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Chapter 54 Ability Users Like Him

In Qiao Xi's eyes, today was absolutely a dream day.

Being a reporter covering a trending event is already a great privilege. Whether the masked woman appears or not, or whether her abilities are real or not, is not important. What matters is that countless eyes will see you through the television station, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity given the rise of live streaming and social media.

But she didn't expect things to take such a dramatic turn.

Although the masked woman arrived a bit early, she did make a public appearance. However, she didn't act as righteous and awe-inspiring as advertised; instead, she resembled a social media influencer trying to ride the wave of popularity. With heavy makeup on her face, she hesitated to demonstrate her abilities, instead drawing attention to her fan account from the onlookers, which drew boos from everyone.

Qiao Xi wasn't surprised at all. These days, there are far too many people who want to be famous, and superpowers are such a far-fetched concept. She found it hard to believe that everyone had the opportunity to gain abilities, let alone a mysterious organization lurking underwater and controlling everything. But unfortunately, the public just loves stories about modern Freemasonry and the Rothschild family; any similar topic can spark a lot of discussion.

She thought the incident would end in a farcical and boring way, but a cry of "dinosaur!" pulled her back from her reverie.

Qiao Xi didn't even think about what the word meant. She just subconsciously turned her head to look at it, but that one glance gave her goosebumps all the way up to her arms!

The zoo and botanical garden are separated only by an iron fence, and there are no tall buildings in either area, so any moving object that is more than ten meters tall will be quite conspicuous.

She saw a dinosaur slowly wandering in the botanical garden—or rather, half of its neck and head!

Screams erupted all around, some from the terrified, others from the excited.

The photographer wasn't much better off. Faced with this scene that seemed unreal even in his wildest dreams, he couldn't utter a single word except for short, drawn-out "ah, ah." But at least he didn't forget his duty, keeping the large camera on his shoulder firmly pointed at the dinosaur's head.

Seeing her colleague's dedication, Qiao Xi suddenly had a flash of inspiration and immediately introduced, "Viewers, we unexpectedly discovered a strange creature on site. If I'm not mistaken, it's a Brontosaurus, which lived 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period! Is it a simulation model? But the way it moves is very natural, not mechanically driven. With this question in mind, let's go investigate!"

After saying that, she waved to the photographer, and without waiting to see if he understood what she meant, she pushed through the crowd and ran towards the fence.

"Sister Xi, are we not going to interview the masked woman anymore?" Assistant Ai Xiaoya asked in surprise.

"What's so interesting about interviewing a fake product, especially with so many people waiting?" Qiao Xi said without turning her head. "Aren't dinosaurs much more interesting than her?"

How could she possibly let such explosive news slip by when an extinct creature that should never exist suddenly appeared in an ordinary botanical garden!

She couldn't even wait for the normal procedure and ran out of the zoo before going to the botanical garden.

Squeezing to the edge of the fence, Qiao Xi tore open the hem of her skirt, grabbed the iron railing cleanly and neatly, and began to climb up like she did when she was a child.

This pose isn't exactly elegant, and it's likely to be photographed by people around, but it is indeed the fastest way to get into the adjacent park.

The other two colleagues were dumbfounded.

How do we get there?

"Zhou Yuanjun, can't you climb over here by yourself?" As she spoke, Qiao Xi had already crossed the highest point. From this vantage point, she could almost see the uneven back of the Thunder Dragon, further confirming that it was a living creature, not some specimen model.

"I'm carrying the camera!" Zhou Yuanjun said with difficulty.

"Give it to Xiaoya for safekeeping. You can connect to the TV station directly using your phone, the resolution will just be a little worse," she said decisively.

"That's fine."

As the two climbed the fence, other onlookers began to imitate them.

Clearly, as long as there's excitement to be had, everyone will unleash amazing energy. After landing, Qiao Xi quickly walked through the isolation flower bed and a row of greenhouses. Just as she reached the sidewalk, a huge, fleshy lump stepped in front of her, startling her so much that she fell to the ground with a thud.

That's not some meaty lump, it's clearly a dinosaur's hind leg!

She looked up at the slowly moving body in front of her, as if gazing at a tall building, and was so excited that she couldn't contain herself!

This is truly a living, breathing thunder dragon!
Each stomp of its feet caused the ground to tremble slightly, and the gray bricks on the sidewalk were crushed and bent over, but what did it matter? Dinosaurs were much rarer than the giant panda next door!
While gesturing for her colleagues to take pictures, Qiao Xi raised the microphone, her voice trembling slightly, and said, "I...we've arrived at the botanical garden. As you can see, the Brontosaurus is less than an arm's length away from us, almost within arm's reach. It looks scary, but it's actually a gentle herbivorous dinosaur, so there's no need to worry too much about safety."

"My God, there's more than one dinosaur! There are two Stegosaurus following behind the Brontosaurus... It's also a herbivorous dinosaur, and although it's much smaller than the Brontosaurus, it can still easily exceed four meters in height."

"A pterosaur flew over there too! I can hardly believe my eyes. What on earth happened to cause this long-extinct creature to reappear? I believe the audience shares the same question as me, but no matter what, I will continue to bring you firsthand news from the scene..."

Qiao Xi never imagined that all the miscellaneous knowledge she had learned would one day come in handy. She continued explaining, her interest growing stronger; this was far more interesting than the masked woman's mess!
"Sister Xi, be careful!" Zhou Yuanjun, who had been filming her, suddenly shouted.

Qiao Xi was gazing at the pterosaur hanging in the tree when she realized she had walked to the middle of a fork in the road. Unfortunately, another Brontosaurus was rushing towards her on the other road, but it was clearly startled and was charging headlong towards the intersection. By the time she saw the dinosaur, they were less than ten meters apart.

This distance is almost instantaneous for a Thunder Dragon that is over twenty meters long.

Qiao Xi quickly stepped back, trying to escape its charging range, but in her panic, she tripped and fell. As she fell, she saw the enormous creature looming over her, its mountain-like shadow completely enveloping her!
It’s over.

Her heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave.

I shouldn't have pushed myself so hard...

Just then, a man rushed into her field of vision. He crashed heavily into the dinosaur's leg and slapped it twice, as if trying to drive the frightened dinosaur away.

To outsiders, this might seem like a futile attempt to stop a chariot—after all, one of the dragon's legs is as tall as an adult, and even a truck might not be able to beat it. As for punching and kicking, that would be even more useless, basically like tickling an itch.

However, something unbelievable happened. After those two dull slaps, Lei Long let out a whimper, and his thick leg suddenly changed direction, almost grazing Qiao Xi's side before landing on the stone brick road half a meter away from her! If he hadn't stepped off course, she would probably be in grave danger.

"Are you alright? Can you walk?" The man pulled her up.

The other person was wearing sunglasses and a mask, yet she felt a strange sense of familiarity towards them.

It's like I've heard that voice somewhere before.

But she couldn't remember where she had heard it before, so she could only thank them first, saying, "I, I'm fine... thank you for just now!"

"No need, don't get so close next time." After saying that, the other person ran towards the frightened thunder dragon, as if chasing it.

"Wow... Sister Xi, you scared me to death!" Zhou Yuanjun rushed over at this moment, "I was just about to eat at your feast!"

"Eat my ass!" Qiao Xi smacked his head in annoyance, her legs still trembling slightly. "You can't even help me save people, and you won't even say a kind word?"

"Oh, it's good that you're alright." Zhou Yuanjun helped her sit down to the side. "Who was that guy just now? He was so cool! I didn't even see where he came from. He just slammed into the dinosaur's foot with a bang. Such a huge thing, and he actually made it stumble. It's unbelievable!"

"It's probably... just a coincidence?" Qiao Xi murmured, watching the dinosaur's departing figure.

“I think so too. After all, there’s such a big difference in tonnage. Maybe the dinosaur was intimidated by his imposing presence. But…” Zhou Yuanjun couldn’t help but sigh, “If there are truly capable people in the world, they must be like him.”

(End of this chapter)