Chapter 61: Re-Imprinting?

Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Re-Imprinting?

He saw Gu Weilan’s anxiety while waiting for Zhan Heng and Shen Mianzhou, and he also saw her cry tears of joy when she saw them return. He further saw her anxious urge to report to someone, seemingly because of some news...

Xuanshuo had seen many, many females. All of them had flaws he looked down upon to some extent. But just now, in order to let the students understand the severity of the situation, the professors had transmitted the footage captured by the Light Brain that Gu Weilan had authorized the academy to take over. Everything, from the Star Beast starting to howl to Gu Weilan’s subsequent series of actions, was sent to the local network group. Xuanshuo saw her composure and calmness.

Just by watching the clips, he made a guess. Gu Weilan stopping to examine the bodies of the cat and the little bird was likely related to that Rank Fourteen Star Beast. He hadn’t yet figured out the connection, but that didn’t stop him from admiring Gu Weilan, who had clearly figured it out. He thought he might be a sapiosexual.

Fortunately, Gu Weilan didn’t know what Xuanshuo was thinking. If she had known, she would have frankly told Xuanshuo, "Good thing I don’t have much of an intellect and only possess brute strength. Otherwise, you really would have fallen for me, and that would be quite annoying."

Next, Xuanshuo also saw Gu Weilan’s combat instincts. He thought that when she was thrown off Zhan Heng’s shoulder, she would scream, cry, and curse at Zhan Heng. But she didn’t. The tacit understanding she, Zhan Heng, and Lorenzo showed during their coordination at that time... was so incredibly cool! Being cool was a matter of a split second! And in that split second, he felt his heart racing.

But what could he do... in the eyes of his Female Master, he didn’t exist. Xuanshuo stepped out of the shadows and looked at the family of four on the floating stairs. It seemed that not a single beastman cared about him... That wouldn’t do! Gu Weilan was also his Female Master! Xuanshuo quickened his pace and caught up with them.

The assessment, originally scheduled for three days, ended hastily in just one.

Gu Weilan reported the news to the professors about the Rank Fourteen Star Beast being parasitized by the Insect Clan. She even produced the two Insect Clan corpses whose vitality she had drained. The professors pressed their lips together, looking fully prepared for battle, but in reality, their scalps tingled with shock.

The Insect Clan used to only fight beastmen head-on! Now they were actually pulling this kind of stunt! Playing dirty tricks on beastmen?!

What Gu Weilan thought of, the professors had also thought of. They even thought of some aspects that Gu Weilan hadn’t considered. Gu Weilan was, after all, not a native interstellar beastman. The idea that some of the Insect Clan could parasitize a beastman’s body, manipulating them into puppets to carry out tasks assigned by the Insect Clan—Gu Weilan hadn’t yet considered such matters. The professors exchanged glances and immediately awarded Gu Weilan a massive amount of points.

"Weilan Female, you may return and rest. Your Zhan Heng Beast Husband has made a significant contribution to the Central Beastman Academy, so we have arranged a two-room lounge for him. You may also take your other Beast Husbands there to rest."

Seeing her assessment score leap directly to first place in both departments, Gu Weilan couldn’t help but feel a little jump of joy in her heart. After thanking the professors, she turned and left the room. Following the guidance of the guide robot at the door, she walked toward the room where Zhan Heng was resting.

Gu Weilan sent a message in their small group chat, telling Lorenzo, Shen Mianzhou, and Xuanshuo that they could all come to Lounge A15. 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

Upon pushing open the door to the lounge, she saw it looked similar to a regular express hotel. On the left side was the bathroom, and walking further in, there was a large three-by-three-meter bed on the left. However, on the right side was a sofa area, with a coffee table in the middle of a semi-circle of sofas. This was the layout of the twenty-square-meter room that greeted her eyes as soon as the door opened. Opposite the bathroom was another door, which led to the second of the two rooms.

Zhan Heng was lying inside. He was pressing the palms of his hands against his temples, unconsciously letting out sounds of pain. Gu Weilan felt a pang of heartache seeing him like this. Her system had gone into shock, and her Beast Husband seemed a bit crippled now.

She walked in softly. Zhan Heng’s panting and groans from his splitting headache paused slightly. He lifted his eyelids to glance at Gu Weilan, who had walked to the bedside, and directly reached out to pull her onto the bed. Gu Weilan lay on Zhan Heng’s chest, feeling somewhat at a loss.

The newly awakened Wood Element Talent Skill the system gave her was Blast Poison Pod. This was an offensive Talent Skill! Oh, right! The Seventh Rank Light Element Beast Rank had awakened the Holy Light Healing Talent Skill for her, but this was only effective for superficial wounds. The Ice Domain awakened by the Seventh Rank Ice Beast Rank was a supportive method. Expanding a Domain would continuously and gradually slow down the speed and energy recovery of all enemies within the area, eventually leading to a frozen standstill. None of these were helpful for Zhan Heng’s current situation.

Zhan Heng was currently suffering from excessive Energy Absorption, much like a person who had eaten so much they were about to burst. She didn’t know what method to use for this. For someone who overate, you could make them throw up. But for excessive Energy Absorption, how could you make him throw it up...

Gu Weilan straddled Zhan Heng and told him to open his Spiritual Sea. "Desperate times call for desperate measures. I’ll try to use my spiritual—"

Before Gu Weilan could finish speaking, Zhan Heng instantly sat up. With one arm wrapped around her lower back and his other hand sliding through her hair, he used his mouth to seal away her unspoken words.

At that moment, noises came from outside the secondary bedroom door—Lorenzo Snow, Shen Mianzhou, and Xuanshuo had entered the lounge. They glanced at the tightly closed door of the secondary bedroom and didn’t make a sound. Both Lorenzo and Shen Mianzhou had somewhat heavy expressions.

Xuanshuo just glanced at them and walked straight to the sofa, curling his lips critically at the room. "It’s not like they don’t have bigger rooms. They’re actually so stingy to only give us a two-room lounge. They should know that if it weren’t for the efforts of Female Master and Zhan Heng Beast Husband, all those students would have likely died out there."

Lorenzo glanced at Xuanshuo with his heterochromatic eyes, said nothing, and turned to go to the bathroom to clean up. Shen Mianzhou, however, couldn’t hold back and retorted coldly, "At least you know it was Female Master and Zhan Heng Beast Husband who put in the effort." The implication was clear: since Xuanshuo hadn’t contributed, he had no right to nitpick.

Xuanshuo raised an eyebrow, a sneer on his face. "You guys don’t fight for Female Master’s benefits, and I’m not even allowed to bring it up? What’s more important: Female Master’s interests or your bleeding-heart mentality? Stop being generous at others’ expense! The academy didn’t act honorably in this matter. The rewards they gave Female Master were far too little!"

Shen Mianzhou frowned and pursed his lips. He didn’t argue with Xuanshuo anymore. Although he hated Xuanshuo, he had to admit that there was nothing wrong with his words. "Let’s just see how they arrange things later."

The conversation in the main room could no longer reach the secondary bedroom. This was because Zhan Heng had used the bedside touch controls to turn on the room’s soundproofing. He instinctively believed that as long as he claimed his Female Master, the problem of energy overload would be solved. And his Female Master wife was very delicate and shy. If her soft, sweet voice leaked out, she would definitely throw a temper tantrum and refuse to get out of bed. Therefore, Zhan Heng had solved the sound issue early on.

Gu Weilan had no idea that Zhan Heng, whose head was splitting with pain, whose lips were deathly pale, and who looked like he was about to die from agony, was actually still thinking about that kind of thing. However, when her spiritual power probed into Zhan Heng’s Spiritual Sea, she discovered a problem. The mark she had left at the foot of the Black Mountain in Zhan Heng’s Spiritual Sea was gone! What did this mean? If she branded a new mark... could the energy still feed back to her like the first time?

"Seeding... day one of missing you..." she thought.

Zhan Heng seemed to have noticed. Gu Weilan had withdrawn from his Spiritual Sea and was actually showing an expression of missing another male! Heh—he laughed out of anger!