All the while when the ruckus was going on, the high school girl was standing by the side observing everything.
This Lin Xuan Qi was such an interesting person.
After what happened to him in the variety show and now this.
She knew it had something to do with him.
Just then, her phone rang, and she picked it up.
"Yes, my dear brother, why are you calling me?"
"Don't call me brother, call me officer.
"And Xue Cong, where are you now?
"You better not be pursuing your dream of being a pop star again." The person on the other side of the line said.
"No. I'm working a part-time job right now, because my stingy brother wouldn't give me pocket money."
"But you are already employed under the operation team."
"That pittance of an allowance is not enough for me to buy cosmetics." Shao Xue Cong replied in jest.
Her brother gave out a long sigh and said, "I will try my best to increase it. But now, I got a green level alert of a sighting in Mountain Lai."
"Mountain Lai, that's where I am right now."
"Try and keep the civilians safe while I send the team over."
"Will do."
Shao Xue Cong finished the call, and she looked at the surroundings carefully.
A green level alert was the lowest level alert for demonic beast sighting.
But a low-level demonic beast could do so much damage if there weren't people like her around.
There was the amber level alert for sightings of higher-level beings and lastly red level alert.
And if there was anything above red level, no one survived to tell the tale.
The world had changed recently where these demonic beasts appeared.
And with it, some of the human beings awakened and gained special powers.
A team was set up to research on the appearance and protect the civilians from the demonic beasts with the awakened human beings.
Her brother led the team, and she was also one of the awakened human beings.
"What are you doing over there, bring the stuff over." The plump agent called out to Shao Xue Cong as Zhang Xi had offered to do her own makeup instead, while the makeup artist attended to Lin Xuan Qi.
Shao Xue Cong twitched her lips and walked over to the plump agent.
...
"Here, have a drink." Zhang Xi passed a bottle of water to Lin Xuan Qi.
Lin Xuan Qi took the bottle, and he thanked her.
Cameras and bright lights were aimed at them as they walked along the hiking path up to the peak of Mountain Lai.
"I knew you had a wish of witnessing the scenery at the peak so I thought I could join you on this journey." Zhang Xi said.
Her eyes teared up as she spoke.
Even though it was scripted, she genuinely felt for Lin Xuan Qi after knowing his background.
"Thanks for accompanying me." Lin Xuan Qi said and took a sip of the water.
The producer and director were nodding their heads at what they witnessed.
Lighting, sound and the mood were perfect for what they wanted.
Shao Xue Cong, who was behind with all the other crew, wasn't interested in the filming and she looked around for signs of any danger.
Rustle.
She heard some leaves rustling, and she initially thought it was some monkeys trying to snatch the visitors' food.
They'd already encountered a few on their way up.
However, this time the rustling of the vegetation was very vigorous, and it got louder and louder.
Whatever it was, it must have been a very huge monkey.
She readied herself and ran after the movement of the rustling vegetation.
"Ah!"
Finally, whatever was lurking behind the vegetation appeared.
It was a demonic beast that had long arms and was covered in long black fur.
Grrr...
The demonic beast gave out a low growling sound.
Its glowing red eyes scanned around.
Without any warning, the demonic beast leaped into the air towards where Zhang Xi and Lin Xuan Qi were.
"Help! Is that a wolf or an ape?"
"Run for your lives."
"Hurry, just drop the camera and run."
Everyone screamed and panicked.
The producer and director shouted at the cameraman to run, who wanted to film the demonic beast.
Life was more important than capturing footage of a wolf or an ape.
Shao Xue Cong ran towards the demonic beast and took a deep breath.
A white glow appeared for a moment, and she leaped into the air, giving the demonic beast a flying kick.
Thud.
The impact from her kick caused both to repel from each other and fall onto the ground.
Before Shao Xue Cong could get up and make her next move, the demonic beast already lunged at Zhang Xi.
It swiped at Zhang Xi with its long arms.
Lin Xuan Qi quickly pulled Zhang Xi towards him.
Slice.
The claws on the forearm of the demonic beast missed and sliced the lower part of Zhang Xi's dress.
Revealing her long and fair legs.
Lin Xuan Qi took a step back and pulled her back again.
Slice.
This time the claws of the demonic beast missed.
Shao Xue Cong lunged at the demonic beast and gave it a punch onto its head.
Thud.
Her punch made the demonic beast step to the side.
She took the opportunity and gave the demonic beast a frontal kick.
Lin Xuan Qi was astonished at what he saw.
He had seen the high school girl in the variety show earlier and he suspected that she was different.
But he wouldn't have guessed that she was so powerful.
"What are you waiting for? Run." Shao Xue Cong turned back and said to Lin Xuan Qi.
Lin Xuan Qi tried to pull Zhang Xi along, but Zhang Xi was too shocked to move.
He squatted down and then carried her onto his back.
Running as fast as he could, with the sounds of Shao Xue Cong battling behind him, he took out his phone.
He had better call the police.
When he turned on the phone, it was still in the game and there was a notification on it.