Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands
Chapter 145: You Might as Well Die (Extra Monthly Ticket - )

Chapter 145: Chapter 145: You Might as Well Die (Extra Monthly Ticket Chapter)

Compared to the lively bickering on Xiao Jinsheng’s side.

Things were much quieter around Bai Yan today.

She curled up under the blanket, her face pale as death, trembling uncontrollably.

Jin Ao sat by the bedside, his gaze filled with worry. "How did you catch a cold?"

The Mist Continent, though a post-apocalyptic world—

The surviving humans had awakened superpowers.

Females initially only awakened spiritual power. Even so, they were superpower users, and their numbers were exceptionally rare—so rare that no one had caught a cold for ages.

On top of that, females who participated in the Cloud Island tournament and awakened their second superpower through the Flower of Hope shouldn’t be susceptible to such ailments.

Bai Yan’s eight Beast Husbands were all in her room at that moment.

Xi Qu shot an impatient look at Qing Zelin. "Aren’t you a Wood Element superpower user? Can’t you channel some life force to Xiao Yan?"

"Though my superpower belongs to the Wood Element, it’s actually Poison Element," Qing Zelin explained calmly, his tone steady. "It doesn’t naturally possess life force and can’t be used for healing."

His superpower wasn’t suitable for healing.

But for killing—it was very appropriate.

"Useless," Xi Qu sneered coldly.

Qing Zelin lowered his gaze, as though he hadn’t heard the insult, and didn’t respond.

"Enough. Wood Element isn’t inherently a healing superpower," Kong Chengrui interjected, unable to bear it any longer. He frowned and added, "Xiao Yan needs to rest. If you want to argue, take it outside."

The eight Beast Husbands showed no intention of leaving. Remaining in Bai Yan’s room brought a suffocating pressure upon Bai Yan as she lay curled under the blanket.

She weakly poked her head out, coughing uncontrollably before urging gently, "It’s just a common cold. I’ve already taken medicine, and I’ll be fine after a couple of days of rest."

"You don’t all need to worry so much. Let me rest alone for a while."

"No way. I’m not at ease," Jin Ao frowned.

His hand beneath the blanket maintained a firm grip on Bai Yan’s icy wrist.

All this time, Bai Yan had been sleeping in one of her Beast Husband’s rooms at night.

But just last night, she’d insisted on sleeping alone.

After being married so long, Bai Yan had indeed expressed a desire for solitude a few days every month.

As her Beast Husbands, Jin Ao and the others hadn’t questioned her decision.

But it was just that one night of sleeping alone—by the next morning, when they came into Bai Yan’s room, they found her so ill and weak that she couldn’t even get out of bed.

Regardless of what was said, Jin Ao refused to leave this time.

He didn’t feel comfortable letting a sick Bai Yan be by herself.

Knowing Jin Ao’s stubbornness, Bai Yan realized she couldn’t persuade him to leave, so she began thinking of ways to get rid of her other seven Beast Husbands.

"Jin Ao, then just you stay with me," Bai Yan said with a frail but blissful smile. "With you by my side, I feel reassured."

"Alright, you should rest now. Adequate rest will help you recover faster." Jin Ao gently tucked the blanket snugly around her, his heart aching with concern.

At the same time, a thought crossed his mind.

Seeing Bai Yan’s sickly appearance was like a stab to his heart.

But among Bai Yan’s eight Beast Husbands, not a single one of them possessed a Healing Element superpower.

There was a Healing Element Beastman next door, though.

Jin Ao considered whether to go next door and seek out Yu Yunxiao.

After all, Healing Element Beastmen often used their abilities to earn resources.

But thinking of Xiao Jinsheng’s hostile attitude toward Bai Yan, Jin Ao hesitated and dismissed the idea.

He lowered his gaze, looking at Bai Yan, who had already fallen asleep, her pale face reflecting his overwhelming sorrow.

Meanwhile, Bai Yan closed her eyes and started complaining to the Insect Brain.

Bai Yan: [Can’t you knock him out? With him here, enduring this pain is too difficult.]

Insect Brain: [I can definitely do it. My memory-altering skill can also be applied to Jin Ao.]

Bai Yan: [No way. That skill has a cooldown of half a month. I need to save it in case of emergencies, like when dealing with Chen Yunji.]

Insect Brain: [Then there’s nothing I can do. You’ll have to keep enduring the pain.]

Bai Yan: [Don’t you have healing medicine? You’re a system, aren’t you?!]

Insect Brain, speechless: [I told you, I’m a system, not the wishing pool’s old turtle.]

Insect Brain: [If you can’t bear the pain anymore, just die already.]

Insect Brain: [I already told you, dying once will solve everything.]

Bai Yan, frustrated: [Do you think I have unlimited lives? I only have four left!]

Bai Yan: [I can fight this poison!]

Speaking of the poison in her body, Bai Yan felt her heart wrench in anger.

This time, her time reversal brought her back seven years, and it was truly a wasted effort.

Failing to find Shi Xie was one thing.

Encountering an Eight-Star Mutant Octopus was another.

This Eight-Star Mutant Octopus was truly vengeful.

Bai Yan blasted half its brain out, and when she tried to resist, it wrapped her in its tentacles and exploded itself.

Bai Yan was caught off guard and lost one of her lives.

Although she could survive, the experience of dying was painfully real.

Before she even managed to escape from the bloody remains of the explosion, she was ambushed by an Eight-Star Mutated Ice Poison Snake, which bit her without warning.

With her non-combative spiritual power and her un-upgraded Affinity Superpower that only worked on the Insect Clan—

Bai Yan couldn’t hold on any longer and called upon the system to transport her back.

Shi Xie couldn’t be found.

Two consecutive encounters with Eight-Star Mutant Beasts cost her one life and left her poisoned.

As much as Bai Yan was unwilling to give up, she had no choice but to retreat.

Staying in the ocean any longer wouldn’t be survivable, no matter how many lives she had.

At the start of the time reversal, Bai Yan had five lives.

After squandering her time and effort, Bai Yan was left with only four lives and returned carrying poison.

The cold poison wasn’t fatal, but it tortured her to the point she wished for death.

Likewise, cold poison could be easily treated with Healing Element superpowers.

However, Bai Yan couldn’t afford to reveal that she was poisoned.

This poison came from an Ice Sea Snake, which only appeared in the ocean domain.

If it became known, her eight Beast Husbands would undoubtedly question why she, supposedly home last night, suddenly became poisoned by a sea creature.

To avoid suspicion from her Beast Husbands, Bai Yan had the Insect Brain conceal her injuries and pretended it was just a cold.

But the icy pain, at this very moment, felt like thousands of ants gnawing at her flesh.

Insect Brain: [You should just die.]

Insect Brain: [Dying would make things much simpler. Your Beast Husbands don’t have Healing Element superpowers, and the capable families are away at the Cloud Island tournament. Where else can you find a Healing Element Beastman to treat your injuries now?]

Given the Cloud Island tournament schedule and the distance from the Northern Territory to the Mist East—

Xiao Jinsheng and the others returned through Li’s Domain, using space teleportation.

Bai Yan also showed up shortly after Xiao Jinsheng returned home.

This was naturally thanks to the Insect Brain’s cheats, which allowed her to complete her task ahead of schedule.

Using the positioning transmitter provided by the Insect Brain as a supposed reward from the tournament terminal, she deceived Jin Ao and the others and returned early to Moon City from Cloud Island.

Bai Yan knew well that at this time in Moon City, she had no chance of finding a strong Healing Element Beastman to treat her injuries.

Directly dying and losing one life would indeed cure her poison.

But thinking about losing another life, Bai Yan felt an unwillingness deep inside.

Having fewer than five lives made her feel incredibly insecure.

Bai Yan could only continue pestering the Insect Brain.

She knew that as a system, the Insect Brain must have a solution that didn’t require her to waste another life to heal her poison.

Bai Yan: [You’re a system, aren’t you? Think of something. Surely you have some kind of system-exclusive medicine.]

Insect Brain: [You don’t want to endure the pain, but you’re reluctant to lose a life.]

Insect Brain: [Then the only option is to find Healing Element powers for treatment.]

Insect Brain: [This time reversal consumed vast amounts of my energy. How could I possibly conjure medicine for you?]

Bai Yan indeed came up with an idea.

Excitedly, she spoke: [Your memory-altering skill—can you use it on Yu Yunxiao without triggering his Dark Soul?]

If she could control Yu Yunxiao—

Wouldn’t she have access to a Healing Element Beastman?

She wouldn’t need to waste another life, and the poison could be cured as a result.

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