Chapter 134 The Crisis Begins in the Beastman World: A Duet by the Cats...
The duet by the cats was more shocking to the audience than expected, especially the lazy rabbit on the other side, whose face turned a little green.
He never expected that the song with lyrics he had paid a lot of money for would be defeated by this song with only one word in the lyrics.
However, he had to admit that Sang Zhitao sang the song perfectly, and the image of two kittens playing and fighting vividly came to life before everyone's eyes.
Add to that Sang Zhitao's adorable baby face, and it's practically a perfect match.
Sang Zhitao hadn't expected that music technology would be so advanced in this era. She simply described the song to the staff and tried out the rhythm briefly, and the staff arranged everything perfectly, from the accompaniment to the stage.
This piece is not long; it only lasts about three minutes.
"Thank you for your wonderful performances, both singers. Now we will begin the professional scoring." The host walked onto the stage with a smile.
Sang Zhitao thought that Lazy Rabbit would manipulate the song selection and make arrangements for the scoring, but she did not expect that the scoring would be fairer than she had imagined.
"Congratulations to Lazy Rabbit for scoring 7.8 points, and congratulations to Shadow for scoring 9.5 points," the host continued. "Please give your scores, audience judges."
Five hundred audience members pressed the buttons on their seats in unison, and the score on the big screen on the stage showed the two players were neck and neck.
However, when Lazy Rabbit's votes climbed to over two hundred, his votes stopped, while Sang Zhitao's votes continued to climb.
In the end, Lazy Rabbit received 212 votes and Sang Zhi Tao received 288 votes, ending the competition.
"Congratulations to contestant Shadow for advancing!" the host announced, then said to Lazy Rabbit, "And thank you to our singer Lazy Rabbit for the wonderful performance."
The host said a few words and handed Sang Zhitao an advancement card before sending the two of them off the stage.
"Let's go home first." An Ke was standing at the door waiting. When she saw her come out, he crushed the cigarette in his hand under his shoe.
Sang Zhitao looked at the cigarette butt at her feet: "Throw it in the trash can."
An Ke twitched her lips, speechlessly took out a tissue, pinched the cigarette butt, and threw it into the trash can not far away before clapping her hands and walking over, saying, "The kid is quite particular."
Sang Zhitao couldn't help but roll her eyes. She didn't understand why the original owner of the body in the book was an adult man, but in her body, she became a girl with the body of a child.
Anke didn't pay attention to her expression; after all, any funny face she made was adorable.
She pinched Sang Zhitao's cheek and led her to her car without a second thought.
Sang Zhitao followed for a few steps, and suddenly felt a strange sensation in her chest. She touched her chest and felt that it was slightly hot to the touch.
"What's wrong?" An saw that she hadn't followed, and turned back in surprise to urge her.
Sang Zhitao snapped out of her daze and quickly ran a few steps: "Coming!"
Once in the car, seeing it heading towards her home, Sang Zhitao asked in surprise, "Aren't we having a competition anymore?"
As Anke drove, he replied, "Your next match is the day after tomorrow. I'll pick you up then."
"Is it the same in the end?" Sang Zhitao was a little puzzled. Usually, in competitions like this on Earth, it is more likely that the contestants will live in the dormitories provided by the organizers.
Anke seemed to know what Sang Zhitao wanted to ask, and explained, "There's no other way. This time, the competition is in human form. Many beastmen can't withstand long-term transformations. If they revert to their original forms, a food chain phenomenon could easily occur."
Anke rubbed her temples as she spoke: "Things haven't been peaceful lately, so don't go out unless you need to. If you need anything, just message me and I'll bring it to you."
Sang Zhitao was somewhat surprised: "What happened?"
Anke casually turned the steering wheel: "I don't know what's going on lately, but many orcs can't control their emotions. Last month, there were several incidents of wild beasts harming weaker orcs."
Sang Zhitao frowned, somewhat surprised.
It's important to know that in the original book, while the orc world reveres the strong, there's no bullying of the weak.
The reason the original owner was bullied was because he was always raised as a phoenix, but in the end he was actually a chicken-shaped beastman who never appeared. This caused his emotions to accumulate and explode. Even so, there was almost no physical bullying, but more verbal taunts.
The orc world depicted in the original book is more like a fairy tale world, peaceful and interesting.
Thinking this way, she asked directly, "I remember it wasn't like this before?"
Anke sighed: "I don't know when it started, but in just seven days this month, there have already been eight incidents of wild animals going out of control and injuring people. Now everyone is living in fear."
"Didn't you find the reason?" Sang Zhitao frowned even more.
Anke nodded: "We haven't found anything yet, but I've heard that it seems to have started in the military."
“The military?!” Sang Zhitao was even more surprised. “If I remember correctly, the management of soldiers here is very strict.”
“That’s true, but it did happen.” An Ke parked the car downstairs at her house. “Don’t worry about this for now, just rest at home.”
Seeing this, Sang Zhitao said no more, got out of the car and said goodbye to An Ke, then went to the elevator on the first floor.
While waiting for the elevator, a tall figure silently walked up behind her.
Sang Zhitao suddenly felt a chill run down her spine and quickly looked up from her phone. She saw a tall shadow enveloping her small body, projected onto the wall in front of her, looking distorted and dangerous.
Sang Zhitao pursed her lips and subconsciously took two steps forward.
The figure didn't follow, but Sang Zhitao still noticed that his eyes were fixed on her.
A slight warmth came from her chest, causing Sang Zhitao to instinctively cover her chest, but she didn't notice the faint green light that was blocked by her hand.
"Ding!" Just as she was starting to panic, the elevator finally arrived.
Sang Zhitao quickly stepped into the elevator, and only then did she have time to turn around and look at the owner of the dark figure.
The man had a wolf's head on his head and was nearly two meters tall. He stood like a giant tower in the shadows outside the elevator, his green eyes fixed on her, and the wolf claws on his sides revealed dangerous, sharp fingertips.
Sang Zhitao subconsciously pressed the close button, keeping a close eye on the other person's movements.
The person didn't move at first, but just as the elevator doors were about to close and Sang Zhitao finally breathed a sigh of relief, a furry wolf paw suddenly pierced the middle of the closing elevator doors.
Startled, Sang Zhitao quickly took a few steps back, her back pressed against the cold elevator wall.
The elevator doors reopened after being blocked by an object, and the tall werewolf silently crawled into the elevator car, which was somewhat cramped for him.
This housing building was specifically designed for small-sized beastmen, and most of the residents were bird-like beastmen. Therefore, the public facilities were designed for small-sized beastmen. Werewolves, being the size of humans, squeezed in and filled the elevator car to the brim, forcing Sang Zhitao to squeeze into a corner.
Even so, the thick werewolf fur was still very close to her, so close that she could smell the carnivore's unique scent.
Sang Zhitao crouched in the corner, her head tilted back, her hands gripping her phone tightly, her fingertips pressed against the speed call button, slowly relaxing her tense breathing, afraid of accidentally provoking it.
The werewolf remained silent with his back to her until he reached Sang Zhitao's floor, at which point he silently stepped out of the elevator.
Sang Zhitao subconsciously glanced at the elevator buttons, only to find that the panel only showed her seventeenth floor.
She frowned slightly, glancing at the werewolf out of the corner of her eye, only to see him standing silently by the elevator.
Sang Zhitao didn't want to know what the other person meant. She only felt that there was a carnivorous bloodlust in his eyes. She quickly grabbed her phone, walked to her door, opened it, and slipped into the room.
Just before entering the door, Sang Zhitao caught a glimpse of a werewolf standing upright at the elevator entrance, its eyes fixed on her. Startled, she quickly closed the door.
Unbeknownst to Sang Zhitao, after she entered the room, the werewolf made a phone call: "Yes, it's been found."
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on her." After saying a few words, he hung up the phone, tiptoed to the room diagonally opposite Sang Zhitao, knocked on the door, showed an ID to a sparrow inside, and then went into the room. Not long after, the sparrow left on its suitcase.
After Sang Zhitao told An Ke what had just happened, An Ke repeatedly instructed her: "I understand. I'll have someone check it out later. Don't go out for the next few days."
Sang Zhitao nodded: "Okay, I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Sang Zhitao recalled the slight burning sensation in her chest and hurriedly lifted her clothes to check, only to find that there was nothing on her fair skin.
She frowned, then felt around with her hand again, but found nothing, so she had to put the matter aside for the time being.
Seeing that it was still early, she turned on her computer and started writing her second book. This time, she planned to write a light and sweet story, which would also be a good opportunity to release a few sweet love songs.
After finishing writing 10,000 words of her new book, Sang Zhitao finally saw the comments under her old book, which were all about the wild beasts that had injured people in the past few days, and some of them had even started to argue.
Sang Zhitao quickly contacted the editor to delete the comment.
Looking at the few remaining comments, Sang Zhitao thoughtfully opened her browser and searched for them.
The incident of wild animals injuring people had become a bigger scandal than she had imagined, with every news article sparking heated debate.
One of the orcs whose prototype was a carnivore quickly commented below: "This behavior is the behavior of an individual orc, please do not generalize it to the entire race."
Some of the weaker orcs complained that wild beasts are inherently bloodthirsty and shouldn't walk around on the streets, as it's easy to accidentally hurt them.
Some orcs retorted: "Beastmen are trained from a young age to protect orcs. Weren't you under the protection of beastmen soldiers in the past? How can you question them based on just a few incidents of injury? Are you eating from the bowl and then cursing them?"
"You can't say that. There are too many cases of wild beasts injuring people these days. Many wild beasts look at us like we're just food. How can you guarantee that they won't suddenly attack us one day?" There were naturally objections and doubts.
"What else? How about we establish a separate kingdom for herbivorous orcs and a kingdom for carnivorous orcs?" someone mocked, unable to bear the comments above.
"Isn't it supposed to be a virus infection? What is the government doing? Why isn't it doing anything about it?" A self-assured third party turned to attack the government.
All sorts of people, all stances, one after another taking the stage, making quite a scene.
Then a comment appeared before her: "I heard that soldiers went to the battlefield ruins and brought back a mysterious mineral, and that's when the violent attacks started."
Sang Zhitao frowned. Her sixth sense told her that the mysterious stone mentioned here was related to the black stone she had seen in the upside-down world illusion.
After searching for a long time without finding any useful information, Sang Zhitao rubbed her temples, sent a private message to the person who commented, and then ate something and went to sleep.
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Author's Note: To catch up on the upcoming thousand-word rankings, I'll be keeping my word count down for a while. I'll try my best to maintain double updates later, and if I'm able, triple updates.
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