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75. The Ecstatic Fallen Beasts
 

"You trampled on my fruits?" Catching sight of Reynolds' claws that were still slightly wet from the fruit pulp, Jones was extremely angry. He reached out a hand and grabbed Reynolds' ear.
 
Reynolds lowered his head and gave a small whine as his tail stopped wagging and drooped; his appearance was that of someone who was admitting his mistake. He had felt very gleeful when he had trodden down the scales along with the fruits, but now . . . .
 
He recognized this fruit; it seemed to be a special local product of a certain planet, and the output was very small. So, even if he wanted to compensate for Jones’ loss by replacing those fruits, there was nowhere he could go and find them . . . .
 
As Reynolds gazed at Jones pitifully, he found that under this position where Jones was gripping his ear, the two small red beans on Jones’ chest were right in front of him. He could not help but stick out his tongue and take a lick.
 
After taking a lick, Reynolds froze, for fear that Jones would be angry.
 
Apparently, Jones was indeed angry. The hand gripping his ear suddenly tightened, and Reynolds did not dare to move a muscle, thinking of letting Jones vent his anger by creasing and crumpling his ear—anyway, it could be said that against their beast forms, a sub-beastman's strength was completely insubstantial.
 
Just thinking this way, Reynolds suddenly saw Jones before his eyes fall headlong toward himself.
 
Only after instinctively extending his two paws to catch Jones did Reynolds found out that Jones had actually fainted.
 
Seeing the unconscious Jones with eyes closed, body sunburned all over and also very thin, Reynolds immediately panicked and started to howl.
 
The fallen beasts could no longer speak in human language, but they had been in contact with each other for a long time and so were able to communicate. Reynolds’ howl was to make Jesse go examine Jones.
 
Jesse had been a doctor before becoming a fallen beast. They usually looked for Jesse to help examine them when they had some minor illness.
 
The lion Jesse came to Reynolds’ side and turned his sight to Jones, but the sub-beastman was almost completely blocked by their boss, to the extent that he could only see a face.
 
Fortunately, he did not plan to conduct a detailed inspection of the sub-beastman in front of his beastman . . . . Jesse looked the boss in the eye and said, "Boss, he must’ve suffered from heatstroke or dehydration."
 
This sub-beastman’s skin was all cracked and peeling, which showed that he was definitely dehydrated. As for fainting, maybe it had something to do with being frightened, but this one had better not be said, or else Bruno would get thrashed again.
 
"Quickly get some water!" Reynolds ordered at once. Only after he finished speaking did he remember that he also had water on his person as well as one kind of fruit that they drank as beverage. He hurriedly took a round fruit the size of a sub-beastman’s head out of the space button strapped to his wrist. He poked a small hole on both the top and the bottom of the fruit with his claws and, holding the fruit up with both paws, placed it on Jones’ mouth.
 
This fruit contained a clear, sweet juice, and it trickled down into Jones' mouth from the small hole. Jones reflexively swallowed, but much of it flowed outside.
 
Reynolds stuck out his tongue and licked clean the spilled juice, and then he quietly watched Jones.
 
The fallen beasts around also watched Jones quietly, eyes full of envy. Originally, they were very envious of the fact that there was a sub-beastman who sent things to their boss every year. This year, that man did not send anything, and they felt unutterably disappointed and hopeless.
 
Now though . . . that man had not sent anything, but he came in person!
 
Their boss’ luck was very good. How could such a good sub-beastman be found by him?
 
After being envious, these fallen beasts started to resent Reynolds.
 
Reynolds, however, was watching Jones anxiously and found that Jones had not woken up. He turned toward Jesse, "Why hasn’t he woken up yet?"
 
"We certainly have to wait." Jesse replied.
 
"It’s just, I don't know how long he’s been thirsty. I previously saw him drink the juice of those cacti in the desert." Bruno said. Those cacti indeed had a lot of water, but even they, fallen beasts, would have diarrhea if they drank too much, not to mention sub-beastmen . . . .
 
Jones had always been very cautious. If it was not a last resort,  he definitely wouldn’t drink the juice of a plant whose composition he had not figured out yet. It was likely that he was terribly thirsty . . . . Reynolds felt awfully distressed while thinking that Bruno, who was jabbering on and on nearby, was a particularly irksome presence—since this guy knew that the juice of the cactus was not good to drink, why didn’t he stop Jones when he saw Jones drink it?
 
Reynolds gave Bruno a slap.
 
Bruno, face bitter, felt extremely wronged—why did he hit me again?
 
Fortunately, Reynolds currently had no time to deal with him. After giving him a slap, Reynolds went to see Jones again.
 
"Boss, this sub-beastman maybe came with others. Should we go and take a look?" Jesse said again.
 
Hearing Jesse's words, Reynolds also gave it some thought. If Jones was only by himself, he couldn't have come to the Fallen Beast Planet. It was very likely that he came here with other people . . . . What’s the matter with those people? How could they let a sub-beastman come out alone? They were really too much!
 
Reynolds stood up and took several big leaves he had collected before out of his space button to wrap Jones up. Then he carried the bundled-up Jones in his mouth and snorted, "Go!"
 
A fallen beast's nose was very effective. It was naturally a simple matter to find the place where Jones and the others live by following the scent left by Jones.
 
Reynolds led his army of fallen beasts and went to the place where Shu Shu and others had settled.
 
Shu Shu tied the egg to his chest with the clothes left by Jones and then examined Ian as well as Edgar for a while.
 
Ian’s body had been burning hot, and he could only wipe Ian's body continuously to cool it down. As for Edgar . . . .
 
Edgar opened his eyes once but quickly shut them again just like before. He clearly had no strength.
 
There were not many drinks and fruits left. What should they do next? Shu Shu inevitably became anxious, but even if he was anxious, there was nothing he could do at the moment.
 
The only auspicious thing was that Edgar was already taking a turn for the better, and his life was not in danger anymore. Therefore, Shu Shu could start cultivating properly to restore his own nèidān while incubating the egg in his body at the same time.
 
It was impossible to give this egg so much spiritual power like they had done to the first egg. Being able to give him a little bit of spiritual power to make him safe and stable was already good enough.
 
Shu Shu sat down and began to work hard to absorb the qi in the air and cultivate his spiritual power. At this moment, he suddenly felt the land under his feet start to shake.
 
Was this . . . a herd of horses, or a drove of cattle and sheep running in his direction?
 
Shu Shu lost his mood to cultivate. He quickly scrambled up to the entrance hole and looked outside.
 
What horses or cattle and sheep outside? That was a pack of ferocious beasts! Lions, tigers, leopards, elephants, crocodiles, eagles . . . all animals he could think of were on hand. And there was still a big white wolf in front!
 
Shu Shu instinctively wanted to turn into a little hamster to take to the road and escape, but while he could escape, Edgar and Ian could not escape!
 
Stuffing the egg held in his arms into his mouth, Shu Shu gritted his teeth and climbed out of the hole. Aggressive yet shivering with fear, he watched those ferocious beasts come running towards him.
 
Once Reynolds and the others were getting closer to the hole, they smelled the scent of a powerful beastman even more clearly, and that scent was precisely the same as the one released by the scales Jones had been carrying before.
 
Reynolds was very strong. In the past, smelling Chris’ scent would not make him feel afraid and would arouse his desire to fight instead. However, the scent of this present beastman made him feel that he could not be a match for this beastman.
 
His steps unconsciously slowed down, and the steps of the fallen beasts behind him slowed down too. It was at this moment that they saw a sub-beastman popped up from the hole in front.
 
Another sub-beastman! The eyes of these fallen beasts were bright.
 
There was Reynolds, so they did not dare to do anything to the sub-beastman. But that was indeed a sub-beastman, ah. Even if they could not do anything, they already felt happy all over just by seeing a sub-beastman here and now.
 
Reynolds halted his steps and snorted again, and the fallen beasts behind him also halted their steps in unison, standing in the same place.
 
Worried about scaring the sub-beastman, Reynolds, holding Jones with his mouth, stepped forward alone. He barely got close to Shu Shu, and he already smelled a strong scent of a beastman on Shu Shu’s body.
 
Jones could have this scent on his body because he carried those scales, and the scent floated on the surface. The scent on the body of this sub-beastman before his eyes, however, was very strong and long-lasting . . . . It was very obvious that the sub-beasman in front of him was the true partner of that beastman.
 
Reynolds suddenly had a good impression of this young-looking sub-beastman. After discovering that the sub-beastman's body could not stop shaking, he came to a stop three meters away from him. Then he put the bundled-up Jones on the ground and also opened the bundle to expose Jones inside.
 
"Jones!" Shu Shu cried out anxiously and shook even more violently—why did this wolf have Jones in his hand?
 
Finding out that this sub-beastman really knew Jones, Reynolds at once realized that he had found the right place. Although he was dissatisfied with this sub-beastman for letting Jones go out alone, but considering that this was Jones’ friend, he did not make any rude actions.
 
Extending his claws, Reynolds began to write on the ground, "Are you Jones’ friend?"
 
"You can write!" Shu Shu exclaimed, pleasantly surprised and not as fearful as before—this wolf could write, which meant that it was an enlightened wolf, ah!
 
No, this was not an enlightened wolf. This wolf . . . was probably a fallen beast like Edgar before?
 
Shu Shu immediately become happy. "Are you a fallen beast?"
 
". . ." Was it necessary to be so happy when seeing a fallen beast? Reynolds was somewhat speechless and started to write on the ground again, "I’m a fallen beast, and my name’s Reynolds. Has Jones ever mentioned me?" His paws had always been very stable and steady, but they inevitably trembled a little when writing the last sentence.

Although Jones always remembered him, but he probably wouldn’t speak about him to others, right? You had to realize that he was no more than a fallen beast.
 
"He has! I know you. You’re the guy whom Jones likes. Jones asked me to treat your illness!" Shu Shu, seeing this wolf write such sentences, was completely relieved. A moment ago, he still thought that he would be eaten. As it turned out, it was actually Jones’ old lover who was coming to visit!
 
He had an illness? Reynolds was somewhat dumbfounded. Although he had become a fallen beast, but he was very healthy, and he had no illness whatsoever.
 
"What happened to Jones? Did he also get heatstroke?" Shu Shu was no longer afraid of Reynolds and went to Jones’ side to take a look. After discovering that Jones was breathing smoothly, he was all the more certain that Reynolds was not malicious.
 
"He suddenly fainted." Reynolds wrote again.
 
"So that’s the case. It’s good that Jones is all right." Shu Shu blinked and then turned toward Reynolds eagerly. "Do you have any water?" They were all so damn thirsty; Edgar and Ian were even dehydrated now! Reynolds’ body was so big; living in the desert, he surely had to drink a lot of water every day. In this case, he should have water.
 
Reynolds nodded and took out a few fruits along with a large water bottle filled with water. The Beastman Empire sent a lot of things here every year, and those things were all packaged. They also got many bottles and cans, and this bottle used to be a nutrient fluid bottle.
 
Shu Shu, seeing the water bottle, looked pleasantly surprised. He hugged the bottle and looked at Reynolds gratefully. "Thank you! You’re truly a good person! I’ll definitely help you restore your beast core!"
 
When Reynolds, who was writing on the ground about how to consume the fruit, heard Shu Shu’s words, his paw shook, and the sand under the pad was instantly messed up. He looked at Shu Shu in disbelief, feeling like he was having an auditory fantasy.
 
Shu Shu, who had already read Reynolds’ explanation at this time, realized that this fruit was edible and also contained water, and he immediately showed a smile. "So this fruit’s like a coconut!"
 
"What did you say just now?" Reynolds wrote another sentence.
 
"I said coconut. Coconut is a kind of fruit with a very hard shell and water inside . . ." Shu Shu turned toward Reynolds.
 
"Not this. I mean what you said before. You said you’d help me restore the beast core?" Reynolds asked.
 
Shu Shu nodded. "Yeah, I promised teacher Jones that I’d help you. But then I had an egg, so I plan to come find you later. I didn't expect to see you so soon."
 
"You can restore the beast core?" Reynolds' words were written crookedly, but each letter was written with great effort. Although he finally saw Jones, and although he was very happy that Jones could come find him, but Reynolds did not dare to hope too much that he could be together with Jones.
 
Jones was a sub-beastman, and he was a fallen beast. They simply had no future . . . . Before, Reynolds only wished to accompany Jones for a little longer, so even if Jones left, he could still hold on for another thirty years.
 
He even thought that Jones paying a visit to him this time was perhaps to see if he was doing well and then to completely let go of himself . . . . And so, he really couldn’t hold Jones back for a lifetime.
 
But now . . . this sub-beastman said that he could restore the beast core?
 
"I guess I can. I’m not sure either. I and Jones still haven't done a research that produced a result yet." Shu Shu said. "But Edgar has gotten better before, so you should be able to do it too."
 
Reynolds froze. Shu Shu, however, had no time to take care of him—Edgar and Ian were still waiting for him to take care of them.
 
Jesse slowly approached Reynolds, "Boss, we didn’t mishear, right?"
 
"You heard it too?" Reynolds moved his gaze to Jesse.
 
Jesse nodded. Reynolds turned toward the fallen beasts behind him and found that every fallen beast had a dull expression—although they were not within close range to Shu Shu, but at such a distance, Shu Shu’s words just now were clearly audible.
 
Every one of them went into ecstasies over this revelation. Reynolds even had an urge to start jumping about, but of course he did not do that. He just gave another slap to Bruno, who was approaching him from behind Jesse.
 
Bruno the lion lay motionless on the ground, looking like he was resigning himself to being beaten and scolded while his heart burst into tears—who have I provoked and irritated, ah?

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A Guide to - 74

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74. The Unlucky Lion
 

After the fallen beasts came to the Fallen Beast Planet, they never saw any sub-beastman again, and nor did they ever see any beastman—every year, the men who came to deliver things from the Beastman Empire would put the goods at a fixed area, but they would not have any interaction with these beastmen.
 
Needless to say, Bruno’s action of suddenly bringing back a sub-beastman was particularly conspicuous. Although this sub-beastman’s body was red from getting sunburned, and his face was so chapped and peeling you could not see what he looked like, but ultimately, it was a sub-beastman, ah!
 
Although many of the fallen beasts here were no longer beastmen, but they always had their hearts set on sub-beastmen. Today, seeing that there was a sub-beastman in front of themselves, they were instantly unable to endure anymore, so much so that one fallen beast directly went into estrus and rushed toward Bruno who was holding Jones with his mouth.
 
Though they still retained the memory of their time as beastmen, but they were already not much different from real beasts now. How crazy natural animals were in order to mate, they could also be that crazy. Some fallen beasts were even worse than animals.
 
Seeing a red-eyed fallen beast rush toward himself, Bruno was shocked. He knew this guy. During the past estrus cycle, this guy would go berserk and be frighteningly lethal. In order to feel a bit better, this guy would even rammed his head against stone until his head was full of blood . . . . Bruno could not deal with such a madman!
 
At this point, Bruno slightly regretted his rash decision to bring back the sub-beastman. Sub-beastmen were nothing but trouble!
 
Anyway, their boss could surely find a solution!
 
Bruno turned toward the stone where the white wolf was resting on, but he unexpectedly discovered that there was no one there. While he was still taken by surprise, he heard a very loud growl at his side, and then the fallen beast in sudden estrus who was running towards him was already knocked over by the white wolf! After the white wolf knocked the fallen beast over, he also pounced on the fallen beast and bit him.
 
These fallen beasts normally didn’t dare to provoke the white wolf. After all, this white wolf was really powerful, and his strength was astonishing even if he had no beast core. However, the minds of the fallen beasts in estrus usually weren’t very clear, so when this fallen beast was attacked by the white wolf, he actually fought back and bit into the white wolf.
 
The two fallen beasts immediately fought and became a tangled mass. On the side, Jones was already stupefied seeing this scene.
 
When that fallen beast rushed toward him, he had an ominous premonition.
 
He had been studying beastmen and fallen beasts all these years, and he was very familiar with the characteristics of the fallen beasts. He naturally saw that these beasts were actually not beastmen but fallen beasts.
 
When the beastmen were not required to fight, they generally wouldn’t turn into their beast forms. After all, the human form was more convenient. Here though, all the beastmen kept their beast forms . . . .
 
They . . . should not be beastmen anymore, but fallen beasts!
 
Coming to this conclusion, Jones was horrified no end. With so many fallen beasts, if he fell into their hands, could he still keep his life?
 
He did not dare to struggle for fear of attracting these guys’ attention, but unexpectedly, a white wolf suddenly jumped out from one side and rushed toward that ill-intentioned fallen beast at this moment.
 
A white wolf . . . .
 
Jones stared at the white wolf, dumbfounded. He had seen the beast forms of many beastmen, but the white wolf before his eyes was absolutely the one he was most familiar with.
 
Seeing Jones’ dumb expression, Bruno sneered and then threw Jones on the ground, tail lashing. Hahaha, this sub-beastman’s terrified now, right? Serve him right! This guy actually dared to pull his mane, so he had to scare him to death!
 
Thinking so, Bruno gave Jones’ body a lash of his tail.
 
Bruno's tail was actually not hard, but Jones’ skin was dry and cracked from the sun, so when he got that lashing, the skin on that area immediately broke, oozing blood.
 
But right now, Jones couldn't care less about his wound. He only knew to stare fixedly at the white wolf.
 
Was that Reynolds? Reynolds whom he had not seen for thirty years? Was he dreaming? No, this was not a dream . . . which meant that he really saw Reynolds as well as so many fallen beasts . . . . This place was the Fallen Beast Planet!
 
Jones had just thought of this point, and the fight between the white wolf and that fallen beast in estrus was already over. The white wolf once again growled and then rushed in his direction.
 
Jones certainly wasn’t one bit afraid this time. On the contrary, he was ready to welcome the white wolf rushing to his side and then rubbing his head against him. As a result . . . .
 
The white wolf went past him and directly pounced on Bruno on the side. He fell on Bruno with two forelegs and then bit him.
 
Just now, when Reynolds initially heard a man’s voice that sounded like Jones’ voice, he merely regarded it as his own auditory fantasy. After all, the Empire would not let a sub-beastman come here. But after he took a look . . . . He was not having an auditory fantasy; that was really Jones!
 
Although the body was red from sunburn and also dirty, but that was Jones. It was impossible for him to not recognize Jones!
 
Jones did not wear clothes on his upper body and only wore a pair of pants. He was being held in Bruno’s mouth, and he also said that he had a partner. . . . Reynolds was momentarily stupid. At this moment, he discovered that a fallen beast in estrus was rushing toward Jones.
 
The brain had not managed to react yet, and Reynolds already rushed out and knocked that fallen beast down. After the fight, he looked at Jones out of the corner of his eye and then saw Bruno lashing Jones with his tail, which led to Jones bleeding.
 
This damn guy!
 
After Reynolds sorted the fallen beast out, he did not hesitate to rush toward Bruno.
 
"Boss! What are you doing?!" Bruno, who was inexplicably struck by Reynolds, started to bellow and struggle violently.
 
Reynolds did not care about him though and even bit deep into his skin directly.
 
"Rawr!" Bruno bellowed, screaming in pain unceasingly. "Boss, you’re crazy! What are you doing beating me up?!"
 
Reynolds still didn't talk. His mind was currently in turmoil; he simply didn't know what to say and only thought about thrashing Bruno. Bruno, seeing Reynolds' vicious appearance, realized that it was useless to beg forgiveness. He could only fight with Reynolds and then cried to his partner for help, "Jesse! Save me!"
 
Jesse, the darker-colored lion, turned a blind eye to Bruno.
 
If it was before, when his partner was beaten by the boss, even if it was his partner’s fault, and even if the two of them together were still no match for the boss, Jesse would nonetheless go up and lend a hand, at least helping to block the boss’ attack.
 
But now . . . . Hehehe, that Bruno guy actually came back with a sub-beastman, who only wore a pair of pants, in his mouth!
 
The sub-beastman had constantly struggled while in Bruno's mouth; his body was covered with Bruno’s scent, and Bruno’s body was also covered with that sub-beastman’s scent . . . . Bruno also looked very proud of himself when he came back with a sub-beastman in his mouth, ah.
 
Jesse did not go and see Bruno, directly turning his head away—in any case, the boss had a sense of propriety when putting his hand to someone, and he would not go so far as to bite Bruno to death.
 
Reynolds indeed had a sense of propriety when putting his hand to someone. After knocking Bruno down, he released Bruno and then turned toward Jones.
 
He really wanted to go up and talk to Jones, but at present, he was utterly unable to speak. Moreover, they had not seen each other for thirty years, and Jones might have had another partner . . . .
 
Sniffing, Reynolds smelled the scents of two beastmen on Jones’ body.
 
One scent smelled extremely intimidating. Just from this scent, he could judge that the man was stronger than him . . . . Jones was really remarkable; as expected, he could find a better other half after losing him.
 
And the other scent . . . was of course Bruno's scent. Bruno had put Jones in his mouth. His scent covered every part of Jones, and Jones' bare upper body also had bite marks from Bruno's teeth.
 
Reynolds stared at Jones for a while. He knew that Jones recognized him, but he somewhat didn’t dare to approach Jones . . . .
 
"Boss, why did you hit me too?" Bruno started to get up from the ground, feeling especially wronged, and at this moment, Reynolds, who had just given him a beating, suddenly turned his body around and pounced on him again.
 
"Boss!" Bruno looked at Reynolds in disbelief. Having already beaten him up, why would Reynolds come back for more?
 
Of course Reynolds would come back for more. This guy Bruno almost hurt Jones, which was simply unforgivable.
 
Jones, seeing Reynolds once again go and beat that lion up, suddenly began to laugh. Laughing and laughing, and then he cried.
 
Reynolds was actually still alive and unexpectedly still remembered him.
 
He was indescribably happy, but his tears kept flowing.
 
Reynolds once again knocked Bruno down. Then he turned his head and found that Jones was crying.
 
Jones had always been very strong. Reynolds had never seen him cry except for that time when he had become a fallen beast. Yet Jones actually cried now . . . . Reynolds was worried sick. He kicked Bruno away and then approached Jones very carefully.
 
He wanted to lick the tears and the bloodstain on Jones' face, and he wanted to protect Jones under his own belly, but if he did so, Jones' partner would surely get very angry, and maybe he would be angry with Jones.
 
Reynolds was now a fallen beast, and it was impossible for him to give Jones happiness. This being the case, he absolutely couldn’t go and destroy Jones’ happiness!
 
Reynolds ran around Jones anxiously. He looked like he wanted to approach Jones but didn't dare.
 
When had the surrounding fallen beasts ever seen their boss like this? For a moment, they even suspected that their eyesight was failing. After thinking it over, they suddenly had a sneaking suspicion—did their boss take a fancy to this sub-beastman?
 
But they were fallen beasts, and their builds did not match with the sub-beastmen’s. It was useless to take a fancy to a sub-beastman, ah. Moreover, it was totally impossible for a sub-beastman to take a fancy to a fallen beast. Didn't you see that he was so scared to the point of crying?
 
These guys looked at Reynolds with some sympathy, and then they saw the sub-beastman wipe his tears and turn toward their boss.
 
Their boss . . . . The huge white wolf completely froze when the sub-beastman looked at his direction, but for some reason, the tail behind suddenly began to wag, and that wagging white tail was especially good-looking.
 
The fallen beasts around were practically going crazy. Boss, wake up! You’re not a dog, ah! We’ve followed you for so many years, but we’ve never seen you wag your tail. Yet now, seeing a sub-beastman, you would wag your tail so happily. Are you really all right?
 
"The boss is in heat?" Bruno crept toward his partner, Jesse, and glanced at the white wolf in the center in amazement. "The tail’s shaking, and the chrysanthemum’s all exposed."
 
Jesse swatted his own partner over the head—could this guy not court death?
 
Bruno’s luck was pretty good this time. Reynolds did not hear his words because Jones suddenly hugged Reynolds.
 
Reynolds' tail immediately wagged even more joyfully, and the surrounding fallen beasts were shocked again. What did they see? They saw a sub-beastman throw himself at their boss, a fallen beast!
 
Their boss’ charm was so strong that he could still attract a sub-beastman even after becoming a fallen beast? Could they ask for advice?
 
These fallen beasts were in awe. Then they saw their boss lie on his stomach on the ground to make things easy for the sub-beastman to hug him while watching the sub-beastman intently, eyes full of love.
 
This was . . . love at first sight? Did their boss forget that sub-beastman whom he kept thinking about for so many years? Although said sub-beastman had not sent anything this year, but the fact that their boss could keep thinking about him for so many years meant that their feelings had been deep and their relationship serious.
 
"Reynolds . . ." Jones grabbed the white wolf's ears and wiped all his tears on the white wolf's fur.
 
It could be said that Reynolds treasured his white fur very much. Yet at this moment, he let Jones mess up the fur on his head before he buried his head in Jones' waist, sniffing Jones’ scent.
 
Unfortunately, the scents of the other two beastmen strongly interfered with this. Bruno's scent was tolerable, but the other beastman's scent simply made Reynolds wish he could find the other party straightway and beat him up.
 
This scent seemed to be a little familiar though . . . . As a matter of fact, wasn't it similar to the scent of that guy Chris?
 
The scent of such a powerful snake-type beastman . . . . There was no such beastman except the imperial family. But this was not Chris’ scent, and Chris already had a sub-beastman . . . .
 
Reynolds sniffed again and suddenly found that the place where this scent was the heaviest was on Jones' waist pocket . . . . He took advantage of Jones crying his heart out to tear that pocket with his claws.
 
The spectating fallen beasts: What did the boss want to do? Could it be that he wanted to rip the sub-beastman’s remaining pants off? This kind of thing was not very good, right?
 
Also, this sub-beastman called out the boss’ name. Did he know their boss? These fallen beasts suddenly thought of something.
 
Under these circumstances in which Jones was unaware, but the surrounding fallen beasts all saw it, Reynolds fished out several fruits as well as Edgar's scales that Jones put inside the pocket.
 
So it was only scales!
 
Reynolds was so excited at the moment that he swatted the scales and the fruits onto the sandy ground and then started to lick Jones' body from head to toe, practically wishing he could swallow Jones down into his stomach.
 
"You let me go and listen to me!" Jones was very uncomfortable being licked and immediately ordered.
 
Reynolds obediently sat next to him, tail wagging and eyes watching Jones attentively.
 
"I accidentally fell here this time, but I did plan to come find you initially. It’s really great that you’re fine. It’s been so many years, and I thought you’ve . . ." Jones stared at Reynolds excitedly, looking Reynolds up and down several times. Then he suddenly found that next to Reynolds' feet, several fruits that he could not bear to eat were actually trodden into a mush . . . .
 
"My fruits!" Jones was angry. Even when he was so thirsty, he was not willing to eat those fruits!
 
"That . . . that sub-beastman is the one whom the boss has been keeping in mind the entire time?" Bruno and the other fallen beasts suddenly reacted.
 
Recalling that this sub-beastman had once said that his partner was very powerful and that bullying him would make him end up badly, Bruno could not wait to dig a hole to bury himself.
 
He even wanted the boss to help him fix this sub-beastman’s partner . . . . This sub-beastman’s partner was his boss, ah!
 
He was screwed!

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A Guide to - 73

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73. Unexpected Encounter


During the next few days, every morning Jones and Ian would set off from where they lived and go exploring everywhere. 
 
They found a shallow small pool and brought back a little water, but the water was very muddy, and they did not have any filtering tool, so they did not dare to drink it recklessly, for fear that it contained harmful substances. In the end, the water was merely used for cleaning Edgar's uninjured abdomen.
 
The climate in the desert was dry. Although Edgar, as a snake beastman, did not need to live in the water, but he still liked a damp environment. In the past few days, he had been baked by the sun every day, which was a bit painful to watch. Sponging his body with a little water could make him feel much better.
 
Shu Shu cut off a section of a sleeve, moistened it with water, and carefully sponged Edgar down. As he sponged Edgar down, he saw Edgar's tail tip move, and his face instantly sported a happy expression.
 
While Shu Shu was cleaning Edgar, Jones and Ian ate something and then tidied up the hole that Shu Shu had dug out.
 
Shu Shu had not given up digging a hole in the past few days. As long as his body had no problem, he would dig and dig and dig incessantly. The hole had become very big now and could even accommodate Edgar. They planned to put Edgar into it today.
 
A few days ago, Jones and Ian brought back some plants to cover Edgar’s body. After two days of being exposed to the scorching sun, the plants had been sun-dried. After they spread them on the bottom of the hole, the interior of the hole became much more comfortable. 

"Let’s move Edgar in." Ian climbed out of the cave and spoke to Shu Shu.
 
As an empress, even if Ian was not a stunning beauty, but his skin had been very good. Yet now, after several days, his face was red from getting sun-burnt and peeling off, and his lips were so dry and cracked, he could taste blood when licking them. With his current appearance, other people who saw him certainly couldn’t have guessed that he was an empress. And Jones was even worse than him. He gave his clothes to cover Shu Shu’s body, so his own body was sunburned and red.
 
By comparison, Shu Shu actually looked slightly better. Although the wounds on his body had not been completely healed because of insufficient spiritual power, but at least the sun’s rays could not burn him, this daemon.
 
Hearing Ian’s words, Shu Shu nodded and stood up. Then he, Jones, and Ian grabbed hold of Edgar and rolled him into the hole.
 
Shu Shu now basically had no spiritual power that he could utilize, while Ian and Jones had little strength and could not lift Edgar. Consequently, they had no other choice but to roll Edgar.
 
After some ruckus, Edgar was finally rolled into the hole. Both Ian and Jones breathed a sigh of relief. They stood up and said to Shu Shu, "We’re going to go to the north side to take a look today. Shu Shu, you stay here and look after Edgar and the egg."
 
Shu Shu nodded. Edgar and the egg needed someone to watch them all the time, and he was also reluctant to leave them to go with Ian and Jones.
 
Shu Shu went into the hole to take shelter. On the other hand, Jones and Ian put on straw hats to shield them from the sun and then focused on heading north.
 
In the past few days, they had not had any idle day. Checking all over the place every day, they even got blisters on their feet from the continuous walking.
 
Ian, having been an empress for years, had not suffered such an ordeal for a very long time. Some days ago, when he was reading a book, he accidentally got a paper cut. Chris then grabbed his hand and felt sorry for him for half of the day. Now though . . . .
 
Looking at the tragic sight of his blister-covered feet, Ian laughed bitterly and said, "These are all filled with water. What a waste.”
 
Nowadays, they relied on the drinks and fruits that Shu Shu brought with him to get some hydration. Their bodies were severely dehydrated; with so many blisters produced now, weren’t they even more dehydrated?
 
"Once I return to the capital star, I must soak in the bathtub for a whole day." Jones said.
 
"Hydrating facial mask and so on also must be done. I’m definitely very ugly now. If I don’t take care of myself properly, Chris might turn his back on me." Ian said again.
 
"He dares to ignore you? Beat him up!" Jones laughed. They talked a little to brighten up the atmosphere, but then they stopped talking and immersed themselves in walking forwards instead—they opened their mouths when they talked and were liable to lose more water.
 
A few days ago, the two men had already walked past this direction once. Today they walked in this direction again because they had seen some plants at some distance away. Planning to take another look at those plants, they went a little farther.
   
In order to go farther, the two men’s travel speed hastened. At noon, they really went a lot farther than before, and they finally saw a group of succulent plants that looked a little like cacti.
 
The plants grew very tall. Jones was delighted when he saw them; he wanted to go over and examine them. He wanted to check whether they were poisonous or not by relying on his own experience. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Ian who was beside him suddenly fell headlong to the ground.
 
"Ian!" Jones cried out in fear. Supporting Ian with his hands, he looked at Ian and realized that Ian most probably got heatstroke.
 
Ian was just an ordinary sub-beastman. These past few days, because they had not found any water source, they drank less and less water. Under such circumstances, it was very normal to get heatstroke. Ian being able to hold up for so long and only collapsing now already showed that he had an amazing willpower.
 
Jones, seeing Ian’s appearance, took a juicy fruit from Shu Shu out of the bag he carried on his body and peeled the skin, and then he fed all the juice inside to Ian’s mouth. As an afterthought, he covered Ian's face with a straw hat. After that, holding a knife made of a fragment of the lifepod, he came to the side of the main body of the plant they had just found and cut off a piece of the plant with the knife.
 
After the plant was cut off, it began to drip water. Jones touched the juice with his hand and saw that his hand did not look red and swollen from an allergy. Then he sniffed at the juice.
 
It smelled very good, and there was no stink at all . . . . Jones circled around these plants to check again.
 
Under one of the plants, he finally saw the traces of animals having gnawed and fed on it. He breathed a sigh of relief and then put a little juice into his mouth to moisten it.
 
His tongue was fine and had no problem at all. In this case, even if the plant somewhat had a small amount of toxin, it also wouldn’t be too poisonous.
 
Looking pleasantly surprised, Jones then cut a piece of the plant and used it to wipe Ian's body.
 
Ian’s body temperature was very high, but he constantly shivered. The situation was obviously not very good. Jones clenched his teeth, hauled Ian up his back, and started to walk in the direction they came from. Of course, he also didn’t forget to bring back a large piece of the plant.
 
Even if this plant could not be eaten, it also could be used for wiping Edgar’s body.
 
Jones was not really strong, so he walked particularly slow during the whole journey. When he returned, the sky had become completely dark.
 
"You two are fine, right?" Shu Shu looked at Jones worriedly.
 
"He has heatstroke." Jones said, putting Ian down and taking him into the dugout.
 
It was very hot during the day, but the temperature dropped sharply in the evening. Ian’s condition was getting worse. In addition to heatstroke, Jones also found that the blisters on Ian’s feet were broken and had begun to become inflamed.
 
Jones was a doctor, but even the cleverest doctor would not get anywhere without any equipment. There was nothing at all in this place, and there was simply nothing he could do to help treating Ian’s illness. He could only feed Ian as much high-water-content food as possible.
 
As a result, the high-water-content foods that Shu Shu brought were getting less and less and could not even last for a few days. Fortunately, after Shu Shu had seen the plant brought back by Jones, he confirmed that it could be eaten—as an animal, he also had a bit of instinct that could be used to distinguish which ones could be eaten and which ones could not.
 
However, although they could eat it, it did not mean that they would be fine eating it . . . . Who knew if the plants on this planet had trace elements that were harmful to sub-beastmen?
 
Jones held Ian and slept near Edgar for a night. When he got up the next morning, Ian’s situation did not improve and was even more serious instead.
 
Seeing this, Jones pursed up his cracked lips and said to Shu Shu, "I’ll go back and get this plant again. You look after Ian."
 
"Teacher Jones, don't go." Shu Shu said, frowning at the same time. If Jones went out alone and also suffered heatstroke halfway, then surely no one could bring him back!
 
"Ian won’t get better for a while, and we can't really just sit idle and use up our resources." Jones said.
 
"Then I’ll go with you." Shu Shu said again, "I’ll find something to cover this dugout, and it’ll be fine."
 
"It won’t be fine. Leaving them here is very dangerous. Moreover, your stomach always hurt recently. Don't think I don't know." Jones continued, "Your child isn’t stable. If you’re exposed to the scorching sun outside, maybe you’ll die."
 
Shu Shu’s face changed. Jones said again, "Give me some more fruits. I’m a doctor; I won’t let myself have an accident.”
 
Shu Shu thought about it and eventually agreed. He gave the few remaining fruits with the highest water content to Jones.
 
Jones ate one and put the rest in the bag he carried on his person, and he also carried two of Edgar's dropped scales on his body. Only then did he set off.
 
Jones had experience surviving in the wild and knew about how terrible wild animals were. Because of this, every time he went out these days, he would carry Edgar's scales on his body, letting his body carry the scent of a powerful beastman, so that the predators would not dare to start with him.
 
After leaving the dugout, Jones followed the road he had walked past yesterday and walked toward the area where those plants were located.
 
He had already recognized the road, so today he walked faster than yesterday. When he finally arrived next to those plants, it was also earlier than yesterday.
 
When he was on the road, he did not eat the fruits that Shu Shu gave him. Now, as he cut the flesh of the plant and saw the dripping juice, he only felt that his throat was terribly parched. He wanted to swallow some saliva, but he discovered that his mouth was dry. What saliva did he still have?
 
Jones thought about it, and in the end, he still caught some of the dripping juice and drank a little mouthful of it.
 
He waited for a while, and there was no discomfort. But just when he was going to drink a little more, a huge lion suddenly appeared from behind the plants.
 
"Rowr!" The lion roared and rushed over to pounce on Jones. Jones cried out in fear, but where could he hide from a lion attack? In the end, he was actually bitten by the lion.
 
Jones thought he would certainly die when the lion's big mouth bit him, but unexpectedly, he did not feel too much pain. As it turned out, although the lion bit him, but it actually didn’t bite him to death. It just held him with its mouth, like holding a cub, and then it ran away with him.
 
In response to this, Jones immediately breathed a sigh of relief. And it was at this moment that he suddenly realized that this lion was not quite right.
 
This was not an ordinary lion at all. This . . . looked like a beastman!
 
Jones had been extremely afraid before, but now that fear had already changed into joy—there was actually a beastman on this planet! This was really great!
 
"You . . . you’re a beastman!" Jones grabbed the hair on the edge of the lion's mouth, practically crying tears of joy.
 
It was the lighter-colored lion Bruno who was holding Jones with his mouth. The fur on the edge of his mouth was grabbed by Jones, and it was a little unpleasant for him. He could not help but want to dump Jones on the ground. Reminding himself that this was a sub-beastman and that throwing the sub-beastman down would likely make the sub-beastman fall to his death, he still endured it in the end and also nodded.
 
Even though Jones was not young anymore and was usually calm, but when he eventually saw an opportunity to live after giving up all hope, his emotions were inevitably stirred up, and his tears immediately fell down. "You put me down. I have something to tell you."
 
Jones wanted to have a proper chat with this beastman; Bruno, however, did not have any notion to chat with him. Holding Jones with his mouth, he ran in the direction he came from at lightning speed and even gave Jones, whose upper body was dangling from his mouth, a  mocking glance.
 
He wasn’t really a beastman; he was a fallen beast, and now he was going to bring this sub-beastman to the fallen beasts' den!
 
Sub-beastmen were all very timid. As soon as this sub-beastman saw so many fallen beasts, he would definitely be scared to death! Hahaha!
 
Bruno was still young when he became a fallen beast. He was harmed by some people and became a fallen beast. He was overwrought at that time. As a result, his mother was even more terrified and even showed a frightened expression when looking at him, basically abandoning him . . . . Before he was sent to the Fallen Beast Planet, his mother had never come and seen him. He absolutely had no good opinion of sub-beastmen, so he naturally wouldn’t listen to Jones’ words now.
 
When Jones discovered this detail, his previous joy disappeared, and he instantly became terrified.
 
This beastman seemed to have no goodwill toward him?
 
This planet was very primitive; he reckoned that it was not classified as a habitable planet by the Beastman Empire. In this case, was it possible that this was a planet secretly occupied by the star pirates or some criminal gangs?
 
If they fell into the star pirates’ hands . . . he was afraid that they would be treated inhumanely, since the star pirates lacked sub-beastmen the most!
 
A beastman who wanted to settle down and have children with a sub-beastman would cultivate his feelings with said sub-beastman and then wait for the sub-beastman to eat the beast bead before getting intimate. However, some beastmen plainly didn’t care to do things this way!
 
Even if it was a sub-beastman who had eaten another man's beast bead, the star pirates would not care about it. In any case, they could still vent their desires on the sub-beastman, couldn’t they?
 
The whole journey was very desolate. There was no shadow of any communication device on this lion’s body. Jones was more and more afraid and at once started to struggle fiercely. “You let me go! Do you know who I am? My partner’s very powerful. If you hurt me, you’ll definitely end up badly!”
 
Bruno snorted hearing Jones’ words. He did smell the scent of a powerful beastman on Jones’ body, but what about it? Even that powerful beastman had to be well-behaved and obedient once he arrived on their Fallen Beast Planet!
 
Moreover, even if that beastman was powerful, he certainly couldn’t compare with their boss. Their boss had been the Empire’s great general, a nine-star beastman!
 
Holding the constantly struggling Jones with his mouth, Bruno went all the way to the area where their patrolling fallen beasts had set up camp. When he distantly saw the white wolf, who was lying face down on the stone and being bored, he briskly ran over while issuing a smug howl.
 
"Boss, look! I brought back a sub-beastman!" Bruno was very excited. Catching sight of him, all the fallen beasts around also came over to see.
 
A group of beastmen! A group of beastmen whose bodies were full of murderous aura!
 
Jones punched Bruno's eye. "Let me go! Or else my partner will definitely kill all of you!"
 
The white wolf lying face down on the stone suddenly heard a man’s voice and subconsciously looked up to see.
 


Author’s note:
Lion: Boss, boss, look, I caught and brought back a sub-beastman for you!    　
Jones: Bastard! My partner won’t let you get away with this.　
The white wolf . . . the white wolf flattened the lion with a slap. 

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72. Reynolds the Fallen Beast King
 

When Edgar climbed out of the small crack on the lifepod, he was prepared to lose his life.
 
His body was very strong now, but he was still flesh and blood in the end. He could bear staying in the universe for a while, but if it was for a long time, he would definitely not be able to endure it.

However, he was a beastman.
 
At that time, he did not hesitate a bit. He climbed out of the lifepod and then turned into his original form and wrapped himself around the entire lifepod. After doing so, he actually had peace of mind.
 
There were his most important people in the lifepod, and he had to protect them well.
 
There was no air in the universe. If the sub-beastmen were exposed, it probably wouldn’t take long for them to lose their lives . . . . Edgar buried his head under his own body while constantly circulating his spiritual power and began to resist all kinds of impacts, allowing the lifepod to suffer no more harm.
 
A huge spaceship ruin knocked his scales off, and his flesh were embedded with the small rocks that zinged past him, but he never gave up and still firmly protected the lifepod in his embrace.
 
Edgar did not know how long he had drifted in the universe. He only knew that several times, he thought that he would never wake up again.
 
However, from the small crack on the lifepod that he was protecting with his body, someone would extend a hand and give him spiritual power. Each time it happened, he would abruptly rouse and once again have the motivation to press on.
 
He had to make his loved ones safe.
 
The "beast core" he had cultivated, which was being excessively consumed by him without getting any replenishment, was getting smaller and smaller . . . . The last time he had self-detonated the beast core, it had been his last resort. But this time, he was actually perfectly happy to do it.
 
When he saw a planet that seemed to have life, his mind was already foggy, but his last thought was to bring the lifepod onto that planet.
 
Even if he was going to die, he still had to send the people in the lifepod to a safe place first.
 
He then completely lost consciousness.
 
Vaguely, he seemed to hear Shu Shu say that his tumor was big again.
 
What tumor? That was his child! His and Shu Shu's child! It was definitely not a tumor!
 
Why would it be big again? Why would you say "again"?
 
How about his tumor?
 
If he died, wouldn’t Shu Shu give birth to another man’s tumor?
 
Edgar recovered his consciousness for a little while but soon passed out again.
 
Seeing Edgar close his eyes again, Shu Shu, Ian, and Jones were back to being tight-lipped.
 
"Edgar, he woke up!" Shu Shu was pleasantly surprised somewhat. Since Edgar was able to wake up, his following condition would definitely get better and better!
 
As long as Edgar managed to wake up completely, they might well survive too! Edgar was very amazing, ah!
 
"Edgar will surely be fine." Ian was also very excited and very pleased. His son was indeed truly blessed; he had become like this and could remain alive!
 
Shu Shu and Ian were very happy, and Jones was also the same. However, Jones obviously sobered up faster than these two men. After sobering up, he turned toward Shu Shu, "Shu Shu, what did you say just now? Your tumor . . . is big again?"
 
Shu Shu came to his senses and nodded. "Yeah, my tumor’s big again. Does it mean I’m pregnant again? But . . ." After he and Edgar had had a child, they had not done anything at all, ah. He was going to make Edgar wear a condom later!
 
"What a beast this guy was! You’ve just given birth to a child!" Ian glanced at Edgar with indignation. A sub-beastman who had just given birth to a child had to recuperate for a month. Even if Shu Shu was recovering very well, Edgar was also not allowed to act arbitrarily against him!
 
"Shu Shu, did you get hurt?" Jones also asked.
 
"Don't scold Edgar." Shu Shu did not want others to criticize Edgar. "I’m fine. It’s Edgar who’s hurt."
 
"Shu Shu, consecutive pregnancy isn’t good for your health. You’ve just given birth to a child, and Edgar already . . . *cough cough* " Ian always felt that some words were hard to say to his son's partner.
 
Shu Shu, however, already came up with a reply, "I do think it’s very strange. After giving birth to the child, Edgar didn't let me touch him, ah . . . ." After giving birth that night, they were very busy and naturally had no time to do anything. The next night, Edgar came back very late, and he was already asleep . . . . When he woke up in the early morning after a night of sleep, he actually made a move on Edgar, but Edgar did not let him have his way and said that he did not want to hurt him.
 
Afterwards, Jonathan kidnapped Ian and Jones, and he and Edgar also followed them onto the spaceship. At that time, they were actually in contact with each other a lot, but there was nothing intimate about it.
 
A snake and a hamster could do what, ah!
 
What was Edgar not letting him touch? Was it possible that his son was not the one who took the initiative? For a beastman to become like this, did he feel no shame? Ian was momentarily speechless.
 
Thinking about what Shu Shu had meant, Ian became at a loss again. "What the hell is going on? Could it be that it’s not a pregnancy?"
 
"It’s exactly the same as before . . ." Shu Shu said again, "It should be a growing egg."
 
If it was really an egg, how was it conceived? Ian frowned deeply.
 
Jones also looked rather perplexed. He stared at Shu Shu in puzzlement for a while and suddenly said, "I think Shu Shu’s pregnant again."
 
Ian and Shu Shu immediately turned toward Jones.
 
Jones continued, "Whether it’s a snake or a hamster, in nature, there’s a situation in which they can continue to give birth after giving birth to a litter and without mating again."
 
Hearing Jones’ explanation, Shu Shu also remembered this thing.
 
Some female hamsters had just given birth to a litter and had not been with the male hamsters again, but they were able to produce another litter.
 
But, wasn’t this something that only female hamsters were capable of doing? Why was he also able to do such a thing?
 
Shu Shu thought of that time when he’d had a tumor in his stomach but still flung himself at Edgar and felt extremely regretful now. And, thinking of how he had gone to bed with Edgar prior to giving birth to the child . . . his face became particularly wonderful.
 
If he had known earlier, he definitely wouldn’t have done so at that time!
 
Now Edgar needed a great deal of spiritual power to recover his health while he had a child in his stomach who, as it happened, needed a lot of spiritual power too . . . .
 
Shu Shu was a little depressed. Ian and Jones, however, were both surprised and happy.
 
Shu Shu unexpectedly had another child, and the imperial family could finally have two children. This was a great thing, but now that they had fallen onto such an alien planet, could the child be born and grow up smoothly?
 
"Shu Shu, we’ll go around and take a look. You take a good rest here." Jones pulled Ian to stand up and then gave his clothes to Shu Shu again. "Put on the clothes so you won’t get sunburnt."
 
Shu Shu nodded and put on Jones' clothes while following Jones and Ian’s departure with his eyes.
 
Waiting until Jones had walked quite far away, Shu Shu, instead of resting, changed into his original form and then began to dig a hole under a huge rock on the side.
 
Although the hamster was small, but his brandished claws were flying, and the speed of digging a hole was very, very fast.
 
Not long after Shu Shu started digging, he dug out a hole that could accommodate one person to lie down. At this moment, his stomach began to feel uncomfortable again.
 
When he had been carrying the first egg, he’d had no discomfort except for feeling anxious. But it was different this time; his stomach had hurt several times.
 
There should be some reasons for him to become like this. At that time, his physical condition was very good, and his spiritual power was abundant. Edgar also kept giving his spiritual power, so the child naturally grew very well and very fast. This time though . . . .
 
This child’s arrival was so sudden, and he simply hadn’t noticed it. Not to mention that he had completely disregarded the child when he had been on the spaceship, later when he had been drifting in the universe, not even a little spiritual power had been set aside for the child.
 
No wonder this child was unhappy.
 
Shu Shu lay down on the bottom of the hole and rested for a good while until he felt well enough. Only then did he get up again and continued to dig a hole.
 
Shu Shu toiled away without stopping and finally dug a pretty big hole. Unfortunately, it was still not big enough to accommodate Edgar.
 
Probably because he had overdrawn his spiritual power too much, his jīndān was somewhat unstable now. If it were not for his red bead, his cultivation would probably regress like Edgar’s, and he had to turn back into a hamster again . . . . On top of that, his stomach would hurt from time to time, so he no longer dared to put his spiritual power to use.
 
Coming to Edgar’s side but unable to help treating Edgar with spiritual power, Shu Shu could only feed Edgar some food.
 
"Edgar, I’ve another egg in my stomach. You must wake up quickly. If you don’t wake up quickly, you won’t be able to watch it being born!" Shu Shu kept repeating these words in Edgar's ear. At this time, Jones and Ian finally came back.
 
They brought back some weeds, and although they did not bring back any water, which they needed the most right now, they looked hopeful.
 
"There’s life on this planet." Jones said to Shu Shu with a smile. "We also saw some plants. We’ll go a little further to take a look tomorrow. We should be able to find a water source."
 
The area where they were located should be a desert. He and Ian found some plants that grew in the desert today, but they did not find any water. Still, they at least had some hope now, didn’t they?
 
"Shu Shu, did you dig a hole? You’re now . . ." Ian saw the big hole and frowned at Shu Shu. Shu Shu had been spiritless for the past two days. He obviously had not recovered his health. How could he still go and dig a hole?
 
"I'm fine." Shu Shu smiled at Ian. "If I really can't stand it, I’ll definitely stop."
 
Looking at Shu Shu, Ian opened his mouth to speak but only came up with a sigh. When he first saw Shu Shu, he always felt that Shu Shu was a little delicate, but now he realized that this child was in fact not delicate at all, which actually made him distressed.
 
"When I haven’t met Edgar, I also did this kind of thing." Shu Shu said again. Although there were numerous foods in the forest of Gass Planet, and there was no need to worry about having no water to drink, but that place was more dangerous. He also encountered many troubles when he stayed on Gass Planet before. Later, the rather ferocious animals around him all disappeared, which should be Edgar secretly helping him.
 
Ian was even more distressed.
 
The hole that Shu Shu had dug out was currently still not big enough for Edgar to lie in, but it was just right for Ian and Jones to spend the night. So Ian and Jones brought the egg to take cover in the hole that night.
 
Shu Shu, like the night before, turned into a little hamster and lay down beside Edgar. However, not long after he had lain down, Ian came over and picked him up and then brought him back to the dug-out, hugging him close. "You have to rest well now. Edgar can only recover if you get better. And only then will we be all right.”
 
Ian held Shu Shu in his arms. Shu Shu rubbed against Ian, feeling a little embarrassed, but he was soon unable to hold on and quickly entered the dreamland.
 
When Ian and the others slept, on the other side, many fallen beasts were dividing their prey.
 
The huge white wolf walked away with the best one of all the prey in his mouth and started to eat it unhurriedly. A black wolf with yellow bands on his coat watched the white wolf for a while and slowly approached the white wolf, wanting to lick the white wolf. Unexpectedly, he had not reached the white wolf yet, and the white wolf suddenly growled loudly at him.
 
The wolf was scared off by the white wolf and immediately ran away with his tail tucked between his legs. The white wolf then continued to eat the prey in front of him.
 
Not far away, two male lions, one light-colored and one dark-colored, were also eating their prey side by side. While they ate, they also licked the bloodstain off each other's mouth intimately.
 
The lighter-colored lion watched the white wolf’s movement over there and clicked his tongue twice. "The boss is too much. Someone took the initiative to get close, but he refused."
 
They all were beastmen once. Before they became fallen beasts, they naturally liked sub-beastmen. But they had become fallen beasts now, hadn’t they?
 
The estrus was very painful. Meanwhile, the living creatures on this planet were very horrible; they were practically some kinds of prehistoric creatures, and many of them were invertebrates. Under such circumstances, they could only look for their own companions to vent.
 
Just like them, some fallen beasts who had been together for a long time simply became partners, getting more and more intimate and occasionally rolling in the hay . . . .
 
Of course, there were also some fallen beasts who could not accept anything to happen between men who were also beastmen like them. Included among this sort was their boss.
 
It was not easy to endure during estrus. Some fallen beasts practically couldn’t wait to ram their heads into the trees, but their boss seemed to have endured for several decades? It’s really amazing!
 
"The boss has a sub-beastman he likes." The darker-colored lion replied. Among them fallen beasts, everyone who previously had a sub-beastman  was basically unwilling to do anything with other fallen beasts.
 
"The boss hasn't given his beast bead to that sub-beastman to eat. After so many years, that sub-beastman has maybe become another man’s partner."
 
"The boss previously could still receive something every year." The darker-colored lion said again.
 
"He didn’t receive anything this year, did he?" The lighter-colored lion somewhat rejoiced in the boss' misfortune. The boss always beat him up; now the boss got his retribution, right?
 
Seeing his partner babbling nonsense, the darker-colored lion suddenly bit the neck of the lighter-colored lion and then climbed to his back. The lighter-colored lion started to growl resentfully—this was not fair; they should fight first! Moreover, if he fought, he could always win!
 
However, even if he resisted now, it was already too late . . . . Snorting a few times, the lighter-colored lion was resigned to being pressed down.
 
The white wolf had already finished eating his prey at this time. He suddenly stood up and issued a summoning howl.
 
"Fuck! What the hell is the boss going to do? Are we going to patrol the whole territory? Now that we have enough food, can't we stay and rest in one place? Why do we have to run around?" The crushed lion was quite dissatisfied. Their boss lost his love, so he deliberately tormented them, did he? It was so troublesome and took a lot of effort to patrol everywhere, ah!
 
Usually, even if they were going to go and distribute food to various places, they would only assign a few people. There was no need for all of them to go together, ah!
 
The lion pressed against him heard his words and immediately bit his neck again in exasperation. This guy always questioned the boss; was he actually looking for a beating?

PS: go read New Age, New Hell (http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=3563820). It's really good, and it's by the same author of Agreement of Being Gay for 30 Days.

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71. Shu Shu Turns Into a Hamster
 

Chestnuts, dried meats, dried fruits, fruits . . . .
 
A big pile of snacks appeared in front of Shu Shu. The types were many and varied, and the quantity was also a lot. The only thing in common was that the size was not big.
 
Seeing these things, Ian was dumbfounded. How the hell did these things get here?
 
While pondering about how the hell these things got here, Ian suddenly thought of the egg in his arms . . . . Shu Shu’s body had been bare and had nothing at all, but Shu Shu had suddenly come up with this egg. Where the hell had this egg been hidden?
 
The Beastman Empire had developed space buttons, but space buttons could not be loaded with living animals. In addition, whether it was Shu Shu or Edgar, they both had not worn any space button.
 
"Shu Shu, did you take these things out of your mouth?" Jones, who was a little more attentive, always felt strange.
 
He felt it was really hard to accept that a sub-beastman’s tiny mouth could suddenly spat out loads of food and what not . . . .
 
"Yeah! My innate ability is a particularly large food pouch." Shu Shu replied. "It leads to a subspace! "
 
“No wonder you eat snacks so fast and so many . . . ." Ian stared at the food in front of him. A good deal of them were the ones he had bought for Shu Shu.
 
"Yeah." Shu Shu nodded and then asked, "Do you want to eat? If you think the food that I took out of my mouth is dirty, you can eat the ones with shells." Speaking, Shu Shu handed out the fresh chestnuts that he had picked himself on Gass Planet.
 
After arriving at the capital star and tasting all kinds of delicious snacks, he somewhat had overlooked these chestnuts . . . .
 
Although Ian and Jones had been fed a bit of food by Shu Shu while in the lifepod, but that bit was far from enough. Having long been very hungry, they also realized that only if they ate some food would they have the strength to do other things, so they no longer declined the food. They took the proffered chestnuts, cut them open, and eat them.
 
Shu Shu straightened out the clothes on his body and glanced sideways at Jones, whose arms were bare because his clothes were given to him. He couldn’t help but frown. "Unfortunately, I didn't bring the space button . . . . Now they don't have clothes to wear."
 
Space buttons were expensive, but many beastmen would buy one, and they would always equipped it with a variety of clothes. In addition, when they became beasts, they would use it to store their clothes.
 
When the beastmen were in their human forms, the space buttons were generally worn on their wrists as wrist watches. When they turned into their beast forms, the space buttons would still be worn on their beast legs—as tight wristbands that could stretch a lot.
 
But Shu Shu and Edgar’s previous situation was different. They became very small.
 
They became so small, smaller than the space button itself. How could they still wear the space button?
 
"It’s already pretty good that we’re able to survive." Ian ate a few sweet fresh chestnuts, and his face looked a bit better. Then he turned toward Shu Shu, "Did you bring water?" In this rock desert, besides having no food, they also had another huge trouble, which was having no water.
 
"There’re fruits and a little drink, but no water." Shu Shu somewhat regretted that he had not had a little more consideration before. Him storing food in his food pouches was purely to hoard snacks, so he could eat anytime and anywhere. Oftentimes, he only started to feel like storing food when he ate something delicious. Why would he purposefully store water inside?
 
Moreover, something like water was not so easy to store . . . . The drinks he stored were all in individual small bottles, but generally, the water he drank was not packaged like this.
 
Ian already felt better knowing that Shu Shu could store food and immediately said, "It’s good that we have something to eat. Tomorrow we’ll look around. We should be able to find a water source."

"I think this planet most likely has living things. As long as there’s life, you’ll definitely be able to find a water source." Jones continued, "I’ll go and take a look around later."
 
If it was possible, their best choice was to leave this desert together, but Edgar's current condition was very bad, and they could not move him at will. Also, they, three sub-beastmen, were naturally unable to move Edgar, who was very big and motionless.
 
Thinking like this, Jones turned toward Edgar again.
 
Edgar's physical condition was very poor, and his breath was weak . . . . If they were in the capital star, he could definitely get medical treatment, but here . . . . They had nothing now.
 
As Jones secretly sighed, Shu Shu came near Edgar's head.
 
He had always been a little afraid of Edgar's big head, but this time, in a very rare moment, he approached the huge snake head of his own accord. Then he took a bottle of nutrient fluid from his food pouch and slowly poured it into Edgar's mouth.   

This nutrient fluid was bought by Edgar on the day when his pregnancy was known by others. As a result, he gave birth on that very night and didn’t manage to drink any of it. However, he had tasted a bottle and thought it tasted very good. So he simply stored all the nutrient fluids, each in a thumb-sized bottle, in his food pouches.
 
This thing was nutritious, but now he could not bear to eat it and directly fed it to Edgar.
 
After feeding a bottle and looking on Edgar's huge body, Shu Shu thought about it and fed Edgar with a second bottle and then a third bottle . . . .
 
Shu Shu fed Edgar nutrient fluid for pregnant sub-beastmen, and this scene was seen by both Ian and Jones. The nutrition necessary for pregnant sub-beastmen and the nutrition necessary for injured beastmen were different. If it was before, they would definitely stop Shu Shu, but now . . . . In any case, it was also a nutrient fluid.
 
"Edgar, you quickly get better. Our child grows so fast. If you don't quickly get better, you might miss seeing him breaking the shell." Shu Shu stroked Edgar's head and said in a low voice.
 
He liked Edgar very much, but he had always been simple-minded and never thought deeply about anything. Until this moment when Edgar was seriously injured.
 
He suddenly discovered that he could not stand the possibility that Edgar might leave him.
 
He wanted Edgar to accompany him to sleep, to prepare all kinds of food for him, to cradle him in his arms, and to dote on him . . . . In short, he just wanted Edgar.
 
The nutrient fluid flowed into Edgar's throat, but Edgar did not make any movement or sound at all . . . . Stroking Edgar's head again, Shu Shu began to examine Edgar's wounds carefully while picking off each and every stone that got embedded in Edgar's skin and flesh after Edgar fell to the ground.
 
The sun was setting, little by little, and the night was approaching.
 
The temperature difference between day and night in the desert was extremely great. They felt blazing hot during the day but were getting colder and colder at night.
 
Shu Shu and Edgar, in order to blend in to board the spaceship, did not bring anything at all and were stark naked. Although Jones and Ian were wearing clothes, but they were wearing thin clothes and only one layer at that—the temperature inside the imperial palace was always constant; was there any need for them to wear so much?
 
As the temperature got lower and lower, Jones and Ian were terribly frozen, especially Jones. He had given his own clothes to Shu Shu, and now he had nothing to cover his body with.
 
Jones had always lived in the barracks, and his physical fitness was very good, but now he also found the temperature a little unbearable. Seeing him like this, Ian hurriedly said, "I’ll give my clothes to you."
 
Saying so, Ian was going to undress, but Jones stopped him. "No need. Let's hold each other to warm ourselves." Ian's body was originally not so good, and when he was talking now, his jaw even chattered. How could he let Ian take off his only clothes?
 
"My clothes’re for you." Shu Shu abruptly stood up. He grabbed their only possession, a thin blanket found in the lifepod, and handed it over to Ian and Jones. Then he began to take off his clothes.
 
"No need. Shu Shu, you’re still injured. Also, you and your child can't be frozen." Jones quickly said. Before, Shu Shu was lying down beside Edgar, hugging the egg and bundled up in a blanket. Without the blanket and the clothes, wouldn’t Shu Shu get frozen?
 
"I'm fine." Shu Shu said. After pondering for a while, he did not take off his clothes. Instead, he put the egg into Jones' arms and then, in front of Ian and Jones, turned into a little hamster .
 
"Shu Shu!" Ian cried out in fear—how did Shu Shu suddenly disappear in front of him?
 
Jones was also quite puzzled. Where was Shu Shu? Why did he leave his clothes and pants behind?
 
While the two of them were astonished, a little hamster suddenly crawled out from inside the clothes and pants that Shu Shu left behind.
 
What was this all about? How could a little hamster suddenly appear here?
 
Both Ian and Jones were stunned, and then, something that shocked them further happened again—the little hamster in front of them suddenly became Shu Shu.
 
"So long as I turn into a hamster, I won’t be afraid of the cold." Shu Shu smiled at Ian and Jones.
 
Ian and Jones’ faces were stiff and expressionless. Wasn’t Shu Shu a sub-beastman? How could he suddenly turn into a hamster?
 
So, was Shu Shu actually a beastman? A hamster beastman?
 
But if that was the case, where did the egg in their arms come from? Beastmen basically could not give birth to a child, ah!
 
Previously, the blowing wind had made Ian and Jones shiver all over and almost frozen them to death. But at this moment, they already paid no notice to the cold and no longer had time to think about it.
 
"You put on these clothes and hold each other." Shu Shu spoke and then said another sentence, "You hold the egg." He had no spiritual power now, and after he turned into a hamster, he could not become smaller or bigger anymore and could only keep his original state.
 
And his original build was of course smaller than the egg. Since his size had become this small, it was impossible for him to hold the egg even if he wanted to.
 
Done talking, Shu Shu once again turned into a little hamster and then ran to Edgar’s side to find a place to nest.
 
Ian, stupefied, gave a nod, and Jones, also stupefied, put on the clothes. Then the two men held the egg in the middle and bundled up in a blanket.
 
Although the blanket was rather thin, but it was made of special materials nonetheless. Not only it protected them against the cold, but it also blocked them from the wind. After bundling up in a blanket, they were not so cold anymore.
 
"No wonder! Edgar originally gave his beast bead to Shu Shu, so after Shu Shu accidentally lost it, he would consider himself as having no beast bead . . . ." Ian couldn't help but exclaim. He had really blamed his own son wrongly. At any rate, his son’s physiology course should have been pretty good. But at that time, this unlucky child most likely always thought that Shu Shu was a beastman and unable to give birth.
 
"Yeah." Jones replied. No wonder Edgar and Shu Shu could not have thought that Shu Shu would be pregnant or even believed that Shu Shu could be pregnant . . . . Shu Shu, he was a beastman, ah!
 
"I suppose Shu Shu’s different than the average beastman." Ian said again.
 
Jones nodded and added a sentence, "We can't let others know about this."
 
Ian also thought so. He nodded and then, rather helpless, said, "Edgar, this child, he’s given his beast bead to Shu Shu beforehand and then tell us that . . ." He did not continue to speak and just sighed ruefully. His son actually gave his beast bead to a beastman; this was to recognize Shu Shu?
 
He felt upset somewhat. But then he thought of what he had seen under the moonlight, a little hamster with a few bald spots on its body as well as a wound on its head, and felt that it did not matter.
 
No matter what Shu Shu was in the end, he was Edgar's partner and already gave birth to a child for Edgar.
 
Thinking this way, Ian gently stroked the egg in his arms.
 
Having just experienced a life and death situation and, prior to this, been bombarded by all sorts of news—the son died, the son became a fallen beast, the son lost the beast bead—, Ian was very calm and collected right now. He readily accepted the fact that his own beastman son’s partner might be a beastman too and quickly entered the land of dreams.
 
Jones also accepted this matter right away, but he was nevertheless unable to constrain the feeling of excitement in his heart, to the extent that he had some difficulty to fall asleep.
 
Shu Shu had many magical properties on his body. Maybe he could really make the fallen beasts have the beast core again.
 
It was just that he did not know whether Reynolds was still alive or not . . . .
 
Thinking of Reynolds, Jones, after calculating the time, suddenly realized that this year’s supplies delivery day to the Fallen Beast Planet had passed.
 
Although it was unknown whether Reynolds was still alive or not, but when the Beastman Empire did its yearly delivery of the newly-emerging fallen beasts and some supplies to the Fallen Beast Planet, Jones would also send some things to Reynolds. He would even send along some of his own image data every year, absurdly hoping that Reynolds would be able to see it.
 
For this year’s supplies delivery, he had already prepared some while in Gass Planet, but then he suddenly ran into Edgar and discovered that a fallen beast could still recover. He followed Edgar to return to the capital star and had no time to attend to the delivery. Later, he planned to go to the Fallen Beast Planet in person but then forgot about it altogether.
 
Thirty years had passed by; Reynolds was probably dead already, and the image data he had sent was also meaningless. Not to mention that because Edgar had almost become a fallen beast, the imperial family sent a lot of supplies to the Fallen Beast Planet this year. Even if he did not send anything, it also did not matter . . . .
 
He did not know if this place was far from the Fallen Beast Planet or not . . . .
 
Jones, thinking about his past with Reynolds, slowly closed his eyes.
 
Shu Shu was curling up beside Edgar at this moment. At the same time, he discovered that although the environment on this planet was not so good, but the spiritual influence of this place was actually quite abundant, allowing the speed of his spiritual power recovery to become faster.
 
Every time Shu Shu recovered a little spiritual power, he would immediately send it into Edgar's body, leaving nothing at all for himself.
 
Nested in Edgar’s arms, close to Edgar’s heart, Shu Shu slowly fell asleep.
 
Shu Shu did not sleep well, and he was awakened by his painful stomach at night.
 
When he had overdrawn his spiritual power in the lifepod, his stomach had also hurt, but it had not been this serious. At that time, although he had hurt all over, but he had managed to ignore it. But this time . . . .   

The little hamster covered its own belly with its tiny paws, tossing and turning in discomfort. A tiny bit of spiritual power that had just been recovered was drained away.
 
Shu Shu's situation was not known to the other two. He also did not go and bother them, always thinking that the pain would be better after a while. And after suffering for a while, he indeed didn’t hurt so much anymore and finally fell asleep in a daze.
 
The next day, early in the morning, Shu Shu’s spiritual power had recovered a little. He initially wanted to transfer it to Edgar right away, but he suddenly remembered about his painful stomach. He immediately used this bit of spiritual power to examine his own condition.
 
As soon as this examination was done, Shu Shu was rooted to the spot—he actually grew another tumor!
 
"The tumor in my stomach is big again. How did that come about?" Shu Shu was shocked. After he had given birth to the egg, he had not been intimate with Edgar, and then the kidnapping had happened. How could he conceive a child?
 
"What?" Ian and Jones were also stunned. It was only one day after Shu Shu had given birth when Jonathan had come to kidnap them . . . . Edgar would not be such a beast, would he?
 
The three people looked at each other and remained silent. At this moment, there was a sound coming out from the side—Edgar, who had not made any movement or sound since falling to this planet, finally opened his eyes.



TL's note: next updates will be every Wednesday as usual

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