Chapter 101: What Is He Doing?

Chapter 101: Chapter 101: What Is He Doing?

Bai Wanwan was scared stiff, her eyes fixed on his flicking tongue.

’A strange thought popped into her head: ’My body probably isn’t even big enough to fill his mouth.’

Xin Feng sprinted toward her, shouting as he ran, "Wanwan, get out of the way!"

Xin Feng’s cry snapped Bai Wanwan back to her senses. The extreme fear, paradoxically, calmed her down.

"Zhu Xiu, look closely. It’s me, Bai Wanwan. Are you really going to eat me?"

At this life-or-death moment, Bai Wanwan threw caution to the wind and reached out to touch Zhu Xiu’s beast form.

Her fingers were trembling slightly. "You still have your sanity, don’t you? Do you recognize me?"

The King Cobra’s pitch-black eyes narrowed, as if sizing her up or trying to discern the meaning of her words.

Seeing that he hadn’t immediately devoured her, Bai Wanwan quickly continued, "Zhu Xiu, believe me, you can control yourself. You ran into this same situation in the cave last time, right? In the end, you overcame it. You can definitely do it again this time."

Xin Feng had already run up behind Zhu Xiu, wondering how to snatch Bai Wanwan back from him.

But Bai Wanwan raised a hand toward him, signaling for him not to get any closer or make any rash moves.

’Zhu Xiu’s condition is already unstable. If Xin Feng provokes him and he swallows me in one gulp, it’ll be all over.’

Xin Feng received Bai Wanwan’s signal and didn’t move any closer, but he kept a tense watch from the side, ready to snatch her from the beast’s jaws at a moment’s notice.

"Zhu Xiu, take another good look! I’m your mate, Bai Wanwan!"

She cupped his approaching head in her hands, her eyes filled with earnestness.

Inside, however, she was scared to death.

"Hua Sheng, I’m in way over my head this time. I didn’t think just coming to check on him would be this dangerous. You have to save me! Cooperative hosts like me are hard to come by, don’t you think?"

The system sighed, mimicking a human. "Host, I cannot intervene to help you. This is all up to you. I believe in you, Host. You can do it!"

’Looks like this useless system is really no help at all.’

Zhu Xiu’s head was now right in front of Bai Wanwan, with almost no distance between them.

Her breathing tightened, and she leaned back slightly, as if trying to create a bit of safe distance.

Not far away, the Silver Wolf crouched slightly, preparing to lunge.

"Don’t bite me! I’m a little scared!"

Bai Wanwan lost her nerve and tried to shuffle her feet back with difficulty.

But before she could take a single step, his long tail suddenly coiled around her body.

The Silver Wolf leaped, but he was a step too slow. Right under his nose, Bai Wanwan was swept up by Zhu Xiu.

A black aura swirled around Zhu Xiu, enveloping the pursuing Silver Wolf.

His vision obstructed, the Silver Wolf navigated the black mist by relying on instinct and sound.

Soon, he burst out of the black mist, but Bai Wanwan was nowhere to be seen.

"Wanwan?"

Xin Feng searched the nearby forest for several loops but couldn’t find any sign of Zhu Xiu or Wanwan.

He even thoroughly searched the pool where Zhu Xiu had been staying, but found no trace of Zhu Xiu and Bai Wanwan.

Burning with anxiety, he continued to race through the mountains, searching...

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In the Beast World Continent, the forests were lush and verdant, with trees that blotted out the sun. Even ordinary leaves were several times larger than any she had seen before.

She couldn’t tell east from west, and with Zhu Xiu moving so quickly, she had no idea what places they had passed through.

All she knew was that he was single-mindedly weaving through the forest.

After so long that the sky slowly began to darken, Zhu Xiu carried her into a cave.

The cavern was very deep. Zhu Xiu slithered with her for a long time without reaching the bottom.

The cave was pitch-black and gloomy, and Bai Wanwan couldn’t see a thing.

Although the one with her was her Beast Husband, right now he was even more dangerous than a strange beast.

"Zhu Xiu, can you please snap out of it? It’s so dark in here, I’m scared."

She didn’t know if Zhu Xiu had regained his senses, but Bai Wanwan noticed his beast form pause for a moment.

After just a second or two, Zhu Xiu continued to slither deeper into the darkness.

This cave was far too deep. She could feel them sliding upwards one moment and downwards the next.

Then, she heard the sound of water.

’It must be an underground river inside the cave.’

Just as she finished her guess about the surroundings, Zhu Xiu tossed her onto the ground.

The movement was still rough, and she even slammed into the cave wall.

Bai Wanwan cursed herself again. ’Why did I have to get involved?’

’Wouldn’t it have been better to be sleeping soundly in the tribe, on a mattress under a soft blanket?’

’Instead, I had to come out here and suffer.’

’But then again, thinking of Zhu Xiu... Forget it. Since he’s my Beast Husband, I can’t just treat him like a stranger.’

All went quiet. Bai Wanwan turned her head to look around, but it was simply too dark to see a thing.

"Zhu Xiu... Zhu Xiu... are you there?"

’He didn’t bring me back as emergency rations, did he?’

Her scalp tingling with fear, she obediently shut her mouth.

’What if I annoy him and he really does eat me?’

’Better to keep a low profile and see if I can sneak away when he goes out to hunt.’

Her mind raced as she tried to map out an escape plan and route.

As she thought and thought, she started to get sleepy... and closed her eyes.

When she had slept her fill, she jolted awake with a start.

’I actually fell asleep in a situation like this...’

"Zhu Xiu?"

She called out tentatively in a low voice.

No reply.

She raised her voice a little. "Zhu Xiu?"

Still no response.

Bai Wanwan quickly used the cave wall to pull herself up and, following her memory, slowly felt her way toward the outside.

As she felt her way along, it seemed she had really found the way out. The path was completely unobstructed.

’Zhu Xiu must have really gone out to hunt for me to be able to walk out this smoothly.’

Before she knew it, she had reached the cave entrance.

Her vision was suddenly flooded with light. Bai Wanwan, still unaccustomed to it, blinked a few times. She stared at the exit, hesitating.

’If I go out like this, will I just end up as food in some other wild beast’s stomach?’

’So, should I go or not?’

In her moment of hesitation, she glanced back and met the King Cobra’s eyes.

Bai Wanwan was so scared she stumbled.

’Zhu Xiu didn’t go hunting? Then what was he doing following me so quietly?’

Zhu Xiu slithered over, coiled around her, and lifted her off the ground. His massive beast form glided across the floor.

Soon, they left the cave.

She didn’t know where Zhu Xiu was taking her, but after a full day and night, he still hadn’t harmed her.

’My safety should be guaranteed, at least for now.’

HISS...

The sound of a flicking tongue drew Bai Wanwan’s attention.

She tilted her head to look forward and saw Zhu Xiu’s enormous head lunge forward. The next moment, a wild boar was caught in his jaws, only to be slammed heavily onto the ground.

The boar twitched a few times, trying to get up, but it was too severely injured.

Zhu Xiu opened his mouth, snatched it up again, and smashed it down once more.

Bai Wanwan watched, completely baffled. ’What is he doing?’

After this was repeated three or four times, the wild boar was thoroughly dead, without a single sign of life.

Zhu Xiu used his long tail to carry her over to the wild boar, then released her.

Bai Wanwan tumbled to the ground, landing with an armful of wild boar.