Chapter 55
Shen Tang arrived at the underground black market, looking for ingredients to sell inhibitors.
Beastmen from the polluted lands have long engaged in battle with mutant species, with their bodies susceptible to the toxic mist, making them more prone to mental frenzy than ordinary beastmen.
Where there’s demand, there’s a market.
Although the Empire strictly prohibits the sale of inhibitors and depressive medications in polluted lands, many vendors still take risks, selling materials to suppress mental agitation through various means in the black market for huge profits.
Shen Tang did find quite a few needed raw materials, but they were too expensive!
A single Yulan Grass actually costs tens of thousands of redemption points, these unscrupulous merchants are robbing people!
As far as she knew, Yulan Grass, a basic raw material, would sell for at most a few hundred yuan outside, yet these black market swindlers are truly looking for excessive profit!
[Warning, host, you might encounter life-threatening danger in three days p>
Shen Tang was haggling with a masked vendor when suddenly the system’s voice rang in her head, startling her so much that her hand shook, almost dropping the Yulan Grass.
Shen Tang quickly asked the system, “What happened p>
[City Lord Shi Lun and Shi Yin are conspiring to get rid of you. The City Lord has already drafted the order to bring the annual hunting season forward. In three days, he will use the excuse of the hunting season to send your five beast husbands out of town and then have his men capture you for interrogation and kill you, making it look like an attack by pollutants from outside. The blame will then be placed on external threats p>
Shen Tang was on edge, seeing how this father and daughter duo were colluding to cause her harm!
[Naturally, it’s because of the Energy Core in your space, host p>
“Talking about the Energy Core makes me angry. You kept saying it’s a good thing and I went through a lot to get it, but it’s useless, can’t be taken out, and yet it still elicited suspicion from the City Lord who wants to kill me to keep it secret. This hot potato is hard to handle p>
The system fell silent, [City Lord Shi Lun is pretentious and hypocritical. He greatly fears the host’s five beast husbands. If he can’t use the pawns, he will eliminate them. When he wants to remove Shen Li and the others, the first to be killed will be you, the weakling cannon fodder. The Energy Core merely accelerated his suspicions; this event was bound to occur sooner or later p>
Shen Tang also understood this reasoning; you can avoid it for now, but not forever. It seems this shelter is no longer a place to stay.
“In the coming days, keep a close eye on the City Lord for any disturbances and notify me immediately p>
[Okay p>
“Hey, are you buying or not? You’ve been standing in front of my stall for ages. If you’re not buying, then get lost! Don’t block my other customers!” The stall owner noticed Shen Tang’s lack of money and barked at her harshly, his words layered with scorn.
Shen Tang calmly put down the materials and turned to leave; these devious merchants wouldn’t scalp her, after all, she was truly poor. These materials could be bought after leaving the polluted land.
For now, apart from keeping an eye on the City Lord and his daughter, she had to quickly increase the affinity of those dog men; they were leaving in three days, and time was running out.
Xiao Jin and Xue Yinzhou’s affinity still lingered at dislike.
Shen Tang didn’t have the nerve to see that snake beast for now, so she made some food around noon, planning to use it to raise Xiao Jin’s affinity.
The military training camp.
Under the scorching sun in the open ground, brawny beastmen were fighting and training bare-chested, sweating heavily, with the air thick with the scent of masculine hormones.
Outside the field, many females gathered, their eyes glued to these young, strong bodies, unable to look away, planning which handsome beast to take home tonight.
Several young and pretty females were secretly eyeing the tall and commanding figure in the center of the field, in front of the punching bag.
Xiao Jin was strong and fit; he took off his sweat-soaked, tight-fitting t-shirt revealing his robust upper body, with sleek, firm muscle lines. He wore camo military pants, wrapping his long, sturdy legs, exuding an untamed charisma, with a cold, unapproachable aura that warned others away.
Bam!
Thud, thud!
His hands were wrapped in white bandages, and each punch was delivered with immense force, causing the sandbag to sway violently. As his chest heaved in the sunlight, his taut back muscles glistened with hot sweat, filling the air with explosively sexy male hormones!
The females outside nearly drooled, their appetites whetted, wishing they could bear him a litter of little leopards immediately.
Shen Tang was a normal woman; she couldn’t help but swallow, albeit not as over-the-top as the females next to her; she was just purely admiring.
Moreover, the one in the field was her legitimate beast husband.
Looking wasn’t illegal.
Among envious and jealous gazes from the females, Shen Tang slowly walked into the field, sat on a bench, and watched Xiao Jin spill sweat nearby, not rushing forward to disturb. She planned to talk to him once he finished training.
The young males at the door noticed Shen Tang’s arrival, exchanging surprised glances and snickering.
“The sun must be rising from the west today; why is Shen Tang at the training camp p>
“Hehe, look at her, leering at our boss with drool almost dripping, can’t she control herself p>
Hearing the teasing from these beastmen, Shen Tang’s face turned crimson. She subconsciously touched her mouth—nonsense, she wasn’t drooling!
Seeing her touch her mouth, those young beastmen doubled over with laughter, having never realized before that this fat woman could be so entertaining.
Shen Tang glared at them fiercely, these military brats sure were problematic.
Tender moist cat eyes carried traces of grievance, leaving the nearest male beast dumbstruck. Upon coming back to his senses, his face reddened.
Damn it, what a surprise, he actually thought this fat woman looked a bit pretty.
I’m out of here; I need to look at some photos of sexy females to cleanse my eyes.
“Hey, Captain, your female’s here looking for you. Aren’t you going to talk to her?” A young beastman who was close to Xiao Jin approached, nudging his shoulder, chuckling teasingly.
Xiao Jin unwrapped the bandages on his hands, threw a white towel over his shoulder, frowned with his sharp eyebrows, and glanced toward the bench at the entrance. Naturally, he saw this fat woman had come but was just too lazy to deal with her.
Xiao Jin took the bottled water handed by a nearby beastman, striding over to Shen Tang, his face impatient, “What are you doing at the training field p>
“Of course, I came to find you. Unless there’s another one of my beast husbands here?” Shen Tang pouted.
Impatience flashed across Xiao Jin’s eyes, his tone growing increasingly irritable and disdainful, “Have you forgotten how I warned you before? If you bother me when there’s nothing, don’t blame me for throwing you out here in front of everyone p>
Shen Tang gritted her teeth; this dog man’s attitude was terrible! She mentally chanted not to get angry, that anger would harm her health with no one to take her place, and then forced a gentle, considerate smile onto her face, “You haven’t eaten lunch yet, have you? I made something for you p>
The other beastmen in the field all looked over, full of disbelief. Wasn’t this female supposed to be greedy and lazy? She actually brought lunch for the captain willingly.
It seemed too blissful to believe.
They had never seen a female so gentle and considerate, and all felt a twinge of envy in their hearts.