A vicious female is trapped in a beastly hell.

Chapter 469 First Encounter with the Little Leopard

Shen Tang arrived at Xiao Jin's mental illusion, where there were also many doors leading to memories.

The gates are pink, red, gray, and green, which should represent joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. This classification... is quite simple and straightforward.

There was a large pink door on the right, and Shen Tang curiously pushed it open and went inside.

Three seconds later.

She ran out, her face flushed, and slammed the door shut with a loud bang, as if she wanted to sew it shut with wooden strips!
...What's that stinky leopard thinking about all day?!

Shen Tang patted his head.

I don't have time to think about anything else.

Business matters!

Shen Tang arrived at the deepest part of the mental illusion and found a door to memories.

This is the owner's deepest memory.

It is either his earliest memory after birth or his most profound memory in his life.

Strangely, this door has no color, and it's unknown what memories it holds.

Shen Tang pushed open the door and entered.

A flash of white light flashed.

When Shen Tang opened his eyes again, he found himself in a poor and backward residential area. The technology in the Beast World Continent was very advanced, with high-rise buildings everywhere, and it was rare to find such a backward place.

At first glance, all you see are dilapidated bungalows packed tightly together, as well as very primitive mud houses built with planks and stones, all with broken roofs. You can imagine how miserable they must be when it's windy and rainy.

The streets were littered with garbage, and even excrement could be seen, and the air reeked of an indescribable stench.

Shen Tang's expression changed.

The Nightfall Empire was very corrupt during the reign of the previous emperor. In the lower city, there were many abandoned residential areas that were known as slums.

It has become a place of residence for some marginalized people in society.

Did Xiao Jin grow up in such a place?

Not far away, a petite black figure appeared, and Shen Tang's gaze was instantly drawn to it.

It was a small, dusty, grimy lump of coal, with a half-empty tube of nutrient solution in its mouth. Its fur was filthy, and it was so thin you could see its skin and bones. It was clearly an orphan abandoned in the slums.

What's most captivating is its pair of round, bright golden eyes, beautiful and radiant, emitting a brilliance that seems out of place here.

"Ah Jin!" Shen Tang called out excitedly and walked over quickly.

When the little leopard saw the strange beastman chasing after it, it was so frightened that its fur stood on end and it turned and ran away.

Shen Tang quickly stopped what she was doing, slapped her forehead in frustration, and remembered that at the point in the mental illusion, Xiao Jin didn't even know her yet!
The lives of homeless children in the slums are difficult; they are often bullied and persecuted, and most orphans die young. It probably mistook her for a bad person…

Shen Tang opened the system map and quickly found the little black panther in the nearby streets.

This time, she was much more cautious. She didn't impulsively rush over to make friends. Instead, she deliberately concealed her presence and secretly followed the little black panther, wanting to see where it went.

The little black leopard, carrying a delicious nutrient solution it had rummaged through the trash can, happily scurried back to its den. Suddenly, it sensed something, slowed its cheerful pace, and turned to look back warily.

what.

Nothing at all.

Strange, could it be its imagination?
The little black panther tilted its head curiously and blinked its eyes in confusion.

It looked around again, and after confirming that no one was there, it looked away and continued on its way.

it's getting dark.

It needs to get home quickly.

The slums are home to many mentally unstable orcs who mostly stay indoors during the day, going berserk at night and attacking people, with vulnerable cubs being their primary targets. Many illegal organizations also specialize in capturing orphaned children from the slums, selling them for a good price…

In short, the night is dangerous, and it must get back to its home as soon as possible!
But the faint footsteps behind him lingered for a long time.

It felt like a ghost was following it!
The little leopard was so frightened that its fur stood on end. It turned its head again to look at the empty space behind it, its round leopard ears retracted into airplane ears, and it bared its teeth and howled twice, although the cute howl had no deterrent or warning power.

The footsteps disappeared.

The little leopard, gripping the nutrient solution tightly in fear, ran forward with a death-defying frenzy.

At the corner of the alley, it vanished in a flash, like a black lightning bolt.

Shen Tang, who lost track of him for the second time, was speechless.

As expected of Xiao Jin, he has had strong counter-surveillance skills since childhood. No wonder he was able to rise to the rank of Major General in the Empire!
Looking in the direction where the little leopard disappeared, Shen Tang felt a pang of melancholy and sadness. She hadn't expected Xiao Jin to start wandering at such a young age. She didn't know who his parents were, or where he came from; his background was a complete mystery.

Of course, this is not surprising; most homeless orphans in slums start out like this.

In such a harsh and dangerous environment, very few orphans can grow up successfully.

Xiao Jin was lucky amidst misfortune.

When Shen Tang found the little black leopard again, it was lying on a wide road.

This is the border between the upper and lower city districts. Here, one can often find food and items discarded by nobles and orcs, which is a considerable fortune for the orcs in the slums, especially for their stray cubs.

The little black panther must have accidentally blocked the nobleman's car while weaving through traffic.

A beautifully dressed noblewoman stepped out of the car.

Surrounded by two servants, she looked with disgust at the cub that had been hit by a car and lay on the roadside. She kicked it and sent it flying onto the grass by the roadside, saying grumbling, "What an unlucky day! Let's get going!"

The car sped away.

Shen Tang looked anxiously at the cub lying motionless in the grass, as if it had stopped breathing.

Soon, the little black panther moved its thin body, slowly got up from the ground, and limped away.

It harbored no resentment whatsoever, as if it had long been accustomed to it.

Bad news.

The little black panther had found nothing today and was starving. It had to find food as soon as possible before dark, otherwise it might starve to death.

Finally, it caught a half-dead big rat in the trash can.

To snatch the mouse, the little black panther even fought with a larger stray cub. Fortunately, it won in the end and dragged its battered body back home with its prize.

The so-called home is just a small, collapsed area under an abandoned overpass, surrounded by waist-high weeds and bushes, forming a natural barrier that can hide its small body so that it won't be discovered by others when it sleeps at night.

The little black leopard somehow managed to fetch a few rags and clothes, folded them up, and that became its crib.

It lay in its den, its two front paws gripping the fat, dead rat, and began to devour it like a hungry tiger. In just a few bites, it had eaten the rat clean, leaving not even a bone fragment, and then licked its lips with a lingering sense of satisfaction.

Finally, we got to eat meat!

It won't starve to death for at least three days!

In the middle of the night, the little black leopard started to have stomach pains. It curled up into a ball, clutching its stomach and convulsing.

Many rats in the slums are infected with viruses, and some have been fed rat poison.

A chilly night wind blew by, and the rubble from the collapsed overpass served as walls, but it couldn't keep out the cold. Fortunately, the little black leopard was tough, and it slowly recovered as dawn approached, ready to begin its new day of hunting.

It was too young to compete with others, so it could only continue to rummage through the trash can for expired and rotten food. The rats that were common in the sewers became the only meat it could eat.

You still have to eat.

It's better to be poisoned than to starve to death!
good night~

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