The evil female is weak and the males of the whole continent are out of control and fall.

Chapter 535 What sound was that?
Bai Wanwan shook her head, her brows furrowed tightly: "No! He's badly injured. By the time we get there and back, it might be too late!"

She looked at Zhu Xiu and suggested as a compromise, "How about... how about you send Aunt Shuang and the kids back first? Let Xin Feng and Yan Lie stay and help me find Hua Han? You can come and meet us right after you've sent the kids back?"

"Absolutely not!"

This time, Zhu Xiu refused even more decisively, leaving no room for negotiation. "You've already encountered too many accidents and dangers while you're not under my watchful eye. Either we go back to the tribe together and discuss this further, or we must all act together and not separate!" His tone was resolute; when it came to Bai Wanwan and the cubs' safety, he would not take any risks.

Bai Wanwan understood Zhu Xiu's personality and knew that once he made a decision, especially on matters of safety, he rarely changed his mind.

She looked at the tracking bird standing quietly in her palm, waiting for guidance, and then thought of Hua Han's dying appearance in the picture, and her heart was filled with struggle.

Finally, she gritted her teeth and compromised, "Well... alright then! Let's go look for it together! Yinze, could you please follow that little bird ahead? It can't fly very high, so fly low and follow it slowly!"

"Okay," Yin Ze replied briefly, bowing his body again.

The group climbed back onto the phoenix's broad back.

The bird-catcher took flight again, flying low, almost skimming the treetops, at a slow speed, seemingly yielding to them.

Yin Ze could only suppress his speed and maintain low altitude, his huge body nimbly weaving above the dense forest, closely following the faint silver light ahead.

Bai Wanwan stared intently at the tracking bird.

She discovered that the trailing bird was not leading them the way they had come, but rather to the right front of their return route, towards a more secluded and pristine mountain region they had never explored before.

This flight actually lasted for two whole days and two nights!
Yin Ze needs to land and rest from time to time to replenish his energy and water.

Time passed second by second. Thinking of Hua Han's dying appearance, Bai Wanwan felt heartache and anxiety, but she couldn't show it, lest she worry the other beastmen.

But as one of the males who had been protecting Bai Wanwan for several years, Xin Feng was the first to notice that something was wrong with her.

He walked over and held her hand tightly. "Don't be afraid. Hua Han is an orange-tier male. He can survive if we encounter danger."

Bai Wanwan forced a smile, hoping it would be the best she could hope for.

By dusk the following day, the loitering birds finally began to circle above a seemingly unremarkable valley before slowly descending.

"We're here! It's right below!" Bai Wanwan said to Yin Ze, pointing in the direction of the tracking bird.

Yin Ze immediately landed.

However, as everyone set foot on solid ground and searched anxiously, their hearts sank instantly.

The scene before her eyes was almost identical to the image Bai Wanwan had received in her mind.

The same jagged rocks, the same lush moss, and even beneath one rock, there was a pool of blood that had turned dark brown and was not yet completely dried!
The only difference, and the most crucial one, is that Hua Han, who was leaning against a rock, heavily injured and panting, is gone!

Where is Hua Han?

Bai Wanwan questioned Peanut, but her feet involuntarily walked to the pool of blood, her fingers trembling as she touched the dark red color.

He left...

"It's alright, maybe he just left recently," Bai Wanwan reassured herself, then continued her conversation with Peanut.

"Peanut! Where's the tracking bird? Make it keep searching! Quickly, make it find out where Hua Han went."

The system responded calmly but helplessly: "Host, the Tracker Bird is a one-time use item. Its task is to guide the user to the exact location where the target last stopped and convey relevant information. Once the task is completed, it will run out of energy and automatically dissipate. It cannot perform continuous tracking."

Bai Wanwan's heart sank: "But...but I couldn't find Hua Han! It only led me to the place he had been!"

"The tracking bird can only guarantee finding the target's location when it sets off. However, the target itself may move over time due to other factors. This is unavoidable," the system explained.

Bai Wanwan finally understood.

This is like a one-time satellite positioning system; it can only pinpoint the location at a specific point in time, and once the target moves away, it can't track it anymore.

Unless the person or thing she's looking for stays in the same place.

She glanced at the meager points on her system panel; she still needed to reserve some points for survival, and forcibly resisted the urge to immediately exchange them for another Tracking Bird.

She forced herself to calm down and analyzed the situation carefully: Hua Han was so badly injured, it was impossible for him to have wandered far on his own. Unless... he was taken away by something, he wouldn't have gone too far.

She turned around abruptly and said to Zhu Xiu, "Hua Han must have been here two days ago. He was badly injured and shouldn't have gone too far. Zhu Xiu, you stay here to protect me and the children. Xin Feng, Yin Ze, Yan Lie, you all immediately split up and go look for Hua Han's whereabouts in the vicinity. He might be nearby."

Zhu Xiu looked at the glaring bloodstain on the ground, then at Bai Wanwan's anxious yet determined eyes, and finally nodded: "Alright, I'll stay. You three go and come back quickly, safety first, and if you find anything, immediately let out a long howl to warn everyone!"

Xin Feng, Yin Ze, and Yan Lie nodded without hesitation.

They exchanged a glance, instantly transformed into their beast forms, and shot off like arrows in three different directions into the dense and perilous primeval forest, their figures quickly disappearing into the thick twilight.

After they left, Bai Wanwan stared at the pool of blood, unable to sit still.

He kept pacing back and forth with his fists clenched.

Seeing this, Shuanghua came over and took her hand to comfort her, "Wanwan, I know you are very worried about Huahan, but Xinfeng and the others are right. Huahan is a powerful orange-rank male. He won't be in any danger if he gets injured. Don't worry too much."

"Okay, Aunt Shuang."

That being said, if she hadn't denied Hua Han a chance to explain, he might not have encountered these things.

Time ticked by, and dusk quickly spread through the valley like a tide, turning the oddly shaped rocks and twisted trees into a deep, inky black.

The surrounding silence felt particularly oppressive, with only the whistling of the wind through the treetops and the low chirping of unknown insects.

Zhu Xiu had already pulled her back, his massive body acting like a safe fortress, protecting the two females and their cubs in the center.

His eyes, sharp as a hawk's, gleamed in the dimming light, constantly alert to any unusual movements around him.

Suddenly, a mournful howl from an animal echoed through the mountains.

Bai Wanwan jumped to her feet, staring warily at the dark mountains, and asked, "Zhuxiu, what was that sound?"

(End of this chapter)