!"
The village chief’s voice echoed through every corner of Daping Village via the old loudspeaker.
At that moment,
the villagers working in the fields raised their bewildered faces, children playing at the village entrance were stunned, vendors frowned, and passersby stopped in their tracks.
After a brief silence, chaos erupted.
"What’s happening?"
"Leave, why do we have to leave?"
"A wild Pet Beast attack? Or a landslide?"
In the relatively small Daping Village, the village chief’s announcement caused chaos. The villagers in the fields abandoned their tools and hurried home:
The children at the village entrance were picked up by their parents and carried away;
The vendors, confused, quickly packed up their stalls and locked their doors;
The passersby were in disarray, some looking around to find out why, others running toward the village outskirts to ensure their safety.
"Dian Dian."
The Electric Flying Cat didn’t care about the chaos before it, but when it saw people who were initially joining in the commotion pushing and shoving each other, almost stepping on the Lotus Leaf and Luminous Fruit on the ground, it got angry.
A dazzling electrical burst shot into the sky, thick currents crackled, instantly calming the chaotic crowd.
"Teacher, what’s going on?"
In the center of the chaos, Su Bamboo remained calm, looking around with interest before asking.
Song Wei’s expression was serious as she shook her head, "I don’t know, but it definitely isn’t good."
As a local, Song Wei hadn’t heard the village loudspeaker in years; usually, the village chief would use a mobile notification for important matters.
This time, however, it was urgent, or rather, panicked.
It was as if the village chief had a Silver Armored Mantis’s blade pressed against his throat, forcing him to announce immediately.
Shaking her head to dispel her wild thoughts, Song Wei spoke seriously, "First, take your junior brothers outside the village, I’ll go see what’s happening."
"Alright."
Su Bamboo looked at the panicking junior brothers and decided not to be reckless and follow Song Wei.
As the senior sister of the academy, now that the teacher wasn’t around, her task was to lead her junior brothers to safety, not to join in the chaos.
Seeing Su Bamboo ready to turn and leave, Song Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, yet frowned, sensing an inexplicable premonition.
Could it be a problem with Advisor Shi?
At that moment, several figures appeared and ran towards the chaotic crowd.
They were the Beastmaster Office staff in Daping Village, responsible for organizing villagers and Beastmasters for an orderly evacuation.
But Song Wei’s gaze naturally shifted past them and finally landed on Shi Yu, standing alongside the village chief.
Compared to before, Shi Yu looked somewhat disheveled, quietly talking with the village chief.
He seemed to sense Song Wei’s gaze, looked up, and nodded in acknowledgement.
Song Wei suppressed her curiosity, patiently waiting for Shi Yu to finish speaking with the village chief, then striding towards her.
Shi Yu grabbed Song Wei’s wrist, her cheeks reddening as his voice sounded in her ear:
"Daping Village is extremely dangerous now, we must leave quickly."
Song Wei snapped back to attention and asked seriously, "What’s going on?"
Shi Yu didn’t look at her, speaking urgently, "I’ll explain later, it’s too dangerous now, we must evacuate promptly."
"Okay." Seeing Shi Yu’s reaction, Song Wei held back her curiosity and nodded quickly.
The two followed the crowd in evacuating the village. Suddenly, Shi Yu remembered something crucial, turning to Song Wei, "Contact Advisor Chen immediately and say..."
"Say a gigantic Thousand-Spine Rock Lizard has appeared near Weixian County’s Daping Village, highly likely to threaten the village."
"What!!?" Song Wei turned back in shock.
Meeting Song Wei’s urgent gaze, Shi Yu couldn’t help but recall Shi Gang, who was trying to stop the Thousand-Spine Rock Lizard, and explained quickly during the crowded evacuation, "In short, the earlier earthquake was caused by a gigantic Thousand-Spine Rock Lizard. It’s behaving erratically and charging towards Daping Village."
"If it breaks into the village, everyone will be in danger."
Momentarily stunned, Song Wei quickly regained her composure and asked the key question, "Can’t it be stopped?"
Shi Yu gritted his teeth and shook his head, "My brother is trying to stop it, to buy as much evacuation time as possible."
Song Wei keenly caught the keyword "stop," frowning, "Even Advisor Shi can’t handle it?"
"No." Shi Yu shook his head, then scanned the surroundings, glancing over the present Beastmasters, and lowered his voice, "Everyone here together might not be able to handle it."
Recalling the terrifying size of the Thousand-Spine Rock Lizard, Shi Yu didn’t think his judgment was wrong.
There were many Beastmasters present, at least dozens, but the vast majority were Initial-tier Beastmasters, very few Mid-tier, and even fewer High-tier across the vast Qin Province.
In front of the gigantic Thousand-Spine Rock Lizard, no matter how many Tier One or Tier Two Pet Beasts, they couldn’t cause it any trouble.
"So we must evacuate first and wait for Advisor Chen." Shi Yu’s gaze was intense, his voice deep and serious, "Only Advisor Chen has a chance to defeat it."
It’s just a chance.
The Thousand-Spine Rock Lizard’s power is extremely terrifying, and as an Earth-type Pet Beast, Advisor Chen’s Flame Cloud Falcon naturally has a disadvantage against it, and may not win.
But Advisor Chen’s chance of winning is much higher than theirs, at least having a fighting chance.
"I understand."