Chapter 219: Chapter 219 - 211: Rebel Army

The gorge was like it was cut by a knife, with dark green walls; the mountain stream was paved with rubble, and a jade-like river flowed through the gorge, stretching endlessly.

Upon closer inspection, the river surface was tinged with a faint blood color, with many dead fish floating belly-up on the water, and many stones and fish carcasses blasted onto the shore.

The beautiful scenery was ravaged to resemble a purgatory, revealing the previous devastation, and Shen Tang’s heart leaped.

Lu Xiao descended from high in the sky to the edge of the rushing river, and Shen Tang hurried to dismount and land, shouting loudly, "Jia Lan, we’re back!"

The sound of the waves surged, with echoes resounding.

Almost the moment her voice fell, not far from the river a wet head quickly emerged — it was Jia Lan, reunited after the separation.

He flipped his fish tail and quickly swam towards the shore.

Seeing the two safely returned, Jia Lan couldn’t hide his excitement, though his tone was embarrassed and angry, "It’s been two whole days, and you finally remember to find me? If you hadn’t come back, I’d have thought you both died halfway!"

"Hehe, at least we’d have company in death; we wouldn’t be alone on the road to the underworld. What’s the phrase again, love to die for～" Seeing Jia Lan was alright, Shen Tang breathed a sigh of relief and had the mood to tease.

Barely escaping the chase, the three relaxed to the extreme.

"You have quite the heart." Jia Lan let out a cold snort; he knew what those two were up to during their disappearance — he didn’t even need to smell it. It might anger him to death.

Jia Lan slowed his pace, swimming leisurely to the riverbank.

Shen Tang squatted by the shore, grabbed his hand, and let her healing ability circle through him.

Unexpectedly, this kid had been silently enduring many injuries, but fortunately, they were only surface wounds.

Shen Tang immediately used her healing ability to finish healing Jia Lan.

Afterward, Jia Lan transformed into his human form and walked out of the water.

Lu Xiao quickly tossed him a set of clothes, "Get dressed, the Female Master is here."

Jia Lan rolled his eyes at Lu Xiao, thinking it was one thing for him to carry clothes for females, but why was he also carrying clothes for a beast husband like them? What? Afraid they’d expose themselves in front of Shen Tang?

He was Shen Tang’s rightful beast husband after all; what should have been seen, has been seen, what should have been done, has been done — what’s there to be shy about?

Though mentally ranting, Jia Lan took the clothes and quickly dressed.

While buttoning, he said casually, "Luckily, you didn’t rush back yesterday. Those pursuers acted like lunatics, bombing everywhere after they couldn’t find you. They even stayed nearby for a long time, and only retreated this morning when they couldn’t do anything else."

Lu Xiao’s face was stern as he spoke softly, "Those fighter jets aren’t the Empire’s active air force equipment. At the very least, we can deduce they weren’t domestic assassins — even civilian assassin organizations can’t deploy such military force."

Shen Tang recalled the skull totem, her eyes flashing with coldness.

Unfortunately, she had no further clues for now, and wasn’t sure if it was related to the black-clad men from last time. She decided to temporarily push it to the back of her mind and investigate after returning.

On the way back to the city, Shen Tang detoured to Zero Point Research Institute to deliver the tears Vine needed.

There were over 100, even exceeding expectations.

Vine was quite surprised, a gentle smile appearing on his handsome and elegant face. "Your Highness, you’re truly remarkable. These are enough to start the first production line."

Shen Tang replied, "Rest assured, there’s plenty of Mermaid’s Tears. I’ve signed a trade order with the Sea Country’s Empress, and there will be regular transactions every half or one month."

"Your Highness, you’re truly impressive! That puts us at ease, allowing us to proceed without reservations."

Vine and his team fully committed to the development of the inhibitors.

After returning to Greenfield City, Shen Tang thought Xiao Jin and the others might still be working at the construction site, so she didn’t head home but directly went to the factory outside the city.

Over more than half a month, the factory was nearly completed. The leading beastman, Xiong Kui, said it would be ready for official use in two days.

Shen Tang took out the Energy Core from her space, finding it purified and glowing with a gentle, clear blue light.

She showed a surprised expression, remembering what Lunus had said when she bid farewell in the Spiritual Illusion Realm last time — so this was the gift!

Jia Lan’s biological father was indeed competent, saving her a significant amount of money.

Shen Tang handed the Energy Core to Xiong Kui, instructing, "Take care of the Energy Core. At night, arrange more patrol teams for the factory, take turns on guard, and strengthen vigilance."

"Leave it to us, Your Highness! I’ll carefully select the patrol members and won’t let anyone with ill intentions infiltrate again!"

"Alright, it’s been hard on you guys lately." Xiong Kui was personally chosen by Shen Tang as the factory leader, with a clean background, steady and responsible — she had full confidence in him.

After giving the factory instructions, Shen Tang turned and hadn’t walked a few steps when she ran into the approaching Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin’s golden eyes lit up suddenly, filled with the thrill of reunited excitement, almost wishing to immediately transform into his true form and pounce on her, licking her fiercely!

But then his face darkened, asking furiously, "Why didn’t you answer my calls? You even dared to block me! Shen Tang, your courage has truly grown!"

She had disappeared for over half a month without even sending him a message; did she know how much he missed her these days and how worried he was?

Shen Tang looked puzzled, "Call? What blacklisting?"

Suddenly realizing, her cheeks turned red; it must have been Lu Xiao who quietly did it during that time...

At the time, her wrists were gripped by him — that man, when awakened, was like a bottomless pit, flipping her repeatedly and branding her relentlessly. She was like a pancake already exhausted by him, with her brain only occasionally clear... no mind to deal with phone notifications.

— All her senses were focused elsewhere, not registering the Light Computer’s ringtone at all.

Shen Tang laughed awkwardly, "Ran into some issues on the road; the situation was quite special then, maybe I just didn’t hear it."

Saying this, she quickly opened the Light Computer and removed Xiao Jin from the blacklist.

At a glance.

There were a dozen missed calls!

If she hadn’t blacklisted him, this dog-man might have kept calling nonstop!

Shen Tang’s reasoning instantly faltered.

Xiao Jin crossed his arms, eyeing her with a grin of cool amusement, "What, you missed over a dozen calls but remembered to blacklist me?"

He was so angry his molars were grinding, "It seems you’ve been living too comfortably outside; I interrupted your good time."

Jia Lan walked over, sneering, "Just missing your calls, at least people came back alive."

Xiao Jin was momentarily stunned, frowning, "What do you mean by that?"

Jia Lan coldly replied, "We got ambushed on the way, bombarded by hundreds of fighter jets, narrowly escaping."

Xiao Jin was shocked to his core, immediately tossing jealousy aside, rushing forward to embrace Shen Tang carefully examining her for any injuries, and asking deeply, "What exactly happened? Explain it to me clearly!"

With all three back safely, Shen Tang initially didn’t want to worry her beast husband at home, but given the situation, she had no choice but to tell everything in detail.

Xiao Jin clenched his fists tightly, arm muscles bulging with veins, radiating a wild and dangerous aura, wishing to devour those scoundrels alive!

"When you travel afar again, I must follow!" Xiao Jin was anxious and full of regret.

"No one expected such a thing to happen midway, and in such an emergency, you wouldn’t be able to help much and might get injured instead... Oh, and one more thing, all those fighter jets had skull totems engraved on them. Do you recognize them?" Shen Tang asked casually, not holding much hope.

The situation was too urgent back then; she hadn’t even managed to photograph the skull emblem, only able to give a rough description.

"A skull totem? Are you sure you didn’t see it wrong?" Xiao Jin’s face suddenly sank, "To my knowledge, only one army uses such a totem."

"Imperial Rebel Army, Third Legion, Elite Death God Team."