Chapter 238: Chapter 238: Reporting to the Heaven and Earth Stone
Just as the Demon had said, this was the Beast God’s territory, so she only had this brief window to communicate with Yu An.
They focused on two things at once, plotting how to overthrow the Beast God while simultaneously undergoing their fusion.
They were originally one and the same, so the fusion was incredibly smooth, without any resistance.
From the Demon, Yu An learned that her Wood Element Ability was the key to overthrowing the Beast God. But just taking down the Beast God wasn’t enough—He had a powerful backer.
If she took out the underling, the master would come looking for trouble. Wouldn’t that put the Beastman World in even greater danger?
However, the Beast God’s backer wasn’t all-powerful.
"There are three thousand lesser worlds, and each one has its own designated manager, like the Beast God for the Beastman World."
"These managers all come from the Upper Realm. Who gets to manage a world is determined by a Heaven and Earth Stone in the Upper Realm. If a world’s manager happens to die, the Heaven and Earth Stone will simply choose the next person to take over."
"Once the Heaven and Earth Stone makes its choice, regardless of that person’s status, they instantly become an object of envy for everyone in the Upper Realm."
So the most important thing right now was to get to the Upper Realm, find the Heaven and Earth Stone, and report him.
The Heaven and Earth Stone was impartial and just. As long as It confirmed what had happened, the Beast God and his backer would surely pay the price they deserved!
As the faint morning light filtered in from outside, Yu An opened her eyes.
After fusing with the Demon, all of her memories had returned.
She had originally been an ordinary person from the Upper Realm. After being chosen by the Heaven and Earth Stone, It had gifted her a superpower and a personal dimension.
When the Beast God had hunted her down, He had stripped these two treasures from her, intending to claim them for Himself. But despite trying every method imaginable, He couldn’t use them.
Although the Beast God had since expelled the Demon from His body, the Demon had resided within Him for countless ages and retained a certain degree of control over His physical form.
Later, when the Beast God was making a deal with Yu Huang, the Demon had seized control of His body and returned the two treasures to their rightful owner.
The Beast God was furious, but the items had already been returned. No matter how angry He was, there was nothing He could do but allow Yu An to possess her superpower and personal dimension once more.
At the time, the Beast God had been confident that Yu An would fall into His hands again, and He swore He wouldn’t let her escape a second time!
Yu An leaned against the headboard, carefully sorting through all the information she now knew.
The Beast God wouldn’t just let her go when He got bored, as Lu Lu had suggested. She feared that once He tired of his game, He would kill her for good and seize her superpower and personal dimension.
There was another matter. Although she was from the Upper Realm, she didn’t know how to get back. To return, she would have to go through the Beast God.
At this thought, Yu An summoned Lu Lu.
"An’an, what’s wrong?"
Speaking of Lu Lu, it wasn’t her Companion Spirit Plant after all, but a creature the Beast God had brought from the Upper Realm. When He had sent her to the modern world, He had sent Lu Lu along with her.
Lu Lu didn’t dare to look at Yu An. It let its vines droop, hardly daring to breathe.
Acting completely out of character, Yu An reached out and stroked it. "Lu Lu, I’ve thought it over. You’re doing this for my own good, and for the good of this world."
"I’ll listen to you. I won’t be obsessed with recovering my memories anymore. But I just can’t figure out what the Beast God actually wants from me."
She feigned distress. "If I knew what He wanted, I could just play along. That way I could be reunited with my family sooner."
Lu Lu was both pleasantly surprised and at a complete loss.
It was thrilled that Yu An had understood the stakes so quickly, but it didn’t know how to answer her question.
If it told her that the Beast God wanted to watch the drama of her family turning on each other, Yu An would never accept it.
After a moment of thought, Lu Lu said uncertainly, "The Beast God replaced your memories and brought your Beast Husbands here. I guess... He probably wants to see if your Beast Husbands and children can awaken you?"
Having spent so many years with Lu Lu, Yu An could tell it wasn’t being entirely truthful, but she didn’t call it out.
"I see," Yu An said pensively. "In that case, I’ll just play along with the Beast God’s wishes. I’ll find the others, and we’ll put on a deeply moving performance for Him."
"Yes, yes, exactly!" Lu Lu said hurriedly. "Maybe He’ll get bored and go to other worlds... ahem, other places to find his fun."
Lu Lu had let it slip. It corrected itself quickly, but not before Yu An heard it.
Combining this with the information she already knew, a daring suspicion flashed through Yu An’s mind—’The Beast God can go to other worlds and torment them, too?!’
Unfortunately, her memories of the Upper Realm had been blurred when she first took the position of manager, so she couldn’t deduce which faction in the Upper Realm the Beast God came from.
But there was no rush. She would take it one step at a time.
Yu An then asked Lu Lu if it knew where the others were, but Lu Lu didn’t know.
Although it had brought everyone to the Endless Land, it had no say in what happened afterward.
"I understand, Lu Lu. You can go back for now."
Lu Lu nodded. Just as it was about to return to Yu An’s Dantian, Yu An suddenly spoke again. "Lu Lu, you were a gift from the Beast God. Logically, you should be more loyal to him."
"But we’ve been together for so many years, and I’ve come to see you as family. Sometimes I wonder... if the Beast God and I were to have a conflict, what would you do, as a family member I trust?"
Lu Lu froze, meeting Yu An’s piercingly clear gaze. It whispered, "An’an, don’t worry. I... I’ll always be on your side."
"That’s good," Yu An said with a faint smile. "I’m not afraid of anything, except being stabbed in the back by someone I trust."
Lu Lu’s body went rigid, and then it vanished as fast as it could.
She had recovered her memories, but for now, she had to pretend she hadn’t.
Ao Yi was highly efficient. There was already new progress in the Qi Yuan City case. He had found some ledgers and a book in Master Zhu’s study, which recorded the gold mine’s income.
Yu An focused on flipping through the book and promptly retracted the high opinion she had formed of Master Zhu the previous night.
He wasn’t some genius pretending to be a fool or a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The method he used to cover up the mass disappearances of Beastmen was something he had learned from this book.
The method was simple, and it was the same one the Invincible Alliance had used on the young of the Merfolk Clan: first, make the person appear to be dead, then "revive" them and take them to the mines.
Accidents, big and small, are a part of life. And with Master Zhu personally orchestrating these "accidents," then personally handling any inquiries, any suspicions were quickly and cleanly swept away.
Ao Yi had also discovered that before Yu An took office, there hadn’t been any cases of mass disappearances in Qi Yuan City. However, there had been a high number of accidental deaths. When tallied up, the number was nearly identical to the number of people his men had found in the mining area.
"What a brilliant scheme!"
Ao Yi’s face was filled with disgust. "To use the people’s trust in the Beast God Hall to pull something like this... Even if a few people had doubts, most would still choose to believe the Beast God Hall."
After all, the Beast God Hall’s reputation was sterling. Who would believe that the esteemed Hall Master of a branch temple would target ordinary citizens?
Yu An continued to flip through the book. It had no title, and its contents were bizarre. To Ao Yi, it was all but incomprehensible.
But to Yu An, it was like reading a murderer’s memoir.
