Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 362 - 301: Unexpected Harvest

"This batch of stone needs to get to the city gate right away! You’re all so slow. Let me help!"

"Hey, you’re just a little cub. Don’t cause trouble!"

"What do you mean, ’cause trouble’? I’m super strong! I’m here to help!"

Little Zhenzhen was bustling about, helping the Beastman citizens rebuild the city. With all her clamoring, she seemed more anxious than the City Lord himself!

This girl had a few tricks up her sleeve. Sang Luo wasn’t worried at all about someone trying to deceive her. She was more afraid they’d be tricked by Zhenzhen until they didn’t even have their shorts left.

"Luoluo, you’ve been standing in the sun for a while. Have some water." Lou Xianyue came over and handed Sang Luo a bottle of water.

This was pure water he had condensed using his origin power.

Sang Luo took a few sips. It was incredibly sweet. A sudden thought struck her, and she teleported to the edge of the Moat.

After a flood, plague is sure to follow.

"Have any Beastmen in the city recently shown symptoms of fever and diarrhea?"

Si Ye came over as well. "I heard from the city’s witch doctor that over the past few days, a dozen or so Beastmen have been suffering from headaches and fevers. We don’t have a clear picture of anyone else yet."

"It hasn’t spread widely yet, which is a silver lining. Ah Ye, those Beastmen might have the plague, and it’s highly contagious. Go inform the City Lord. Have him isolate the sick Beastmen, their families, and anyone they’ve contacted over the past few days. Also, warn the residents they must boil any water from the river before drinking it. They need to be extremely careful with food, too—no eating anything that’s been contaminated or has gone bad."

"Alright, I’ll go inform the City Lord now." Si Ye departed.

Sang Luo looked at the Moat before her. Most of the city’s Beastmen drew their water from this river. The water had already cleared up, but she couldn’t afford to be careless.

She spent an entire day purifying the Moat and several nearby rivers to ensure everything was completely safe.

"Mother, I think there’s something in the water!" said Hephis.

Sang Luo scanned the area with her spiritual power but couldn’t see anything. ’A man-made barrier? Strange, why would there be one in a place like this...’

Lou Xianyue said, "I’ll go down and take a look."

"Ah Ze, be careful."

"Mm."

Lou Xianyue dove into the river to search. More than an hour later, he resurfaced with several gray stones in his palm.

"It’s Disaster Source Crystals!"

This was the stuff that had caused the flood, spread the plague, and would even assimilate nearby Star Beasts, turning them into Disaster Beasts. Sang Luo immediately used her power to pulverize the Disaster Source Crystals.

Lou Xianyue said, "The Disaster Source Crystals are natural, but the barrier around them was man-made. This disaster most likely spread due to a combination of natural and artificial causes... Someone is trying to exploit this natural disaster."

Sang Luo cursed inwardly, ’Who could be so twisted!’

She picked up the little lion cub and rubbed its round head. "It’s a shame we didn’t find any other clues. But this group probably won’t give up so easily. They’re bound to make another move, and they’ll show their hand sooner or later. Let’s stay in the city for a few more days."

"Alright, whatever you say."

Yanglai City was a major city with a population of nearly a million, so transporting supplies took longer than elsewhere. Besides, Sang Luo wanted to investigate, so she, her children, and her Beast Husbands stayed in the city for an extra half a month.

The effects of the disaster in the city gradually subsided, and the citizens’ lives returned to normal.

To soothe the citizens’ fear and unrest, and to jump-start the city’s economic recovery, the City Lord organized a special festival and night market. The streets were lined with fun stalls selling delicious food. Sang Luo took her Beast Husbands and cubs out for a walk.

It was a rare opportunity to have fun and relax, so she brought the older cubs over to play as well.

The cubs had a blast at the bustling night market, looking here and there, buying tasty treats... With so many children, it was impossible to keep an eye on them all at once.

There were many beautiful lanterns at the market.

Sang Luo took a fancy to an exquisitely made crab lantern and bought it for the children to play with.

"A child is missing." After Lou Xianyue counted the children, he found one was missing.

"Don’t tell me it’s Little Carp again. That girl never learns. Just summon her back."

"No... It’s Little Zhi Xin who’s missing!"

Sang Luo’s brow tightened. She tried to summon her child. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The summons didn’t go through—

Her child had refused the summons!

’What’s going on?’

She quickly used her spiritual power to scan the entire city. Luckily, she found a trace of Little Zhi Xin. In a remote alley corner in the outskirts of the city, she was surrounded by a group of Beastmen in black.

When Sang Luo hurried over.

All the assailants were lying on the ground, unconscious.

When Little Zhi Xin saw Sang Luo, she toddled over to hug her, then looked up and smiled sweetly. "Mother, what are you doing here? I was just about to come find you and the uncles!"

"Why didn’t you come when Mother summoned you just now?"

’Thankfully, the strongest among these Beastmen was only Half-King Rank and no match for Zhi Xin. Otherwise, my heart would have leaped out of my chest!’

Little Zhi Xin pouted. "These bad guys have been tailing me over and over. I’d already spotted them several times, so I figured I’d use this chance to lure them all out and catch them in one go... They’re just a bunch of nobodies, so I didn’t tell you, Mother."

"You little rascal, you certainly have a mind of your own. And here I was, worried sick about you for nothing," Sang Luo said, unable to hold back a smile.

It seemed she had misjudged her. The little girl was gentle on the outside but steel on the inside, with a strong will of her own.

Si Ye finished searching the unconscious Beastmen. He found a Jade Pendant in the Qiankun Bag at the waist of their Half-King Rank leader. "These are specially trained Hidden Guards. They were specifically after Little Zhi Xin."

Sang Luo said, "I used to be most worried about Little Carp. Her Talent Ability is so unique. I never thought Little Zhi Xin would be targeted, too..."

Lou Xianyue thought of something and said in a deep voice, "Luoluo, have you forgotten? Little Zhi Xin’s Talent Ability is also very peculiar. She has a Soul system Talent Ability. I’ve lived for over two hundred years, and she’s the only one I’ve ever seen with it."

"Someone is after Little Zhi Xin’s Talent Ability!?"

"The rarer and more powerful a Talent Ability is, the more coveted it becomes. That’s true for Little Carp, and it’s true for Little Zhi Xin... All of these children are far too gifted." Thinking of his daughter, Lou Xianyue felt a mix of joy and worry.

’What would they want with Little Zhi Xin’s Soul system Talent Ability...’

Si Ye handed the Jade Token to Sang Luo. "The characters engraved on it are in an ancient script. I’ve seen them before in an Ancient Book. If I’m not mistaken, they spell out the word ’Wanqi’."

Sang Luo and Lou Xianyue exchanged a look of utter disbelief. Back when they obtained the Creation Furnace from the North Sea Secret Realm, the soul of that Divine Beast senior had bound Sang Luo to a Heaven and Earth Contract: she was to kill a Beastman from the Wanqi Clan named Wanqi You.

’Could this be the same Wanqi?’

"A family that uses an ancient script for its tokens must be an ancient clan with at least ten thousand years of history. That would align with the age of that Divine Beast senior."

"Mother, are you going to catch the culprit? I can be the bait!" Little Zhi Xin raised her hand excitedly.

Sang Luo patted her head. "I would never dare let you go out and take such a risk. Don’t worry. Your uncles and I will definitely root out the culprits who are trying to harm you!"

Si Ye said, "If it’s an Ancient Clan, the City Lord of Yanglai City might know something. I’ll go ask him."

"Ah Ze and I will go with you." Sang Luo then explained to Si Ye how she had obtained the Creation Furnace. When he recovered from his shock, he admonished her, "That was far too reckless!"

"The greater the risk, the greater the reward."

The three of them hurried to the City Lord Mansion to inquire about the matter.