321: Chapter 321 "Duan Shi, perhaps she has already forgotten you."

Huan Du gripped Tang Ruan's neck, and Tang Ruan clawed at his hand with all her might.

The harder she struggled, the more excited he became.

He wanted them to be just as miserable as he was!

Tang Ruan began to threaten and curse him in her heart.

Yet she never once begged him for mercy, nor did she call him "Little Brother."

He was her brother too; why didn't she treat him the way she treated Duan Shi and Fentian?

If she had just called him "Little Brother" or said one soft word, perhaps he would have let go.

In truth, sometimes Huan Du didn't even understand why he hated them so much.

And strangely, while he harbored such hatred, he also craved their attention.

This contradictory feeling tormented him day and night, as if two invisible forces were clashing violently.

Huan Du wanted this feeling to disappear; whether hate outweighed love, or love outweighed hate—either would do.

Suddenly, he felt Tang Ruan use her Supernatural Ability on him.

His sister had finally begun to "take him seriously."

Huan Du was incredibly excited and immediately mimicked her Supernatural Ability.

He wanted to prove his strength to her and hear her gasp in surprise.

He did not receive her praise.

So, he said to himself: "Sister, aren't you too weak now?"

"Even I can use your Supernatural Ability better than you."

Tang Ruan still did not respond to him.

Suddenly, he saw her collapse.

In that instant, he felt an emotion he had never experienced before rush into his heart.

That feeling was even more painful than when he had died for the first time.

A loud ringing sound filled his ears.

In a daze, he remembered some things.

Things that had been erased by the Former Beast God...

Every servant of the Former Beast God had once been a living, breathing beastman.

They were chosen by the Former Beast God because they were powerful.

The Former Beast God took their souls and stuffed them into bodies he had prepared for them, modifying them.

Because ordinary souls forget the memories of their previous lives after reincarnation.

That was why Heng Zhou, Yong Wu, Fentian, and Duan Shi did not remember who they had once been.

They only knew they were servants of the Former Beast God.

But he was different; his Phoenix clan could naturally be reborn.

Therefore, his soul would not lose its memories due to rebirth.

It was just that... right after he hatched, before he could even open his eyes, he was killed and taken away.

He was stuffed into a pitch-black egg.

He was so small and understood nothing.

Feeling the thick egg fluid and endless darkness around him, he cried in terror day and night.

He missed his mother, yet he had never even seen her.

He only remembered that once, through the eggshell, he had lain in an incredibly warm embrace.

The owner of that embrace told him that once he hatched, he would be able to see his mother...

He thought, the person who said that must be his mother!

"Do you think... they will identify with the first beastman they see?"

Suddenly, a cheerful voice of a Female Beastman drifted over.

The voice sounded somewhat like his mother's.

His soul couldn't help but press against the eggshell, and he even wanted to crawl out to take a look.

But there was a Seal on the eggshell, and he couldn't get out.

"They probably will, just like a newborn chick seeing a hen." A gentle, pleasant voice of a Male Beastman came through.

Huan Du couldn't help but press even tighter.

This voice was so pleasant, better than any sound he had heard inside the egg.

"Then, if the lives in these eggs see us first..."

"...wouldn't they be just like us, loyal to the Beast God?"

"Would they identify with us and like us?" the Female Beastman asked.

Huan Du couldn't understand what they were talking about.

But this was the first time he had heard the voices of beastmen since he had "died," so he was very excited.

Although, at that time, he didn't even understand what "death" was.

But outside, it suddenly went quiet.

After a long time.

Suddenly, someone let out a "pfft" of laughter.

Then, a hearty voice came through, "Sister is right."

"I guess Fentian only identified with you because you were the first person he saw."

"Duan Shi! What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Are you itching for a beating again!"

The sounds of the two chasing and playfully fighting drifted over.

After a long while, another pleasant but somewhat dazed voice spoke up.

"I... I didn't see A-Wu first. I like A-Wu because—"

"Let's go back!"

Suddenly, that extremely pleasant Male Beastman voice interrupted him.

"Let's go, let's go!" said the hearty voice. "Anyway, these eggs definitely won't hatch."

"Don't expect any of them to be able to see us."

"Then how did you two come out!" the Female Beastman said angrily.

"Me?" The hearty voice suddenly scoffed, then said flippantly, "Fentian and I are powerful souls that appear once in a millennium. Can they compare to us?"

Suddenly, Huan Du heard footsteps.

The person who had just spoken walked over to his side.

They reached out and tapped on his eggshell.

Huan Du was so scared he hurriedly curled into a ball.

"Look at how small this egg is. Even if it hatches, it'll just be a Cub!"

"I really don't know what the Beast God is thinking."

"I actually think this egg will definitely hatch." The Female Beastman seemed to be deliberately contradicting him.

"A-Wu is right!" the dazed Male Beastman chimed in.

"Then let's make a bet," said the hearty Male Beastman.

"Bet on what?" the Female Beastman asked.

"If this egg can hatch and become our younger sister or brother."

"Whatever you want me to do, I will do."

"Deal!"

"But if it doesn't hatch... you have to find a way to help me hide it from the Beast God."

"I'm going out for a while."

"Duan Shi, you haven't forgotten that little Female Beastman, have you?" the Female Beastman asked in surprise.

"What about it?"

The Female Beastman clicked her tongue twice, "Infatuated... truly infatuated."

"But she must be over two hundred years old by now!"

"Based on the lifespan of ordinary beastmen, she might have already—"

The Female Beastman's voice suddenly cut off, as if she realized she had said something wrong.

That gentle and pleasant Male Beastman voice continued, "Duan Shi, perhaps she has already forgotten you."

Huan Du listened to them talking.

His mood sank lower and lower.

His soul had been trapped here; he didn't know how long it had been.

Would his mother have forgotten him too?

"But I must see her off on her final journey..." the hearty Male Beastman's voice suddenly turned low.

The surroundings fell into silence.

A long time later, they left.

Huan Du began to worry; would he smash his egg just to see that Female Beastman!

But it wouldn't matter if it were smashed; at least his soul would be free.

Afterward, his world plunged back into silence.

Occasionally, he would hear something wriggling inside the surrounding eggs.

In the eerie silence, it seemed terrifying.

Every day he looked forward to hearing those beastmen's voices again.

Even if... one of them hoped he would never hatch.

But hearing their voices made him feel that he was still "alive."

He waited and waited...

He didn't wait for them, but instead waited for—