The Astral Pet Store
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Astral Pet Store – Chapter 497

Zhong Lingtong was unwilling to budge. The old man was confused as to what to do.

There were some things he did not want to say before Su Ping.

Living in Longjiang Base City was tantamount to digging his own grave. The old man was not sure what Su Ping was thinking. The Otherworldly Heavenly King was a king among beast kings. Even legendary battle pet warriors were unable to face this Heavenly King, let alone Su Ping who was only a Fate Challenger!

“If it's your choice, I'll stay too. I hope I can help, ” said the old man.

Of course, he stayed to guard Zhong Lingtong

Once the city was breached, he would do anything to take Zhong Lingtong by force, even if it meant that he would make Su Ping unhappy. Given Zhong Lingtong's talent, he could become a master trainer with whichever teacher he studied. He was the future hope for the Zhong family. He could not let her lose her life because of Su Ping. Su Ping did not say anything. The phone started ringing; it was from the mayor, Xie Jinshui.

“Master, where are you?” Su Ping asked at once.

“I'm back.” Xie Jinshui sounded very calm.

Su Ping was surprised. Real fast?

He left last night and came back today?

“How many legendary battle pet warriors are coming?” Su Ping asked. The answer is a few seconds of silence. “Bapak. Su, can you come? I want to have a meeting. There are things we should talk about directly.”

Su Ping suddenly realized something was wrong in Xie Jinshui's tone. Thought disturbed.

“Sure. I will leave now,” said Su Ping.

He hung up the phone and said to Venerable the Blade and the three from the Zhong family, “I have to take care of something urgent. Make yourself at home.”

Venerable the Blade looked at Su Ping with a frown. Venerable the Blade had heard the conversation because Su Ping did not use a soundproof seal. “Sure. Careful.”

“Bapak. Su, don't worry about us, ” replied the old man from the Zhong family.

Su Ping nodded and immediately left his shop.

He saw that Qin Duhuang and Liu Tianzong were also coming out of their building across the street. They looked surprised after seeing Su Ping. “Bapak. Su, Xie is back.”

“Yes. He called me and told me to go there.”

“Is that so? I was on my way to his place too. I asked how many legendary battle pet fighters had come but he did not say so. ” Qin Duhuang eyebrows knitted together. Liu Tianzong produced a forced smile. “The person. Is he trying to prepare a surprise for us?”

Su Ping and Qin Duhuang did not enjoy the joke. That's not funny, at all.

They don't want to joke, especially with something so serious.

Xie Jinshui's reaction was strange.

They could not help but think of the worst possible. They hope it's not true!

At the town hall.

In the conference room.

Other than Su Ping, Qin Duhuang, and Liu Tianzong who had come together, Mu Beihai and Zhou Tianlin were also there. They took care of some business elsewhere and rushed over after they received Xie Jinshui's phone call.

The same group gathered in the conference hall.

“Xie, what happened? Say something!” The head of the Ye family, the grumpy man, was obviously impatient back then.

Xie Jinshui lowered his head. Qin Duhuang looked pale. “Xie, what happened? Notify us. Did the legendary battle pet warrior from the Tower come here or not?”

That was the question that everyone wanted to ask Xie Jinshui; qin Duhuang had expressed their thoughts. They looked at Xie Jinshui worriedly.

Xie Jinshui trembled after hearing Qin Duhuang's question. Another silence later, Xie Jinshui slowly raised his head, revealing an expression that could not be explained with words.

Fatigue, disappointment, despair, pain, and guilt.

Everyone's mind was overwhelmed after seeing that face.

Slowly, Xie Jinshui said, “The tower says that ... The Inner Cave is in an emergency and they cannot send anyone to help.” Her voice raspy.

Qin Duhuang and the others turned deathly pale. They can't?

“Not even a single legendary battle pet warrior is coming?” Zhou Tainlin shouted, furious and stunned. “Are there not dozens of legendary boxers in the Tower? The tower usually sends legendary pet warriors to help when the base town is attacked by a savage beast. Why not this time?!”

“Are they afraid of the Otherworldly Heavenly King?”

Zhou Tianlin had said what others thought. They all want to ask the same question. Mu Beihai pulled a long face. “Xie, what really happened? The base city pays a large amount of tax money to the Tower every year, it is their obligation to help us. We need them now. Why isn't a single legendary battle pet warrior coming?”

Qin Duhuang thought the same thing. He looked at Xie Jinshui. “Xie, you are fully aware of what kind of situation we are in. Longjiang Base City would basically be destroyed if no legendary pet warriors came. I was willing to sacrifice my old life for Longjiang, but it was foolish to make avoidable sacrifices! ”

“Indeed,” the family head of the Ye family added, “Why don't they come?”

“Xie, are you not respectful enough?” Liu Tianzong frowned.

Xie Jinshui glared at Liu Tianzong and his lips trembled. “Honoring? Do you believe that I asked while kneeling? I knelt before them, one by one! Not enough respect? I don't know what else I can do. I didn't ask them. I plead them pitifully! ”

Liu Tianzong fell silent and so did the others.

Xie Jinshui kneel?

He was not a legendary battle pet warrior but he was at the top of the titled rank!

He's a mayor! How could he kneel to anyone?

Even when meeting legendary battle pet fighters, the maximum etiquette a titled battle pet fighter should do is bow down!

Kneel down! That's not how legendary fighting pet warriors should be treated!

Su Ping pulled a long face. He could imagine in his mind what it was like when Xie Jinshui knelt down, begging.

“Why is that? Is this about the Inner Cave? I heard that some legendary fighting pet fighters died in the Inner Cave. Xie, how many legendary boxers did you meet in the Tower?” Qin Duhuang asked.

Xie Jinshui said nothing.

“I told him everything. He said that the Inner Cave needed the legendary battle pet warrior and that we should take care of this matter ourselves or evacuate the city before the Otherworldly Heavenly King arrived. I said that I was unlikely to evacuate an entire city with our large population. We also need protection during the evacuation. I asked one legendary battle pet fighter to help with the evacuation but I was rejected.

“Then I went to look for legendary pet fighters who had visited Longjiang Base City or those with ties to the base city.

“There were some of them and they rejected me.

“I searched the Tower and I found more than a dozen legendary boxers, but no one answered yes ..”

Xie Jinshui continued after the pause, ‘I know. They're frightened. They were afraid of meeting an Otherworldly Heavenly King if they came here to help.”

Qin Duhuang was stunned.

Su Ping as well. But he was also filled with anger.

“I remember a legendary battle pet warrior named King of the North. Did you meet him?” Su Ping asked. Xie Jinshui was shocked to learn that Su Ping knew a legendary fighting pet fighter. He's nodding. “I met him and I asked for his help, but he said he couldn't come here because he had other tasks.”

Su Ping did not say anything.

A ball of fire was burning inside him.

Others are conscious again. Zhou Tianlin shouted, “You said you begged more than a dozen legendary battle pet warriors? If they were all there, why would they fear one Heavenly King? The whole trip will take them less than a day. They did not need to do much to scare away the beasts. Why don't they come?”

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“Didn't they say that the Inner Cave needs more legendary pet fighters? Why did you find over a dozen legendary fighting pet warriors in the Tower? ” Qin Duhuang confused. He had heard from Qin Shuhai about the Inner Cave and the urgent situation, and the fact that even the League of Supremacy had been used as an opportunity to lure more legendary fighting pet fighters. But Xie Jinshui has met over a dozen legendary fighting pet fighters. Xie Jinshui looked at Qin Duhuang and then at Zhou Tianlin, Mu Beihai and everyone who was full of anger. He forced a smile.

He had gone to the Tower and seen the legendary fighting pet fighter. He knows more answers.

He had left many unsaid things as there was no point in talking about it at the moment.

He's an adult, a mayor. He has experienced many things and seen many things, both good and bad. He was able to understand the underlying meaning of the rejection.

But what will understanding do to him?

It will only make him feel more pain.

“There's one thing right about them.” Xie Jinshui lowered his voice. “I called you to discuss the matter. Since the legendary pet warriors from the Tower will not come, to protect Longjiang Base City by relying on ourselves is almost impossible. So, I plan to evacuate the city.”

That was a surprising proposal. Xie Jinshui became calm and his tone was serious. Everyone had noticed that he had struggled inside before they arrived.

“Evacuation.” The face of the family head Ye was overcast. “The subway connecting Longjiang Base City with other base cities is closed. How do we evacuate? We have a population exceeding twenty million in the base city. Do you understand what that number means? Evacuating the city will not be easy, even with open transportation.” Mu Beihai calmed down and thought fast. “I think we can call the surrounding base cities and ask them to open the subway again. Also, we don't have to evacuate everyone. We can leave the old, the disabled, the vulnerable, and those who are seriously ill as bait and get others out!”

Su Ping could not believe what he had just heard.

The others glared at Mu Beihai in disbelief.

What a cruel proposal!

Leaving a group of people as bait to distract a savage beast?

Feeds, like being food!

Those people would stay behind to be eaten by the beasts. Once full, a savage beast would no longer be motivated to chase after another!

Theoretically, it is a choice. But it's too barbaric!

No one wants to be sacrificed like that!

Who would stay behind to become food for a savage beast?

Zhou Tianlin and Qin Duhuang remained silent. The status of their family leader allowed them to understand that, despite being heartless, they did not have many options in such situations.

War is cruel and heartless is a natural result of war. When the tiger is chasing, you do not need to run faster than the tiger, you just need to run faster than your friend. That is survival!

Survival itself is a cruel thing.

It is they who will determine the life and death of the general public.

Xie Jinshui was still silent. Mu Beihai sounded like a demon. Xie Jinshui's first reaction was to explode in anger, but that anger soon disappeared. He could not scold Mu Beihai. He also understood that evacuating the entire base city was impossible!

Once they started running, the ferocious beasts would run faster!

More people would lose their lives if the people from Longjiang Base City fled in different directions. Behind those walls is a wild nature. People would encounter ferocious beasts out there as they dashed to other base cities. Only a handful of pet fighters can survive in the wild and protect themselves. The general public will be destroyed!

Silence ruled the conference room for a moment.

Mu Beihai saw another reaction. He knew that his proposal was cruel but he did not pull it back. Therefore, he was happy to leave. After all, your family has the right to leave. The people left behind were ordinary people who had no power, money, or background whatsoever.

Xie Jinshui noticed that Su Ping was thinking about something. “Bapak. Su, what do you think?” He asked, breaking the silence.

The others turned to Su Ping. Su Ping was too young. Due to instinct, they ignored Su Ping when they talked about such a serious matter. He is strong but that is his only advantage; he may not be as assertive or visionary as the family leaders.

Su Ping looked at them. “I won't persuade you to stay if you want to leave. But... I won't go.”

The answer made the others quiet.

They looked at him, showing what they wanted to say on their faces, ‘Do you know what you're talking about?!’

Staying?

Was he planning to fight against an Otherworldly Heavenly King?

They would feel full of hope if some legendary battle pet warriors from the Tower could support them. However, the Tower would not send anyone to help them. They're alone!

Su Ping was extremely strong, and there was a legendary boxer in his shop. But what will be done?

There are five beast kings!

Su Ping could kill all five beast kings, but what if the five beast kings attacked different fronts?

Su Ping was one person. Even with the legendary battle pet warriors backing him, they would only be able to protect two sides of the base city. Who will take care of the other party?

The base city will be between the hammer and the anvil. Even if the party protected by Su Ping was completely unaffected, what use was that? The inner city of the base will still be gone!

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