A vicious female is trapped in a beastly hell.

Chapter 44 Taking the Snake's Sheath

"System, are you crazy? If you want to harm me, just say so. Don't go to all this trouble to give me hellish missions!" Shen Tang was terrified.

If she remembered correctly, the molted skin of the snake beasts had a special meaning; they would only give the molted skin to a mate they had chosen.

Xue Yinzhou was a male slave that the original owner bought cheaply from a slave trader when she was a child. She beat and scolded him from childhood, and later he was forced to become her beast husband. He loathed her to the extreme and was filled with hatred! Otherwise, he would not have pushed her off the cliff that night.

How could Xue Yinzhou possibly give her such a private item as a snake molt?

This is simply an impossible task!
The system kindly reminded you, "Even if he doesn't give it to you willingly, you can still get it through other means."

Shen Tang was speechless. "Are you talking about stealing? Or robbing?"

She must be out of her mind to try and steal something from an eighth-tier orc.

Her relationship with Xue Yinzhou was so strained, stealing? Snake beasts are naturally sharp and vigilant; if he discovers it, wouldn't she be courting death?
The system sensed her reluctance and gently coaxed her, "[This side quest isn't mandatory; you can refuse, but the reward is an inhibitor manufacturing manual. Don't miss this opportunity!]"

When orcs become mentally unstable, they need females to soothe them. However, in the orc world, there are far more males than females, and the competition is fierce, so most male orcs are not qualified to marry.

Even orcs with female partners don't necessarily get to be soothed often.

After all, soothing females requires a great deal of energy, and they are not usually willing to soothe males unless absolutely necessary.

Therefore, even mid-level elite orcs spend a lot of star coins every year to buy inhibitors.

However, the inhibitors produced by the various empires were of mixed quality.

Most inhibitors come with side effects, treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and may even induce a worsening of the symptoms of the next genetic mania in males.

To date, there is no perfect inhibitor on the market.

The system's inhibitor is an improved, perfect inhibitor that is far more effective at eliminating gene mania than the most expensive inhibitors on the market, and has no side effects.

Shen Tang was caught in a deep internal struggle. She knew that she would definitely encounter the female lead, Shen Qingli, after returning to the empire. As a cannon fodder female supporting character, she needed to have her own power to compete with the female lead.

Not only could the inhibitors fetch a high price, raising funds for her assets, but they might even attract beastmen to serve her...

"Okay, I'll take this task."

The greater the risk, the greater the reward. After pondering for a long time, Shen Tang agreed. "Snake skin is such a private item, Xue Yinzhou must keep it close to his body, but he's always elusive. How am I supposed to find him?"

[System location in progress... Xue Yinzhou did not leave the city tonight; he is resting in his room.]

Shen Tang glanced at the deep night outside the window. It was one or two in the morning, and the world was completely silent.

Xue Yinzhou should be asleep by now, right?

Just in case, Shen Tang, with dark circles under her eyes, didn't leave until after 2 a.m. before heading to Xue Yinzhou's residence.

After Xue Yinzhou separated from the original owner, he also moved his new home far away. However, the original owner was constantly making enemies and causing trouble, so he had to protect her closely. The new home was slightly closer to the residences of the other four beast husbands.

After half an hour.

Shen Tang arrived at his residence.

It was three in the morning, and the room was pitch black; even the bedside lamp in the bedroom wasn't on. Fortunately, the access control system of the male's residence was completely open to the female owner, so no matter how much they hated the original owner, they couldn't blacklist Shen Tang.

Moreover, there have been cases in the past where female owners caught males cheating, so since then, all access control systems have been equipped with a special command—the access control system will not issue a warning as long as the female owner does not ring the doorbell.

Shen Tang successfully sneaked into the room, stood at the bedroom door, listened intently until there was no sound inside, and then gently turned the doorknob.

This is so disgusting! She's like a pervert sneaking into a respectable woman's boudoir. Shen Tang was speechless. What sins did she commit in her past life to be bound to this system and forced to do such outrageous tasks!
[Host, keep going! I've detected that Snow Hidden Boat has entered a deep sleep state. The snake slough should be inside the house! Please go inside and search for it immediately!]

"..." Shen Tang took a deep breath, braced herself and walked into the bedroom, almost tripping over something.

The cool moonlight streamed into the bedroom through the window. Shen Tang used the light to see the scene before her. Her pupils contracted slightly, and she suppressed a scream, barely daring to breathe.

Xue Yinzhou lay on her side on the bed, her long silver hair disheveled, her clothes undressed, and her lower body transformed into a thick, long snake tail, nearly ten meters long, hanging down from the foot of the bed and loosely coiled on the floor, reflecting a glass-like luster in the moonlight.

She almost stepped on his snake tail!
Shen Tang was so frightened that she dared not move, her palms sweating nervously.

She stared intently at the man on the bed, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was breathing evenly and showed no signs of waking up.

Shen Tang swallowed hard, carefully stepping over the winding snake tail on the floor, each step difficult, for fear of accidentally stepping on it.

There was no snake skin on the bed; he must have put it in the cabinet.

Shen Tang approached the wardrobe and quietly began rummaging through its drawers and cabinets.

From the angle where she was bent over with her back to her, the silver-haired man on the bed slowly opened his eyes, his silver-purple vertical pupils flashing with a cold and eerie light under the moonlight.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, staring with amusement at the furtive female not far away, like a apex predator eyeing a small mouse that is unaware of the danger that is about to befall it.

Shen Tang finally found the snake molts in the cabinet. They were thin, breathable, and as thin as cicada wings. The molts from the snakes from their calves to adulthood were neatly stacked, showing that their owner had preserved them very well.

Hmph, it's been preserved so well, I wonder who he intends to give it to!

Shen Tang didn't want to think about it anymore; she just wanted to get it as soon as possible and complete the system task.

Suddenly, the cold, slippery snake tail wrapped around her waist and pulled her backward sharply. Shen Tang stumbled and fell to the ground, her head almost hitting the corner of the cabinet.

Xue Yinzhou got out of bed, swam to Shen Tang, and looked down at her coldly.

"Sneaking into my room in the middle of the night instead of sleeping to steal? Should I praise your audacity, or think you're stupid and don't want to live?"

His voice was cold and deep, violent and unrestrained, and the aura emanating from him was terrifyingly cold!

Shen Tang swallowed hard, trying to suppress her fear. She looked up at him, her voice strong despite her lack of conviction, "I am your mistress. It is only natural for a mistress to come to you. You and your things belong to me in the law. How can taking my own things be considered theft?"

"Heh, Shen Tang, it's only been a few days, but your shamelessness has really improved." Xue Yinzhou let out a short, cold laugh, looking at her as if she were a dying person.

Shen Tang suddenly remembered the night she was pushed off the cliff, and a chill ran from the soles of her feet to the top of her head. She quickly said in a soft voice, "Even if we don't mention our status as partners, I haven't told anyone else what you did that night! Otherwise, would you still be sleeping comfortably in bed tonight? You should be in a cold and damp prison cell."

"Oh? So what?" Xue Yinzhou crossed his arms and looked down at her coldly.

(End of this chapter)