Chapter 189: "Let Me Off the Hook" Is Not "Bring It On!

Gu Weilan didn’t stop Zhan Heng from going. After some thought, she sent them the High-level Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid. It would at least increase their chances of survival.

While Gu Weilan was worrying, Fu Qianshan’s Mother gave birth to another male cub. In fact, all of Gu Weilan’s mothers-in-law had successfully given birth to cubs after using the Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid. However, it wasn’t quite like Gu Weilan’s situation. Her female cubs seemed like a gift from the heavens, arriving one after another, litter after litter.

Liu Ruoxi, Jin Taoyao, Laura, and Zhuoma indeed got the female cubs they had been yearning for. Because Liu Ruoxi and Laura had their Beast Husbands use the Incubation Pod to nurture the cubs, they each had three female cubs. This made the other Beastmen incredibly envious.

Gu Weilan didn’t feel much about it, but Liu Ruoxi, Jin Taoyao, and the others secretly suspected that the female Gu Weilan might actually be the Holy Female. Or even more astonishingly, perhaps she was the new Female Emperor. However, they wisely kept these theories to themselves.

Gu Weilan’s Beast Rank ability had already reached the Sixteenth Rank. She simply hadn’t chosen to Promote yet, mainly because she lacked an urgent catalyst to do so. Right now, she wanted to keep a low profile and play it safe. After all, the time intervals between her previous Beast Rank promotions had been far too short! Besides, if the opportunity to go to the frontlines arose again, wouldn’t she need to save that breakthrough to use in a pinch?

However, it wasn’t long before Gu Weilan wanted to slap herself in the face.

She wondered, “Did I accidentally tell Heavenly Milk to bring it on?” Why did her absolute worst-case scenario have to happen? Hadn’t she added a lot of points to her luck attribute? What on earth was going on? Zero stars for Heavenly Milk!

Shi Lingfeng’s frontline had collapsed! Zhan Heng and the others had gone to support him, but far too many of the Insect Clan had broken through the encirclement!

When Mrs. Rong heard the news, she gritted her teeth and ordered the Beastman army on the main frontline to launch a full-scale assault. She could see exactly what was happening: the Insect Clan had transferred their frontline legions to the Resource Star near the Chunwei Star. They were trying to punch through that somewhat thin defense line and charge straight toward the Beastmen’s habitable planets within the Interstellar Alliance!

Mrs. Rong made a bold decision. They would advance with overwhelming firepower, forcing the Insect Clan to make a choice: either abandon their current frontline, or withdraw their forces near the Chunwei Star to protect the Insect Mother! She didn’t believe these insects were entirely crazy—the largest Insect Mother was right here on this side! The Beastmen were constantly monitoring the Insect Clan’s movements, too!

Gu Weilan clenched her jaw and took a deep breath. She thought, “Pomegranate Seed, you’ll keep me from dying, right?”

“Host, you have your spatial dimension! You have your space! If you see danger, with just a single thought, you can dive right back into your space!”

Gu Weilan took another deep breath. She thought, “If I pull Zhan Heng and the others into my space during an emergency, can you knock them out?”

Pomegranate Seed was baffled. “Host… you don’t actually think that if you pull them into your space under those chaotic circumstances, they won’t figure out what’s going on, do you?”

Gu Weilan pondered this. After hesitating for a long time, she finally thought, “Fine. Then there’s no need for that extra step.”

She had decided to go help Zhan Heng and the others. After spending so much time together, Zhan Heng, Shi Lingfeng, and the rest had carved out a truly important place in her heart.

As soon as Shen Mianzhou arrived at the villa, Gu Weilan gave him a hug. “You look terrible. I’ve left a set of the High-level Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid for you. You need to use it daily, and it will hurt a lot.”

Having a bad premonition, Shen Mianzhou immediately grabbed Gu Weilan’s wrist. “Lanlan, where… where are you going?”

“I’m going to see Liu Ruoxi. Haven’t I expanded the production line? I need to discuss some business with her. I want my friends to help me find more hardworking farmers.”

Shen Mianzhou pursed his pale pink lips, his doe-like eyes filled with unease. He didn’t want to let go at all. However, Gu Weilan forcefully pushed his hand off her wrist.

“It’s fine! I’ll just be at the coffee shop outside the campus. It’s very close!” Gu Weilan patted Shen Mianzhou’s gaunt hand to comfort him. She smiled sweetly at him, waved, and walked out the door.

The moment the heavy door slowly swung shut, it seemed to lock both Gu Weilan’s figure and all the light on the outside.

Shen Mianzhou took a step forward to chase after her.

At that moment, Lu Xuyin’s grandmother spoke up. “Little male, don’t worry. Go check on your cubs!”

Shen Mianzhou furrowed his brow, his sorrow seeming impossible to dissolve. He stood at the door, internally conflicted for a moment, before turning away from the villa’s entryway. Giving Lu Xuyin’s grandmother a slight nod as a brief greeting, he went straight to find Lorenzo.

To his surprise, Lorenzo wasn’t there.

Shen Mianzhou was so furious his brain practically smoked.

He immediately opened his Light Brain and sent a message. “Where did you go? I’m home. I need to talk to you about something.”

At that exact moment, Lorenzo was following Gu Weilan onto a hoverbus provided by the academy to support the frontline. These buses were packed with upperclassmen cadets from the combat department.

When Lorenzo scanned his boarding information, Gu Weilan received a notification on her end. She had just sat down when she saw him walking toward her. He was wearing a beige-gray trench coat that fell past his knees, with the collar turned up to hide half his face, all topped off with a hat.

She couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “With that outfit, you look exactly like one of those street perverts who flash people by opening their trench coats.”

Lorenzo froze for a second, his ears turning beet red. His lips trembled slightly before he mumbled in a small voice, “I thought I looked pretty good dressed like this.”

Gu Weilan shifted inward, vacating the aisle seat and gesturing for Lorenzo to sit beside her. He sat down and adjusted his posture so that Gu Weilan could rest comfortably against his shoulder for a nap.

“Do you think Shen Mianzhou is at home cursing us out right now?” Lorenzo asked curiously.

Gu Weilan shrugged. “He wouldn’t have the heart to curse me, but as for you… that’s hard to say.”

A smile touched the corners of Lorenzo’s lips, and he gently leaned his head closer to hers. He wanted to bring up a lighter topic, but he had seen the battle reports, the data, and the perilous footage from the frontline recorders. This trip… its outcome was highly uncertain.

But Lorenzo didn’t care; he just wanted to be with Gu Weilan. She was his Female Master. If Gu Weilan died, his Beast Rank would plummet anyway. Besides, he would be forced to endure a lonely world without her.

He figured that rather than suffering through that, it would be far better to stick by her side. If they died together, they would at least share the same bed in life and the same grave in death. As for the cubs? Ah… other Beastmen would take care of them. That wasn’t important right now.

Meanwhile, Gu Weilan was mentally asking Pomegranate Seed, “In an emergency, if I can’t grab my Beast Husbands’ hands in time, can I still bring them into my space?”

“Yes, Host. Your spiritual power range spans sixteen meters. You can bring any Beastman within that radius into your space if you wish.”

Curious, Gu Weilan thought, “What about the Insect Clan?”

Pomegranate Seed rolled its eyes. “It’s best you don’t! They will destroy the fields your farming robots planted for you, and they’ll bring in severe pollution!”

Gu Weilan put away her wishful thinking. She had originally figured that since her husbands would find out about the space anyway, why not lure the insects inside for the kill? By the looks of it, her idea had been a bit too optimistic.