Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands
Chapter 131 Insect Brain

Chapter 131: Chapter 131 Insect Brain

Eight men.

Seven Beast Husbands, plus one non-member, Chen Yunji.

Two per group: three groups planting trees, one group protecting Xiao Jinsheng.

A total of four groups, taking turns protecting Xiao Jinsheng while resting during their shift.

Bai Yan glanced at the resting parasols she had prepared for herself, but she didn’t stay under them.

Instead, she wandered among the busy Beast Husbands, softly asking one if he was tired and another if he needed water.

Now, seeing Xiao Jinsheng being so leisurely, she just wanted to toss her water bottle aside and retreat to her parasol to lie down.

Bai Yan: [I can’t see her Spiritual Power Level anymore; did she upgrade again?]

System: [Yeah, she’s at Spiritual Power 8 Stars now.]

Bai Yan’s gaze fell on Chen Yunji, who was earnestly planting saplings.

She frowned and asked: [Did Xiao Jinsheng sleep with this dragon? Is the dragon her Beast Husband now?]

System: [Not at all. The two currently don’t have a marital bonding relationship.]

System: [It might be related to Yu Yunxiao; after all, Yu Yunxiao is a Dual Soul Person. Sleeping with one is equivalent to two, yet the effect would undoubtedly be 1+1=3.]

Bai Yan was puzzled: [Not a couple, so why is this dragon helping Xiao Jinsheng with missions?]

Though she spoke so, her eyes drifted to Chen Yunji’s figure again.

Bai Yan compared it to her own Spiritual Power stuck at the Seven Stars to Eight Stars critical threshold, and her thoughts began to stir.

Bai Yan: [System, can you control Chen Yunji?]

Bai Yan: [Since he’s not married to Xiao Jinsheng, it wouldn’t be wrong for me to claim him as a Beast Husband, would it?]

System: [You’ve forgotten. That man’s at Eleven Stars strength; how could I possibly control him?]

System: [Did you forget the failed attempt to control Shi Xie? You lost two lives directly after that incident, remember?]

Upon hearing this, Bai Yan fell silent.

She gritted her teeth angrily: [You’d better find a way, or how long will it take for my Spiritual Power to increase?]

The system stayed quiet for a moment before responding: [I can’t control him, but I can help you.]

System: [If you’re bold enough, we don’t necessarily need to modify his memory to control him.]

System: [Using a drug will work too. Anyway, he won’t notice. You two can ’cook the rice,’ your Spiritual Power will increase, and with the intimate contact, you can sign a Contractual Totem. Even if he gets angry, he can’t do anything about it.]

System: [If he kills you, you become his Female Master, and then he loses his own life as well.]

Hearing the system’s words, Bai Yan’s mind began to spin.

Xiao Jinsheng’s Spiritual Power Level was climbing ever higher.

Bai Yan couldn’t tolerate Xiao Jinsheng surpassing her in strength.

Not to mention, she and Xiao Jinsheng had long-standing animosity; Xiao Jinsheng had explicitly indicated she knew Bai Yan had tampered with her memory.

This meant Xiao Jinsheng would surely seek revenge—or even kill her—sooner or later.

Bai Yan’s heart sank.

She had to prepare early.

"Got it yet?" Xiao Jinsheng raised her hand and nudged the parrot, Caicai, perched on the tabletop.

Caicai’s beady eyes glanced toward Bai Yan, sighed, shook his head, and muttered softly, "Talk somewhere else."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jinsheng immediately feigned fatigue.

At the noise she made, the men planting trees nervously gathered around her.

"I’m a bit hungry. How about we eat lunch before continuing?" Xiao Jinsheng suggested.

The others naturally had no objections upon hearing this.

Bai Yan was in the neighboring area.

Watching Xiao Jinsheng’s group work for less than half an hour before packing up to return to the roadside parking area.

Bai Yan: [You see? Isn’t she acting like she’s on a picnic?]

Bai Yan: [Her Beast Husbands are busy working, and not only does she refuse to help, but she lies back with food and drink, demanding rest.]

System: [Why don’t you call your Beast Husbands back to rest too?]

Seeing Xiao Jinsheng resting.

Bai Yan’s irritation flared immediately.

She promptly called her eight Beast Husbands back to take a break.

Though she avoided running into Xiao Jinsheng.

Bai Yan stayed under the parasol near the planting grounds with her Beast Husbands.

Meanwhile, Xiao Jinsheng had already led her group far away, entering Li’s Domain.

"Did you figure out the details of Bai Yan’s system yet?" Xiao Jinsheng asked.

Caicai rolled his eyes and asked Xiao Jinsheng in return: "Who told you it’s a system?"

"Memory... told me! The system said so itself!" Xiao Jinsheng replied, puzzled.

She had overheard the conversation between Bai Yan and the system, and the system had constantly referred to itself as such.

"It’s not a system at all." Caicai sighed, then explained, "It’s an Insect Brain."

"What kind of monstrosity is that?" Xiao Jinsheng’s face twisted in horror.

"An Insect Brain. Nasty interstellar lifeform," Caicai replied with disgust written all over his face. "Remember the video call you had with my Host? You saw him killing giant beetles, didn’t you?"

"My Host is in an Interstellar World, where humans are fighting the Insect Clan."

"The Insect Clan’s intelligence naturally evolved, their reproduction is fast, and Bai Yan’s so-called system isn’t a system at all—just a disguised Insect Brain."

"An Insect Brain’s power in the Interstellar World can lead vast insect armies, rivaling human leaders at advanced ranks."

"So, the Insect Brain disguising itself as a system and tricking you here on the Mist Continent has been remarkably effective."

"It’s just a bug pretending to be a system, even writing a novel tricking Bai Yan into thinking she’s the protagonist. Its agenda is clear." Xiao Jinsheng furrowed her brows.

Flooded with questions, she didn’t even bother dwelling on how disgusting the Insect Brain might be.

She had trypophobia.

Imagining the Interstellar World packed full of insects, crawling in swarms, just the thought made her nauseous.

In comparison, the Fog Corpse seemed almost charming.

"That’s the crux of the issue," Caicai said gravely. "I’m certain the Insect Brain accompanying Bai Yan came from the Interstellar World, likely from the same world as my Host."

"Here’s the problem: if the multiversal worlds were ranked by level, the Interstellar World would undoubtedly rank above the Mist Continent."

"And since the Insect Clan has already conquered countless small planets, the appearance of the Insect Brain on the Mist Continent suggests the Insect Clan may have already discovered this world’s cosmic coordinates."

Hearing Caicai’s worries, Xiao Jinsheng immediately grasped the gravity of the situation.

Her voice trembled: "Are you saying the Insect Clan might invade the Mist Continent?"

"Your world has rich vegetation, and Fog Corpses aren’t seen as threats by the Insect Clan."

Caicai’s tone was grim: "If the Insect Clan truly knows the cosmic coordinates of the Mist Continent, they may bypass the high-defense Interstellar World and directly invade this semi-primitive world in the midst of its apocalyptic struggles."

"The key now is to uncover how the disguised Insect Brain arrived on the Mist Continent through Bai Yan."

"Only by determining its origin can we assess whether the Mist Continent’s cosmic coordinates have been exposed to the Insect Clan."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jinsheng rubbed her temples in frustration.

Learning the truth about the Mist Continent had already stressed her out—dealing with the powerful opponent Terminal, which seemed to control everything and used their upgrades as bait, was annoying enough.

Now Bai Yan was tied to a disguised Insect Brain.

The Insect Brain’s connection to the Interstellar World dragged in the threat of the Insect Clan.

If the Insect Clan knew the Mist Continent’s coordinates, they might abandon efforts to attack the highly-defensive Interstellar World and instead seize the Mist Continent.

If that happened, with Terminal and the Insect Clan combined, the threats would double.

Xiao Jinsheng didn’t even dare imagine how dangerous the Mist Continent might become in the future.

One crisis barely resolved and another one emerging, Xiao Jinsheng thought of Terminal.

"If the Insect Clan indeed discovers the Mist Continent and decides to invade, would Terminal have defense measures?" Xiao Jinsheng hesitated.

The Mist Continent was Terminal’s breeding ground.

With foreign insects competing for its food source, could Terminal sit idly by?

"Did Terminal notice me entering the Mist Continent?" Caicai asked. "The Insect Brain has been with Bai Yan for twenty years; did Terminal detect it?"

"That Terminal thing—I swear, if it weren’t for me being a system controlled by a Host, I think even I could take its place." Caicai arrogantly said, hands on hips.

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