41: Chapter 41: May not be killed, but will not live well either...

Tang Ruan reached out and covered her belly.

Just a moment ago, she felt as if someone had punched her in the stomach.

She looked down.

A fist-sized lump of flesh was moving beneath her skin.

It went from the left side to the right, then back from the right to the left.

Seeing what was happening in front of her, Tang Ruan was so terrified she nearly fainted.

Many Beastmen also noticed her situation.

It went quiet in an instant.

"What is that?"

"Is it the Baby?"

"How can it move so visibly?"

Lang Lie swept Tang Ruan up into his arms and walked into the cave.

Many Beastmen followed them.

"Lang Lie, am I going to die? Is my Baby going to break through my belly and come out?"

Tang Ruan grabbed Lang Lie's hand in terror.

Lang Lie frowned deeply: "Know to be afraid now? Since he's so disobedient, there's still time for you to absorb him."

The Baby, who was happily rolling around: ...

Lang Lie placed her on the soft couch, his face dark: "You'd rather be kicked to death by him than absorb him, wouldn't you?"

Tang Ruan arched her body and looked down at her slightly protruding lower abdomen.

She gritted her teeth.

"Yes."

The Baby was innocent.

He was so small and didn't understand anything.

How could he know that doing this would kill her?

Lang Lie stared at her, his expression gradually turning cold.

"Fine, then I won't care anymore."

He suddenly let go of her hand.

Tang Ruan looked at him in shock.

Sure enough, men were all unreliable.

"Fine! I'm leaving!"

Tang Ruan scrambled up.

If he wasn't going to care for her, she would go back to her "maiden home" and sleep with Hongshu today.

She had just taken one step.

Suddenly, she turned around and tackled Lang Lie onto the bed.

The force was greater than either of them had imagined.

"Mistress!"

Lang Lie tried to push her away, worried.

After pushing twice, he suddenly realized that Tang Ruan hadn't budged an inch!

"Mistress, please get up first..." He was pinned down by her, his voice hoarse.

The Beastmen who had just rushed over saw this scene: 0-0!

"Let's disperse... Tang Ruan is fine, everyone disperse..." Hongshu's mother chased everyone out.

Tang Ruan also wanted to get up, but it was as if she were glued to Lang Lie.

She looked down.

She saw several blue rays of light binding her and him tightly together.

Lang Lie saw it too.

"You can't leave." He curled the corners of his lips into a smile.

Tang Ruan was so angry her chest hurt. "You said you wouldn't care about me anymore, and now you won't let me leave?"

Lang Lie looked innocent.

"What I said was that I wouldn't care about the Baby's matters anymore, and I wouldn't make you absorb him..."

He tucked a strand of her messy hair behind her ear. "He understood, why haven't you?"

Tang Ruan suddenly realized.

That blue light was not Lang Lie's Supernatural Ability.

It was the Baby's!

Fearing she wouldn't understand, Lang Lie explained: "Only a very small number of High-level Beastmen possess intelligence while still in the womb.

Just now, he was moving back and forth in your belly.

He must have heard what everyone said and wanted to come out to join the battle.

When I was little, whenever I heard about war, I would also roll around in my mother's belly."

So that was it; no wonder he didn't look that worried.

"Then why did you still tell me to absorb him!" Tang Ruan said angrily.

"I was afraid you would be too miserable." He traced her eyebrows and eyes.

Anyone, even his own flesh and blood, if they caused his Mistress too much pain, did not deserve to remain in this world.

"I'm not miserable... the Baby is so well-behaved."

Tang Ruan couldn't help but speak well of the Baby again, even though she had been scared to death just a moment ago.

"Besides, when you spoke just now, he stopped moving.

This Baby has listened to you since he was small."

The Baby: Mmh mmh mmh mmh!

Lang Lie raised an eyebrow.

Are you sure it wasn't because he felt threatened?

However, knowing how to bind his mother to his side showed he was a good Baby.

Just for that, let's keep him!

He placed his hand on Tang Ruan's lower abdomen.

The pale blue halo gathered and concentrated under his palm.

Lang Lie couldn't see the halo, but he could feel a soft, little ball of flesh rubbing hard against his palm.

His heart felt like it was instantly soaked in warm water.

"Have you thought about what name to give him?" Lang Lie asked.

This was the first time he cared about the Baby's future.

Tang Ruan sat up excitedly.

"I haven't thought of one yet; for now, I'm calling him Baby."

"Baby..."

Hearing Lang Lie call his name for the first time, the Baby excitedly did a backflip and bumped into Lang Lie's palm.

Tang Ruan hissed in discomfort.

A strange chill instantly transmitted to the Baby.

The Baby: ...

The Baby stood straight in the belly, even though he was still just a ball.

"Baby, you must protect your mother well," Lang Lie said solemnly.

If, one day, I am no longer here...

He said the rest in his heart.

He didn't know if the little guy in the belly really felt his mood, but it nodded under his palm.

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"There are twenty-six male beasts left outside Dongdong Valley, all of whom are powerful in their Beast Form.

Some have strength even three to five times that of the Wolf Clan."

In front of the Beastmen who volunteered to join the battle, Lang Lie stood with his hands behind his back, stating the current situation.

"It doesn't matter, we believe in the Wolf Clan!"

"Right! We believe in you." A few Marmot Beastmen shouted.

Lang Lie smiled slightly.

"But I don't."

Hearing this, the few Marmot Beastmen exchanged awkward smiles.

Their previous confidence instantly vanished.

"If we go head-to-head, we are definitely no match for them.

We need to find a way to make them exhaust a portion of their strength themselves."

"Exhaust themselves? Can they kill each other?" a newly joined Marmot Beastman asked.

"We need to make them kill each other."

The Marmot Beastmen: ...

Lang Lie's gaze swept over the crowd.

Hongshu raised his hand sheepishly.

"A few days ago, I discovered that some Beastmen were taking advantage of other tribes sleeping to bite their weak beasts to death and eat them."

Lang Lie gave him an approving look.

Lang Yu added: "Their weak beasts all sleep on the outermost perimeter.

We can kill a weak beast, throw it into another group, and deliberately let them discover it to provoke conflict.

But the weak beasts have already been mostly eaten by them.

They still haven't left, which shows that other places in the Beast World are even more terrifying.

We might as well wear them down."

Wear them down until they can no longer endure it and take the initiative to fight to the death.

Lang Lie intended to use both methods.

However, he couldn't wear them down for too long.

He had to kill them all before the next batch of Beastmen arrived here.

Otherwise, the secret of Dongdong Valley would still get out.

Once they were all taken care of, he would completely block the area above the stream.

He had already decided to stay here forever.

Wolf beasts might be meant to gallop across the wilderness, but he only wanted to live in seclusion with her in a small cave.

Lang Lie's plan was very successful.

The Beastmen outside Dongdong Valley soon started fighting.

Five Beastmen died in this chaotic battle.

But the same method couldn't be used twice.

"If we could strike directly at the center—perhaps we could make them chaotic again."

Lang Lie and Lang Mo squatted on the ground, studying the battle plan.

Tang Ruan walked over.

She understood.

"You want to attack this person in the middle directly?"

"Yes!" Lang Lie stood up, put his arm around her shoulder, and discussed it with her.

"Using Supernatural Ability makes too much noise and will definitely be discovered.

Going directly there and retreating unscathed isn't realistic."

"Does it need to be killed?" Tang Ruan asked.

Lang Lie: ...

"It would be best if possible." Tang Ruan thought for a moment.

"I actually have a way, although it might not kill them, they won't live well either..."