Chapter 390 - 261: The Abnormal Broken Wall
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After overcoming countless difficulties and conquering immense obstacles, Yu Bao finally gathered all five Attributes and successfully evolved into the Yu Dian Emperor Dog.
Su Zhi also successfully upgraded his Beast Taming Space to Tier Nine, becoming another Epic Level Beast Tamer after Shen Zechuan. Together with his Pet Beasts, he thwarted the Abyssal invasion conspiracy, reached the pinnacle of the Beast Taming world, and became one of its most dazzling jewels.
Shen Chuqing had no choice but to honor the bet and admit defeat, opening her family’s treasure vault to the new god, Su Zhi.
"I’m sorry, I was blind and failed to recognize your greatness. I just hope God Su can show some mercy..." the young woman begged pitifully, her face flushed red.
"Heh heh heh! Did you ever think this day would come!" Su Zhi cackled wildly.
Su Zhi’s gaze swept the room and quickly locked onto the treasure in the very center of the vault. It gleamed with a golden light, its exact form obscured, but an item this conspicuous had to be something good.
"That’s the one. Bring it here!"
Shen Chuqing went to get the "treasure."
Su Zhi waited in place. Suddenly, his eyes widened as he realized something seemed off. ’Why does my laugh sound just like a villain’s?’
’And why do the special effects on this treasure look like a bad Photoshop job?’
’And how did Shen Chuqing become so obedient all of a sudden...’
"God Su~ I’ve brought the treasure~" Shen Chuqing said sweetly, handing him the object that gleamed with golden light.
The glowing effect faded, and the "treasure" revealed its true form:
A blue maid outfit with a white apron... white thigh-high stockings with garters... small leather shoes... lace underwear... and other indescribable accessories...
Su Zhi’s eyes went wide, and he plopped right down on the ground. "I-I don’t want it!"
"How could that be? This is what God Su chose himself~" The young woman pulled out a voice recorder, her syrupy-sweet smile instantly turning murderous.
"Behave, and put it on."
"N-No..."
"Put it on!"
"Sister Shen, no!"
Su Zhi cried out, bolting upright as if startled from his deathbed, and looked around blankly.
Broken walls and crumbling ruins, plants, a baffled-looking Shan Bao, and an expressionless Shen Chuqing.
"Chirp?"
"What kind of dream were you having? Wailing like a banshee this early in the morning."
’Good, it was just a dream...’ Su Zhi heaved a long sigh of relief and lay back down.
’If they really made me wear something that humiliating, they might as well just kill me. Good thing dreams are usually the opposite of reality. Since I wore it in my dream, it probably means I won’t have to in real life.’
’Of course, the ’opposite’ could go the other way... for instance, I wore it in the dream, but in reality, Shen Chuqing is the one who’ll wear it... Hmm.’
Of course, not wanting to get beaten up, Su Zhi kept that thought to himself.
"Shan Bao, how is it just you here? Where did Wu Bao and Yu Bao go?"
"Chirp, chirp." Shan Bao lifted its right foot, pointing toward a broken wall nearby.
Su Zhi squinted and finally spotted a dog’s tail at the base of the wall. Yu Bao was crouched down there, contemplating who-knows-what. Su Zhi generally referred to this as ’investigating things to gain knowledge.’
"Good. He’s got spirit. What about Wu Bao?"
"Chirp, chirp." Shan Bao lifted its left foot and pointed west of the village ruins.
"He’s hanging out in the latrine again?"
Shan Bao nodded.
"What’s so great about the latrine..." Su Zhi muttered, scratching his head in confusion as he got out of bed.
𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
It was only after a reminder from Shen Chuqing that Su Zhi remembered Vice Alliance Leader Gou was also there.
Next up was breakfast.
Their breakfast could be described as... simple, yet not unsophisticated.
The ancient village ruins were located deep within the Luojin Mountain Range, in the middle of nowhere. The Exotic Beasts in the surrounding forest were all extremely wary and wouldn’t make for an easy meal. Conditions were, in a word, harsh.
Taking this into consideration, Luo Sen had specially prepared the Divine Strategy Alliance’s latest instant food, providing an unlimited supply to the members of the research team out on their mission.
Precision-processed with Azure Wave Claw hydro-locking technology to retain maximum original flavor and nutrition! It even includes a vegetable packet composed of 28 types of plants that can be summoned by a Huajing Cat, fulfilling the dietary ideal of complete and balanced health!
The good news was, it really was newly developed!
When Gou Yu pulled it out, Su Zhi’s eyes lit up at the sight of the shiny pouch. Praise be to Alliance Leader Luo Sen!
The bad news... it really was *newly* developed. Upon learning that no one had ever eaten it before, Su Zhi made a tactical retreat.
"Actually, I’m not that hungry..."
"Hey, relax! It won’t kill you!" Gou Yu said nonchalantly as he tore open a pouch and began to eat eagerly.
"Couldn’t we set the bar a little higher..." Su Zhi muttered, but seeing that Gou Yu was still alive and kicking, he finally dared to tear open another pouch.
It was braised noodles! A Huai City specialty!
Smelling the familiar fragrance, Su Zhi began to eat with an easy heart. The aroma of green beans and potatoes blossomed on his tongue, leaving an endlessly pleasant aftertaste. The quality of this breakfast was truly quite high; even though it was an instant meal, it tasted like it had been freshly prepared.
"Aren’t you eating?" Su Zhi asked, looking at Shen Chuqing curiously.
Shen Chuqing yawned. "I’m not on your project team. They didn’t leave one for me."
Su Zhi blinked, offering his pouch to her. "Here, you have some. Skipping breakfast is bad for you..."
"No need. I have Mimi." Shen Chuqing snapped her fingers and deftly pulled out a pair of chopsticks.
"Mee!" Mimi leaped into Shen Chuqing’s arms.
Then, to Su Zhi’s stunned gaze, Shen Chuqing lifted Mimi and began to slurp down big mouthfuls of rice noodles.
Shan Bao was frozen stiff. Yu Bao, terrified, tucked its tail between its legs and shrank behind Su Zhi.
"*Burp*." Shen Chuqing glanced at Su Zhi. "Want some?"
Su Zhi was completely floored. "You... you ate your own Pet Beast??"
"Nope."
Shen Chuqing held the empty bowl up for him to see, then casually tossed it aside.
The empty bowl righted itself in mid-air, landed with a "Mee!", and started munching on the grass. A holy-golden-light special effect began to glow from within the completely empty bowl.
"The bowl is Mimi’s actual body. The rice noodles inside will regenerate after a while. You just have to make sure Mimi gets enough to eat."