After exchanging beast mates, those crazy S-rank beasts are all vying to be my pets.

Chapter 158 Scammed

Sang Tian watched the two leave, seeing them gradually disappear into the distance until they vanished at the end of the road.

She turned and went back into the house. Recalling the strange expressions of the six people earlier, she had already come up with a solution.

Back in the room, Sang Tian beckoned to Bi Jingyan with her finger, "Let's go, let's rest."

The others were stunned, never expecting Sang Tian to be so proactive. Their eyes were filled with shock, but they also looked at Bi Jingyan with envy.

Bi Jingyan had been cramming a lot of knowledge during this time and knew what it meant, so he quickly got up and followed Sang Tian.

To Sang Tian's surprise, Bi Jingyan was a complete novice in this area, a stark contrast to the three self-taught individuals mentioned earlier.

To sum it up in one sentence: young men only know how to charge forward bravely.

Strip away all the fancy stuff and return to the simple essence.

Sang Tian had been entangled in all sorts of tricks before, and after being tormented for so long, suddenly returning to her original state felt strangely nice.
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He Zi sat on a chair in the basement, holding her forehead and looking around at everything. There were obvious signs of a fight, and there was even blood on the ground.

But no matter how hard she tried to recall, she couldn't remember what had happened.

So she had no choice but to question the beastman.

The tiger beast knelt before her, its spine ramrod straight.

"What exactly happened yesterday and the day before? Why do I have no memory of those two days?"

Tiger Beast Husband truthfully reported, "The day before yesterday, after you finished watching Cloud, you went to see Shen Jinxi. When you came back, you were with Shen Jinxi. She was kidnapped by you, and after you came back, you kept her locked in the basement."

He Zi is twisted and often derives pleasure from abusing her husband.

This resulted in her beast husbands not living long. This tiger beast husband was among the first batch to survive to this day, and he must have some special abilities to have survived to this day.

Therefore, He Zi trusted him exceptionally and believed what he said.

“Yesterday, Sang Tian came to demand Shen Jinxi's release. I don’t know what she said to you, but you readily let Shen Jinxi go.”

"After Shen Jinxi was taken away, you asked us another question: Besides mermaids, what other beastmen in the Beast World Continent can erase people's memories?"

He Zi's expression grew even more serious upon hearing this.

"You mean my memories have been altered?"

"Yes, Mistress, you kept questioning Shen Jinxi about how she managed to erase your memories?"

Originally, she didn't want to hear about this, but unexpectedly, He Zi trusted him the most and always kept him by her side.

He Zi stared intently at the beast husband, and recalling Shen Jinxi's guilty look last night, she was certain that Shen Jinxi had once again altered her memories.

He Zi was furious and stood up to confront Shen Jinxi.

The beastman did not stop her, calmly got up, and quietly watched He Zi leave.

Shen Jinxi turned on the house's security mode as soon as she got home last night. Once this mode is turned on, no one can enter the house without the owner's permission.

Even females are not allowed; this is all thanks to Stardust's protection of females.

Even an SSS-level orc couldn't break through this mode, which reassured Shen Jinxi.

In just two days, she suffered inhuman torture. In the morning, Sang Tian deliberately caused her car to crash, disrupting her plans to enter the Floating Islands.

When she returned home to rest, He Zi tricked her into going out under some pretext and eventually kidnapped her.

The next day, Sang Tian captured her and took her to some lousy island to repair her mental body, which consumed nearly two-thirds of her mental energy.

She now barely has the strength to even lift her hand.

After recovering, Shen Jinxi remembered the good news and the bad news the system had given her.

"System, what's the good or bad news you need to deliver?"

"The good news is I'm back. The bad news is, if you don't behave well, your masters will permanently recall me. You only have one last chance to make a mistake." Shen Jinxi choked up, almost unable to breathe.

"Can a device that's been bound to another user still be recalled?"

The blows I suffered the other two days were nothing compared to the severity of a single sentence from the system.

Shen Jinxi opened her mouth, but in the end, no sound came out. Fear and frustration intertwined and tightly enveloped her, making it hard for her to breathe and completely eroding her sense of security.

[Yes, the masters said the previous host made good progress and was moving in a direction that pleased them, but you... are too focused on yourself.]

Shen Jinxi's face was ashen. "Am I too focused on myself? How can I fight against Xingduan if I'm not strong? It can crush me with a flick of its wrist."

The system remained silent, its attitude towards Shen Jinxi changed, and it no longer dared to criticize her as before.

[Host, He Zi is outside your door.]

The system has already retrieved Shen Jinxi's memories and knows what happened in the past few days.

Shen Jinxi naturally knew that He Zi had come to settle scores with her.

"Don't worry about her."

No sooner had she finished speaking than He Zi sent a message to Shen Jinxi on the cloud, just two simple words.

[Open the door.]

Now that things have turned ugly, Shen Jinxi stopped pretending and didn't even want to maintain a superficial relationship anymore, so she blocked He Zi.

Seeing the red exclamation mark, He Zi knew that Shen Jinxi had been prepared all along, so she had no choice but to leave.
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After the land was purchased, the purification process could only begin once Tang Xiaoyan had installed the protective devices; otherwise, all her efforts would be in vain if acid rain were to fall.

Canglan has already reduced the number of participants to thirty-two. In the end, twenty people will be eliminated, leaving only twelve to be selected.

Tang Xiaoyan took Lu Mian into the zombie island for three days of seclusion.

The installation project will have to be put on hold for a while.

After discussion, Bai Mingchen decided to take over the black market, with Qing Zhi and Wu Lanyuan each taking 10% of the profits, and him taking 20%.

The next time Sang Tian saw Xiong Hengba was when he came to the black market office to sign a contract.

Xiong Hengba changed his previous stubbornness and decisively signed the contract. Before leaving, he solemnly apologized to Sang Tian.

"How come he's like a completely different person in just a few days?"

Bai Mingchen put the contract into the safe and wiped the bright red ink off his hands with a piece of paper.

"If Shu Qing hadn't died, he would probably have been kept in the dark for the rest of his life."

Sang Tian frowned, puzzled. "What do you mean by that?"

"After Xiong Hengba opened the safe, he found that there were only a few pieces of waste paper inside, and the agreed-upon spirit crystal deposit did not exist at all. Over the years, Shu Qing has been taking advantage of their brotherhood to embezzle the profits that belong to Xiong Hengba."

Sang Tian was shocked; she hadn't expected something like this to happen.

"When I went to the Rat Lord's house, I found out that he had used all the money to buy crystal cores to repair the flaws of his flawed beastman."

"He's already one of the black market bosses, so successful and powerful, why would he want to become a normal orc?"

Qingzhi nodded slightly. "Although normal beastmen are under the control of Xingduan, they can enjoy many benefits. But flawed beastmen are different. No matter how hard they try, they can only reach A-level, and their mental strength will not improve any further."

"I see, so the crystal core can be used for this purpose?"

Sang Tian remembered that she hadn't used the crystal core she got from winning first place in the last qualifying round.

(End of this chapter)