CHAPTER 1035: THE CAT PLAYING THE FLUTE

Chapter 1035: The Cat Playing the Flute

Berserker was completely enveloped by Zhuque's Ice Flame. That extreme cold flame, capable of devouring all energy, rapidly drained every last bit of his energy.

The Rose Squad watched this scene in complete silence, unable to imagine such a combat method even existed.

A superhuman with a 9500-point superhuman ability index had actually been so easily crushed and killed!

Berserker's voice slowly faded away as he finally fell to the ground, transforming into a skeletal, emaciated body.

Zhuque did not kill him.

Even though she harbored overwhelming hatred toward Hell's Lock in her heart at this moment, she hadn't forgotten her duty as a soldier.

Capturing a member of Hell's Lock alive was far more valuable than killing him.

Zhuque walked over, immediately binding him tightly with the long whip in her hand, then injected him with Compound 3.

Finally, she shackled his arms in one smooth, continuous motion.

Linghu Feixue approached and sincerely thanked her: "Thank you, Captain Zhuque!"

Zhuque raised her head to glance at her, forcing out a faint smile.

"This place isn't suitable for you to stay any longer. It will only get more dangerous from here. You'd better leave with me."

Linghu Feixue nodded: "I was thinking the same thing."

The entire Rose Squad had nearly been wiped out by Berserker alone just moments ago!

She wasn't foolish enough to stubbornly remain here searching for source sprites.

So Linghu's squad gathered all members and had them set off immediately to leave this damned area.

However, just before departing, something occurred to her mind.

They had actually already gathered some intelligence about Totoro.

It would be such a pity to leave just like that.

After some contemplation, she made a decision.

She sent all the intelligence about Totoro to Zhang Yi.

At least they were all from the Jiangnan Region, and Zhang Yi had sufficient strength to continue staying in this battlefield.

If he could obtain that creature because of this, no matter what, he would owe her a favor.

...

Meanwhile, Zhang Yi was quietly waiting in the shadows for the Divine Source to appear.

During this process, however others fought had nothing to do with him; he would just silently watch the show.

At most, he would step in at critical moments to pluck the fruit or save some people's lives.

However, he was completely unaware of what was happening inside Mist Valley.

On this day, after a long time, his communication device received a message.

Zhang Yi was somewhat curious.

He had already blocked the command center's communication channel.

This meant that whoever could contact him now must be from the Jiangnan Region.

Who would contact him at this time?

When he opened the message, he discovered it was intelligence about that giant source sprite sent by his old friend Linghu Feixue.

After several days of investigation, they had basically figured out Totoro's movement patterns and tracks.

However, because they believed their own strength was insufficient and didn't want to continue risking staying on the island, they handed all the information to Zhang Yi.

"Giant source sprite? It really doesn't look like one!"

Zhang Yi stroked his chin, also very curious about that thing.

Based on the current intelligence, it displayed powerful combat capabilities that source sprites shouldn't possess, even rivaling high-level superhumans.

Zhang Yi even somewhat suspected it had evolved from some mutated creature on the island.

Yet, it definitely had some mysterious connection to the Divine Source.

Those source sprites were very affectionate toward it.

"Now that we have intelligence, why don't we go look for it, what do you think?"

Zhang Yi said to Hua Hua and Lele beside him.

As long as the area was pinpointed, searching for a clearly visible target wasn't difficult for him.

Anyway, he wasn't going to interfere with others' battles right now, so it was perfect to pass time with that thing.

He might even get an unexpected harvest.

Hua Hua shook the fur on its back and extended its claws to scratch the carpet beneath its feet.

"Meow—Are we going hunting again? Yay!"

When excited, the strength in its claws unconsciously increased, pulling out several tufts of fur from the thing beneath its feet.

Lele, underneath Hua Hua, grimaced in pain with a wronged expression.

Since joining Zhang Yi's group, aside from being Zhang Yi's search dog, it had basically become Hua Hua's mount.

Hua Hua would punch it randomly from time to time, and it didn't dare talk back.

Lele's internal monologue:

Hah, just live your lives, who could possibly outlive you two!

Your claws are so sharp, scratching on my back all day long, using me as a scratching post, aren't you?

How presumptuous!

What a miserable life for a dog!

Yes, I can't beat you, I'm inferior before you, but I've contributed plenty since coming to the island!

Terrible creature, you're truly terrible.

...

Even though filled with grievances, Lele could only bury its dog nose into the snow and sulk alone.

Zhang Yi and Jingwei watched from the side, secretly amused.

But they just found the minor conflicts between animals entertaining.

When real danger appeared, Hua Hua never hesitated to protect Lele.

Zhang Yi confirmed the location provided by Linghu Feixue—excellent, far from the central area of Mist Valley.

This meant there wouldn't be any powerful superhumans nearby.

Well, this thought actually aligned perfectly with Linghu Feixue's.

The difference was, for Zhang Yi, there were hardly any people on the entire island qualified to be called strong by him.

Even fewer could pose a life-threatening danger to him.

So he immediately decided to take one cat, one dog, and Jingwei to see what exactly that mysterious Totoro was.

If it really was an oversized source sprite, he could choose to absorb it himself, or appropriately keep it to bring back for his family members to use.

The mobility of a spatial superhuman was truly strong.

Once the decision was made, after brief preparations, they soon arrived nearby.

Lele lay on the ground, its big nose sniffing repeatedly, searching for the Divine Source's scent.

With Lele's help, it didn't take long for Zhang Yi to confirm Totoro's location.

It was in a deserted valley.

The only benefit brought by the toxic miasma's spread was preserving the basic forms of many trees.

The entire valley had turned deep green, filled with deathly stillness and swirling toxic miasma.

Zhang Yi deployed the Absolute Barrier Between Two Realms, isolating all traces of their presence.

He advanced slowly, faintly hearing a melodious and graceful musical tune drifting through the air.

"They say that big guy can play the flute? How fascinating."

Zhang Yi grew even more curious.

He stepped forward carefully, making sure not to be discovered.

After passing through layers of mist, he finally saw Totoro's true form.

Just as the intelligence described, it was exceptionally adorable, its body shape strikingly similar to the Totoro from animations.

However, its head more resembled a reindeer's, with impressively lush large antlers.

It sat dopily on a withered tree, eyes closed, completely immersed in the world of music.

And because Zhang Yi had the Absolute Barrier Between Two Realms concealing him, it hadn't detected Zhang Yi's presence.

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