My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 694 - 234: Animal Potpourri

Du Xixi squinted her eyes; perhaps because she secretly adored the Iron-eating Beast, she, though vigilant, did not feel afraid while watching these two Iron-eating Beasts continuously roar towards them.

She took a deep breath, observing the two incessantly roaring beasts that lingered nearby but never advanced a step closer, and an unfounded speculation formed in her mind—could it be that these two Iron-eating Beasts truly harbored no ill intentions towards them?

If there really was no malice, Du Xixi thought moving closer to them might not be problematic, and she could even more directly understand why these creatures had given her special attention.

However...

Du Xixi pressed her lips together; a guess was ultimately just a guess. She couldn’t risk everyone’s lives nor joke with her own. Better to wait and see the true intentions of these two Iron-eating Beasts.

As both sides continued their standoff, time dragged on until one party made a move first. Ke Lian and his group remained patient, and finally, the two wild Iron-eating Beasts couldn’t hold back any longer. After Du Xixi once again secretly tapped her aching toe, the two beasts roared a few more times and then unexpectedly turned and ran away in the same direction.

Moments later, they disappeared from sight.

"They’ve run off!" "Spiritual Ears" listened carefully and confirmed the sudden arrival and swift departure of danger, finally relaxing his hands, which had been frozen in an attack stance for an unknown duration, shaking them weakly. "I must say, this body gets heavier the more I use it; perhaps this world is rejecting us."

Everyone could relate, including Du Xixi, who had felt light as a feather in the Blue Star Empire, able to leap nearly two stories high with all her might. Yet in this world, she felt ordinary in agility, struggling to leap even ten centimeters off the ground.

It was as though something heavy was hanging from her, constantly tethering her to the earth.

"Let’s continue our journey. Leave here sooner to avoid those Iron-eating Beasts returning." Ke Lian contemplated for a while, noting it was still early in the day, far from reaching its hottest temperature, and suggested, "If we don’t find the Mammoths by ten o’clock, we’ll head back to the cave to rest."

"Yes!"

Everyone responded to the order, took a brief break, then geared up and continued in the previously decided direction. Meanwhile, Du Xixi, shielded by 2569, seemed to intuitively glance toward the direction the Iron-eating Beasts had vanished.

For the first time, her intuition told her to face danger; she should follow where the Iron-eating Beasts had gone...

The thought barely surfaced in Du Xixi’s mind before her heart thundered with fear. She trusted her intuition not to deceive her, yet those two Iron-eating Beasts were clearly strong and mighty. If she pursued them, bringing Ke Lian and the others along...

Du Xixi halted, grappling between an unknown danger in the direction Ke Lian and his group were headed and the intuition-led path towards the Iron-eating Beasts, unable to make a decision.

Ke Lian, always attentive to Du Xixi’s situation, glanced back to find her standing there, conflicted. He immediately signaled for everyone to stop, then asked with concern, "Xixi, what’s wrong?"

"Ke Lian, I..." Du Xixi struggled to articulate her thoughts. Within those brief seconds of contemplation, she had made a choice; she wanted to follow her intuition but didn’t want to drag Ke Lian and the others along—a solo risk was better than everyone facing danger together.

However, Du Xixi knew that Ke Lian would never agree to her acting alone once he learned of her intentions. While they were exploring for Mammoth traces, it was likely they’d all follow her to seek the Iron-eating Beasts.

Choose to act together or alone? Du Xixi was unsure of what decision to make.

Under everyone’s gaze, Du Xixi lightly bit her lower lip, feeling reluctant to speak, but just as Ke Lian was about to ask further, she suddenly seemed to reach clarity. With slightly reddened eyes, she looked at them, revealing the conflict within her heart: "I want to follow the path the Iron-eating Beasts took, but they are formidable, and it’s unwise for everyone to go together..."