Beast World: From Villainess to Cub-Raising Chef
Chapter 136 - 135: Joining Forces to Save People
The last deal Bai Xue and her mother made with the Medical Alliance—a trade of live females—occurred in October and involved over a hundred victims.
If they moved quickly enough, they might still be able to rescue that group of females.
The Medical Alliance’s main stronghold was entrenched in the border region between the Snow Country and the Southern Country.
Lu Tingyan sought out Li Chenlin and briefly explained the situation.
A direct assault by him and Yelias’s men to destroy the stronghold and rescue the females would be too risky, as it could easily tip their hand.
But Li Chenlin had powerful connections in the Southern Country’s underworld. If his people intervened, the matter would become much simpler.
When Li Chenlin received the message, he was in the middle of directing several hundred hackers to track down the IP addresses of everyone slandering Bai Su online. He wanted to go and personally wring their damn necks!
He replied, thoroughly uninterested: [Fuck off. You really think I’m some kind of hero? I’m not interested in saving the world.]
Lu Tingyan: [...]
[If we rescue these people, they’ll be the key to implicating the Bai family. Whether or not Susu can clear her name depends on them.]
[We need your support. Now.]
A dark look flashed in Li Chenlin’s eyes.
’Why is it that Lu Tingyan’s brain always works better than mine?’
Grumbling aside, Li Chenlin turned to glance at Bai Su, who was baking desserts in the kitchen. A dark glint flashed in his eyes.
’Once this job is done, I’ll go to Bai Su, lay it all out, and claim my credit. There’s no way she can refuse me then! Hmph.’
Li Chenlin turned and left.
The three men gathered.
Lu Tingyan quickly assigned tasks. "Li Chenlin, tonight you’ll take your men to create a diversion at the stronghold and draw their fire. I’ll circle around back to rescue the prisoners. No direct confrontations—the main goal is to lure the tiger from the mountain."
Li Chenlin narrowed his eyes, clearly displeased. "You’re calling the shots again? We’re the ones doing the dirty work, so what’s Yelias doing?"
Lu Tingyan replied, "The doctor at that stronghold is the same one who operated on Susu and Bai Xue all those years ago. Yelias’s mission is to find the evidence from that surgery."
Upon hearing this, Li Chenlin reluctantly fell silent.
「As night fell」 The three men went their separate ways to begin the operation.
The Medical Alliance stronghold was extremely well-hidden. On the surface, it appeared to be nothing more than an abandoned factory, with virtually no one in sight.
The base was located beneath the factory. A special password was required to deactivate the protective shield and gain access to the facility below.
While Li Chenlin created a diversion up front, two small figures crouched in the bushes in a nearby corner, observing quietly.
Bai Xiao Zhu blinked. "Big Brother, should we get involved?"
Bai Xiaolang calmly shook his head. "There’s no need. I already gave them the precise location of the stronghold. If they still can’t handle it, then they’re completely useless."
Bai Xiao Zhu asked, "So what are we doing here?"
Bai Xiaolang replied, "We’re observing from the shadows. Li Chenlin is about to go into hibernation, so who knows if his combat strength is up to the task."
’Of course, he wasn’t worried about Li Chenlin dying here. Rather, it was because this mission was crucial for Bai Su.’
’Only by obtaining the evidence could Bai Su clear her name and wash away the slander.’
Bai Xiao Zhu nodded. "Okay."
In the dark of the night, the sounds of males unleashing their spiritual power, punctuated by explosions, rose and fell in waves, shattering the late-night tranquility.
Li Chenlin’s combat strength was a little better than Bai Xiaolang had expected. At least he could handle a minor skirmish like this.
Bai Xiaolang finally relaxed a little, content to continue squatting in the bushes and watch the show.
The battle didn’t last long. The three men were ruthlessly efficient, wrapping up the entire operation in just one hour.
However, the hundred-plus females they rescued had been tortured to the brink of death. They had lost the will to live, and no matter how Yelias tried to administer emergency aid, nothing seemed to work.
Inside the stronghold, the females were forced to endure daily experiments—having their blood drawn, their pain tolerance tested, and their drug resistance measured. On top of that, they were also frequently forced to satisfy the physiological needs of the males stationed there.
The stronghold was filled with surveillance cameras. Even Yelias, a doctor, felt physically ill watching the footage.
The only reason these females were still alive was because they were being kept alive by a cocktail of drugs, hanging on by a single thread.
Even after being rescued, they just stood there, numb and listless, passively following orders. They showed no intention of fleeing, no fear, no curiosity—not a single flicker of emotion. There was no awareness of their rescue, let alone any feeling of happiness.
With the stronghold destroyed, the drugs that kept them alive would only last for two more days.
Li Chenlin was a killer, not a savior. Faced with over a hundred listless, dying females, he was completely at a loss.
Lu Tingyan and Yelias exchanged a look, then blurted out in unison, "Susu might have a way!"
One and a half hours. That’s all the time it took for Bai Su to be pulled from her warm bed, put on a helicopter, flown to the border between the Snow Country and the Southern Country, and wake up to the sight of the listless females.
Lu Tingyan briefly explained the current situation to her.
When Bai Su saw the crudely stitched wounds of all sizes on the females’ abdomens, an expression of profound heartache crossed her face.
The agony of having one’s womb torn out—no one knew it better than she.
’She hadn’t even dared to review the memory fragments of her own ordeal from the system, yet these poor females had been forced to live this nightmare over and over again.’
’For Bai Xue to have done so many cruel, vicious things and still be the original novel’s heroine... it’s absolutely disgusting!’
The system piped up weakly, [She’s not the heroine anymore. You are.]
’As long as she’s cursing out Bai Xue, she can’t curse at me.’
Bai Su ignored the system and released her spiritual power to save the females.
A continuous, warm stream of Healing Power flowed from her, enveloping the huddled, numb females.
The crisp, sweet fragrance of baked honey peaches filled the air, carrying with it a vibrant life force and potent healing properties.
The needle marks on the females’ bodies and the wounds from beatings and abuse gradually began to heal. Their minds, too, grew increasingly relaxed.
After she had healed everyone, Bai Su collapsed from overexerting her spiritual power.
*
News of a large-scale, serial female trafficking ring shot to the top of trending topics, causing an explosion across the global web.
Throughout the entire Beast World, females were considered exceptionally precious.
The case of Bai Xue’s brutal murder had already created a massive online stir; a large-scale female trafficking ring was something else entirely.
The case was traced back four years. In that short time, the number of trafficked females had reached the thousands.
Online media outlets around the world focused their attention on the case cracked by Lu Tingyan and Yelias.
As the underworld boss, Li Chenlin naturally maintained perfect Invisibility, not exposing himself to the public.
Lu Tingyan recorded the entire process of cracking the case and released it to the public. This, of course, included video footage of Bai Su exhausting her spiritual power to save the hundred near-death females.
The internet went silent for a moment before people couldn’t help but ask: [This isn’t some fake case Leader Lu cooked up just to clean up his wife’s reputation, is it?]
[I thought it was real at first, but the moment I saw Bai Su, I couldn’t take it seriously anymore. Started doubting how real this is.]
[Would ’Miss Competitive’ be so kind as to save that many other females?]
"Miss Competitive" was the derogatory nickname netizens had given Bai Su during this time.