GA: Chapter 106: Beneath the Cold Snake Eyes, the Children — "You are not allowed to hurt my sister!"
The mutated white python paid no attention to their cries. Its cold snake eyes were locked tightly onto the two children. Its massive body tried to move toward them, but the surrounding buildings made it extremely irritated.
"Hisssss!"
With a terrifying roar, a towering water column rose from West Lake, shooting toward the surrounding buildings.
Boom!
Boom!
Rumble—!
The once-solid buildings shattered like paper under the impact of the water columns, collapsing instantly.
At that moment, members of the Spiritual Energy Bureau who were carrying out missions near West Lake spotted the mutated white python and quickly used their abilities to resist, while others rushed to report the situation.
"Mutated white python has appeared at West Lake. Requesting backup!"
"Mutated white python has appeared at West Lake. Requesting backup!"
"Requesting reinforcement!"
After reporting, they immediately began their assigned tasks—evacuating civilians, resisting the white python, and rescuing people trapped under the collapsed buildings.
The Spiritual Energy Bureau was already overwhelmed by the news.
One after another, off-duty personnel were urgently redeployed.
With the second spiritual energy tide, mutated beasts in the city were increasing rapidly.
Although the previous beast tide had been wiped out by Huo Yu, many beasts were still scattered across various areas. They had no ability to fully search the entire city, so they could only respond after sightings or reports.
"No one expected a mutated white python to be hiding in West Lake. That's not even on the city outskirts—if it isn't eliminated quickly, a lot of people will die."
"What can we do? People are dying every day in this world. China is already relatively stable—at least we still have surface-level peace."
"In Western countries, they've already descended into gun violence and chaos."
"Mutated tigers and lions are actually easier to handle. Most of them come from abandoned zoos and are still in the wild. But mutated rats and cockroaches are the worst—weak, but in overwhelming numbers."
"We just do what we can. Once cultivation methods and spiritual energy techniques are fully developed, life will get better. Ordinary people will also gain some combat ability—at least enough to deal with mutated rats."
"Sigh…"
Many members of the bureau couldn't help but sigh. They hadn't had a proper rest in a long time.
The second spiritual tide was too intense. Too many mutated beasts had awakened, and most were strong. To minimize casualties, they had to fight in groups, and manpower was clearly insufficient.
Fortunately, there were still powerful awakened individuals helping to share the burden.
For example, Huo Yu. During the beast tide, she had almost wiped them out alone. Her terrifying fire abilities combined with large numbers of summoned beasts had allowed them to eliminate the tide in the shortest time possible.
But that only applied to visible threats. No one could guarantee there weren't other mutated beasts hiding in the city. Even if there weren't now, more creatures would continue mutating under the influence of spiritual energy.
And then there were pets.
Some pets recognized their owners even after mutation and wouldn't harm humans—but others didn't. Once they mutated, it was disastrous.
Although the probability was small, who would dare take that risk?
There had even been cases where owners abandoned pets out of fear, or neighbors poisoned them.
Can you say they were wrong?
They were only afraid of accidents. What fault was there in that?
But once abandoned pets mutated, they would develop extreme hostility toward humans—and might even return to kill their former owners.
What could they do?
Eliminate potential danger in advance?
Kill every stray pet on sight?
If the Spiritual Energy Bureau didn't have ability users who could form contracts with beasts or communicate with animals, they might have had no choice but to do exactly that.
In their eyes, civilian safety came first—everything else came after.
But they truly did not want to take that path unless absolutely necessary.
Fortunately, they did have such ability users.
This mutated white python… was not an easy target. They could only hope nothing went wrong.
West Lake Area
The mutated white python coiled above the lake, controlling countless streams of water that surged toward the ability users. Wherever they passed, even the ground was carved into deep pits.
"Hisssss!!!"
Under the barrage of attacks from multiple abilities, the white python let out a painful roar, its eyes becoming increasingly cold.
At that moment, it seemed to notice something. With an enraged hiss, it ignored the attacks and rushed toward a certain direction.
"The python is coming! Run!"
"I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"
"Damn beast!"
"…"
Civilians in that area panicked and fled in all directions as the massive white python charged toward them.
"Mom… Dad… Brother…"
A little girl had been separated from her parents in the chaos. She stood trembling in place, holding a doll tightly. Around her, people were frantically escaping—but no one had the time or ability to help her.
Even those who had the thought of pulling her along couldn't move.
They didn't want to die. They wanted to live. Taking a burden meant reducing their own chance of survival.
Before they knew it, the girl was completely alone.
And in front of her stood the enormous mutated white python.
"Hisssss~~~"
The python flicked its tongue, greedily staring at the girl beneath it. It felt an unusual attraction coming from her—if it devoured her, it would gain unimaginable benefits.
This instinctive feeling was like a divine revelation. It had no doubt.
Bang!
A small sound rang out.
The giant snake head slowly turned.
A little boy was standing there, throwing stones at it.
The impact was weak—so weak it could barely be felt.
"Don't… hurt… my… sister!"
The boy flinched under the python's gaze, but still gritted his teeth and stared back without backing down, continuing to throw stones while trying to look fierce.
"Brother…"
The little girl rushed behind him as if seeing hope, and the boy immediately stood in front of her protectively.
"Hisssss."
The white python showed no reaction to the children's actions.
To it, both of them were irresistible prey.
It opened its massive blood-red maw, its cold fangs glinting with sharp light in the air.
Boom!
The fangs tore through the air as if trying to swallow the two children whole.
The boy held his sister tightly.
Under the shadow of the enormous beast, the two children looked unbearably small.
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