Chapter 16 (1/2)

Time flew by quickly, and it was already Friday in the blink of an eye.

Huang Tielan rushed to the public bus stop she frequented early in the morning, hoping to bump into that young man’s figure.

Alas, she returned in disappointment in the end.

“What should I do? Zhang Xiaoche had already went into the beast world for three days! Why isn’t he back yet?

“It couldn’t be that he met with some danger, right? Peipeipei. It can’t be! With the Fiery Scorpion I gave him, he shouldn’t have met with any powerful beasts as long as he didn’t go too far away from the safe zone…

“Mm, that’s right! Zhang Xiaoche is definitely the best! How could anything happen to him?”

Huang Tielan’s imagination ran wild during her journey, and her expressions kept changing from one to another. After that, it was unknown what she was thinking, as a slight smile showed on her chubby face and she stamped her feet on the ground out of habit.

Dong!

The whole public bus trembled violently for a moment. Every passenger felt their bodies sway slightly, and the bus driver in front thought that his vehicle had hit something. He instinctively stepped on the brakes, and the whole bus suddenly plunged into momentary chaos.

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Dinglingling…

The bells that signified the end of class rang. Following the teacher’s exit from the classroom, a group of young men and women ran out of the class, one after another. Some of them ran down the stairs, heading to the schoolyard below, while some of them leaned against the corridor railings in groups and started mingling among themselves.

The tall and muscular Wu Junyu was walking towards the washroom at the lower levels with big strides, when suddenly a slightly chubby young man came up from behind him.

“Wu Junyu, I have some news to tell you.”

The slightly chubby young man was wearing a mysterious smile on his face, as if he had gotten his hands on some earth-shattering secrets, waiting for Wu Junyu to ask him about it.

“Speak or fart out whatever you’re holding in.”

However, Wu Junyu only spared a sideway glance at him as he continued walking. Obviously, he was annoyed at him for putting on airs.

The chubby youngster’s face stiffened slightly, but he didn’t take it to mind. The knowing look on his face was even more apparent as he said in a hushed voice, “This news is related to Zhang Che.”

As expected, Wu Junyu stopped in place in the next moment and turned around to look at the youngster with a narrowed gaze, asking, “Zhang Che? Didn’t that brat take time off from school because of some family matters? Stop putting on airs, Liu Weihao.”

Seeing as Wu Junyu’s attention was finally drawn in, the youngster known as Liu Weihao immediately chuckled and continued in his hushed voice, “Last night, I unintentionally overheard my father saying that our class’s Zhang Che actually got our school to issue him a certificate to enter the beast world to hunt exotic beasts.”

“What?”

Wu Junyu didn’t believe what he just heard. His eyes were wide open, looking at Liu Weihao by his side. Even his voice rose an octave higher, asking, “You’re saying Zhang Che, that brat, went into the beast world? Is that for real?”

Liu Weihao’s eyes narrowed into a slits as he said, “It’s true. I personally heard my father saying it. Zhang Che’s certificate was even requested by our Teacher Han for Vice Principal Ma to approve.”

“Does that brat really think he’s a genius?” Wu Junyu said, feeling half astonished and half secretly delighted. “Not only did he just became a beastmaster not long ago, his family is also poor, and yet he dares to go hunt beasts in the beast world! He truly is childishly naive. I hope he can walk out from the spatial gateway safely!”

Liu Weihao chuckled, “It’s already been three days. I guess that kid was surely shredded apart by beasts. It’s not that easy a place to live in.”

Wu Junyu sighed hypocritically. “But, I still hope that he’ll be lucky enough to come out safely. We’re classmates after all. We can’t possibly hope for him to die in there.”

“Right, right, right. We’re all classmates. Of course we hope that he’ll survive.”