Chapter 74 - Lightning Rat Craze (1/2)
Chapter 74: Lightning Rat Craze
Su Ping swept up the floor, tossed the remains into a “recyclable materials” dustbin, put on his slightly wet clothes and opened the shop again. If no customers came, he would just perfect his augmentation skills.
Between his study sessions, he would also check his computer for the latest news. This was more or less his daily habit ever since he came to this world.
[Stricken by severe depression, this beautiful lady did unspeakable things to her pet!]
[The sh.o.r.es of Whale Lift City were bashed by terrible tidal waves as high-rank beasts showed up.]
[A renowned school in Longjiang became infested with rats…]
Just like the article t.i.tles in his old world, everything on the “Internet” was also written in eye-catching and incomplete ways to attract more viewers. Although Su Ping knew better and would not fall for the seemingly interesting expression that suggested dirty business between a woman and a beast. The actual content of the news was probably something way less enticing.
Or, he would gladly take a peek to prove whether he was right, and was both happy and frustrated to know that his suspicion was right on the money.
“d.a.m.ned media. They never change, using fake stuff to get more users, not caring how they would affect their readers.”
After closing the news about the problematic idol, he began checking the more productive ones, such as the beast hazard in Whale Lift City. This was another base city built along the seash.o.r.e and was constantly having safety problems because many sea monsters kept coming to sh.o.r.e and causing trouble to inland structures by following the river.
As for the next piece of news, which was about invading rats…
Su Ping thought he saw something familiar when he skimmed through the headlines. Once he read more carefully, he found out the “renowned school” was Phoenix Peak Academy—the one his sister was studying in.
The “rat infestation” was not an actual vermin problem. The thing was, the students began raising a lot of Lightning Rats as their pets for some reason. When walking around, one would see these rats everywhere.
As for the reason for this new pet choice, it seemed this was because of a certain powerful Lightning Rat which helped its master go all the way to the finals the other day. According to the article, this Lightning Rat amazingly disposed of a good number of Astral Pets who were of superior apt.i.tudes. It even learned one of the ten strongest thunder-type moves.
Su Ping watched the video in surprise.
“This little guy started it??”
There was more in the “related news” section, such as “Click here to watch what a Lightning Rat can really do!”, “Secrets revealed! A Lightning Rat is NOT a low-rank pet!”, “All hail this king hidden among peasants. If you don’t have it, get one NOW!”
The cameraman of the video perfectly captured Su Yanying’s image along with her small partner. The Lightning Rat still had that c.o.c.ky look on its tiny face.
As soon as the judge blew the whistle, the Lightning Rat disappeared into a flash of lightning and slammed into its opponent.
Instant KO.
Then the next match ended in a similar way.
In other matches, the creature dealt with many popular mid-rank Astral Pets, and even some of the high-rank ones usually loved by n.o.bility. No matter how powerful or graceful they looked, the Lightning Rat would always slap them away with ease.