"What’s all the racket so early in the morning?"
He pulled the blanket over his head, burrowing down to go back to sleep. He had no intention of getting out of bed before nine.
「A moment later.」
RUMBLE...
The roar that had woken Lin Li before sounded again. Just as sleepiness had begun to settle over him, he was startled awake once more, and this time, the rumbling completely chased away any hint of drowsiness.
He threw off the blanket and got out of bed.
Lin Li left his bedroom and walked out onto the balcony, looking toward the source of the roar.
RUMBLE...
Out on the balcony, the roar from the sky was much clearer than it had been in his room.
’So it really is helicopters? And attack helicopters, at that.
Why scramble so many attack helicopters this early in the morning? What’s going on?’
In the sky, five roaring attack helicopters flew in sequence over the Ping’an Garden District, each separated by a distance of several hundred meters. Judging by their flight path, they seemed to be heading south.
From his balcony, Lin Li watched the attack helicopters recede into the distance until they were just tiny black specks. He then looked away and went back inside.
Back in the living room, Lin Li activated the Refrigeration Spiritual Artifact, then grabbed the remote, turned on the TV, and flipped to the news channel.
"We have just received breaking news from the Superpower Administration Bureau. At 5:35 this morning, deep in the wilderness, an Exotic Beast Group, numbering at least two hundred, was detected moving toward the South District. They are expected to reach the district’s safe zone by eight o’clock.
The Superpower Administration Bureau has already dispatched Investigators to the area to intercept the Exotic Beast Group moving toward the South District.
In addition, Zhang Juetao, the President of the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild, has made a public announcement. The Guild is currently contacting and organizing all Exotic Beast Hunters in Rongcheng to head to the South District and assist the Investigators in repelling the Exotic Beast Group moving toward the city.
We urge all citizens living in the parts of the South District bordering the wilderness to follow the directions of local authorities and evacuate to the nearest underground shelter. You may return to your homes once the Exotic Beast Group has been eliminated.
Please rest assured. The approaching Exotic Beast Group does not pose a serious threat to our city. The Superpower Administration Bureau is fully confident that not a single Mutant Beast will breach the city limits..."
Still groggy, Lin Li watched the pretty news anchor read from her script with a grim expression. His eyes widened in astonishment, his face a mask of shock.
’No way?!!!’
’A horde of Mutant Beasts is actively marching toward the Blue Zone?!!!’
’So those attack helicopters flying south over the district were being sent as reinforcements!’
’Investigators are already on their way, and they’re still sending attack helicopters for support. On top of that, the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild is mobilizing its Hunters to assist.’
’This is a way bigger mobilization than the last time the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild organized a hunt for the beast groups migrating near the city.’
’Looks like this Exotic Beast Group heading for the city is incredibly powerful...’
Lin Li muttered to himself while watching the news, then quickly got up and ran back to his bedroom to grab his phone.
After all, he was now an officially registered Exotic Beast Hunter with the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild.
According to the news report, the President of the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild had started contacting and organizing the Exotic Beast Hunters in Rongcheng to go to the South District and assist the Superpower Administration Bureau.
As a registered Exotic Beast Hunter, he should have received a notification about it.
He unlocked his phone and opened his message inbox, but there was no such notification from the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild.
"..."
’What does this mean?’
’I earned my Exotic Beast Hunter license legitimately. As a Hunter, why didn’t the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild staff send me the message?’
Full of questions, Lin Li opened the Exotic Beast Hunter app and tapped on the discussion forum, wanting to see if any of his peers were in the same situation.
Many Exotic Beast Hunters had posted about the sudden incident on the forum. In a thread pinned by a forum administrator, Lin Li figured out why the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild hadn’t sent him the notification.
"So that’s how it is. They think I’m too weak, so they didn’t send me the notification," Lin Li grumbled speechlessly after reading the pinned post.
Because the Mutant Beasts heading for the South District were generally quite powerful, the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild had set a minimum strength requirement for participants.
Any Exotic Beast Hunter who hadn’t reached Tier Two was excluded.
In truth, the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild’s reasoning was understandable. After all, any Hunter who wasn’t strong enough would most likely lose their life by participating in this operation.
The current situation hadn’t reached a point of absolute desperation, so there was no need to send under-qualified Exotic Beast Hunters to the front lines. Insisting on it would only be a senseless sacrifice.
After getting a handle on the situation, Lin Li exited the Exotic Beast Hunter app and stroked his chin, thinking, ’Maybe I should go to the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild and update my profile?’
He quickly dismissed the thought of going to the Exotic Beast Hunter Guild to update his profile.
He had become an Exotic Beast Hunter in early July of this year, and his registered strength level was Tier One Peak.