Gu Weilan didn’t know why, but as she looked at the Light Computer Bracelet on her wrist, the first person who came to mind was that Beastman who kept trying to swindle her out of her money—Xuanshuo! Then, she recalled that scalp-numbing, raspy voice purring, "Ba~by~"
She silently screamed for help. Forget it! Gu Weilan had no intention of checking her Light Brain right now.
One had to maintain a cheerful mood while eating to truly enjoy the meal.
Gu Weilan looked at the spread on the table: steamed tiger-striped lobster with garlic, braised Star Beast Meat, sweet and sour pork ribs, squirrel-style Star Beast fish, Longjing Star Beast shrimp, roasted Star Camel meat, and a lotus pond stir-fry. She swallowed hard. Ever since attaining her dual element Beast Rank, she got hungry much faster, and her appetite had grown significantly.
She looked over at Zhan Ci. Confused, he placed his right hand over his left chest and bowed slightly. "If the female Gu Weilan is dissatisfied with the food, please let me know."
Gu Weilan waved her hands dismissively. "No, no. Aren’t you going to sit down and eat with us, Mr. Zhan Ci?"
Zhan Ci looked stunned and glanced at Xie Jing. With a subtle look, Xie Jing signaled for Zhan Ci to take a seat quickly so as not to starve the little female he fancied. Left with no choice, Zhan Ci sat down.
Seeing that both men were waiting for her to begin, Gu Weilan suddenly remembered that interstellar beastmen always waited for the female to take the first bite! She didn’t stand on ceremony; picking up her chopsticks, she began to feast.
Wow! Uncle Zhan Ci’s cooking was absolutely incredible! It was leagues better than the academy cafeteria’s food!
As she ate, Gu Weilan noticed something intriguing. By consuming this high-energy Star Beast Meat, her Wood Beast Rank was faintly showing signs of increasing! On the Beast God System panel that Pomegranate Seed had secretly opened for her, her current stats displayed Light Element Fifth Rank at 327/6000 and Wood Third Rank at 49/1000. But then it went up by a point, hitting 50/1000.
Did this mean the nutritional value of the Star Beast Meat could be absorbed by her Wood Element and converted into energy to Promote her?
In that case, Gu Weilan wasn’t going to hold back! She gorged herself until she couldn’t move, eventually slumping back in her chair, feeling utterly satisfied yet exhausted.
One meal had given her eight points of energy—faster than sunbathing to level up her Light Element Beast Rank. However, she had eaten so much she could barely walk. She silently calculated that with a normal appetite, if she exclusively consumed high-energy Star Beast Meat, she could gain five to six points of energy per meal.
Gu Weilan couldn’t help but ask, "Mr. Zhan Ci, the Beast Rank of these Star Beasts isn’t low, is it?"
Zhan Ci politely wiped his mouth with a napkin before pointing at the steamed tiger-striped lobster. "Except for this dish, which is a Sixth Rank Star Beast, the rest are all Fifth Rank Star Beast Meat."
Gu Weilan opened her Light Brain to check prices. Good grief! The absolute cheapest Sixth Rank Star Beast lobster cost 470,000 Star Coins, and a tiger-striped lobster was a whopping 2.3 million! The other Fifth Rank Star Beast Meat cost at least 200,000 Star Coins at the cheapest, with premium cuts reaching one or two million!
Because the radioactive contaminants had to be removed from these Star Beasts after they were hunted, it required a Light Element Beastman to use their Beast Rank to purify the meat. Therefore, for this single meal, Gu Weilan had eaten nearly Five million star coins!
No wonder she felt the food here was leagues ahead of the academy cafeteria! You certainly got what you paid for!
The 35 million Star Coins sitting in her Star Pay account on her Light Brain would only last her seven meals at this rate! Gu Weilan took a deep breath, deciding she was better off using a Star Core to Promote her Beast Rank. She could never afford to sustain her growth through diet alone!
Since she had already opened her Light Brain, Gu Weilan figured she might as well reply to her messages. However, she saw a message from a matched partner named Lorenzo Snow: "I’m right sorry, but I’ve run into an assassination attempt over ’ere! Summat’s gone wrong! I won’t be able to make it to yer side for a bit, Female Master. Beggin’ yer pardon."
The next few messages were all money transfers from him: 880,000 Star Coins, 8.88 million Star Coins, and 88.88 million Star Coins.
Gu Weilan pursed her lips, her expression dropping into a deadpan stare. Without hesitation, she clicked the button to unmatch Lorenzo Snow. These male beastmen truly had an endless array of tricks to dissolve a match! Bombarding her with a heavy accent and throwing money at her, huh? Fine. They certainly had a lot of gimmicks!
But wait, why did beastmen still have regional dialects in the interstellar era? No matter how good-looking someone was, the moment they opened their mouth with a thick rural accent...
Forget it. She had already unmatched him anyway, so that was that!
Meanwhile, on Lorenzo Snow’s end, a notification popped up when he tried to send another message: *The other party has dissolved the match with you. Please do not harass the female. If you have an urgent matter to relay, please leave a message and wait for the other party to reply when they are available.*
Lorenzo was dumbfounded. He was in the middle of being hunted down; how could the great Female Master assigned to him by the Beast God System just abandon him after a single voice message? Did she think he was useless because he was being hunted? Or...
He hadn’t even checked his own settings. As a bounty hunter beastman, he always used a processed voice to extract information and accept missions. The voice settings on his Light Brain were currently set to "Randomly Match Star Domain Dialect Effects"!
Before he could dwell on the realization, a Mermaid Beastman appeared before him. The merman had long lake-blue hair, blue-purple ear fins, and a deep purple ancient totem inked on his neck. His cool, pale chest was adorned with irregular ancient totem patterns, leading down to a sharp V-line flanked by golden scales and ending in a purple tail. Wielding an asymmetrical Mystic Iron Dagger and utilizing his underwater advantage, the Mermaid Beastman charged straight at Lorenzo.
Lorenzo had a light blonde mullet, heterochromatic eyes—the left one blood-red and the right lake-blue—and light blonde eyebrows. Combined with his youthful, soft facial features, he looked just like an Elf Prince who had accidentally wandered into the mortal realm. He would have looked even more the part if he hadn’t accepted a bounty mission and sneaked into the Mermaid Territory to steal their greatest treasure.
Watching the Mermaid Beastman’s fierce attack, Lorenzo knew that his Eleventh Rank strength couldn’t be fully utilized underwater. Continuing the fight was completely pointless. Left with no other option, he released several Ice Cones. The Ice Cones rapidly dissolved in the seawater, but a true male never looked back—he took the opportunity to turn and flee.
The Mermaid Beastman, possessing only Ninth Rank strength, had no desire to prolong the fight with Lorenzo either. Seeing his opponent turn and run, the merman stopped in his tracks. Only after confirming that Lorenzo had truly left did he turn around and swim back into the heart of the Mermaid Clan’s treasure hoard.
Gu Weilan was completely oblivious to all this. While she was taking a shower, her Light Brain received another message: "Ba~by~ Do you know what’s the hardest thing to get through? Getting through a week without you~"
Gu Weilan’s hands paused mid-wash, trembling so much she almost yanked her own hair out. She quickly replied: "When can we meet? Let’s just unmatch after the mandatory three meetings! Spare me, and spare yourself!"
After sending that initial message, Ji Yanqing was practically scratching off his own goosebumps. However, upon seeing Gu Weilan’s reply, he felt incredibly satisfied. He thought the kind male on the Star Network who had given him this idea was truly a fantastic beastman!
Meanwhile, in the gathering place of the Dragon Clan beastmen, a tall, striking man suddenly sneezed. Standing at 188 centimeters, he possessed sword-shaped eyebrows, piercing peach-blossom eyes, a high brow bone, and an elegant nose bridge adorned with a small mole.
Seeing a tip notification pop up on his Light Brain, he couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
"I can’t believe a male actually used my method to drive away a Female Master. What an absolute idiot! Thank goodness I matched with my Female Master early on. If there are a few more fools like him, won’t the rest of the males have a better chance of matching with a Female Master? Truly a day of accumulating good karma!"
Muttering to himself, he sent a message to the Female Master assigned to him by the Beast God System: "Respected Female Master, may I come find you next week? I have some family matters to finish up on my end. [Cute Flower GIF]"
Back at the villa, Gu Weilan was drying her freshly washed hair as she walked toward the room housing the Healing Pod when her Light Brain beeped with yet another message.