Chapter 50: The Ability to Spout Nonsense is Really Not Bad

Chapter 50: Chapter 50: The Ability to Spout Nonsense is Really Not Bad

When Liang He and her companions followed the direction where the Canglan Hunting Eagle was circling, the Guard Team arrived at exactly the same time. They had also heard the Mengji Snow Leopard’s roar and followed the sound.

"What’s going on? Didn’t we catch the mole? Why are there Fierce Beasts appearing again?!"

The captain of the Guard Team wanted to step forward and help, but fearing that the Mojin King Tiger and his companions might not distinguish friend from foe, he could only stay put and wait for an opening.

"The Fierce Beasts must have run over from another area. Lanton and the others didn’t notice anything unusual earlier."

Liang He also didn’t understand why, despite this being a reserve, there were even more Fierce Beasts here than anywhere else. This was already her third time encountering a Fierce Beast. Was the reserve’s security really this poor? Liang He began to doubt the safety of the reserve.

"What do we do now? If we go help, will Cedriel and the others attack us too?"

After all, they were Evolutionary Beastmen who usually repelled human approach. Now that they were in a blood-crazed frenzy, no one could guarantee they wouldn’t attack humans.

"But if we don’t help, they’ll be in danger!"

The Guard Team hesitated. Generally speaking, dealing with Fierce Beasts was the duty of Beastmen. Humans were primarily responsible for dealing with enemies and battlefield logistics. Seeing seven or eight Fierce Beasts besieging the Mengji Snow Leopard and the Mojin King Tiger, the situation looked grim. The Canglan Hunting Eagle, acting as aerial command, was better suited for high-altitude combat.

"Forget it! Let’s just charge in first!"

Leading by example, the Guard Team captain gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and was the first to charge into the combat zone.

"Ahhhh! I’ll fight you Fierce Beasts to the death!"

Liang He, who hadn’t even had time to tell him to let her communicate with the Mojin King Tiger and the others first, rubbed her forehead in exasperation. In the end, she could only shout at the Canglan Hunting Eagle.

"Lanton! Don’t attack him!"

Seeing the man charging in, both the tiger and the leopard were stunned, nearly failing to pull their claws back in time.

It was the Canglan Hunting Eagle in the sky who glanced at the direction the Guard Team captain charged from, heard Liang He’s voice, and confirmed they were on the same side before letting out a cry to the tiger and leopard.

"SCREECH!"

He conveyed that they were allies and should not be attacked.

"ROAR!"

"MEOW!"

Having also heard Liang He’s voice, the Mojin King Tiger and the Mengji Snow Leopard each roared in response, then completely ignored the Guard Team captain.

Ignored by the wild beasts, the Guard Team captain felt both happy and bitter. He was happy that he wasn’t attacked, but bitter that he was simultaneously ignored by both the wild beasts and the Fierce Beasts.

Meanwhile, seeing that he wasn’t attacked, the other members of the Guard Team immediately rushed into the combat zone to fight the Fierce Beasts together.

"Strange, why don’t the Fierce Beasts attack humans?" Liang He asked.

During her previous two encounters, Liang He had only seen the fluffy animals dealing with the Fierce Beasts. There had been no human reinforcements at the time, so she hadn’t thought much about it.

"Fierce Beasts are a product developed by the Rebel Army. Their priority targets are beasts like the Mojin King Tiger," Huo An suddenly said, having apparently rushed over after hearing the news.

Liang He felt there was something off about his explanation. Why would the Rebel Army specifically develop Fierce Beasts to deal with wild beasts? Their opponents were clearly the Federation Army. Could it be that wild beasts could also go to the battlefield and fight them?

"Will Cedriel and the others go to the battlefield? Could it be that Leopard was injured on the battlefield back then?" Liang He asked.

Huo An never expected that his casual explanation would make Liang He immediately think of the battlefield, even coming close to guessing the truth.

As Huo An began to brainstorm how to cover up the lie, Xu Yi, who knew the truth and stood off to the side, twitched his mouth speechlessly. He knew this would happen!

"Liang He, it’s like this. You should have realized by now that beasts like Lanton are different from the animals you knew before," Xu Yi interjected. Putting everything else aside, in terms of sheer size, the Canglan Hunting Eagle and his peers far exceeded typical animals of their kind.

"So?"

Liang He had indeed noticed this, but she thought it was normal for the interstellar era. After all, using the Blue Star as a standard to project onto the entire interstellar universe was indeed a bit too narrow-minded.

"So the Federation has always had the idea of forming a War Beast Army. But as you know, they strongly reject human proximity, let alone following human orders," Xu Yi continued.

Xu Yi’s half-true, half-false explanation actually made sense.

"Later, the Rebel Army got wind of this and wanted to imitate it. However, they didn’t care at all about the beasts’ willingness or their lives. Thus, they beat us to it, using extreme methods to create the Fierce Beast Army."

Standing behind Liang He, Huo An silently gave Xu Yi a thumbs up after hearing his explanation. Not bad at all. His ability to spin a lie was definitely much better than his own.

"Then why was Leopard injured in the first place? And why would you two, as the governor and the Veterinarian of the reserve, appear there?"

At the time, Liang He had thought it was very strange. Why would Huo An and Xu Yi be dispatched to the battle on Star D139? And the Mengji Snow Leopard just happened to be injured by an explosion. It was far too much of a coincidence.

"We went to Star D139 specifically to rescue animals that were displaced or injured by the war. As Xu Yi just mentioned, the Fierce Beasts specifically target wild beasts, and the Mengji Snow Leopard was one of them."

Following Xu Yi’s train of thought, Huo An added this just in time, finally managing to bluff his way through.

"I see. No wonder the Fierce Beasts always target Cedriel and the others."

The Mojin King Tiger and the others were also highly sensitive to the Fierce Beasts. So, they were man-made natural enemies.

However, Liang He was still puzzled. Since the Rebel Army could develop Fierce Beasts, why didn’t they adjust their priority targets to the Federation Army? She didn’t continue pressing the issue, though, and instead silently watched the situation in the combat zone, which made Huo An and Xu Yi both breathe a sigh of relief.

The addition of the Guard Team did not significantly relieve the pressure on the Mengji Snow Leopard and the other Beast Beasts. Instead, due to Liang He’s orders, the Beast Beasts held themselves back, unable to fight to their full potential for fear of injuring the Guard Team.

"Governor Huo, call them back."

Although it wasn’t nice to say, they were indeed causing more trouble than they were helping. No wonder the War Beast Army plan had failed.

"What are you going to do?"

Huo An watched with some confusion as Liang He pulled out a Bow and Arrow from behind her. He was highly skeptical of the attack power of this ancient and unseen weapon from the Blue Star. First a slingshot, and now a Bow and Arrow. Anyone who didn’t know better would think Liang He was a savage living in a Primitive Forest.

"Just wait and see."

Liang He didn’t explain further. She directly drew the bow to its full extent, aimed toward the combat zone, and shouted at the Mojin King Tiger.

"Cedriel, kick it into the air!"

Everyone originally thought that Evolutionary Beastmen couldn’t understand human commands at all. To the Guard Team’s surprise, however, the Mojin King Tiger actually obeyed and kicked the nearest Fierce Beast high into the sky.

"SWISH!"

Seizing the perfect moment, it was a one-hit kill!

To everyone’s absolute shock, Liang He pierced straight through the Fierce Beast’s head with just a single arrow.

"Holy crap! What’s going on?!"

"Is this the legendary sharpshooter of the Blue Star?"

"Amazing! Liang He is too badass!"

The Guard Team was originally equipped with Photon Guns and Anesthetic Guns, but it was extremely difficult to aim during a chaotic battle, so they didn’t dare to fire recklessly.

But Liang He was different. She could completely command the Mojin King Tiger and the others. With their tacit cooperation, they could take down the Fierce Beasts directly.

"Damn, she has a natural Beast Taming Holy Body!"