Future Beast World: Pampered by beautiful women, many children and good fortune

Chapter 24: It's the Zerg Again!

Sang Luo spent a good while subtly probing the High Priestess—apparently, upon reaching the legendary realm of power, one could even comprehend the laws of time and space.

Theoretically, reversing time wasn't impossible!

Wouldn't that mean she could go back?

Sang Luo was preoccupied with this thought on the way back, not even hearing Duo Ji greeting her. It wasn't until she called out twice more that she snapped out of it and stopped.

Duo Ji was accompanied by two Beastmen, one being the familiar Pamir, and the other a newly acquired fifth-tier Elephant Beastman.

"What are you thinking about? So absent-minded. The High Priestess didn't make things difficult for you, did she?" Duo Ji joked with a smile, dressed in loose silk maternity wear, her gait somewhat unsteady.

Pamir carefully supported her at the side, afraid she might fall.

Sang Luo glanced down. Duo Ji had gained weight recently, her figure becoming fuller and sturdier, her belly growing, gently pushing against the maternity clothes, but not particularly protruding.

Most Beastman races didn't show much when pregnant.

The Elephant Tribe Beastman looked a little dejected, while Pamir was overjoyed. Even if Duo Ji had taken in a new fifth-tier partner, the first child was still his!

Sang Luo naturally saw at a glance whose cub it was, and smiled sincerely. Duo Ji and Pamir were Leopard Clan, so the gestation period wouldn't be long.

"The High Priestess asked me over to thank me for saving her grandson. Not only did she not make things difficult for me, but she also gave me a lot of good things… What about you? When are you due? Did the witch doctor say?" Sang Luo quickly walked over, holding her hand, extremely happy for the tribe's new addition.

She took out a small wooden box. "I probably won't be here when these little ones are born, so consider this an early welcome gift."

"Haha, I'm due in less than half a month. Recently, my back has been aching, and these little cubs are restless in my belly!" Duo Ji declined twice, then smiled and let Pamir accept the gift, touching her belly, her face full of happiness and contentment.

The Leopard Clan's gestation period was about three months.

"You conceived in the Ruber Forest before?" Sang Luo asked in surprise.

"Yes, I didn't expect these little ones to come so suddenly. I was so worried along the way, afraid something might happen…" Pamir said.

"Fortunately, the Beast Tide didn't affect it, thanks to the Beast God's blessing."

Pamir had superior fertility, conceiving so quickly. Li Man and the others only had medium fertility and had been holed up in their caves with their partners these past few days.

A female giving birth was a major event. Near the due date, there was always a risk of life. Duo Ji would be staying in the tribe's specially prepared birthing room for pregnant females for the next half month, so the witch doctor could arrive at the first sign of trouble.

Duo Ji didn't have many partners, and they were all core members of the hunting team. They had to take turns, and there were times when they couldn't get away, so the tribe elders sent several Beastmen to serve her.

"Why are you so clumsy these days? You can't even finish such a small task! What if you accidentally hurt the pregnant female?"

A Fox Monkey Beastman accidentally knocked over a basin of water, and the Rabbit Beast witch doctor, Duo Ya, was scolding him.

"My hand was injured in the Beast Tide a few days ago, and it hasn't healed yet…" The Fox Monkey Beastman said, lowering his head.

Sang Luo was sitting by the bed, pouring a cup of tea for Duo Ji, when her attention was drawn over. Her gaze fell on the scolded Fox Monkey Beastman, and she frowned.

At first glance, this Beastman looked no different from ordinary Beastmen, but upon closer inspection, his gaze was slightly hollow, his movements stiff and slow, like a puppet being controlled, making one feel very uncomfortable…

As Duo Ya pointed at him and scolded him, a dark color flashed very quickly in his eyes, mostly covered by his hair.

Sang Luo's heart suddenly leaped, and the water in the cup almost spilled.

It was a Zerg!

Thanks to Anubis's previous lesson, Sang Luo knew about the Zerg's disguise technique of plundering females from Beastman races everywhere. This Zerg was probably also eyeing Duo Ji's high fertility…

Compared to Anubis's almost flawless role-playing, this Zerg's disguise was too poor.

"The male beasts are usually clumsy, and they can't do delicate work. Since I'm staying in the tribe these days and have nothing to do, why don't I take care of Duo Ji tonight?" Sang Luo suggested with a smile.

"It's okay, the tribe leader has sent several males to take care of me. I don't believe there isn't a single useful one. You're a female, just take care of yourself and don't worry about anything else," Duo Ya had the Fox Monkey Beastman clean up the water on the ground, then brought a basin of water over, had the male beasts leave, and had Duo Ji lie flat on the bed, wiping her body and applying some olive oil to her belly.

"Don't worry, it's no trouble. Duo Ji and I are from the same tribe. I'm happy she's pregnant and want to take care of her for a couple of days. Besides, Witch Doctor, you see, some things are just not convenient for males to do. It's a little more convenient with a female," Sang Luo took the towel, washed it clean in the basin, and smiled.

"Alright, then remember to apply this essential oil three times a day, in the morning…" Duo Ya didn't say much, instructing them, and then went to the other pregnant females' rooms, telling the males outside to take care of them more.

Sang Luo saw a red light flash in the eyes of the disguised fake Beastman and became even more excited.

She found something for those males to do and sent them down first.

"Thank you, Luo Luo!" Duo Ji sighed, so touched she didn't know what to say. "Actually, I've always wanted to find a time to apologize to you. I shouldn't have said those things when you were being coerced by Tu Zhu!"

"I know you were doing it for my own good. Tu Zhu's strength is indeed very good, and marrying him would be more advantageous than disadvantageous, but when it comes to marriage, I'm unwilling to be forced," Her thoughts were somewhat different from the native females of the Beast World. She didn't care too much about family power and lineage. When looking for a man, she wanted to find someone she liked more.

"I understand," Duo Ji remembered something and whispered, "Fortunately, you didn't marry Tu Zhu back then. That male beast has great ambitions! And very good methods!"

"Tell me about it."

"He made a marriage arrangement with the witch doctor's daughter in order to ascend to the position of clan leader. Now that Man La has only been gone for a month, he should have been observing the mourning period for three months, but it's only been a few days, and he's already gotten his hands on the only noble female of the Myriad Elephant Tribe. The two of them will be holding a marriage ceremony in a few days!"

"There are many young males in the Myriad Elephant Tribe with even better talents than him. The clan leader originally wanted his daughter's first partner to be chosen from the Beastmen of his own clan, but he didn't expect to let him take the position of first partner. I think he's eyeing the Myriad Elephant Tribe again! A male with such great ambition is a scourge to whoever takes him!"

"…Thank you for telling me this, but I won't be staying in the Thousand Elephant Tribe for many days, and I won't have any involvement with him in the future."

"That's good, but you should still be careful these days. He's probably holding a grudge against you."

"Mm."

As night fell, Sang Luo slept on another bed, next to the sleeping Duo Ji.

Sang Luo had no sleepiness all night, staring at the direction of the door.

Suddenly, a hidden black shadow appeared at the doorway. The figure slowly twisted into an indescribable darkness, crawling onto the wall like a spiderweb, surrounding the two frail females on the wooden bed.

Just as it was about to envelop and devour them, Sang Luo flipped over and quickly conjured a lightning ball, striking the shadow.

"Whoosh—" The tentacle-like shadow instantly retreated like a tide. She seized the opportunity and struck the doorway with another lightning ball.

With a miserable shriek, the fake beast-man collapsed at the entrance, transforming into a jet-black giant centipede!

The other beast-men nearby, hearing the commotion, rushed over, thinking the pregnant females had been harmed, alarming the Chieftain and several Elders.

They saw the corpse of the low-level insect beast at the door, its wounds crackling with electrical energy.

Then they looked at Sang Luo who had emerged.

"You have a gifted power?" someone exclaimed in surprise.

"My partner's ability; I'm quite adept at using it."

"There are also a few females in the tribe with superior fertility who have partnered with high-level beast-men with awakened gifted powers, obtaining a portion of their partner's gifted power, but rarely does a female use it so well!" She's practically on par with a genuine high-level beast-man!

Duo Ji's face paled. "Luo Luo, you saved my life and my child's!" As intelligent as she was, how could she not realize that Sang Luo had probably detected something amiss long ago, which was why she insisted on staying tonight.

If not for Sang Luo, she would have already met with misfortune!

Pa Mi'er was even more heartbroken and resigned from his hunting team duties, determined to stay by Duo Ji's side during this time.

The Chieftain and Elders were furious. An insectoid creature had infiltrated the Thousand Elephants Tribe! Investigate thoroughly!

Seeing that the tribe's beast-men seemed to already know about the insectoid creatures, Sang Luo asked an Elder, "Has the tribe encountered insectoid creatures before? Where do they come from?"

"Who knows how these ghostly things came to be? Ever since the beast tide erupted some time ago, these insectoid creatures suddenly appeared in the forest. Besides the Thousand Elephants Tribe, several other nearby tribes have had females abducted. It's impossible to defend against!"

The insectoid creatures' ability to disguise themselves is too strong. They probably won't give up if they fail to snatch a female. Sang Luo was still somewhat worried about Duo Ji, and wanted to figure out the source of these insectoid creatures. Furthermore, the forest had been experiencing occasional small beast tides recently, and the hunting team was short-handed, so she decided to stay a few more days and join the Thousand Elephants Tribe's hunting team on patrols.

The tribe had never had a precedent of females joining the hunting team. After all, females had delicate bodies, and most did not possess any special abilities. Any casualties would be a huge loss for the entire tribe. Even foreign females should be prioritized for protection by the tribe.

The Chieftain of the Thousand Elephants Tribe was initially against it.

Sang Luo repeatedly pleaded her case, even saying that she had seen high-level insectoid creatures before and had a certain eye for detecting their disguises.

The Chieftain, thinking that she could even eliminate insectoid creatures and probably wouldn't be harmed by beast tides, simply turned a blind eye and agreed.

Outside the tribe.

In the lush, primitive forest.

Sang Luo donned her equipment and armor, carrying a bow and arrow bag on her back, and lightly leaped onto a rock, half-drawing a wooden bow in her hand.

Among the group of tall and sturdy beast-men, such a petite and beautiful female seemed out of place.

Tu Zhu in the distance was incredibly incredulous. She was actually still alive!

"…" Sang Luo also noticed the clinging gaze. She turned her head and met his eyes. It seemed Tu Zhu had obtained quite a few good things from the Chieftain's prized female, as he had advanced to the sixth rank in just over half a month.

He was surrounded by several fifth-rank beast-men and another sixth-rank beast-man.

Having seemingly never seen such a delicate and beautiful little female before, and never having worked with females on the hunting team, the gazes of these energetic young males all fell on Sang Luo, some with amazement, others with disdain.

"What's gotten into the Chieftain and the Elders, arranging for a little female to join the hunting team? It's dangerous enough for us to hunt as it is, barely able to take care of ourselves, and now we have to look after this dragging female in everything we do. It's really asking for trouble!"

"According to the Chieftain's intentions, we not only have to take care of her in everything along the way, but also listen to her commands!"

Another sixth-rank beast-man beside Tu Zhu scoffed, "Are you kidding me? Listen to a female when it comes to hunting? The Chieftain must be senile!"

Sang Luo glanced at these troublemakers.

They were all Tu Zhu's cronies. She didn't believe for a second that Tu Zhu hadn't secretly instigated them.

Males were infatuated with females, but mostly only in terms of fertility. In other aspects, they looked down on weak females.

"Hey, little female, why don't you hide behind us? We'll protect you, and we don't ask for anything in return. Just mate with us and give birth to a few litters."

"Yeah, sure," Sang Luo said, her eyebrows curving, her red lips curling up.

The uproar in the crowd instantly stopped. The troublemakers were captivated by her smile, their faces showing a hint of infatuation.

Tu Zhu also stared at her, narrowing his long, narrow eyes.

Sang Luo pulled on the bowstring in her hand, finding it a bit tight. "But it's not that easy to catch my eye. How about you compete with me? If you win, I'll give birth to a cub for you?"

She drew an arrow from her animal hide pouch, drew back the bowstring, and aimed at the bear beast who was laughing the loudest.

The arrow instantly flew out, the male beast breaking out in a cold sweat, quickly dodging. The arrow didn't aim at him, only grazing a strand of his hair, and hit a poisonous snake star beast a hundred meters away.

Whether it was because of the arrow or the ambushed star beast.

The bear beast's face had turned ashen and his clothes were soaked in cold sweat!

Someone turned around and ran to see the corpse of the star beast, its wound crackling with lightning, killed with a single blow!

"Beast-men below the fifth rank can't do this. You're that powerful?"

Regardless of her skill in using her gifted power or the accuracy of that arrow, this female was not to be underestimated!

Sang Luo put away her bow and arrow, jumped off the rock, and looked at the dumbfounded bear beast with a smile. "You were so close and didn't even notice the danger. Sorry, you're too weak. You're not worthy of my attention."

The bear beast's face turned liver-colored, so ashamed that he wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground!

"Haha, A Manli, you're not even as good as a little female. You dare ask her to give birth to you? I think it's more like you giving birth to her."

A Manli was extremely embarrassed and ran away in his beast form.

"Little female, why don't you follow us? We can look after each other, and we don't want anything from you!" The leader was a white-haired snow owl beast-man. These people seemed much friendlier.

"No need. You guys just focus on doing your own thing as before. I can protect myself."

After Sang Luo finished speaking, she went to the front of the team, focusing on killing star beasts.

This farce only lasted for a while, and the beast-men quickly threw themselves into battle, forgetting everything else.