Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands-Chapter 189: The Knight is Forever Loyal to the Princess

Chapter 189: Chapter 189: The Knight is Forever Loyal to the Princess

Xiao Jinsheng was rather satisfied with her current Superpower Level.

Spiritual Power: 4 Stars.

Plundering Superpower: 9 Stars.

Time was pressing, so she planned to split the workload between day and night.

During the day, she’d search for Star Stones and work on improving her Plundering Superpower Level.

At night, she’d replenish her Spiritual Power Level.

The promised allies—apart from Peng Qin whom she had recently brought over—weren’t much of a crowd.

After breakfast, Xiao Jinsheng started contacting Ming Huaxin.

Ming Huaxin was competing on Cloud Island, following the schedule set by the Terminal.

Even if the competition ended and she returned to Mist East, it would take over a month just to traverse the maritime zones.

Xiao Jinsheng only knew that Ming Huaxin had embarked on her journey back, but wasn’t sure how long it would take for her to arrive.

Xiao Jinsheng: Hey sister, gossip time, interested?

Ming Huaxin: Heck yes, spill it!

Ming Huaxin: Who’s the subject?

Xiao Jinsheng: Top secret for now. Come to my house, and I’ll share the juiciest gossip.

Xiao Jinsheng: Super explosive stuff.

Ming Huaxin: ...Girl, you’re too much.

Ming Huaxin: Bait your Beast Husband all you want, but now you’re reeling me in as well?

Ming Huaxin: Hold tight, I’ll be docking tomorrow.

Xiao Jinsheng: Waiting for you~

After getting in touch with Ming Huaxin, Xiao Jinsheng gathered up her Beast Husbands to head out in search of Star Stones.

Though she disliked the weirdo Terminal, she still had to complete the tree-planting task she had taken earlier.

After all, half the trees were already planted. If she didn’t finish the job and submit it to get the Star Stone reward, the earlier effort would have been meaningless.

Xiao Jinsheng realized that her household outgrew the capacity of just two vehicles.

Seven Beast Husbands, plus herself, made eight people.

Add Chen Yunji and Xuan Jiu, and the total was ten.

Except for her, everyone else was over 1.8 meters tall.

One vehicle could fit four people—any more than that would feel cramped.

Fortunately, she had a solution: she could directly store people inside the Realm and follow Li’s superpower to leap to the Tree Planting Area.

This time, Chen Yunji could enter the Realm as well, so there was no need for him to sneak in with borrowed Elemental Superpower like before.

Once the teleportation was complete and everyone had stepped out of the Realm, Chen Yunji sighed inwardly.

[So this is what it feels like to wait inside her Space during teleportation.]

Catching Chen Yunji’s inner thoughts again, Xiao Jinsheng seized the chance to call Caicai.

This time, Xiao Jinsheng didn’t keep her Beast Husbands beside her for protection.

She had them all working on planting trees.

Even Chen Yunji, who had impaired vision, was still planting blindly.

Considering Xuan Jiu’s poor health, Xiao Jinsheng decided not to assign him heavy tasks.

But Xuan Jiu kept calling her "Family Head, Family Head" fervently while working with even greater enthusiasm, so Xiao Jinsheng let it slide.

At the moment, only Caicai and Xiao Jinsheng were left. Xiao Jinsheng asked quietly, "Your Guardian Contract—does it have other functions besides protection?"

"What other functions could it have? It’s just a Guardian Contract," Caicai said, puzzled.

"But something new has appeared since I signed Guardian Contracts with them," Xiao Jinsheng hinted.

Caicai thought about the role of Guardian Contracts in the Interstellar World.

Soon, it connected the dots to Xiao Jinsheng’s doubts.

With sudden realization, it asked, "Wait, can you hear the two of them thinking?"

"Relax, it’s normal. It’s an effect brought by the Guardian Contract."

"Since you’re the protected party, you’re in the Princess position, and they’re in the Knight position."

"Knights are always loyal to Princesses. Being able to hear their inner voices—completely reasonable."

Xiao Jinsheng understood.

So it turned out her ability to read the minds of Chen Yunji and Xuan Jiu was due to the Guardian Contract.

Initially, when she learned Xuan Jiu’s superpower was Mind Reading, she had thought about copying it for fun.

However, without Star Stones, Xuan Jiu couldn’t use his superpower.

And even if Xiao Jinsheng copied it, she still couldn’t use it.

This demonstrated one of the drawbacks of Plundering Superpower—it replicated an opponent’s superpowers and levels exactly.

If the opponent was strong, the copied strength was formidable.

If the opponent was weak, the replication instead diminished her combat power.

"Wouldn’t listening to other people’s inner thoughts be unethical?" Xiao Jinsheng asked Caicai.

Caicai gave her a bewildered look: "Are you silly? How could something this awesome be wrong?"

"If you ask me, you should sign another Guardian Contract with those Beast Husbands of yours."

"Spying on someone’s privacy is an unethical act."

Caicai raised its seaweed-tipped chin. "But I’m a system—I’m not really a thing. I have no ethics, and I love snooping on people’s privacy."

"I... I’m the evil side character! I don’t have ethics either—I like snooping too!" Xiao Jinsheng responded.

As she thought to herself, her gaze fell on her Beast Husbands planting trees.

Yu Yunxiao’s thoughts were easy to discern.

Su Ye and Mo Jiao’s could be revealed by provoking them slightly.

Li and Shi Xie might need a trickier approach.

The ones she found truly inscrutable—almost unreadable—were Que Zelian and Huaiqing.

"Yeah, I have no ethics," Xiao Jinsheng muttered, gazing at Que Zelian and Huaiqing.

She made up her mind: tonight, when they returned home, she’d sign additional Guardian Contracts with her Beast Husbands.

After all, contracts were stackable.

"What’s got you staring so intently?" Li suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Jinsheng, waving his hand lightly before her eyes.

Xiao Jinsheng looked up, her gaze landing on the Demon Mask covering his face.

She reached out to touch the ruby embellishments glowing on either side of his mask, smiling brightly. "Who do you think I’m staring at?"

"Not sure, but I could test it," Li chuckled.

As he said this, he leaned forward, and the Demon Mask dissipated instantly.

He kissed her directly on her red lips, smudging her lip makeup.

Once the kiss ended, Li wiped the colored tint off his lips with his fingertip.

He leaned closer to Xiao Jinsheng, his crimson eyes locking onto hers. "I wasn’t sure before, but now I’m certain."

"You were staring at me."

"Hmm, I was staring at you," Xiao Jinsheng affirmed, rising to press a quick kiss on his lips.

But before Li could wrap his arms around her for more, Xiao Jinsheng spun away, deftly dodging his move.

"Alright, go plant trees," she ordered.

If Li stayed by her side any longer, today’s tasks wouldn’t get accomplished.

Before long, they wouldn’t just be planting trees—they’d be planting lots of other "seeds."

Not one to idle on the sidelines, Xiao Jinsheng joined in, copying Huaiqing’s Wood Element Superpower to help stabilize tree saplings.

Caicai watched for a moment before deciding not to float idly either.

It transformed itself into a hoe and rushed ahead to start digging holes.

But as it kept digging, Caicai realized something was off.

In the dirt, it unearthed an ostrich egg-sized insect egg.

Startled, Caicai leapt up, its hoe form crashing to the ground before reverting into a husky.

Panting, it ran straight to Xiao Jinsheng: "Holy crap, it’s the Insect Clan, the Insect Clan!"

"Where’s the Cannibal Flower? Hurry, call it to use its bug spray!"

"This is an insect egg?" Xiao Jinsheng eyed the massive black sphere, uncertain.

"I thought Mist Continent was only surrounded by the Insect Clan—they hadn’t started their invasion yet."

Caicai’s tone became serious: "But with an insect egg this large, it’s clear they’ve been lurking in the Mist Continent for days."

"This is a species of gigantic scythe beetle from the Interstellar World."

"When they hatch, even in their juvenile phase, they’re as big as a fully grown large dog."

"They feed on metallic minerals."

"Once they reach adulthood, they grow to three meters tall and can swallow a Beastman whole in one bite."

"Luckily, this one hasn’t hatched yet. It’s still dormant and only has Five Stars of power."

The Cannibal Flower, released from the Realm by Xiao Jinsheng, didn’t bother with Caicai’s explanation.

Upon spotting an insect egg, it instinctively pulled insecticide from its mouth and charged forward.

Using its vines, it punctured the egg’s shell, watching as viscous green liquid spilled out, then poured the insecticide inside and began shaking the egg vigorously.

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