Chapter 160 - 162: Death Gaze

Chapter 160: Chapter 162: Death Gaze

Though it was for the system’s mission, Su Luoluo sometimes felt she was a real scumbag.

She clearly couldn’t give him a definite answer, yet she was still stringing him along, leaving him in limbo.

But the situation compelled her; she had no choice but to do this.

If she showed even a bit of compassion, her own life would be at risk.

At this thought, Su Luoluo felt her own contradictions were almost laughable.

Back in the Post-apocalypse, she had never been such a ’benevolent saint.’

As long as she could survive, she would do anything necessary, no matter how regrettable.

After all, if she hesitated for even a moment, she could easily fall into an irredeemable situation.

Su Luoluo thought, ’If I find out later that Xi Yi isn’t my target, I’ll be sure to make it up to him properly.’

At this thought, Su Luoluo felt a little more at ease.

At the same time, she made a bold decision. She decided to agree to Xi Yi’s request for now, but as for the Contract Totem, she would wait a bit longer.

After all, if he really brought that Black Bear Foster Mother here, her own identity would be exposed.

’I can only take this one step at a time.’ Thinking this, she nodded. "Alright then, you can go make a bamboo stick too! But I still haven’t agreed to the Contract Totem with you."

Xi Yi had only been trying his luck and hadn’t expected Su Luoluo to actually agree. He was surprised, with a hint of excitement he himself didn’t notice. "Okay, Luoluo! Don’t worry, I will definitely do my best."

After speaking, he teleported and vanished from before Su Luoluo.

After Xi Yi left, Su Luoluo was no longer as relaxed as before. She was thinking about how to handle her relationship with him.

’I can’t just keep dragging this on forever. And for my mission, it’s definitely better to confirm his identity as soon as possible.’

Su Luoluo fell into deep thought.

...

After Su Luoluo had been lost in thought for a moment, the beastmen returned, dragging long bamboo branches behind them.

They only needed a small section to make a bamboo stick, but the men had insisted on dragging back entire branches.

And each one was bigger than the last, as if they were competing with each other.

The loud SHH SHH sound of the bamboo leaves dragging on the ground was hard for Su Luoluo to ignore.

Seeing Su Luoluo look over, each of them puffed out their chests, striking what they thought was their most handsome pose.

In reality, to Su Luoluo, they looked like a bunch of oafs, excitedly showing off the branches they’d dragged back.

’Not handsome in the slightest, but definitely silly.’

Su Luoluo watched for a moment before looking away. "Hurry up and make the bamboo sticks," she said lightly. "I have other things to do later."

Hearing this, the few oafs quickly got busy with the bamboo in their hands.

Mo Xuan glanced at a bamboo branch, then chopped the air with his palm. The green bamboo stalk instantly split into seven pieces.

He waved at the pieces a few more times, and the long bamboo strips instantly shrank to the length of a finger.

Once the length was set, he didn’t linger in the wild kitchen, taking the bamboo strips and disappearing somewhere.

The others reacted similarly to Mo Xuan, but because of their different beast-species, they each used their superpowers differently.

Perhaps because Luan Ting’s and Mo Xuan’s species were similar, he also used his palm. But Fu Feng and Xiao Ye were completely different.

Fu Feng sliced them directly with his fingertips. The claws of an avian beastman are sharper than those of a mammal, and with a few quick swipes, he had divided the bamboo into several small pieces.

Among them all, Su Luoluo was most curious about how Xiao Ye and Nantu would handle it.

Neither of them had claws, so how would they split a bamboo tube into strips?

’Surely one wouldn’t use a fish tail and the other a snake tail!’

Su Luoluo really couldn’t picture it.

However, while her imagination was running wild, a crisp sound reached her ears.

Su Luoluo looked up and saw that Xiao Ye had transformed directly into his snake form. His purple scales emanated a cold white mist under the sun. Then, with a powerful swing, the bamboo tube was broken at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Nantu, on the other hand, simply raised the scales on his body, gathered his energy, and chopped at the bamboo tube. Instantly, his iridescent, silver-blue scales split the tube into several pieces.

Seeing this, Su Luoluo couldn’t help but sigh with emotion internally.

’Truly, it’s like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their own unique powers.’

These guys could always use their superpowers with the most unexpected body parts. Just like last time, she never would have imagined Nantu’s scales could be used to slice noodle dough.

Su Luoluo sat at the round table and waited. Before long, the men returned with the bamboo sticks they had made.

Each of them was extremely satisfied with their own handiwork. After sitting back down at the round table, they all immediately placed their sticks in front of Su Luoluo, facedown.

Su Luoluo looked at the bamboo sticks fanned out before her, pointed to a pottery jar on the table, and said, "Put them in here."

Hearing this, the men retracted their hands and then, in unison, placed their sticks into the pottery jar.

Su Luoluo had already shown them the jar before they put the sticks in. She was afraid that if she didn’t, these suspicious men would have something else to say.

After the sticks were inside, Su Luoluo even shook the jar a few times to mix them up, striving for fairness and impartiality.

Mo Xuan glanced at everyone seated at the round table, nodded to Su Luoluo, and said, "Everyone’s here. We can begin."

"Wait, there’s still me." Xi Yi teleported back to the table and tossed his bamboo stick into the pottery jar.

When Mo Xuan saw Xi Yi had also come, his eyes shot up and he frowned. "You’re not even qualified. What are you doing crashing this party?"

Fu Feng also scoffed and shook his head. "Lizard, you’re the most thick-skinned Black Bear I’ve ever seen."

Xiao Ye didn’t say anything, but he shot him a sidelong glance, his disdainful look saying it all.

Hearing this, Xi Yi propped his face in his hand and looked at Su Luoluo with a grin. "Luoluo agreed. She said I could put my stick in."

"What!"

"That’s impossible!"

Xi Yi’s words were like a stone dropped into a river, instantly creating a thousand waves.

The moment they heard this, the men’s expressions all changed. They looked at Su Luoluo in utter shock, finding it hard to believe.

Su Luoluo had actually agreed to let Xi Yi put a stick in.

Once the stick was in, it meant Xi Yi could also participate in the night watch.

And what one could do on night watch went without saying.

Wasn’t this Su Luoluo tacitly admitting that Xi Yi had become her sixth Beastman?

What on earth had happened?

In the short time it took to cut bamboo and make sticks, Xi Yi had been accepted by Su Luoluo as a Beastman.

Xiao Ye’s eyes immediately narrowed, sweeping over Su Luoluo with an ice-cold glare.

Mo Xuan and Fu Feng also looked at Su Luoluo with questioning gazes.

Nantu also gave her a cold look.

Even the usually gentle Luan Ting’s eyes had turned frigid, his gaze fixed on Su Luoluo.

Su Luoluo was left speechless.