Chapter 177: Docile Star Beast
Shi Zhen Guang gritted his teeth and continued downward.
“Drip…”
When he had descended another fifty meters or so, the equipment everywhere started blaring alarms. Now he could only go up, otherwise, if the equipment failed, the poison gas would instantly engulf him.
After Shi Zhen Guang went up, he saw Ji Ze was also up there.
Seeing Shi Zhen Guang coming up, Ji Ze hurriedly reached out to grab the rope and pulled him up.
Shi Zhen Guang opened his helmet, and Ji Ze looked at Shi Zhen Guang with excitement in his eyes, “Colonel.”
“Ji Ze? Why are you here?”
A smile appeared on Ji Ze’s face, “The Commander asked me to come check on you. He said you came this way and told me to watch you all, not let you act impulsively.”
Hearing that it was his nephew’s arrangement, Shi Zhen Guang shook his head helplessly.
Liu Qi walked over and asked how it went.
Shi Zhen Guang looked at the abyss and sighed, “I could only go down to four hundred and twenty meters. Any deeper, and I couldn’t go down.”
Hearing this, disappointment appeared on Liu Qi’s face.
Although Ji Ze didn’t know why they were so insistent on going down the abyss, he didn’t ask and just said, “Let’s go, back to camp first, then discuss this matter.”
Shi Zhen Guang glanced at the abyss, sadness flashing in his eyes, then turned his head and restrained all his emotions.
“Let’s go.”
……
“What place is this exactly?”
Shi An’an and Xiu were flying in the air together, fully concealing their aura, looking down below with great surprise on her face.
Xiu looked at everything on the land below and shook his head; he also didn’t know where this was.
After they left the cave, they flew all the way, surveying this place.
Then they discovered that here, aside from star beasts, there were spirit stones piled up everywhere.
Because of the spiritual energy, there were actually animals and plants here.
At this moment, they were above a lake, where a large expanse of lake was surrounded by small animals drinking water.
There were no large animals, only small cute ones.
“Roar!”
In the distance, a star beast slowly walked over. Hearing the star beast’s roar, these animals immediately scattered and hid.
After all the animals left, the group of star beasts walked over with heads held high.
The leading star beast looked around, and seeing no animals, it satisfactorily walked to the lake, lowered its head to drink.
The other star beasts also scattered, surrounding the lake to drink water.
After the star beasts finished drinking, some lay down by the lake to rest, others jumped into the lake water to play…
The small animals that had just hidden themselves poked their heads out to observe, then gradually walked out and came to the lake’s edge.
Shi An’an watched carefully. She discovered that these Star Beasts did not launch attacks after seeing these animals.
Some Star Beasts even chased and played with these animals.
Shi An’an looked at the peaceful scene of harmony on the ground, extremely shocked.
This was completely different from the Star Beasts she had seen before.
The Star Beasts here were all very docile, while those outside were full of killing and bloodshed.
“Why are these Star Beasts different from the ones outside?” Shi An’an asked Xiu.
Xiu searched in that person’s fragmented memories but found no answer.
“I don’t know.”
“How about…”
Shi An’an looked at the Star Beasts below, her eyes eager to try.
Xiu grabbed Shi An’an at once. “No!”
Shi An’an looked at Xiu in surprise. “How did you know what I wanted to do?”
Xiu showed helplessness on his face. “Do you want to go down and interact with those Star Beasts?”
“Mm-hmm.” Shi An’an nodded admiringly at Xiu.
“I didn’t expect us to be thinking the same thing!”
“………”
“I’ll go down and try. Don’t worry—if I notice anything off about them, I’ll leave immediately. I’m at Nascent Soul now, and I’m very powerful!”
Xiu pulled Shi An’an. “I’ll go!”
“No, I’ll go. Don’t fight me for it, or I’ll get mad!” Shi An’an pretended to be angry as she looked at Xiu. She vaguely knew in her heart that this move should work on him.
Sure enough!
“Alright, be careful. Leave immediately if anything seems off…”
“Got it, don’t worry!” Shi An’an smiled and made an “OK” gesture.
With that, Shi An’an flew down and landed behind a large tree.
Xiu watched below with worry, keeping an eye on Shi An’an.
Shi An’an stealthily poked her head out and looked at the Star Beasts ahead.
At this moment, the Star Beasts were very contented—some were lying down or squinting their eyes, some were chasing and playing with the animals, and some were rubbing their teeth against tree trunks…
Shi An’an took a deep breath. Vines wrapped around her hand as she slowly walked out from behind the tree.
As she walked, she gradually released her aura bit by bit, letting the spirit beasts detect her presence.
Suddenly, a spirit beast in front of her opened its eyes.
Shi An’an stopped, vigilantly watching its movements.
The cultivator above held their breath, ready to fly down at any moment.
The star beast stood up, and Shi An’an recognized it as the leading star beast from just now.
The star beast stared intently at Shi An’an and slowly walked over.
Shi An’an stood still in place, not moving; she currently didn’t feel any danger.
The star beast walked up to Shi An’an, tilted its head in confusion, looked at Shi An’an, then brought its head closer and deeply sniffed with its nose.
“Mm…”
The star beast suddenly made a puzzled sound and sniffed uncertainly again.
Shi An’an tried her best to relax and steady her aura.
“Mm…”
Curiosity and confusion flashed in the star beast’s eyes; it had clearly smelled a pleasant aura, so why wasn’t it there?
Shi An’an watched the star beast’s changes and wondered in her heart what it wanted to do.
Suddenly, a familiar aura came from behind; Shi An’an abruptly turned her head and saw Xiu walking over.
“Why did you come? Go back!” Shi An’an telepathically transmitted to Xiu, telling him to leave.
Xiu calmly walked over with a composed expression, came to Shi An’an’s side, and looked up at the star beast.
“I just remembered that person can communicate with beasts, so I want to try it.”
Upon hearing this, Shi An’an recalled that Xiu had said that person was a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect.
Her eyes lit up. “Right, since he can contract with void beasts, that means his beast taming cultivation method can be used on star beasts too. Give it a try!”
Xiu looked into the star beast’s eyes, mobilized his spiritual power, and tried to communicate with it.
“Mm? ???”
Suddenly sensing a rich spiritual power, the star beast looked at the two-legged beast in front of it in surprise.
But after watching for a while, it lost interest in the two-legged beast in front of it and looked at Shi An’an again, sniffing its nose once more.
Seeing its actions, Xiu took out a pot of mint that An’an had given him back then.
“Awoo…”
Seeing this pot of mint, the star beast’s eyes lit up, and it lowered its head to bite and take it away.
“Stop!” Xiu shouted loudly.
The star beast indeed stopped and looked at Xiu in confusion.
Xiu tried to communicate with the star beast in front of him.
“Do you want this?”
“Mm awoo…”
“Then tell me, where did you come to this place from?”
“Hm?” The Star Beast tilted its head, looking at Xiu.
“Awoo awoo… roar… hm awoo…”
