Chapter 349: Black Rabbit

’Zero is going to perform a divination for the Little Octopus?’

At the round table, the candlelight was dim. After the talisman devoured the silver coin, a dark green smoke quickly swept through the entire Divine Hall Illusion Realm.

The Cat Clan youth sat at the round table, his figure blurry.

The white mask on his face gave off a somewhat ghostly air. On the table before him, ancient red characters gradually appeared, like blood and ink, before being quickly devoured by the green mist.

Divining the past.

Divining the future.

The Little Octopus sat on its chair. It watched the talisman, and just before the dark green mist swept over, it wrapped several tentacles around Yu Zhizhi’s body.

It was a little uneasy.

Zero stared at the results of the divination, motionless for a long time.

GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE...

After bustling about for a good while, the talisman gradually came to a halt. A light breeze drifted into the Divine Hall Illusion Realm, slowly blowing away the dark green mist.

"S-So? How did it go?" Yu Zhizhi was a little nervous.

She didn’t know what the result of the divination was, and she had heard that Prophets couldn’t reveal such things casually.

The Cat Clan youth gently stroked the mask on his face with one hand. "The answer... is quite unexpected. However, he can join."

’Yay!’

A smile appeared on Yu Zhizhi’s face. She looked at the still-confused Little Octopus. "This is the Divine Hall. If you join, we’ll be able to use the Divine Hall’s Array to travel to the Cang Mountain Domain together in the future."

The Little Octopus seemed to understand. "Okay! Then I want to join!"

’Who cares what this Divine Hall is? As long as I can go on a wonderful journey with the little rabbit, that’s all that matters!’

The Cat Clan youth watched the Little Octopus for a long time.

In the end, the talisman presided over the ceremony, placing the Divine Hall’s Contract Book before the little red octopus.

It lifted a tentacle and pressed its print onto it.

Zero smiled. "Welcome, Fourth Envoy."

The Little Octopus laughed happily.

’What’s a temple messenger? Who cares! It sounds pretty cool!’

After everything was over, Yu Zhizhi left with the Little Octopus.

The talisman silently swallowed the Contract Book.

It had seen the answer to Zero’s divination and was utterly shocked.

"Zero... do we need to do anything?"

The Cat Clan youth leaned against the red backrest, toying with the Divination Silver Coin in his hand as he permanently sealed the answer away.

"It’s fine. It won’t be too late to prepare when that day comes."

Yu Zhizhi returned with the Little Octopus.

From now on, it could also travel to the Divine Hall Illusion Realm and use the Array for teleportation in its capacity as an envoy.

Tomorrow, she would ask about the rescue mission and then find a chance to tell Noel about her "plan".

「The next day.」

Yu Zhizhi arrived at the entrance of the secret base, which was connected to the Divine Tree. Before she stepped out of the Barrier, the world outside looked very blurry.

She wore a long brown dress and a gauze scarf that covered her face. In the Jade Forest, she encountered a female squirrel picking mushrooms and asked softly, "Is City Lord Nuo’er in the tree house today?"

The female squirrel nodded. "Yes, he is. He’s been incredibly busy lately, there are too many injured. But the Lord City Lord’s Healing Skill is very powerful, especially his Group Healing—"

On the entire Beast World Planet, only Noel could use Group Healing.

"Okay, thank you~"

Yu Zhizhi prepared to head to the Lord’s Tree House.

’No wonder Noel has rarely come back recently. He’s been treating the wounded.’

After arriving at the tree house, she found there were even more injured soldiers than she had imagined—

These were all the ones who had teleported over. They had found a way to travel back and forth from the smugglers, and now a tough fight lay ahead.

After entering the tree house, Yu Zhizhi joined the other physicians in treating the wounded.

Some were soldiers from Varolan, and others were soldiers from the Deep Sea.

According to their descriptions, the place they went to this time was like a dark forest, without a single trace of light. Everyone had to feel their way forward in the dark.

It was a place where eternal night had fallen.

Completely different from the Beast World Planet.

More information had to be gathered bit by bit. The only thing they could be certain of was that their technology and Spirit Art were far behind.

These smugglers might have brought a cataclysmic disaster upon their own homeland.

Yu Zhizhi assisted the physicians in treating the wounded, hearing quite a bit of news from them.

But still, no one knew Tang Luo Ke’s whereabouts.

When evening came, Noel came down from upstairs.

He spotted the female from the Rabbit Clan in the crowd at a glance.

Noel’s spiritual power was nearly depleted for the day. He needed a good night’s sleep, but he still walked over to Yu Zhizhi. "Are you looking for me?"

She had been hiding in the secret base all this time. For her to come over on her own initiative meant she probably had something important to discuss.

Yu Zhizhi put down the medicinal herbs in her hands, nodded, and followed Noel into a lounge.

Noel lay down on a rocking chair.

"Sorry, I’m just too tired. I have to lie down."

"It’s okay."

"Have you... decided what you’re going to do next?" Noel asked.

Yu Zhizhi nodded lightly. "In a few days, I might be leaving. Zero said that the teleportation in the Divine Hall Illusion Realm is about to open, so I want to give it a try."

’The Divine Hall Illusion Realm...’

Noel raised his eyes slightly. He had gotten the information he wanted from the Zero Messenger and had also found the Bone Remains for them.

As for the rest...

The apocalypse, saving the world, things like that—he hadn’t thought about them.

But the Divine Hall Illusion Realm’s Teleportation Array was a rare event. If the little rabbit wanted to use it to leave Varolan, that was fine too.

The Duke’s decisions were not easily changed.

If the little rabbit didn’t leave, she would soon be captured and taken back to the Imperial City to marry the Snake Clan youth.

Noel’s spiritual power was almost completely gone...

His body shifted, and he turned into a fluffy black rabbit, lying quietly on the rocking chair.

After a moment’s pause, Noel grabbed a blanket with his teeth and wrapped himself in it.

Males would only undergo a full Beastification when their spiritual power was excessively depleted or when they were consumed by bloodlust.

After all, in this world, hiding one’s Beast Form had become an instinct.

Because one could encounter a natural enemy at any moment.

Even after Evolving into humans, the Beastmen’s ingrained habits remained.

Yu Zhizhi stared blankly at the suddenly-appeared black rabbit, not reacting for a moment. The black rabbit’s voice was slightly muffled. "...Is this... weird?"

"Not at all." Yu Zhizhi shook her head. "It’s very cute."

’The little black rabbit looks so cute, like a little ball of soot. I really want to hold him and cuddle him. But... he’s Noel...’

Noel often supervised her studies, so Yu Zhizhi held a certain amount of respect for him.

The black rabbit twitched its ears and continued their previous topic. "What about the Little White Snake? As far as I know, outsiders can’t enter the Divine Hall Illusion Realm."

"I came here precisely because of Little Amon," Yu Zhizhi said. "Lord Nuo’er, can you help me? I want to send Little Amon back to the Imperial City."

The Little White Snake had already recovered.

Back in the Snake Clan, it could enjoy the best resources in the entire Empire.

She wouldn’t be taking it with her on this "escape."

The black rabbit’s eyelids drooped slightly. "...Mhm, I can do that. Greenfield City has merchant caravans that travel to the Imperial City every month. Besides, I have to make a trip there myself after all this is over."

’Then again, the people from the Snake Clan might get here even faster.’

Suddenly, footsteps sounded from outside the door.

Someone knocked.

"City Lord, Lord Shen He has returned."