I was terrified! Raising a colossal star beast in the Beast Taming World

Chapter 175 Shen Yanqiu's existential crisis

It took nearly twenty minutes to search the entire Beast City inside and out countless times before Lei Ying's figure finally materialized again at the entrance of Lan Zhi Courtyard.

She held her knees and panted for a while, a thin layer of sweat beading on her forehead. Her usually smug face was now filled with the resentment of "I'm exhausted."

The main problem is that making her run a few laps isn't a big deal, but it's a bit too tiring to run while also looking for Lu Yuan in disguise.

Xue Youyou went up to her and handed her a sports drink: "Found it?"

Lei Ying took the drink, unscrewed the cap, and gulped down several large mouthfuls before letting out a long sigh: "Found it."

She raised the back of her hand to wipe her mouth, looking at Xue Youyou with a "you owe me a lot" kind of look: "Guess where she is?"

Xue Youyou had no interest in playing riddles with her and urged, "Tell me quickly."

"The old industrial area east of Beast City."

Lei Ying pointed east with one finger: "There's a large area of ​​abandoned old warehouses over there, and nobody goes there on weekdays. Your dean changed into some drab gray casual clothes and mingled among a bunch of freight trucks; he almost got on a long-haul truck heading to Dongjiang."

"If I hadn't been so sharp-eyed that I recognized the face in the photo immediately and punctured the tire of the truck that was about to leave, she would probably be on the highway out of the city by now."

Upon hearing this, Xue Youyou's heart stirred.

As expected, it was to the east... Lu Yuan deliberately wrote "run south" in her suicide note, but actually ran east, just as she had thought.

"Is she still there?" Xue asked softly.

"Yes, I'm still waiting for the next bus."

Lei Ying tossed the empty beverage bottle aside, and it flew in a beautiful arc before landing precisely in a trash can ten meters away: "I didn't show myself because I was afraid of disturbing her."

"very good."

Xue Youyou nodded, her expression suddenly becoming subtle. The corners of her mouth turned up slightly, revealing a "good idea" smile that sent chills down Lei Ying's spine.

Lei Ying said warily, "What are you laughing at? I have a feeling you're up to no good."

"Do me one more thing."

Xue Youyou stepped forward, leaned close to Lei Ying's ear, and whispered a few words.

Lei Ying was stunned when she heard this. She blinked her almond-shaped eyes repeatedly and gave Xue Youyou a strange look.

"Are you sure you want to move her from the east to the west?"

"Sure."

Xue Youyou nodded seriously: "I still think it's more fun to have my teammates find it than to find it myself."

Shen Yanqiu's sarcastic remark before he left was still fresh in her mind. Xue Youyou wanted her to see Lu Yuan brought back from the west with her own eyes, to give that guy who doubted her a resounding slap in the face.

Of course, she was too embarrassed to say these thoughts out loud.

Lei Ying tapped her chin with one finger and thought for a moment, then gave a knowing smile: "Okay, leave it to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the purple lightning flashed again, only to disappear in an instant.

Dongcheng District, abandoned industrial area.

Lu Yuan squatted behind a rusty old truck, pulled down the baseball cap she had somehow gotten her hands on, and occasionally poked half her head out to look at the intersection.

She had already changed out of her hospital uniform into a faded gray work uniform, and even had two streaks of ash smeared on her face, making her look like a warehouse manager fleeing a disaster.

"Ten minutes left..."

Lu Yuan glanced down at the time on her wristband and muttered to herself, "The long-distance truck to Dongjiang will be leaving soon after get off work."

Once you get on that train, you can head east and cross the border. By then, the emperor will be far away, and no matter how powerful your sister is, she won't be able to catch her.

As for the 10 billion yuan debt… Lu Yuan shook her head, thinking she could only repay it in her next life.

Lost in thought, a bolt of purple lightning suddenly exploded behind her without warning.

"!!"

Lu Yuan, whose nerves were on edge, reacted incredibly quickly. Almost the instant the electric arc sounded, she did a forward roll to create distance.

However, the opponent was simply too fast.

Just as she was about to do a forward roll, only halfway through, she was struck by an incredibly precise chop to the back of the neck.

Lu Yuan felt a numbness in her neck, her vision went black, and she collapsed limply to the ground.

Lei Ying appeared from the lightning, caught Lu Yuan's limp body, gently placed her on the ground, and stuck out her tongue: "Hehe, blame your boss, I'm just an employee."

Actually, she deliberately made a loud noise to scare Lu Yuan. Otherwise, given her speed, Lu Yuan wouldn't have been able to feel anything before losing consciousness.

While muttering to herself, she pulled out a bundle of rope from her pet space and skillfully tied Lu Yuan's hands and feet, making a pretty bow in front of her chest. Then she looked at her "masterpiece," nodded in satisfaction, bent down, hoisted Lu Yuan onto her shoulder, and once again vanished in a streak of light.

Xicheng District, Cuitong Street. This street is the area searched by the Second Team of Lanzhiyuan.

Lin Yueyao walked at the front, with Jiang Hanli, Xie Jianchun, Liu Qingchan, and Ning Xiaoman scattered on both sides, their eyes scanning every street corner and every shop.

Shen Yanqiu, however, lagged behind the group, her face filled with reluctance.

"We've been searching for almost an hour, and we haven't even found a single hair of the dean's."

Shen Yanqiu kicked a pebble by the roadside, her tone full of grumbling: "What did I tell you? The chief's judgment is completely unreliable. What does 'since it says south, it must be east or west' even mean? That kind of reasoning is baseless!"

Liu Qingchan, who was walking ahead of her, turned around and glanced at her, advising, "Yanqiu, say less. What if you really find it?"

"turn up?"

Shen Yanqiu snorted coldly: "If I could find the dean, I would have chopped down this roadside tree right now."

Everyone: "..."

"Uh... Yanqiu?"

Lin Yueyao suddenly stopped in her tracks, her voice filled with shock.

Everyone who looked in the direction she was looking was completely stunned.

About twenty meters ahead at the alley entrance, a figure bound like a dumpling leaned against the wall, head tilted to one side, clearly still unconscious. The baseball cap had fallen off, revealing a face that everyone knew all too well.

Dean of Lanzhi Academy, Lu Yuan.

The air froze for a full three seconds.

"The...Dean?!"

Ning Xiaoman was the first to cry out, her voice so shrill it almost cracked.

Everyone rushed forward in a frenzy.

Lin Yueyao squatted down to check on Lu Yuan's condition. She confirmed that Lu Yuan's breathing was steady and that she had only been knocked unconscious, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked up, her eyes filled with disbelief: "It really is Dean Lu Yuan... she really is in the west."

Liu Qingchan looked around blankly: "How did she get here? And why is she tied up?"

Ning Xiaoman frowned: "It looks like we've encountered some kind of attack?"

The crowd looked at each other, bewildered, and for a moment no one could figure out what was going on.

However, among all the shocked people, one person's expression was particularly interesting.

Shen Yanqiu stood behind the crowd, her mouth opening and closing repeatedly, like a fish being pulled ashore. She stared blankly at Lu Yuan, who was bound hand and foot, her cheek muscles twitching uncontrollably several times, as if she were frozen in place.

The west...it really is the west.

What did she just say?

If we can find the dean, we'll take this roadside tree—

"Yanqiu."

Liu Qingchan's voice drifted over softly, a faint smile playing at the corners of her eyes: "Didn't you just say that if you could find the dean in the west, you would do this or that?"

Shen Yanqiu's face instantly turned a deep liver color.

Liu Qingchan rarely showed a mischievous smile, pointed to the thick roadside tree, and slowly added, "Looks like... we're going to do something to this tree?"

"I...I..."

Shen Yanqiu stammered for a long time, unable to utter a complete sentence. She looked at the deer-like creature on the ground, then at the roadside tree that was at least two people could hug, and finally covered her face in despair: "I didn't say anything! I didn't say anything! I don't remember!"

A low, hushed laugh escaped the crowd.

Despite her laughter, Lin Yueyao quickly regained her composure, stood up, and said, "Alright, stop fooling around. No matter what, the Dean has been found, and the most important thing is to bring him back as soon as possible. Xiaoman, you're strong, you carry the Dean."

"Okay, okay!" Ning Xiaoman didn't say a word and carefully carried the still unconscious Lu Yuan on her back.

Lin Yueyao opened her bracelet and sent a message to the Lanzhi Academy's competition group, along with a picture of Ning Xiaoman carrying a deer kite: "The Dean has been found. She's on Cuitong Street in the West District. She's alright. We're taking her back to the courtyard now."

Just seconds after the message was sent, Lu Yutang's reply popped up, the screen filled with exclamation marks that almost seemed to leap out: "Found it?! Really found it!!! We made a wasted trip to the east, we're coming right back!!"

Immediately following was Xue Youyou's reply, consisting of only five simple words: "Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

Shen Yanqiu stared at those five words for a long time, feeling a mix of emotions.

She recalled Xue Youyou's confident tone when assigning tasks, and her own words, "I'd like to see what the Chief has to say," and her face burned even hotter.

Is there really such a big difference in intelligence between people?

Liu Qingchan, walking beside her, glanced at her, unusually refraining from mockery. Instead, she gently patted her shoulder and said in a low voice, as if speaking from experience, "You're still not convinced? I've been convinced for a long time."

Shen Yanqiu remained silent for a long while before finally managing to utter a muffled sentence: "...I will never question the Chief's decisions again."

The group quickened their pace, carrying Lu Yuan on their backs, and headed towards Lan Zhi's courtyard.

At the very back of the group, Shen Yanqiu kept her head down and followed silently.

She was still muttering something to herself.

You have to get close to hear it clearly.

"Can you really determine the dean's escape route just from a few words...?"

"That's amazing...it's truly amazing..."