3: Ferocious beast

Looking at the two bird eggs in Shen Ying's hand, Qingyang's mouth salivated.

Then, under Shen Ying's gaze, Qingyang opened his large mouth and quickly swallowed one bird egg.

At the same time, some strange text instantly appeared in Qingyang's mind.

【Species: Black Pattern Young Python (Fierce Beast).】

【Realm: 0th Tier.】

【Strength: 0.6.】

【Speed: 1.】

【Defense: 0.9.】

【Devour Points: 0.01.】

【Skill: Winter Black-striped Freeze (Can instantly release a low temperature of -27℃) Cooldown: 24 hours.】

“What is this?” At this moment, Qingyang's entire upper body was slightly raised, curled up on the dining table, motionless.

Noticing Qingyang's abnormality, Shen Ying said nervously, “What's wrong? What's wrong? Are you choked? Do you need some water?”

After saying this, Shen Ying felt that something was wrong and scratched her head awkwardly.

“It's nothing, I'm fine.”

After quickly typing these words, Qingyang swallowed the other bird egg in one gulp.

【Devour Points +0.01.】

“As expected.” After murmuring, Qingyang turned his head to look at the two large bumps on his body, and immediately typed, “Things seem to be getting out of control.

All our money is in the cabinet. Order a batch of quail eggs back, raw ones, the kind that can hatch.”

Although she didn't know what Qingyang wanted these for, years of trust made Shen Ying pick up her phone and place the order without hesitation.

That afternoon, as ten whole boxes of quail eggs were delivered, Qingyang, under Shen Ying's gaze, began to swallow them one by one.

He swallowed a full eight before stopping when he felt it was difficult to even move.

This gave Shen Ying a sense of accomplishment as if raising a husband, and she was very happy.

At night, Shen Ying held Qingyang and sat on the steps at the entrance of their home, looking at the starry sky.

Because they were far from the city, there was not much pollution, and the sky was dotted with stars.

Shooting stars occasionally streaked across, causing Shen Ying to look up and murmur, “A Yang, why do you think shooting stars are so frequent lately? Look, look quickly, a meteor shower, there are so many.”

At this moment, dense points of light were rapidly falling towards the earth in the sky.

Even in Qingyang's vision, many points of light crashed into the depths of Gu Ling Mountain.

For some reason, as so many points of light fell, Qingyang faintly felt a hint of longing.

But just then, on the winding mountain road, a series of jeeps, flashing their lights, quickly drove towards them.

The closest household to the large mountain was only Qingyang's family.

Noticing the vehicles getting closer, Qingyang immediately Got in Shen Ying's sleeve, hiding.

Three cars, a total of eleven people got out. Everyone seemed to have an official background and looked serious.

“Hello, we are geological disaster surveyors. This is our identification. Can we park our vehicles outside your house tonight?

Also, can two team members stay for a night? The rest of the team needs to go into the mountain for investigation. Here is five hundred yuan, please facilitate?”

From within the sleeve, Qingyang faintly felt a dangerous aura emanating from several people. After thinking for a moment, he immediately wrote the words “Okay” on Shen Ying's arm.

Upon receiving the host's consent, smiles instantly appeared on the faces of the eleven people.

After some discussion, and learning that this household only had one woman, they ultimately left two female team members behind, while the rest quickly headed into the mountain.

After simply settling the two women in, Shen Ying sat in the living room watching the news.

But the conversations between the two women in the room piqued Qingyang's interest.

“This is the third tide this month. I wonder how many Fierce Beasts have appeared this time.”

“What are you afraid of? The current situation is still within controllable limits. Don't forget, the one leading the team this time is from the Fang family, a Tier 2 expert! When can we reach a tier?”

“Compared to reaching a tier, I prefer those innate Beast Tamers. Wow, some people are truly born in Rome, while others are like cattle and horses.

I heard that the higher-ups will issue an announcement in a few days. This time, it's completely impossible to hide it.”

“……”

Words like Tier 2, Beast Tamer, and Deng Deng, like plots from a novel, made Qingyang, whose hearing was extremely strong, unable to help but start thinking.

As for Shen Ying next to him, she was watching the news report on television with great interest.

In the report, it seemed there was an exercise somewhere, with soldiers from six countries and various weapons gathered together, which made people's blood boil.

In the latter half of the night, Qingyang and Shen Ying were startled awake by a rapid knocking sound.

Opening the door, only three of the original nine people who went into the mountain remained.

Moreover, these three were all carrying different injuries.

Noticing Shen Ying's figure, the three didn't pay attention. After reuniting with their two teammates, one of the men patted his backpack and said.

“A total of fifty-two zhen crystal. There's a Mountain Lord in Gu Ling Mountain. We barely escaped with our lives after fighting for so long and snatching so many things from it. Let's retreat quickly. It can definitely track our scent.”

As he spoke, the man carrying the bag had already turned and walked outside.

In the house, the other woman looked at Shen Ying with some reluctance.

“Captain Fang, then her? I mean, should we take her with us?”

As soon as this was said, the man who had already reached the door suddenly turned around, his face fierce, and he whispered, “What? Your Our Ladyheart is overflowing? Why don't you stay too and keep her company? She's just an ordinary person, what's the difference between her and pigs and dogs?”

The roar of the vehicles sounded, but Shen Ying looked at the three cars gradually driving away, her face unsightly, and lowered her head to look at Qingyang.

As someone who relied on the mountain for sustenance and had lived at the foot of the large mountain since childhood, the term Mountain Lord was not unfamiliar to Qingyang.

Tigers, from zero to six years old, are called Big Cats; from six to twelve years old, they are called Striped Ones; from twelve to twenty-four years old, they are called Big Bugs;

Only after the age of twenty-four are they called Mountain Lords. It's generally difficult for tigers to live to this age.

The fact that the other party could accurately say the term Mountain Lord instead of using the general term 'tiger' indicates that they definitely know something.

Compared to the Mountain Lord, Qingyang had heard his grandfather tell him when he was young that there was a Mystic Altar existing deep within Gu Ling Mountain.

A Mystic Altar, a tiger above the Mountain Lord, is already close to mythical stories.

However, Qingyang also indeed listened to it as a myth when he was young.

“Roar~”

Just as Qingyang and Shen Ying were looking at the lights of the vehicles driving away, a chilling roar suddenly came down from the mountain.

Then, Qingyang vaguely noticed a black shadow several meters long, like a tank, quickly chasing the three cars in the mountain forest.

Hearing the roar, Shen Ying subconsciously hurried home and closed the door tightly, looking down at Qingyang with lingering fear and saying.

“Was that a tiger? I heard it, it was definitely a tiger. Did you hear it?”

On her arm, Qingyang slowly nodded, his pupils solemn.