Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands
Chapter 87 The Last Eighty Years

Chapter 87: Chapter 87 The Last Eighty Years

Xiao Jinsheng was stunned.

All this time, she just thought this was a green tea fish.

Now you’re telling me, you’re a killer fish?

Back then, when Li faced five opponents alone, all he asked for was a divorce.

Shi Xie usually behaved obediently. Now, facing six opponents alone, he instantly demanded they resolve it themselves.

"Female Master, don’t be afraid, I’m not bad." Meeting Xiao Jinsheng’s shocked gaze, Shi Xie quickly reverted to his meek demeanor.

Xiao Jinsheng: 6

"If she could control me, she would’ve succeeded already." Mo Jiao scoffed.

After all, Bai Yan’s goal was simple—to seduce other people’s Beast Husbands to enhance her spiritual power.

During the first half year after marrying Xiao Jinsheng, their relationship with her wasn’t great either.

Bai Yan would often visit Xiao Jinsheng, parading herself in front of them.

Yet, despite their tense relationship with Xiao Jinsheng during that time, why didn’t they just align with Bai Yan, like Qing Zelin did, to curry favor?

Even if their bond with Xiao Jinsheng wasn’t good, that didn’t mean they had to pick someone else.

"When I asked for a divorce back then, I just wanted a divorce, I never thought of remarrying afterward." Yu Yunxiao hurried to explain.

"I never wanted to get married in the first place." Que Zelian added.

If from the start, the terminal didn’t match them to a marriage, Beastmen could continue to receive tasks from the terminal indefinitely.

But once they went through one marriage, the terminal’s benefits for Beastmen were revoked.

"I couldn’t stand how you treated me like an enemy for no reason," Su Ye explained.

As for "being afraid" as an excuse, it seemed too far-fetched.

Once the terminal matched him to a Female Master, he had traveled across great distances with hopeful anticipation. Yet, upon arriving at Xiao Jinsheng’s little villa, he was turned away at the door.

Despite being in a marital relationship, Xiao Jinsheng treated them with distrust and hostility at that time, refusing to communicate.

Once, twice, three times...

After so many attempts, neither side wanted to try anymore.

They didn’t understand Xiao Jinsheng’s past, and she had no trust in them either.

"You all really don’t blame me for how I treated you back then?" Xiao Jinsheng asked hesitantly, fiddling with her fingers.

"What’s there to blame?" Huaiqing reached out and patted her head. "At first, there was indeed some resentment. Before marriage, you had your memory modified and we didn’t even know each other, so nothing could be done. But after marriage, when your memory was modified again, the fault lies with us for failing to protect you."

Five Beast Husbands, six months of time.

And in that period, Xiao Jinsheng could still have her memories modified right under their noses, repeatedly.

Truth be told, when the men thought about it deeply, they all agreed that the problem lay more on them after the marriage.

If Xiao Jinsheng hadn’t remembered bits and pieces of her past and chosen to reconcile with them, they probably never would’ve discovered all the things Bai Yan had done to her.

In fact, with relationships fractured so badly, their family might not have survived much longer.

"I won’t forget you, so please don’t forget me anymore either." Li emphasized.

Whenever the topic of memory came up—especially involving Xiao Jinsheng—he became visibly triggered.

Listening to the men’s responses, Xiao Jinsheng’s lips curled into a satisfied smile.

She was pleased with everyone’s answers.

As for the future, she would observe their actions.

Words alone weren’t enough.

After dinner, Xiao Jinsheng led them into the space to rest.

Before entering, Mo Jiao uprooted a few saplings from the Northern Territory and transplanted them onto the snowy mountain peak within the space.

The space was no longer the barren wasteland it once was.

The four mountain peaks—each representing a different season—were now covered with various plants.

The seven men had developed a habit: whenever they encountered a plant not present in the space, they would transplant one or two into it.

During their ten days of sea travel, Shi Xie had even caught a variety of fish from the ocean and placed them in Crescent Moon Lake.

Now, within the space, there were not only fruit trees but also fish to eat.

"Should we raise some animals in the space? And grow some vegetables and grains?" Xiao Jinsheng suggested.

"After the apocalypse, animals mutated, and all food resources had to be purchased from the terminal’s trading center. We’re busy doing tasks to earn Star Stones and upgrade our superpowers, so there’s no time to tend crops," Que Zelian responded. "But we can try—since it’s inside the space."

For raising livestock, they could capture and domesticate some Mutant Beast cubs.

For planting crops, being inside the space meant there was no fear of Mutant Beasts disrupting them or encountering danger during harvest periods.

"The biggest issue for now is that we don’t have any seeds," Huaiqing pointed out.

The Mist Continent apocalypse had lasted for over eighty years.

Their generation had never even seen what the pre-apocalypse world was like.

The terminal had appeared ten years after the apocalypse began, existing for only seventy years.

In those ten years before the terminal’s emergence, most of the world’s pre-apocalypse resources hadn’t been well preserved.

Seeds, naturally, hadn’t survived the apocalypse.

"We’ll just have to search for seeds in the wild later," Xiao Jinsheng said.

Perhaps it was her innate connection to memories of the original world, but she had a strong obsession with farming and storing food.

"The terminal only appeared ten years into the apocalypse. Now that it’s been here for eighty years, who’s to say it won’t disappear someday?"

"If we put all our survival hopes on the terminal, what will we do if it can’t sell us supplies anymore?"

So when it came to food, having her family grow some for themselves was the only real security.

Xiao Jinsheng’s offhand remark instantly brought a heavy seriousness to Que Zelian and Huaiqing’s expressions.

Que Zelian turned to Li. "This competition has over two thousand participants from three hundred and nine families. Among the strongest Beastmen and females you’ve seen, how many Stars do they have?"

"The strongest female has 8 Star spiritual power. The strongest Beastmen are Xi Qu and Ying Fei—both at 11 Stars."

"Out of over two thousand participants, only I, Shi Xie, and Xi Qu and Ying Fei have Beastman superpowers above 10 Stars," Li commented.

"There are only ten 9 Stars Beastmen, fifty-seven 8 Stars Beastmen, and three hundred two 7 Stars Beastmen. The majority are 6 Stars or 5 Stars. Over a thousand Beastmen have the lowest superpower level, at 3 Stars," Shi Xie added.

"Eighty years into the apocalypse, and there are so few Beastmen above 8 Stars?" Huaiqing doubted.

Their generation in their twenties might have low superpower levels, which could be understandable.

But what about the older Beastmen in their forties or fifties?

This competition wasn’t limited to nineteen- or twenty-somethings. The terminal required all females below forty-five to participate.

So among the two thousand participants, there was an even split between young adults and the middle-aged.

Even if their group didn’t encounter many participants at their landing point, there were likely more competitors elsewhere.

Yet among all the Beastmen they saw, none above 10 Stars stood out except their own.

"Eighty years into the apocalypse—surely someone has already reached 12 Stars by now, right? How come we’ve never seen any?" Xiao Jinsheng wondered.

Not only her—even Li and Shi Xie hadn’t seen any either.

Confused as they all were, no answers emerged, and they had to drop the subject for now.

The next morning, they continued their journey toward Cloud Island, with Xiao Jinsheng quietly observing the strength and ages of other families around them.

Everyone’s destination was Cloud Island. With the shared goal, they pressed on without conflict. Even Bai Yan, frozen stiff, had no energy to stir up trouble, so the journey was uneventful.

After five days of trekking through the snow, the group finally entered the Silent Valley region.

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