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Chapter 639 - 579: Swallowed Up

Chapter 639: Chapter 579: Swallowed Up

"Ah!!"

Mai Ya’s piercing scream echoed through the room.

The little girl stood frozen in place, as if she had been scared senseless.

The scene before her was sudden and visually shocking, and Qiao Sang felt a chill shoot from her feet to her head, causing goosebumps all over her body.

Inside the walls, the white Pet Beasts were packed tightly together, motionless, resembling specimens—it was the stuff of nightmares for anyone with a fear of crowded spaces.

"Ya Ya?"

At that moment, Yaobao entered from outside the door, looking at the Pet Beasts in the wall with a puzzled expression.

"What’s this?" Qiao Sang found her voice upon hearing Yaobao’s words.

Mai Ya’s legs had completely given out, and she spoke with a trembling, tearful voice:

"Scale, Scale Armored Moth, this is the Scale Armored Moth."

So this was the Scale Armored Moth. It seemed that everything Mula Guai had said was true... The Scale Armored Moths inside the wall didn’t move at all, which allowed Qiao Sang to regain her composure. Then she remembered something and asked:

"Is the Scale Armored Moth hibernating?"

Through her studies over this period, she knew that some Pet Beasts had hibernation habits—some during the summer, some during the winter, and there were even some Pet Beasts that would wake for a year and then hibernate for another year.

"They must be hibernating," Mai Ya realized this too, but the fear in her eyes didn’t dissipate at all.

She wasn’t a Beast Tamer. Her knowledge of wild Pet Beasts came from everyday encounters, gossip from others, and news on the internet.

Mai Ya wasn’t clear on the hibernation patterns of Scale Armored Moths. She had heard that Scale Armored Moths were social beasts that favored dark, damp places. If one encountered a wild one, there would definitely be hundreds or even thousands more within its living area.

Last year, she had seen a news story online. In District 24, a homeowner sold their house for much less than the market price to a newly married couple. The couple often shared their life through short online videos and posted about the purchase on the internet.

At the time, there were voices of envy online, but some netizens commented that there must be something wrong with the house for the homeowner to be willing to take such a loss.

Three days after the video was posted, District 24 was suddenly hit by a hailstorm.

The house the couple had bought collapsed with a crash, unleashing thousands of Scale Armored Moths. The couple was crushed to death inside.

After an investigation, it was found that the roofs, walls, columns, and various construction materials in their house had already been devoured by the Scale Armored Moths, turning it into their nesting site.

She never imagined that such a thing would happen to herself.

Just thinking that her house had long been infested with Scale Armored Moths that could collapse at any time made Mai Ya’s state of mind close to collapse.

Mula Guai probably came for the Scale Armored Moths. Maybe everything it had done before was to lure out the Scale Armored Moths or to make the task issuer aware of them. It was unclear if Peng Da’s interference had been intentional or not, or if he knew about the presence of the Scale Armored Moths and did it on purpose... Qiao Sang conjectured and then said:

"Regardless of the Scale Armored Moths’ hibernation, staying with so many of them is never safe. You’d better find another place to live quickly, call the police or look for other Beast Tamers to solve this problem. I’m going to take Mula Guai away now."

Her task was to drive away Mula Guai; the Scale Armored Moths were outside the scope of her mission.

With so many Scale Armored Moths appearing from just a damaged wall, who knows how many were still hidden inside? Qiao Sang didn’t want to wade into these troubled waters.

"I understand," Mai Ya managed a forced smile. "I won’t see you out. I need to pack up quickly."

Even though the child in front of her was a Beast Tamer, the Scale Armored Moth was a mid-level Pet Beast. A few could be dealt with, but so many were not something an ordinary Beast Tamer could handle. She never even considered asking the child in front of her to take care of this trouble as well.

Qiao Sang didn’t linger and turned to walk towards the door.

Then, as if struck by a thought, she looked at Xiao Xunbao and gestured with her eyes towards Peng Da, his Pet Beast, and the unconscious Grass-type Pet Beast, and said:

"Take them with you."

Peng Da was a Beast Tamer. If his Pet Beast woke up first and saw its Beast Tamer unconscious, the task issuer and her daughter might be in danger. It was better to take them along... Qiao Sang thought cautiously.

"Xun~"

Xiao Xunbao’s short toes twitched, and its shadow expanded and split, quickly restraining Nadapeng and his Grass-type Pet Beast.

The Mula beast remained still.

Ever since the Scale Armored Moth had been discovered, it had been as if its task was completed, with no further movement, only occasionally looking at the little girl with regretful eyes.

Unfortunately, the little girl’s attention was entirely on the Scale Armored Moth, oblivious to everything else.

Seeing Xiao Xunbao had restrained all that needed to be, Qiao Sang flung the door wide open, intending to make it easier for Xiao Xunbao to exit.

As Qiao Sang opened the door, a beam of sunshine poured in from outside, casting light precisely on the Scale Armored Moths within the walls.

...

Meanwhile.

"Pfft!"

Qu Zhuo, who had been drinking coffee in the café, watched the scene on the monitor and spat out the coffee he had just sipped.

He didn’t bother to wipe the stain and sprang from his seat, turning and rushing towards the door.

"Sir! Your computer!" a waiter called out, chasing after him.

Qu Zhuo, who had already summoned his Flight Type Pet Beast and was flying up into the air on its back, hastily patted the back of his Pet Beast:

"Turn around! Turn around!"

The Flight Type Pet Beast executed an immediate 90-degree sharp turn.

When Qu Zhuo retrieved his computer and sat on his Pet Beast, his expression was gravely serious as he looked at the image on the screen.

Scale Armored Moths, intermediate-level insects among Pet Beasts, like to nest in dark and damp places. Without sunlight, they can sleep for years or even over a decade, waking only when they are close to evolving.

But once exposed to sunlight, they wake up instantly.

And when one awakens, it causes all the others to wake as well.

The Scale Armored Moths Qiao Sang encountered were already in a dormant state, indicating that there were at least a thousand of them there.

The species felt safe enough to sleep only when there were more than a thousand.

A thousand Scale Armored Moths were far beyond what a D-rank Beast Tamer could handle.

Moreover, next to Qiao Sang were two ordinary people who were not Beast Tamers... Qu Zhuo’s mood was incredibly heavy.

...

Sunlight shone on the Scale Armored Moths within the walls.

One of the moths’ antennae twitched slightly, and it slowly opened its eyes.

Qiao Sang had barely stepped outside the door when a sense of unease surged in her heart.

She turned her head, and her eyes suddenly widened.

All the Scale Armored Moths, which had been like specimens on the wall, were flapping their wings, swarming out; meanwhile, the task giver was still facing her, waving goodbye with her daughter in her arms, completely unaware of the danger behind her.

"Xiao Xunbao! Take them and leave!" Shock filled Qiao Sang’s voice, and she had no time for further thought as she yelled out.

"Xun!"

Xiao Xunbao’s eyes emitted a blue light.

The next second, Mai Ya and the little girl vanished from the spot.

Countless Scale Armored Moths flew out of the house, engulfing Qiao Sang.