The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 251 Taking advantage of the opportunity
“You need time to recover, so it’s better if I go this time.”

Su Weihua placed the copper kettle filled with spring water on the fire and said in a low voice, "I've been thinking about advancing in rank, but I always feel like I'm missing something. Maybe this time I can find the opportunity to advance."

Ling Chengen was still feeling melancholy, but Su Weihua didn't give her any time: "I'll set off after it gets dark."

Ling Chengen suddenly looked up at him: "Are you serious?"

“I’m not one to joke around.” Su Weihua smiled at her and then licked some soup into her bowl with a spoon. “Do you have enough firewood? If not, I’ll go out and get some more later.”

Ling Chengen slowly brought the bowl to her face, obscuring the lower half of her face. Her eyes, which seemed to have eyeliner on them, scrutinized him directly and seriously. After a moment, she suddenly asked, "You're so good to me. Is it to repay the kindness I showed you when I saved you? Even if you wanted to repay me, you didn't have to risk your life for it."

"Not at all."

Su Weihua slowly lowered her eyes, avoiding her piercing gaze, and answered softly.

Ling Chengen waited for him to continue, but he refused to speak again.

The two of them don't talk much when they're together.

Ling Chengen always felt that his personality was actually quite good, at least he was easy to get along with.

But at this moment, curiosity got the better of him, and he remained silent, making her feel that his personality was a bit strange.

Say half a sentence, and hide the other half.

It's kind of annoying.

Su Weihua knew she was very curious, but there were some things he didn't want to say, so he could only pretend not to see them and try to shut her up with the food he was preparing.

Ling Chengen also saw through his intention. When he had almost finished eating, he put down his chopsticks and muttered, "He really is a quiet type—"

Orcs are mostly sharp-eared and sharp-eyed. Although she lowered her voice, she clearly wanted him to hear her, which is why she did it on purpose.

Su Weihua smiled helplessly and did not argue.

Ling Chengen quickly finished the food at the bottom of his bowl, shoved the bowl and chopsticks into his hands, and said speechlessly, "I've never seen anyone like you."

Su Weihua went out for a while, mainly to collect firewood, and didn't go far from the cave.

After he left, the system asked in a low voice, "Don't you think his behavior might mean he likes you?"

Ling Chengen couldn't help but laugh and said, "Is your program all about dating and smut? There was never that kind of atmosphere between us, so what's there to like! I'm not a god of wealth, I can't make everyone like me."

"You are his salvation! Don't underestimate yourself."

Ling Chengen complained, "You've been reading too many romance novels, haven't you? Don't just throw those corny love stories at every good-looking guy you meet."

The system was silent for a few seconds, then the dog whispered furtively, "...How did you know I usually read romance novels?"

Ling Chengen rolled his eyes and chuckled, "Is it so hard for me to stay in my mental domain and keep an eye on what you're doing?"

Actually, she was just guessing.

This stupid system is too easy to fool.

"I am..." the system started to say, but the rest was suddenly unintelligible. "How could you possibly see me?!"

Ling Chengen rubbed his temples, which were aching from the white noise, and clicked his tongue indifferently.

It's that same weird situation again. Whenever it comes to information related to the system, all sorts of interference always occur.

In late September, the daylight hours in the far north become noticeably shorter.

It was basically dark by around 4 p.m.

Especially lately, the weather hasn't been very good, and it looks like a light autumn rain could come at any moment.

As darkness fell, Su Weihua left immediately.

Ling Chengen checked on Mei Ji's condition and tried to communicate with her to confirm her current situation.

The conclusion was that her brain was still a blank slate. The psychic powers had a great impact on her brain, causing her to lose most of her memories, and the remaining memories were also disordered.

This damage is irreversible, and the patient's condition will be similar to that of an Alzheimer's patient afterward.

Even if a miracle occurs in her life, her mental strength begins to awaken, and the damage to her brain is repaired, the process will still be extremely long.

After confirming several times, Ling Chengen gradually relaxed, sat by the fire, and closed his eyes to rest.

Wu Si was in charge of guarding the first half of the night, so Ling Chengen was finally able to rest for a few hours.

He slept soundly until the early hours of the morning. The temperature inside the cave dropped completely, and the breath he exhaled from his mouth and nose turned into white mist. Ling Chengen shivered as he climbed up from the rock. He looked at the fire that had gone out sometime earlier, patted his cheeks, felt a little hot, and instinctively reached out to press his hand to his forehead.

Oh no, she's got a fever too.

Meanwhile, Megi transformed into a sea serpent, her thick, long body coiled up as if frozen, showing no reaction whatsoever.

Ling Chengen turned his head to look at where Shi Ruoan was, and suddenly frowned.

Us is not here.

She immediately released her mental domain, but still couldn't detect Us's figure.

Almost instantly, her mind cleared.

He reached out and hung the frozen sea snake around his neck, then quickly walked towards Shi Ruoan, picked up the unconscious Shi Ruoan, and patted his face a few times.

Perhaps because she was quite ruthless, Shi Ruoan opened her eyes blankly, stared at her for a long time, and then her eyes finally focused.

Ling Chengen noticed that his skin had become even hotter, at least a few degrees hotter than before.

The handkerchief that had been used to cool him down with cold water was left aside by Us, covered in dust and frozen stiff.

Shi Ruoan looked down at her upper arm; her fingers were clenched so tightly they dug into his flesh.

"you're awake?"

He touched his forehead with his right hand, and when he spoke, even he was shocked.

His voice was so hoarse that he could barely make a sound; it sounded like a duck about to fall off its perch.

Ling Chengen didn't notice his change at all, and said with a serious expression, "Us is missing."

"There is no trace of him within a kilometer of this area."

"We need to get out of here as soon as possible."

Shi Ruoan's eyelids twitched slightly, and she gently pursed her dry, chapped lips.

Ling Chengen lowered his head, his expression unreadable: "I don't want to gamble. Neither of us is in a good situation right now, and we need to find a safer place to hide."

Shi Ruoan supported herself against the stone wall with her right hand and slowly stood up: "Let's go."

Without saying a word, Ling Chengen simply hoisted him onto his shoulder.

Shi Ruoan was stunned by the fever and didn't react for a moment. When she realized that she was being carried on her shoulder like a sack, she felt like a boiling kettle. Her already hot cheeks and ears suddenly became even hotter, and she was so embarrassed that she was almost steaming.

"Put me down—"

He struggled a few times, and Ling Chengen almost couldn't hold him up. He reached out and slapped him on the leg, saying coldly, "Don't move. You're already incredibly heavy..."

"I can walk by myself." Shi Ruoan hung upside down on her, feeling his head rushing with blood. His previously dizzy mind seemed to start working again in an instant. He said in a hoarse voice, "Put me down."

"Please--"

Shi Ruoan felt that the situation was far too complicated. He was completely unprepared, so he was at a loss from beginning to end, and his nervousness made his speech somewhat dry...

Finally, he had no choice but to plead in a low voice. Ling Chengen ignored his hoarse voice and continued climbing up the rock face, giving him no response whatsoever.

Shi Ruo'an was afraid that if she continued to struggle, she would fall from the height with her, so she could only remain silent.

Once she left the cave, she immediately transformed into a gigantic tiger, tossed Shi Ruoan onto her back, and with a snake in her mouth, she moved like the mountain wind, leaping and bounding across the jagged rocks and mountain walls, quickly disappearing into the dark forest.

Ling Chengen was quite familiar with the terrain in this area.

Before the beast tide arrived, she had basically covered the entire area, so she knew exactly where to hide.

However, she dared not choose a location close to the cave she had just been in, so she ran more than two thousand meters with Shi Ruoan before regaining her human form. Dragging the still somewhat dazed Shi Ruoan and the hibernating sea snake, she lowered her body and crawled into a cave.

The opening is very narrow, somewhat like a dog hole, but the space inside is quite large, and the entrance is covered by dense weeds.

If I hadn't accidentally discovered it using my special abilities, I would never have noticed this place.

After throwing the unconscious Shi Ruoan inside, Ling Chengen began using his mental tentacles to clean up the traces left outside.

After she finished her work, she was covered in sweat. Just as she was about to sit down and rest, the sea snake on the ground suddenly raised its head.

She instinctively rolled backward, dodging the sea snake's head that suddenly darted out. Seeing the venomous fangs bared by the sea snake, a chill ran down her spine.

This sea serpent is not Meg.

Ling Chengen wanted to check if Shi Ruoan had been bitten by the sea snake, but because the sea snake attacked her again, she had no time to spare.

This is a sea serpent with special abilities, a fifth-tier water-type, but it is not an orc.

If used for rest, the space inside the cave is actually quite large.

However, if used for combat, this place would feel extremely cramped.

Ling Chengen gripped the bone blade and, after some time, finally managed to defeat the sea serpent.

She put the sea snake's carcass into a sack, tied it in her pocket, and threw it into a corner. Then she immediately checked on Shi Ruoan's condition; her lips were turning purple, clearly indicating poisoning.

Ling Chengen found two bloody holes on the inside of his arm, from which black blood was gushing out.

Ling Chengen took out the antidote pills, ready to try anything as a last resort. Shi Ruoan opened her eyes weakly, then closed them wearily again, raising her hand to stop her: "The sea snake's venom is useless against me. Keep these antidote pills for yourself."

"You were bitten, why didn't you say so?"

Shi Ruoan leaned against the mountain wall, her breathing heavy: "I didn't realize it at all."

He could barely feel any pain in his body, and his head felt like it was stuffed with cotton, leaving him no energy to think. His body was hot from the inside out, a heat that was completely foreign to him, and he instinctively struggled to fight it.

Ling Chengen said, "Us said before that these are symptoms of your reproductive period."

Shi Ruoan was a little embarrassed and turned her head to say, "It does have this kind of impact."

"But the main reason is that they came into contact with something that induces the reproductive period."

Ling Chengen blinked: "When?"

“We’re together the rest of the time, except when you went to the Sea Extreme Cave and fought with Tilan. Tilan is very confident in his strength, so he shouldn’t use such underhanded methods against you. The Sea Extreme Cave is Shi Panxing’s territory, and it’s underwater. The seawater is flowing, so there shouldn’t be any drugs there, right?”

Shi Ruoan sighed: "The blood of the Baman snake clan has the effect of inducing the reproductive period, and they can also secrete similar venom."

"If you don't feel anything, it's probably because you're not an adult yet."

Ling Chengen: "I used my superpower to severely injure Mei Ji's brain, so she couldn't possibly harm you."

She quickly realized: "Then it can only be Us. He deliberately induced your reproductive period."

Ling Chengen lowered his eyes and said, "Have I ever told you to be wary of the Ancient Giant Octopus Clan?"

Shi Ruoan closed her eyes briefly: "I told you."

"Did you realize in the cave that the sea serpent wasn't Meiji at all?" Ling Chengen suddenly asked, his eyes sharply fixed on his face. "What agreement did you and Us reach while I was asleep?"

Shi Ruoan slowly opened her eyes, without saying a word.

Ling Chengen reached out and grabbed his chin, his expression extremely ugly: "I hate betrayal."

Shi Ruoan kept her eyes fixed on her and said seriously, "I didn't."

“But you’ve been lying to me from beginning to end.” Ling Chengen’s fingernails dug white marks into his skin, and the light in his eyes turned completely cold. “I’ve been helping you all along, and this is how you treat your companions.”

Shi Ruoan was forced to raise her chin, revealing her perfect yet fragile neckline.

"Ling Chengen——"

Shi Ruoan slowly raised her left hand and grasped her wrist, her eyelashes trembling gently in the darkness.

This was the first time he had called her by her full name.

His voice was hoarse and unpleasant, yet inexplicably solemn.

He took off the ring on his right hand and handed it to her: "Let us handle the sea tribe's affairs ourselves."

"You got involved because of the treasure hidden in the Ocean Cave, and you've already obtained it."

"Panxing and I will handle the rest ourselves."

"If you continue to get involved, it will be very dangerous."

"It could even bring annihilation upon your tribe."

The air grew quiet, and Ling Chengen watched as his expression gradually became unfamiliar.

"I don't need you to tell me what to do."

Ling Chengen did not take the ring, released his hand from his chin, and slapped him across the face.

A crisp sound rang out in the cave, and Shi Ruoan's head was knocked to the right, her drooping eyelashes obscuring the complex light in her eyes.

"Shi Ruoan, I truly consider you a friend."

Her voice was so soft that it could almost be blown away by the wind.

She stopped, slowly stood up, and looked down at him.

"But now, I truly regret being blind."

Whether it was Us taking advantage of the situation or coercing Shi Ruoan into compromising.

Or perhaps he and Us had planned this all along.

Ling Chengen doesn't want to forgive him.

"Us took Meghi away. Are you still going to save your men?" Ling Chengen quickly calmed down and asked in a cold voice.

Shi Ruoan was stunned for a few seconds, not expecting that she would still be willing to talk to her.

He shook his head and said in a deep voice, "We have no more chips left."

"The ancient giant octopus clan wants to use Meiji to control Hypola."

"Their purpose in cooperating with me is to obtain Maggie."

"The goal has now been achieved."

There might be some bugs in this chapter. My mind is a bit muddled tonight. I'll sort out the clues tomorrow when I'm more clear-headed, and I'll make some minor revisions if there are any bugs.