Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands
Chapter 80: Thanks to QQ Yue babies for the additional update with 60 monthly tickets.

Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Thanks to QQ Yue babies for the additional update with 60 monthly tickets.

"Not even one?" Xiao Jinsheng was shocked.

"Not even one. The terminal updates the data monthly." Que Zelian nodded. "It’s because of the toxins in Mist West."

On Mist Continent, both female humans and beast husbands venture to Mist West to complete tasks.

Even with wristbands that counteract the poisonous fog, it still affects the task takers’ bodies.

No matter the gender, living in such an environment means everyone carries poison in their systems to some extent, making childbirth impossible.

Saying that the birth rate on Mist Continent is "extremely low" is simply putting it nicely.

Xiao Jinsheng had never felt any strong emotions about this; after all, she was not even twenty years old yet. Back in the old days, she hadn’t even graduated from college and was still the type to call her mom for help whenever things went wrong.

As for having babies... it was something she had zero feelings about.

She couldn’t imagine herself taking care of a baby more troublesome than her.

But whether she wants to have a child or not is one thing, an entire continent going five years without a single newborn? That’s humanity teetering on the brink of extinction.

Two days of hurried travel meant running into more beastmen on the roads. Even encountering stray fog corpses wasn’t enough for each person to claim one.

During these two days, while camping out, Xiao Jinsheng stayed inside the space accessed through the vehicle to rest. The beast husbands entered according to their turn to keep her company so she wouldn’t get bored being alone in there.

Xiao Jinsheng had been avoiding Bai Yan for two days, but just when their group arrived at the Northern Domain’s seaside, ready to board the cruise ship arranged by the terminal, Bai Yan cornered her.

Bai Yan held up her ticket and smiled. "What a coincidence! Jinsheng, we’re on the same ship."

Finally switching to a different mode of transportation, Xiao Jinsheng had been in high spirits. But now her mood instantly nosedived.

She had already predicted it—this female lead was like a persistent ghost.

"Fated disaster." Xiao Jinsheng clicked her tongue in distaste, leading her group to skirt around Bai Yan and boarding first.

The cruise ship was arranged by the terminal, with twenty vessels dotting the Northern Domain’s ports. Yet somehow, fate had her and Bai Yan end up on the same vessel.

As Xiao Jinsheng fervently prayed that she wouldn’t end up neighbors again with Bai Yan, she discovered that this time, they truly weren’t next-door neighbors—but were now above and below neighbors...

Xiao Jinsheng was assigned to the sixth floor, while Bai Yan was assigned the fifth floor.

Thankfully, the rooms on every floor were staggered, so it wasn’t a situation where her floor was Bai Yan’s ceiling.

The allocated space was a grand suite—living room, kitchen, bathroom, and four bedrooms.

Every time Xiao Jinsheng thought about Bai Yan staying downstairs, she could swear the floor felt scalding beneath her feet.

She shifted her weight, left foot stepping on right, wishing she could ascend straight to the heavens.

"Do you want to change rooms?" Mo Jiao scooped her up and carried her to the sofa offering a sea view, his low voice asking the question.

"Forget it. It’s terminal-assigned; switching is impossible." Xiao Jinsheng sighed.

If switching were an option, she’d have swapped out her cottage ages ago.

Who’d voluntarily want Bai Yan as their neighbor?

Even back at the terminal’s shelter, her dorm room had ended up next to Bai Yan’s.

Truly, there was no escaping her.

Feeling frustrated over being neighbors again, Xiao Jinsheng brooded upstairs.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Bai Yan sat on her sofa, equally peeved.

Bai Yan: [Why is she on the sixth floor while I’m only on the fifth?]

System: [Are you kidding me? It’s not my call on room assignments. Why are you blaming me?]

Bai Yan: [Is the memory modification skill ready from cooldown yet?]

System: [It’s ready. What, you want to alter Xiao Jinsheng’s memory again now?]

A serious expression crossed Bai Yan’s face, her brow furrowing in thought.

She had been altering Xiao Jinsheng’s memory for over ten years now, but the more she changed, the harder Xiao Jinsheng was to handle.

Thinking of Xiao Jinsheng having two beast husbands ranked at Ten Stars made her particularly annoyed. Bai Yan asked: [Which of her other beast husbands hasn’t she slept with yet?]

The system went silent.

After a long pause, it finally replied: [Shi Xie, Huaiqing, Mo Jiao, Yu Yunxiao. Although she hasn’t slept with them, they all have Contractual Totems already.]

Bai Yan snapped: [She’s only slept with three, and her spiritual power’s already reached Six Stars?!]

Thinking back, Bai Yan herself had started out with six beast husbands, outnumbering Xiao Jinsheng’s. Yet after half a year of marriage and sleeping with all six, her spiritual power had only reached Five Stars.

If it weren’t for encountering Xi Qu, she still wouldn’t have broken through to Six Stars in spiritual power by now.

Why was it that Xiao Jinsheng had only three yet was already catching up?

Bai Yan gritted her teeth and decided viciously: [If I wanted to control a Ten Stars beastman, would you be confident you could do it?]

The system jolted in alarm: [Controlling a Ten Stars is possible, but the time limit is shorter—only three minutes.]

Bai Yan sneered: [Three minutes are more than enough.]

The system hesitated: [You’re certain?]

Bai Yan spoke smugly: [Once I have them in my hand, the rest is under my control. I wouldn’t even need you to intervene further.]

That evening, the sea was calm.

Xiao Jinsheng lay sprawled on the sofa, dozing off as she listened to the sound of the waves. At this moment, nothing could lull her to sleep better.

The post-apocalyptic peril of the deep ocean didn’t bother her—having a Ten Stars mermaid around, Xiao Jinsheng could rest peacefully on the sofa.

"Don’t sleep on the sofa. Go to the room." Mo Jiao leaned down, scooped her up, and carried her toward the bedroom.

As soon as Mo Jiao laid her on the bed, Xiao Jinsheng woke up.

Mo Jiao’s deep purple eyes glinted, his lips curling into a smirk. "What’s the matter? Are you scared to share a room with me tonight?"

"No." Xiao Jinsheng tugged uncomfortably at her collar and shook her head. "I’m so hot."

"Don’t say things like that." Mo Jiao’s gaze darkened, his hand lightly pinching her face.

But his fingertips touched skin that burned with heat.

He pressed his hand against her forehead and found it was equally scorching.

"Your hand... it’s so cool." Xiao Jinsheng hugged Mo Jiao’s arm, rubbing her cheek against the back of his hand.

"Something’s off with you." Mo Jiao spoke firmly before sweeping her into his arms and heading out.

Emerging with Xiao Jinsheng in his arms, he instantly drew the attention of six pairs of male eyes.

Noticing the unusual flush on Xiao Jinsheng’s face, Li strode over quickly: "What happened?"

"Did you drug her?" Yu Yunxiao approached, his sharp gaze fixed accusingly on Mo Jiao.

"I wouldn’t stoop to such underhanded tricks." Mo Jiao’s tone was grave. "I laid her down on the bed mere moments ago, and then she started acting off."

"It’s Six-Star Desire Dispersing Grass." Yu Yunxiao observed and applied Healing Element Superpower to Xiao Jinsheng, saying, "My ability can neutralize the poison."

"But you all need to remember something!" Yu Yunxiao sternly reminded them. "For the next half month, avoid intimate contact with her at all costs. Even Twelve Star Healing Superpower won’t eliminate the lingering poison completely. Every surge of emotion will trigger the residual poison. You’ll have to wait for it to dissipate naturally."

"It’s a good thing you brought her out to consult me." Yu Yunxiao said with lingering fear, turning toward Mo Jiao to warn him. "If she succumbed to intimacy after exposure to Desire Dispersing Grass, every instance would drain her life."

That one statement caused murderous intent to flare in the eyes of all the men present.

Que Zelian entered Mo Jiao’s room for inspection but found no indications of anything unusual inside.

The poison from Desire Dispersing Grass activates within thirty minutes.

They had been inside this room for three hours already.

Throughout this time, Xiao Jinsheng had remained on the sofa, sleeping peacefully without leaving.

Yet she was undoubtedly poisoned, meaning someone had tampered in secret.

Li and Shi Xie furrowed their brows deeply, their Ten Stars superpowers proving utterly ineffective in detecting the poisoning of Xiao Jinsheng.

Clearly, the enemy must either possess a higher level of strength than theirs or wield unique abilities.

As Yu Yunxiao’s healing took effect, Xiao Jinsheng gradually regained consciousness.

"No need to speculate. It’s Bai Yan and her system. They’re the ones who poisoned me," Xiao Jinsheng weakly said.

As for how she knew this? Naturally, the system downstairs was currently boasting to Bai Yan.

System: [She’s already been exposed to Desire Dispersing Grass. If she sleeps with her beast husbands, she’ll die, eliminating her as a threat. If she doesn’t die, the half-month delay will be more than enough time for you to act—even with all her beast husbands sticking around.]

Bai Yan smiled in satisfaction: [Nicely done.]

"Screw you all!" Xiao Jinsheng angrily synced Bai Yan and the system’s conversation into the Star Map group chat and cursed furiously.

She had merely napped sprawled out on the sofa—who had she offended to deserve this?

The space’s entry point correlates exactly with its exit point.

No matter how much her downstairs neighbor annoyed her, Xiao Jinsheng was forced to stay in the room to rest; entering the space wasn’t really an option.

Thankfully, her beast husbands all remained by her side. As Xiao Jinsheng fell asleep again, Shi Xie quietly rose and slipped out from the sixth floor of the cruise ship.

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