56: Chapter 56 Heading to Seoul

In the blink of an eye, six days had passed.

During these six days, Chen Yi quietly bought a mousse cake and visited Liu Ruyan's grave.

She was his first love after coming to this world, after all, and she had died so inexplicably.

Even her dignity as a human had been stripped away; it truly was a bit pitiable.

But there was nothing to be done; one must always look forward.

This could be considered a final farewell.

Aside from visiting the grave, Chen Yi spent the rest of his time staying at home, wholeheartedly helping Lin Mengxue and Luo Shiyin refine the spiritual energy of magic beast crystal cores, as well as cultivating their affinity to increase their strength as much as possible.

After six days of hard work, Chen Yi's efforts finally paid off.

Lin Mengxue successfully broke through to Tier 3, Rank 1, her strength receiving a qualitative leap.

Luo Shiyin also smoothly reached Tier 2, Rank 10, only one step away from Tier 3.

Chen Yi himself, picking up the excess spiritual energy from their refining, also successfully broke through to Tier 2, Rank 10. His overall strength had taken an astonishing leap compared to when he participated in the final exam.

During this process, Chen Yi discovered an interesting phenomenon.

It seemed that a beast king crystal core didn't just have a higher probability of teaching new skills as its tier increased.

Rather, the higher the tier, the more powerful the skills obtained.

From this perspective, low-tier beast king crystal cores could simply be used as high-grade energy crystals; there was no need to worry about whether a new skill could be learned.

However, just then, the members monitoring Su Taotao suddenly sent a report.

"Eldest Miss, the target of our surveillance, Su Taotao, has left the hotel!"

"Based on our investigation of her identity information, the target has purchased a ticket for Flight 7 to Han City. She is currently checking out. A taxi has been booked outside the hotel, and I estimate she is heading to the Airship station."

"Her birthplace is Han City. I suspect she likely realized she is about to undergo demonization, so she chose to return to her hometown to handle the subsequent euthanasia procedures."

"We have also prepared a car to track her at any time. We will continue to notify you of any other developments!"

Seeing these messages, Luo Shiyin's heart tightened.

She had originally thought Su Taotao would remain in seclusion until a day or two before her demonization before taking any action.

She hadn't expected her to act so suddenly.

Chen Yi, who was nearby and saw the message, also made a prompt decision to head to Han City.

They had originally planned to go to Han City tomorrow to attend the Black Ghost Market banquet anyway; leaving a day early wouldn't have much of an impact.

"Flight 7? Let me see—"

Chen Yi quickly opened his phone and browsed the flight information for Jiang City.

In this world, a large number of magic beasts descended from Dimensional Rifts every day, making the transportation situation very different from his previous life. Common transportation facilities like airports, high-speed rail, and highways did not exist.

Every city in this world relied on Guardian Barriers to resist the invasion of magic beasts.

However, these Guardian Barriers could not cover wilderness areas. Therefore, public facilities built in the wild were often destroyed beyond recognition by magic beasts within just a few days of completion, resulting in serious property losses.

If Beast Tamers were dispatched to guard them, it would waste a large amount of human resources, which truly wasn't worth the cost.

Therefore, transportation between different cities mainly relied on a vehicle called an Airship.

Airships were usually equipped with thermal weapons and several high-tier Beast Tamers to ensure they could safely pass through encounters with ordinary magic beasts.

In the last dozen years or so, no Airship accidents had occurred in the Dragon Kingdom, so safety was guaranteed!

Flight 7's departure time was 4:30 PM, and it would take about four hours to reach Han City, but it was already fully booked.

However, for the Luo family, this was not a difficult problem at all!

"I'll handle the tickets. Chen Yi, you tell Grandfather that we're going to Han City a day early!"

"Yeah, I got it!"

Lin Mengxue, who was already used to living independently, had already begun to methodically pack her luggage.

With a space ring, traveling was incredibly convenient!

Luo Qinghe didn't voice any objections either.

As long as they crushed the Communication Stone, he could arrive instantly.

In terms of safety, there shouldn't be any major issues.

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At 3:30 PM, the sunlight was just right, and a light breeze blew.

Chen Yi's group of three arrived at the Jiang City Airship station.

Along the way, many people seemed to recognize Chen Yi's group and took out their phones to snap photos of them.

It seemed the footage from the final exam had indeed spread.

If he registered a livestreaming account now and paired it with Lin Mengxue and Luo Shiyin's stunning, top-tier looks, he would probably have a million followers in no time—of course, Chen Yi didn't have that much free time.

How could being a streamer make money faster than going out to hunt magic beasts?

As for Su Taotao, since Luo Shiyin had sent people to track her in advance, they quickly found her location.

At this time, Su Taotao was wearing a baseball cap, and a mask covered most of her face, leaving only her large, watery eyes visible.

She was dressed in a simple white shirt and a burgundy plaid skirt. White over-the-knee socks extended to the base of her thighs, and she wore a pair of small red shoes, swaying back and forth on the spot as if she were a child waiting for her parents.

In fact, many people did come up to talk to her, all thinking she had gotten lost from her parents.

Of course, there were also some creepy uncles who tried to approach her, but Su Taotao easily brushed them off.

Her behavior didn't seem abnormal.

However, only Chen Yi knew that the countdown on her life had only one week left.

Considering that euthanasia needed to be performed in advance to prevent her from turning into a magic beast and endangering the city...

It was estimated that in three days, Su Taotao would no longer exist in this world.

"Her mental state seems okay, right?"

"She even had the mood to put on light makeup; there shouldn't be any problems in the short term."

Luo Shiyin and Lin Mengxue observed Su Taotao from a distance and made their analysis.

Chen Yi nodded, feeling slightly relieved: "As long as she hasn't reached that state of mental breakdown. Let's not disturb her for now!"

Through a series of methods, Luo Shiyin successfully obtained tickets for Flight 7, and their seats were in the same booth as Su Taotao.

There would be plenty of opportunities to talk then!

However, Chen Yi didn't know.

At this time, Su Taotao had already discovered Chen Yi's presence.

Or rather, from the moment Chen Yi's group of three entered the station, she had already noticed them.

"Are Chen Yi and the others going to Han City too?"

"I didn't expect the last leg of my journey to be on the same flight as Chen Yi and the others. I feel quite lucky."

"I just wonder if our seats will be next to each other—"