The Cockroach-like Girl Is My Beast

Crash——

Rumble!

Torrential rain poured down, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

The starry sky and the moon were obscured by thick, black clouds like a curtain, with the rain cascading like a waterfall onto the earth. The colors of the city grew more profound, as if the entire world was left with only this one sound.

Mingguang District.

One kilometer next to the Lingmiao Industry Park, on the rooftop of a thirty-story office building.

Lin Guang, wearing a trench coat, his eyes glowing with fluorescence, stood at the edge of the rooftop, accompanied by two girls cloaked in capes and hoods beside him.

At this moment, he was overlooking the distant cityscape amidst the downpour.

Behind him were countless vehicles and Spirit Beasts surging southwest from all directions of Zhen Sheng City.

They weren't all brave souls seeking to partake in the Forbidden Realm's riches; there were also internet celebrities, journalists, and opportunists looking to engage in small businesses nearby.

Together, they formed a river of neon and lights stretching along the main road, flowing towards the wilderness like blood coursing through veins.

Yet Lin Guang and his two companions turned their backs on this dazzling scene, looking down from their vantage point towards another direction of the city's architecture.

The rain droplets were densely packed, but before hitting them, they were repelled by the force field of their Spiritual Armor, keeping their bodies dry and comfortable.

Everything in the rain appeared insignificant, like miniature toys in a sandbox. From above, the vicinity of the park became entirely visible.

The base of the Divine Heart Association was located underground, which meant it likely had entrances and exits extending in all directions, reaching inconspicuous places like a black market.

But that also meant... Lin Guang had more than just a frontal assault from within the park as a way to enter.

At this moment, the trio's gazes had been fixed on a certain spot for quite some time.

That place was somewhat dim, but with the Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence, and with Vishdair and Lisa being Magical Beasts, their vision was naturally superb.

In a small alley near the park,

a van was parked, and a tattooed man holding an umbrella and a young man were pulling boxes of various sizes from the van, carrying them down the stairs on the side and returning to repeat the process.

And the key point was...

There were two security guards dressed in Lingmiao Industry uniforms standing beside the vehicle, seemingly guarding something.

Lin Guang observed them from above.

From this height, the people on the ground appeared as insignificant as ants.

Lisa and Vishdair then looked at Lin Guang without speaking, as if waiting for his command.

Lin Guang took a deep breath, seeming to hear the sound of his Spiritual Power surging like waves within his Sea of Spirit.

This indicated that the expensive potion he had just consumed, which could speed up the recovery, potency, and vitality of spiritual power for a short time, had started to take effect.

He then extended his hand, and with a flash of light, a white, undecorated mask appeared in his palm.

Lin Guang slowly raised his hand, fastening it onto his face, leaving only his pair of eyes, now beginning to emit a dark golden light.

"Let's go."

The next moment, the youth stepped forward, stepping into the void, his entire being falling due to gravity, while Vishdair and Lisa followed without a moment's hesitation.

—The three of them actually leaped directly from the top of the more than a hundred-meter-tall building!

However, in the next moment, a magic staff suddenly appeared in Lisa's hand.

[Spiritual Intense Thought] Engaged!

The painstakingly trained skill materialized results at this moment. In an instant, three groups of pink spiritual element ether enveloped them, the other end linked to the building's structure for leverage, thus transforming the high-speed and dangerous free fall into something far less perilous.

Seconds later, they landed safely on the ground, stepping forward silently towards their target.

...

Under the watchful eyes of the two guards, the tattooed man loaded the last bit of goods underground.

But this wasn't the end.

Because there was still some "cargo" at the back of the van.

The two alighted the vehicle together and opened the rear door.

Inside were iron cages, each containing various Spirit Beasts, most bearing scars and shivering as if they were cold.

However, a few were still spirited.

An orange fortune cat hissed with airplane ears at the two men as soon as the door was opened.

The man impatiently grabbed a data cable and lashed at the cage, making it clatter, yet it didn't stop the cat, and he clicked his tongue, "I really hope you're this spirited on the lab table."

He casually grabbed a few cages and, together with the young man, walked down the nearby stairs.

"Why do they all look like they've been frozen?" The young man curiously asked as he looked at the cage in his hand.

The tattooed man casually explained, "They must have been hidden in cold chain transport and sent into the city with a bunch of frozen Spirit Beast Meat."

"What a hassle... Even Spirit Beasts with tough bodies could freeze to death with this method; why not use a Spatial Spiritual Artifact?"

"You're dreaming." The tattooed man snorted lightly, "Spatial Spiritual Artifacts that can hold living creatures have to be at least Tier Four, ridiculously expensive. Only squad leader-level cadres might apply for temporary use, and it's not guaranteed every time. The others can only transport them in the most rudimentary way."

"If everyone could get their hands on a Spatial Spiritual Artifact, the entire Zhen Sheng City would probably belong to the 'Divine' family."

"Oh..."

The young man seemed a bit disappointed, but the tattooed man thought for a moment and consoled him, "Work hard, and the Divine Heart Association won't treat you badly. I only contracted an ordinary white-level Spirit Beast when I joined. After working with the Divine Heart Association for a few years, I exchanged merit points for several bottles of Meditation Potion and a green excellent-level Spirit Beast. Now, I'm a Two-star Spirit Master. If you catch a rare or mutated Spirit Beast, it's not impossible to exchange it for a blue potential Spirit Beast."

Upon hearing this, the young man perked up again.

The two walked down a narrow corridor for a while and arrived at a nightclub that hadn't opened yet. The tattooed man kicked open a door labeled "Staff Only," placed the cages down, grabbed two umbrellas, and walked back.

The alley was secluded enough, and with guards watching their back, the two didn't need to worry about being seen by others. They moved quickly and after several trips, the Spirit Beasts in the van were nearly moved out.

"Huh?"

At that moment, the tattooed man heard footsteps behind him. Though faint, they were quite noticeable in the quiet corridor.

He turned around.

The dim lighting in the stairwell stretched the shadows of three figures long.

The two at the back were entirely cloaked in pitch-black hoods and capes, their faces shrouded in shadow, while the leader wore a trench coat and a white mask.

"...!"

Where was the security?

The security couldn't possibly let unrelated people enter.

They were probably with him... Right?

Though comforting himself internally, the sudden sight of the trio and their intimidating aura still made the tattooed man's heart jolt unexpectedly.

He widened his eyes and spoke sternly, "You are...?"

The three advanced slowly, and just as the tattooed man opened his mouth to say more, he saw the leader look up. From beneath the mask, a pair of eyes burning with dark golden flames were revealed, speaking in a calm voice, "Is the Divine Heart Association's base just here?"

In an instant, the young man was dumbfounded, the tattooed man's pupils contracted, and almost instinctively, he summoned his Contracted Spirit Beasts, two Spirit Beasts appearing by his side.

One was a crescent hog the height of a person, and the other was a steel hedgehog curled into a ball, bristling with spines.

With his companions beside him, the tattooed man's tense mood eased significantly. These two were both level twenty-five Spirit Beasts, possessing green excellent potential.

However.

The next moment, in just a flash of light, the mountain-like crescent hog and steel hedgehog were both enveloped in pink energy simultaneously, unable to move, and the young man was instantly knocked unconscious by a shadowy figure, collapsing to the ground, losing consciousness.

Swish—

A dagger suddenly pressed against the tattooed man's throat, the sharp blade slightly cutting the surface of his skin, mere centimeters from his artery.

A female voice rang out, sounding well-versed in this sort of affair, "Next, I ask, you answer."