Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“Kill the whale?”
Upon hearing this, someone immediately shook their head. “That whale is so big, how could we possibly kill it?”
“To ensure the track isn’t destroyed, this is the only way,” Bai Yue said. “At our current speed, the track will be completely destroyed before we reach the finish line.”
Hearing this, the group exchanged bewildered glances. A few minutes ago, this contestant from the top tier had approached them, and then they heard this shocking idea.
According to his earlier prediction, if that “whale” really intended to destroy the entire track, completing the race would be a joke.
Let alone the top ten with the shortest times, perhaps only the runner in the lead, Anqi, would have reached the finish line.
That being said…
“I think I’ll pass.” Without much consideration, someone directly refused.
To be honest, after watching the previous sections, they all agreed that the “obstacles” should be avoided.
Besides, while his earlier statement made sense, it was merely a prediction. It was better to move forward as quickly as possible than to waste time dealing with monsters here.
“We’re different from Imperial First,” the man said, looking at Bai Yue. “No matter how much time you waste, you’re guaranteed a top 10 finish. But our rankings are very close. Even if we kill that monster, there’ll be no benefit; we’ll just be doing someone else a favor.”
This made sense, so Bai Yue didn’t insist.
“I’m sorry, but this isn’t my individual race; it’s about team honor.”
The man said, taking a few steps back before turning and leaving.
Bai Yue looked at the others.
Receiving their gazes, the others exchanged glances.
Frankly, they shared similar thoughts with the previous competitor.
Moreover, even if they all joined together, they didn’t believe they could withstand that enormous monster.
Since one person refused, the others didn’t want to delay any longer and ran off.
In the end, only Bai Yue remained.
The sandstorm intensified. The crater created by the whale was once again buried by sand, the track nowhere to be seen.
The sound of the whale could be heard, vaguely as if from the sky.
Bai Yue turned and looked at the dark figure.
The sheer size difference was indeed terrifying. He didn’t even dare to entertain the thought of challenging it.
The whale existing in the desert— this was a virtual creature created by the competition organizers. Therefore, it couldn’t be considered using common sense.
The whale’s surface was covered in yellow sand, but when it opened its mouth, a bloody throat was exposed. Since it was a living being, it could naturally be killed.
Moreover, when the whale attacked just now, he noticed a detail.
This kind of thing couldn’t exist in reality, so it was very easy to overlook— using pheromones on an animal.
Generally speaking, pheromones only had an effect between humans.
But whether it was the competition organizers’ setting or for some other reason, when he released pheromones just now, it did effectively block the whale’s movements, causing it to freeze for less than a second.
It was by taking advantage of this gap that he was able to successfully dodge the attack.
He would start from this direction.
Even if he was alone, he had to take down that monster.
The main screen showed the player in first place, Anqi.
Although it wasn’t Sikong Xing, whom the supporters were so eager to see, he was still from their own school, and they were still cheering him on with all their might.
Meanwhile, the Imperial First’s fan club was restless. Since the whale disappeared, they had turned their cameras away and hadn’t seen Bai Yue again, unsure of his current situation.
The same was true in Imperial First’s rest room. The bearded man pressed his face against the electronic screen, shaking it incessantly.
“Let Bai Yue out! What’s so interesting about this guy?!”
The other team members were exasperated: “Don’t block us, we can’t see!”
Hearing this, the bearded man turned sideways and slammed his hand on the top of the screen: “What’s so interesting about this?!”
Suddenly, the electronic screen shook slightly. Then the image changed, and the screen went black.
Everyone was shocked.
“Look what you’ve done!”
“You’ve broken the screen, you have to pay for it!”
“Now we can’t see the match, what are we going to do?!”
The bearded man was surrounded, dumbfounded by the raging anger of the crowd.
He never imagined this thing was so fragile.
Xu Chengdong walked to the electronic screen and found that the image suddenly lit up.
“Look!” someone cried out.
The black screen earlier was simply because it was obscured by the enormous creature. The massive shadow had now fallen into the sea of sand, revealing the scene again.
The yellow sand still raged, a hazy yellow expanse as far as the eye could see.
At that moment, the whale changed direction, preparing to launch another attack on the track.
The runner in fourth place noticed this strange phenomenon. Simultaneously, a strange whale moo reached his ears, as if piercing his eardrums and piercing his skull.
The whale once again submerged into the yellow sand. Instantly, a massive mountain rose from the earth, carrying surging, boiling waves that relentlessly charged towards them.
The runner in fourth place involuntarily stopped.
He didn’t know what to do, wanting to dodge but not knowing where to go. He stood there dumbfounded, staring at the ever-approaching danger.
“What are you standing there for? Run!” someone in the stands couldn’t help but shout.
But no matter how excited the crowd was, the runners on the track couldn’t hear him.
His ears, brain, and even his entire body were filled with the incessant mooing of the whale. His eyes reflected the churning waves and sand.
Then, the next second, the whale was upon him. It opened its blood-red maw, intending to devour this tiny human along with the obstructive track—!
So close, contestant number 4 could almost smell the pungent stench of blood. He had a premonition that once swallowed, he would be instantly digested, turning into a pool of acid.
Although he knew it was a fake, all virtual, he was still paralyzed with fear, his legs feeling as heavy as a thousand pounds.
He couldn’t help but recall the boy from before. Although a contestant from Imperial First, he was much smaller than him. How had such a person overcome such immense fear and desperately dodged death?
Just as the blood-red maw was about to close, a black shadow suddenly flew out, rushing straight towards him.
The speed was so fast that the audience couldn’t even see it clearly.
“Bang!”
The track was destroyed once again. The impact was so great that both sides of the track were lifted up and swallowed whole by the whale.
The audience stared intently at the big screen, not daring to blink. At that moment, everyone’s adrenaline was at its peak.
“Look, he’s alright!”
Contestant number 4, who thought he was “dead,” found himself pulled out and slumped onto the sand.
He looked up, still shaken, and saw a boy crouching beside him.
The boy wasn’t looking at him, but staring intently at the large whale in the distance. His light gray short hair danced in the wind, and perhaps because of the sand, his eyes were slightly squinted.
It was the student from Imperial First from before.
“Th-thank you.” Contestant number 4 hadn’t expected that the boy would help him even after he had refused.
Hearing this, the boy turned and smiled slightly.
“Stay away.”
With that, he stood up and continued running towards the whale.
Contestant number 4 couldn’t react. Seeing his actions, he hurriedly asked, “Where are you going?”
“You really intend to kill it? Are you crazy!”
Bai Yue ignored them, his eyes fixed only on the monster’s body opposite him. Having just swallowed the track, it had a satiated expression on its face. It was about to dive underground again.
The shouts of the contestants clearly reached the ears of the audience. And the actions of the student from the Imperial University perfectly confirmed the contestants’ claims.
“Kill the whale? How is he going to do it?”
“My God, this is insane.”
The media personnel also stopped editing their articles and cautiously raised their cameras, not daring to miss a single detail.
They saw the light gray-haired boy leap high and firmly grasp the whale’s body. However, due to the quicksand floating on the surface, he couldn’t hold on very well. He was about to be thrown off several times.
Bai Yue clung to the whale’s body with both hands, preventing it from diving underground again.
This action seemed to make it uncomfortable, and it became even more agitated than before, rolling wildly in the sand.
He braced himself against the whale’s body and glanced out again.
The contestant from before was still slumped on the ground, staring in astonishment. He showed no sign of leaving.
Bai Yue withdrew his gaze.
There was no other way.
The whale was too enormous. Restricting his power would likely be ineffective, merely slowing its movements.
Controlling such a massive monster made it difficult to consider the situation of others.
To end the battle quickly, he had to unleash his full power without reservation— and strike directly at the whale’s weakness!
Another whale moo.
Unlike its usual unrestrained roar, this time it sounded more like a scream of agony.
The audience watched as the whale opened its jaws, revealing its bloodied throat. And that roar came from deep within.
The wind intensified. Even those outside the arena felt as if they were there, their bodies buffeted by the wind.
And the contestants inside felt the same way.
Contestant number 4 suddenly felt an immense weight pressing down on him, as if to slam him into the ground.
His body was bound, and when he heard the roar so close to his ears, he couldn’t even cover them.
All he could do was struggle to lift his eyelids and watch the writhing monster.
Then he saw the student from the Imperial First University slide directly into the whale’s mouth as it opened its jaws.
—He willingly entered the whale’s mouth.
“!!!”
What was happening?
His nostrils were filled with the stench of blood, and a foul odor emanated from the whale’s mouth. Only occasional glimmers of light filtered through the gaps.
After sliding into the whale’s mouth, Bai Yue gripped the oral mucosa tightly with his fingers to avoid falling inside. However, because of the pheromones he had released outside, the whale struggled fiercely.
The pheromones were indeed effective, but the yellow sand seemed to act as a protective layer. It only caused the whale pain, not effective suppression.
Therefore, he could only enter the inside of the mouth.
The track wasn’t completely swallowed, lying across the center of its throat.
Through the gap, it seemed one could glimpse the bright red organs inside.
Bai Yue temporarily withdrew his pheromones, and the whale’s movements immediately subsided.
He released his grip, his body sinking down. He landed steadily on the track. Due to the impact, the track slid further down.
He stared intently at the red organs, his aura exploding once more within the whale’s body—!
As if feeling his internal organs being gripped, the whale opened its jaws wide.
A gust of wind whipped up yellow sand, filling its mouth, causing Bai Yue’s hair and clothes to flutter wildly.
The whale’s moo was so piercing that the audience instinctively covered their ears.
They couldn’t see what was happening inside the whale; seeing the man swallowed earlier, they thought he would die.
However, after a short while, the whale’s movements gradually subsided, eventually becoming still.
As if frozen in time, it completely merged with the yellow sand, becoming the most striking sight in the swirling dust.
The atmosphere of the scene also froze along with it.
Because it was obvious that the terrifying, enormous monster had fallen silent. Even the gale had stopped.
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