271: Weird Temple

Due to Gu Xiaoyue and the others' sudden intrusion, the Thunderwing Golden Eagle, which had been lying down, abruptly raised its head, its eyes filled with the hostility of being disturbed.

But how many other Thunderwing Golden Eagles are there in this world?

“M-Mother? Is that you?”

White Gaze couldn't accept it for a moment. Even though Zheng Jie had half the bloodline of a Thunderwing Golden Eagle, how could she have completely transformed into a beast form upon arriving here?

“Step back!”

Gu Xiaoyue subconsciously pulled White Gaze behind her. She could feel that Zheng Jie was now controlled by her beast form's consciousness, and she seemingly didn't recognize White Gaze at the moment.

She even regarded everyone here as enemies invading her territory!

White Gaze stumbled as Gu Xiaoyue pulled him. Before he could steady himself, he saw the Thunderwing Golden Eagle rise and fly into the air, launching a Lightning Strike at everyone, seemingly intending to turn everyone in front of her into charcoal!

Gu Xiaoyue could see Zheng Jie's beast form information panel: Heaven-grade, top-tier, and already at the late stage of mature tenth-rank.

With a thought, two rows of Earth Shields rose above and around everyone's heads, barely blocking the Lightning Strike thrown by the opponent!

The Lightning Strike was annihilated, and Gu Xiaoyue's Earth Shields also completely turned to dust!

It wasn't that she couldn't easily subdue her, but it wouldn't do to seriously injure her with a slight mishap. The most crucial point was that Gu Xiaoyue guessed she was Zheng Jie, but it was also possible she wasn't!

After all, the Thunderwing Golden Eagle had guarded this place for several years, and the entrance key was given to White Gaze by Zheng Haochen. As for whether there were any other keys, it was hard to say.

Gu Xiaoyue took advantage of the Thunderwing Golden Eagle's pause before launching another attack, throwing out several thick, long vines to bind her tightly!

The Thunderwing Golden Eagle let out a piercing shriek, its entire body struggling and flapping vigorously.

But due to the restraint of the vines, she didn't even manage to shed a few feathers.

“Sister, don't hurt her!”

White Gaze pleaded softly, his eyes filled with worry.

Gu Xiaoyue turned back and gave him a reassuring look, “I know what I'm doing.”

Facing a Thunderwing Golden Eagle that had lost its reason and was purely bestial, it was impossible not to harm her at all. Gu Xiaoyue could only minimize the damage.

She summoned Xiao Lu and had it use the Beast Soul Absorption skill, which could reduce the ferocity of the fierce beast.

At the same time, she also cast the Yuan Absorption skill on the Thunderwing Golden Eagle, not to absorb her rank, but more to cooperate with Beast Soul Absorption to absorb her beast nature.

Before long, the Thunderwing Golden Eagle seemed to be exhausted to the point of collapse, not only stopping its struggles.

Its entire form began to emit a golden light and gradually shrink, quickly transforming back into Zheng Jie's human form, and the vines scattered across the ground.

White Gaze rushed over to help Zheng Jie, who was slumped on the ground, and asked anxiously.

“Mother, how did you end up here, and even transformed into—”

He was sweating profusely with anxiety. Zheng Jie laboriously reached out and wiped his forehead for him.

“I… that day…”

She seemed to be lost in thought, but also seemed to barely remember the situation at the time.

Zheng Jie simply stared at White Gaze. It had been over two years since they last met. Her eyes were filled with tears, excitement, and joy, but she had little strength.

Gu Xiaoyue and the others didn't continue to focus on White Gaze's mother-son reunion but instead turned their attention to other parts of the temple.

As soon as they all entered, they saw that besides Zheng Jie's beast form lying on the ground, there was also a sculpture behind them depicting a human and a half-humanoid fierce beast shaking hands.

The walls around the temple were covered with murals. Gu Xiaoyue and the others looked at them one by one from the entrance.

They roughly depicted many people descending from several spacecraft and landing on this planet.

They communicated and interacted with high-level fierce beasts, exchanging some resources for a not-so-large living space.

Initially, both sides could coexist peacefully. Some highly intelligent fierce beasts could even find shaping flowers to change their forms, intermarry with humans, and have offspring.

However, the peace did not last long. Humans wanted to compete for more living space, while fierce beasts felt that humans, despite being weak, were insatiable. They wanted to enslave them and even breed for high-level fierce beasts who had difficulty conceiving offspring.

But the intelligence of fierce beasts was still inferior to humans, and perhaps it was a blessing from the gods, but the children born from intermarriage with fierce beasts were naturally born with the ability to control beasts!

Human reproductive capacity was not affected by this; on the contrary, from beginning to end, the reproductive capacity of fierce beasts was inversely proportional to their rank and grade.

The higher the rank of the fierce beast, the worse its reproductive capacity.

Low-level fierce beasts have strong reproductive capabilities, but they are too easily contracted by Beastmasters to become their pet beasts.

However, when they are contracted by humans, they also need their masters to wholeheartedly feed and train them. Otherwise, if the bond with the master is insufficient, and if the master's Mental Power cannot control them, they can easily be backlashed by the fierce beast.

No wonder Coach Huo always advised her not to feed her pet beasts too many spiritual plants, fearing that Gu Xiaoyue would be unable to control her pet beasts and suffer a backlash.

It turns out that in the eyes of fierce beasts, humans were originally insignificant and tiny existences!

But looking at the sculptures in the temple, humans and fierce beasts indeed had a period of peace, and this ruin might be the small city built by the first humans who arrived on Mercury.

After resting for a while, Zheng Jie, with tears in her eyes, began to recount the scene of entering this place.

Originally, she and White Gaze had tried to enter several times before, but they had not succeeded.

That day, after she had eaten, feeling bored, she originally just wanted to walk around the area, but then she heard someone singing in the ruins.

The singing was melodious and lingering. Zheng Jie couldn't help but feel a surge of curiosity again. She tried to enter once more, and she even suspected that there were still living people residing in this very temple!

And the restrictions on the outer perimeter of the ruins were placed by the living people here!

She entered through the entrance once again. This time, it wasn't like the previous attempts; she entered very smoothly.

Upon arriving at this temple, she felt a sense of physical and mental comfort after entering, and she unconsciously stayed here for two days.

She didn't even realize that she had transformed into a Thunderwing Golden Eagle and had completely lost her human consciousness!

Hearing this, Gu Xiaoyue once again scanned the surrounding environment with her eyes.

“System, can I move the entire ruins into my Yu Beast Space?”

She rarely communicated with the system on her own initiative. This time, there were simply too many doubts, and she couldn't process them all at once.

If she could move the entire ruins, even dozens of meters underground, into her Yu Beast Space, she could slowly research it herself!

[Ding—According to system detection, the host's Mental Power is insufficient to move the entire ruins into the space. The host can choose to operate on 40% of the area—]

“Only 40%?”

Gu Xiaoyue frowned, somewhat dissatisfied.

But she also knew that this ruin was too mysterious and bizarre; even 40% would be enough for her to research for a long time!

“Then can I operate it in three separate times and move it, including—100 meters underground!”

The system was silent for a long while before answering her.

[Ding—If the host insists on taking it into the space, there may be very serious consequences. Please think twice, host!]

The system didn't say no, so it meant it was possible.

Gu Xiaoyue took a deep breath. At most, it would just be overdrawing some Mental Power, probably leading to fainting or something like that. What other serious consequences could there be?

She closed her eyes, and the alarm clock's panel displayed the map of the entire ruins. She selected the market portion where they were not located.

[Ding—Selected portion of the ancient ruins is moving—Progress (0%) Estimated time 1 hour 59 minutes 59 seconds]

This time was much faster than Gu Xiaoyue had anticipated. She had originally thought it would take at least 24 hours, if not 48 hours.

She didn't expect it would only take two hours!

“White Gaze, you take Zheng Yi home to rest first. We'll look around to see if there are any other living people.”

Because Gu Xiaoyue was moving the entire ruins into her space, she couldn't rush out of the secret realm.

Since Zheng Jie also suspected there were living people in these ruins, it was only right for them to investigate further.

White Gaze nodded, picked up the exhausted Zheng Jie, and headed back to their long-term dirt house.

“Let's go look elsewhere.”

Gu Xiaoyue left the temple first. She suspected there was a substance underground that could make beast nature overcome human nature, and she shouldn't stay here too long.

Everyone else thought the same, following Gu Xiaoyue with grave expressions.

Just now, when she looked down from above, that multi-story, laboratory-like building was her second target.

They all walked in together. The first floor was a somewhat modern hall. They ascended the stairs to the second floor.

On the walls hung photos and descriptions of several people. Only then did they realize—this place was originally a hospital!