Chapter 971 - 957: Recovery

At this moment, Mei Qingchen, with a mane of golden hair cascading beside him, his clothing in tatters, and his phoenix eyes long and deep, appeared as beautiful as an ink painting yet carried a sense of chaos.

There was a golden lotus mark swirling on his forehead, filled with enigmas and mystery, exuding a chilly and magnificent aura.

However, probably due to the intense backlash of beast power, black gases entangled his entire being.

Especially with him being bound by vines, he exuded an intoxicatingly bewitching aura from head to toe.

Su Muyao looked at him and couldn’t help but feel her mouth dry and parched.

Particularly when met by his gaze, Su Muyao felt completely immobilized.

Her heart raced a bit as she took out some Spiritual Spring Water from her space to drink a few sips, calming herself down a bit.

Then, she took out a strip of cloth to cover Mei Qingchen’s eyes.

For some reason, Su Muyao’s hands trembled slightly when she was blindfolding Mei Qingchen.

She drank a few more sips of the Spiritual Spring Water, lowered her head, and placed her lips on Mei Qingchen’s, passing the water to him.

Su Muyao wanted to take the initiative to control everything, but found that she wasn’t very good at it.

She clutched Mei Qingchen’s clothing tightly, her nails almost digging into his flesh, her brow furrowed deeply.

She was on the verge of tears.

She wanted to curse.

She murmured, "Beast power backlash, beast power backlash..."

She needed to save Mei Qingchen.

Just then, Su Muyao heard a sigh.

She froze for a moment.

It seemed to be Mei Qingchen’s sigh.

Before Su Muyao could react, all the vines on Mei Qingchen had snapped, and he suddenly flipped over, taking charge and pinning Su Muyao onto the ground and beast skin.

"Mei... Mei Qingchen, you..."

Su Muyao felt dizzy when Mei Qingchen flipped over, staring wide-eyed at him, somewhat bewildered.

Mei Qingchen removed the strip of cloth covering his eyes, clearly seeing Su Muyao’s expression and the moisture at the corner of her eyes from the pain.

His heart ached, and he gently kissed away the tear at the corner of her eye, "I’m sorry, wife, for it hurt you."

He hadn’t expected the beast power backlash to be so severe, causing him to lose all rationality.

Despite losing some control, he at least knew what had transpired.

He had almost harmed his wife earlier.

During the lapse of control, he had attacked indiscriminately, fortunately managing to reign it in.

Hearing Mei Qingchen’s words and seeing the look in his eyes, Su Muyao’s heart stirred, "You’ve... regained your rationality?"

Mei Qingchen softly explained, "Yes, a little."

"The water you fed me and your soothing lessened the beast power backlash somewhat."

Even if only a little, it allowed him to regain his rationality at this moment.

The contract could not let his wife suffer.

It was his fault.

Mei Qingchen began treating Su Muyao gently, enduring his strained and bursting body, only considering her feelings.

...

After the contract was formed, Mei Qingchen carried Su Muyao to wash up, caring for her by drying her hair and letting her sleep well.

Mei Qingchen exuded a sense of freshness and clarity.

After the contract, the beast power backlash in Mei Qingchen was completely gone, restoring his body to normal and his suppressed superpower strength returned to over level 30.

While Su Muyao rested in the tree-cave, Mei Qingchen continuously heard the roars of beasts echoing from the woods outside.

Looking down from the tree, Mei Qingchen could see giant beasts, unlike any wild beasts he’d normally encountered.

His expression became serious.

No one knew what this place was.

Before arriving here, he only remembered being swallowed by the fissure’s force after the ground cracked beneath them, and then he lost consciousness.

So how they ended up here, Mei Qingchen didn’t know.

When Su Muyao awoke again, it was the aroma that roused her.

She felt hunger in her stomach.

Opening her eyes, she saw Mei Qingchen at the doorway of the tree-cave, building a stove with stones and roasting meat in a stone pot.

The aroma of the meat made Su Muyao’s stomach grumble.

Mei Qingchen, engrossed with the roasting, turned his head upon hearing the sound, his phoenix eyes twinkling, "The wife is awake."

Seeing her awake, Mei Qingchen quickly came to the bedside, eager to care for her personally.

"I roasted some meat, have a taste later, wife."

Su Muyao’s eyes sparkled, "I smell mutton, did you hunt a sheep beast?"

The sheep in the Beast World are called sheep beasts.

Mei Qingchen explained, "Yes, it’s a sheep beast, but much larger than usual mutton. I handled it a bit, and there’s plenty left stored in the Space Ring."

Su Muyao’s expression shifted, "Your Space Ring is functional too?"

Mei Qingchen nodded, "Yes, it wasn’t usable before. Somehow, it’s working here now."

The Space Ring had barely anything inside.

Entering the Trial Ground after Ascension Road opened had depleted the resources in the Space Ring.

But at least it can store things now.

Su Muyao pondered, "That implies there might be no restrictions here, perhaps this is no longer the world of the Divine Domain Fragment."

"And we don’t know where this place is."

Mei Qingchen’s expression turned somber, "I happened to see some murals with giant beasts at the Mei Family’s Trial Ground before, similar in size to the beasts here."

Su Muyao said, "Right, I’ve also heard that the Beast World once had giant beasts, but they vanished after being eradicated, and haven’t appeared since."

Mei Qingchen theorized, "Perhaps these are remnants from the previous era."

"Maybe the Beast World experienced an apocalypse, wiping out giant beasts and rebooting, leading to regular-sized beastmen and wild beasts taking the place of the colossal vegetation and animals."

Su Muyao found this plausible as well.

"Not sure why, but here still has giant beasts."

"And given that we can eat such beast meat, it means they truly exist, not just an illusion."

"The key is to find a way out of here."

They couldn’t remain there indefinitely.

Mei Qingchen asked, "How did we end up here?"

Su Muyao explained, "We were caught in sudden torrential rain and flooding, and a whirlpool in the currents sucked us into this place."

"So where this is, I’m unsure."

"Moreover, I can’t sense Jing Chu’s presence, suggesting that where we are is quite far from Ghost Ruins Canyon."

Su Muyao reached out to touch the mark at her clavicle, unable to detect any sensation.

Mei Qingchen’s expression was grave; this made it impossible to determine their location.

Mei Qingchen first fetched water to help Su Muyao with her washing, "Wife, wash and eat first, then I’ll go out and explore a bit."

Previously, staying by Su Muyao, he hadn’t dared venture far, fearful of giant beasts attacking.

Su Muyao resolutely said, "Together, I’m at Level 30 superpower, not afraid of giant beasts."

Giant beasts were strong, but due to their size, they weren’t very agile.

"Oh, and I also hunted two giant bull beasts and a giant bird beast."

"We can have bird beast stew for the next meal."

Su Muyao felt increasingly hungry, wanting to eat a substantial meal.

Just then, the system spoke up, "Host, congratulations on being pregnant with Zaizai."