“I’m not sure when it started but the stray beasts slowly stepped foot into this desert. They fought menacingly and threw their weight around in violent battles, disrupting his life. They even stared at his red spider lily with their greedy eyes.”


  “At the beginning, the stray beasts attacked him one by one, soon after they started attacking him in groups.”


  “Those countless stray beasts pounced towards him from all directions. Then……he became a demon in all the slaughtering, stepping on the mountain of pure-white bones. This was the first time he felt hungry, thus, he sat on the mountain of corpses and started eating the stray beasts below his feet. Until……not even a bone was left.”


  “Thus, he was enshrined and worshiped by the stray beasts. His name became a taboo that could never be mentioned in this world.

  “She wants him to protect the route to hell. How can he protect it without becoming a demon? Eventually, he didn’t let her hopes down as he awaited the person to take the flower on her behalf.”


  Bi An sat up straight, his pianist-like fingers pinching onto Gu Mengmeng’s chin lightly, as if he was examining an art piece. He said, “So, I’ll definitely give you the Heart of the Desert so that you can ferry the person she’s waiting back. Only this way have I successfully completed her command and can finally head to her. So, I’m more urgent than you, do you understand? Hmm?”


  Gu Mengmeng nodded, half-understanding him. Bi An smiled and released her, saying, “How can people understand when the wound is not on themselves? But it’s fine, you don’t need to understand. I’ll tell her this loneliness slowly after I see her.”


  Gu Mengmeng was supposed to feel scared after hearing that he ate a mountain of corpses but she did not know if her principles were ruined after seeing too many situations since coming to the Beast World. This matter was not that unacceptable for her.

  Now in Gu Mengmeng’s eyes, Bi An was just someone with a hard life after being too in love.

  “Uncle Bi An, I’ve a question for you.”


  “Ask.”


  “You said you’re the owner of the stray beasts? Then Cole……”


  “That fox?” Bi An thought for a moment and laughed in disdain, “He self-claimed as king outside like he’s playing dressing-up. With those petty tricks, he’s just a clown who knows how to take advantage of others to manipulate them for his own benefits.”


  “Then……are you not going to care about him?” Gu Mengmeng asked.

  Bi An laughed and retorted, “The stray beasts outside are just a bunch of rubbish and good-for-nothings. I don’t even open a recycling site, why should I care about him?”


  Gu Mengmeng was choked beyond words.

  Ha, that’s true too, as compared to the weirdos in Fedaton City, the stray beasts outside was really a disorderly crowd and did not deserve to be mentioned at all.

  As they talked, Lea’s roasted scorpion was cooked. He picked two juiciest ones and gave them to Gu Mengmeng, saying, “Eat something first, Wabei and Elvis would head out to see if they can catch other food for you tomorrow.”


  Gu Mengmeng shook her head and said, “Let’s just eat scorpions, they’re not bad too. And there’s so many of them here, I guess we can’t even finish all of them in three to five years.”


  Lea laughed and rubbed Gu Mengmeng’s head, comforting her, “You’ve to suffer for these few days. When we return to our place, I’ll cook something delicious for you.”


  Gu Mengmeng nodded as a form of reply and did not say anything else.

  She just thought in her heart, ferry that person back? Who was that person? How could she ferry him back? Wang Xiaoxin was not even here anymore, so what if she really ferried that person back? Wouldn’t it like the Bi An flower, not seeing leaves when the flower blooms and not seeing the flower when the leaves are there for every lifetime, hopeless and wasting time away.

  “Show me the secret code once more.” Bi An requested.