My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome-Chapter 194 - 193 Invitation (Request for Tickets)

Chapter 194: Chapter 193 Invitation (Request for Tickets)

“You guys go wait for me in the car; I’m going to the restroom.”

After saying this to Casar and the others, Shao Zifeng walked towards the corridor marked with a restroom sign.

After the opening ceremony had ended, the audience was orderly evacuated from the venue, with the participants from various institutes leaving last. Due to their school’s low ranking, there were hardly any people left behind them.

The spacious corridor was somewhat empty, and because cleaning had not yet been done after the dispersal, the whole corridor was filled with a peculiar smell, and there were many black muddy stains at the entrance of the restroom.

Standing at the entrance of the restroom, Shao Zifeng closed his eyes to sense his surroundings before walking in.

The energy-saving light in the restroom emitted a cold glow. Cang Haiyuan, dressed in a tailored swallow-tailed coat, leaned against the wall; his head against the wall as he stared blankly at the ceiling, his fingers rapidly spinning through the eye holes of a mask.

Hearing footsteps, Cang Haiyuan lazily tilted his head and looked over, “Shao Zifeng?”

“You know me?” Shao Zifeng stood at the entrance of the restroom, scrutinizing Cang Haiyuan, unable to recall any interaction with him.

Cang Haiyuan appeared to be about twenty-five or twenty-six, with slightly curly medium-length hair simply tied at the back of his head. Two locks of hair casually fell along the sides of his face, revealing a smooth forehead and narrow eyes; his thin lips slightly pursed.

His appearance wasn’t particularly handsome, but there was a cold, detached quality to his demeanor, offering a subtle sense of alienation.

“No, I don’t!” Then Cang Haiyuan turned his head back towards the ceiling light, continuing to spin the mask in his hand.

Shao Zifeng rubbed the lynx ring with his fingers, somewhat unclear about his visitor’s intention, “Are you looking for me for something?”

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Cang Haiyuan, who had been spinning the mask, stopped and flipped it onto the nearby windowsill.

He then took a sophisticated metal cigarette case from his pocket, pulled out a cigarette, and offered it to Shao Zifeng, “You smoke?”

Shao Zifeng waved his hand to decline and waited for him to continue.

Cang Haiyuan lit the cigarette with a lighter, took a deep drag; the flaring red ember cast his face in a dim red glow, “Chen Yixin sent me here.”

“Chen Yixin?”

Half a year had passed since he last heard that name, making Shao Zifeng feel somewhat dazed. Although it had only been half a year since the disaster, it felt like a long time had passed in his heart, to the extent that even the faces of certain people were beginning to blur.

It’s funny, living in her house, spending the money she provided, using her resources, depending on…

Well.

Not that.

“Yes, she mentioned that she had an arrangement with you to take you to the Antarctic sanctuary, but recently, abnormal climate conditions are being reported worldwide, and the research team stationed in Antarctica has also detected strange energy particles,” Cang Haiyuan continued, taking another drag of his cigarette, “This trip to Antarctica might encounter some problems, so for your safety, you have the option to go or not.”

Shao Zifeng’s fingers rubbing the ring paused, and noticing that Cang Haiyuan had nothing more to add, he uttered two words, “That’s it?”

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

This could have been sorted with a simple text message, and yet they send an overacting pretender to me?

Do they think I can’t show off, so they found me a mentor?

“Cough, cough…” Cang Haiyuan’s face stiffened for a moment.

Chen Yixin just needed to enter a lab that completely blocks all signals, so she had him pass the message, which could’ve been done via a simple text.

At that moment, he had been invited to the opening ceremony in the Yundu Region, eyeing the compensation, so he thought to save a bit wherever he could, and simply chose not to text Shao Zifeng.

Plus, it was an opportunity to show off a bit in front of his junior, why not?

In an effort to maintain his seniority in front of Shao Zifeng, Cang Haiyuan came up with a quick-witted response,

Only to see him slowly blowing out a ring of smoke, his sharp facial features appearing profound and inscrutable amidst the swirling smoke.

“Of course not, if you insist on participating, my role will become that of an observer. During the competition, I will score your performance based on the abilities you demonstrate, thereby judging whether you are qualified to participate.”

After finishing, Cang Haiyuan threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stamped it out with the tip of his shoe, “What’s your decision? I don’t have much time…”

“Then, does Mr. Cang possess enough strength to join this expedition to Antarctica?” Shao Zifeng interrupted, asking a question that was completely unrelated.

Cang Haiyuan was slightly taken aback; to tell the truth, the latter part of his speech was improvised, and there wasn’t actually a requirement for strength.

Young leaders in the field of paleontology like Chen Yixin going on perilous expeditions to Antarctica would be accompanied by several skilled military personnel for protection.

Unless they encountered a crisis they couldn’t handle, they would choose to protect researchers like Chen Yixin at the cost of others, but the chances of facing such a high-level crisis were even lower than winning the lottery, so overall, the safety was relatively high.

However, Cang Haiyuan certainly wouldn’t tell him that, but instead, curled his lips in a mocking smile, “Of course, if you had my kind of strength…”

Boom!

In the restroom, a sudden blast of scorching waves erupted from the center where Shao Zifeng stood.

The room’s energy-saving lights flickered a few times before melting from the high temperature.

Right after, dark red flames entwined Shao Zifeng’s arms and quickly spread over his whole body; his pupils contracted into golden red vertical slits, coldly staring at Cang Haiyuan.

At the same time, the space behind Shao Zifeng twisted, opening a crack.

Golden red vertical slits also appeared within the crack, curiously observing Cang Haiyuan.

“Bonding reaction…” Being predominantly ice-elemental, Cang Haiyuan felt the explosive fire element in the air and quickly stepped back several paces.

Visible to the naked eye, his face was covered in white frost, which then instantly melted, the ice water being continuously evaporated by the heat, emitting thick steam.

Feeling the pervasive high temperature in the air, Cang Haiyuan looked on in shock at Shao Zifeng cloaked in flames.

He had seen fire-type ‘Bonding Reactions’ before, but such an explosive fire element was the first he had ever felt on a human.

Especially the unknown mutant creature in the Space Rift; it put even more pressure on him, soaking Cang Haiyuan’s back with sweat after just a few looks.

It was a shiver coming from deep within the soul.

Cang Haiyuan’s actual strength was not as formidable as he portrayed, and facing the mutant creature inside the Space Rift, he suddenly felt unsure.

“Damn, are students these days this freakish?” Cang Haiyuan muttered under his breath as he took two steps back, already retreating to the wall.

Seeing this, Shao Zifeng, through empathy, calmed Qiuqiu, who because of its large size, couldn’t appear often; subsequently, he dissipated the fire element on his body, and his pupils gradually returned to normal.

With the light bulbs melted, the restroom dimmed considerably; the two men faced each other, Shao Zifeng’s face breaking into a genuinely kind smile, “Do you think my strength is adequate, senior?”

Cang Haiyuan felt somewhat embarrassed and pulled out something resembling an envelope from his inner pocket and handed it to Shao Zifeng, “Here, this is the invitation. You just need to arrive at the specified address by the specified time to board the ship.”

Shao Zifeng opened the invitation: December 30, Liaodong Region, Third Dock.

“A month later, huh…”

…

Not long after the two had left, a janitor holding cleaning tools entered to clean the restroom and immediately her face changed drastically, “Which little bastard cooked shit in here!”