Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 400 - 339: Soul Mark

Anu and Biya didn’t share memories, so Anu had no idea what Biya had been doing recently.

She still hadn’t investigated the last warehouse at the base.

So, she couldn’t completely rule him out as a suspect.

Sang Luo swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

Seeing her fall silent, the man’s expression grew even more grim and icy, as if he’d accepted her identity as a spy. It was impossible to tell if his voice was laced with anger or sarcasm as he said, "You’ve really got some nerve!"

"What? Going to lock me up again? Or do you want to kill me?" Sang Luo, on the contrary, was no longer afraid, looking at him defiantly.

Biya slowly released his grip and scoffed. "He’ll just let you go again next time anyway. I can’t be bothered to waste my efforts... As for your little life—guards! Take her away. I will interrogate her personally."

Sang Luo was thrown into a dungeon.

Just then, another person came to report.

"Your Majesty, another batch of corrupted, mutated species has been discovered at the border. The army we dispatched has suffered heavy casualties."

"These filthy things are never-ending," Biya cursed under his breath. He turned to the attending Insect Beast and ordered, "Keep a close watch on this female. I’ll interrogate her when I return!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Biya left. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Three days passed, and he still hadn’t returned.

The Servants, however, dared not neglect Sang Luo.

Even the few attendants who coveted the female’s beauty suppressed such thoughts, not daring to overstep their bounds in the slightest.

Countless members of the Insect Clan had seen the King personally take her to the research base, even holding her hand. Their posture was incredibly intimate, clearly radiating the air of a mated pair.

This new King’s temperament was volatile and unpredictable. He might decide to punish the little female tonight, only for her to become the mistress of the Royal Palace tomorrow night.

The Insect Clan guards watched Sang Luo with due diligence. It wasn’t so much like they were guarding a prisoner as it was they were afraid she might run off and get into trouble, leaving them unable to answer to the King upon his return.

Sang Luo sighed and rattled the shackles on her wrists. "Hey, I’m not going to run. Could you take these off for me? They’re digging in and are a bit uncomfortable."

A female’s skin was delicate. After a few days, the shackles had already chafed an angry red mark onto her wrist.

"You really won’t run?"

"Don’t you trust your King? If I really ran, he’d have me back here in minutes. Besides, I don’t want to anger him." Sang Luo’s eyes grew misty as she said regretfully, "I shouldn’t have made him angry on purpose. When he gets back, I’ll definitely do my best to appease him."

Hearing her say this, these Insect Clan envoys were even more convinced of the pair’s relationship!

’So it’s just a little lovers’ quarrel!’

’The King, honestly... Couples fight and make up, but he actually locked the female in a jail cell for interrogation... Don’t tell me he has some strange little fetish.’

They dared not think any further. A member of the Insect Clan stepped forward and unlocked Sang Luo’s shackles.

"Please wait patiently, miss."

"Mm."

Sang Luo shook her wrists, then took a Spirit Fruit from her storage space and began to gnaw on it. In reality, she was hungry; the child in her belly had started crying out for food a while ago.

Seeing that she was just eating quietly and had no intention of escaping, the Servants completely let their guard down.

"Your Majesty."

The man had returned.

He was shrouded in an aura of blood, his body spattered with gore, evidence that he had just survived a brutal battle.

"Luoluo." The man walked toward Sang Luo.

Sang Luo’s gaze fell on his face, and she recognized him at once—it was Anu. A radiant smile bloomed on her lips. "You’re back."

"Mm." Anu didn’t get too close, afraid the stench of blood on him would overwhelm her.

His eyes immediately fell on the red mark on her wrist, then to the various instruments of torture laid out to the side. His expression darkened in an instant.

The guard at the side had intended to ask when Anubia would conduct the interrogation, but remembering the ambiguous relationship between the two, and seeing the King’s current dark, terrifying expression, he didn’t dare open his mouth.

Anu took off his outer robe, gathered Sang Luo in his arms, and carried her back to his bedchamber.

The passing Servants and attendants all saw this clearly, further cementing their assumptions about this female’s status.

Many new rumors began to circulate throughout the palace.

Back in his chambers, Sang Luo saw that Anu’s white undershirt was soaked through with blood. "You’re injured," she said, alarmed. "Let me heal you."

Anu caught her hand. His face was a bit pale as he shook his head and forced a smile. "There’s no need."

’I only get a chance to come out and see her when this body is severely injured. It also means I can stay by her side for longer.’

He thought of the torture instruments in that cell. If he hadn’t been the one to return this time, he couldn’t bear to imagine the physical torment she would have been forced to endure.

He made up his mind. "Luoluo, I don’t know when I’ll disappear again. Before I go, let me do one last thing for you."

A lump formed in Sang Luo’s throat, leaving her speechless... She knew what he wanted to do.

The thought had crossed her mind before, but she didn’t want to use him again.

Anubia’s appearance was an unforeseen complication that had thrown off her rhythm and nearly placed her in mortal danger. The mission’s difficulty now far exceeded what she had planned for.

Now, Sang Luo had two choices.

One option was to remove her bracelet and return to the Beast World. However, no other Beastman could enter the Insect Nest, and she was the only Emperor Rank expert with the Space Jumping talent. She was currently the most suitable candidate, and leaving now would feel like a defeat she couldn’t stomach.

The other option was to form a Soul Mark with Anu.

The first time a male breaks a mate’s mark, his rank will plummet. The second time he breaks one, he will die instantly.

Her life would become directly bound to Anubia’s.

If she died, he would die.

Biya wouldn’t dare harm her again, and she could use their connection to threaten him and achieve her goals.

But for Anu, it meant she would be using him yet again.

"I’m sorry. This time, I’m..."

"I’m the one who wants this. I want to give this to you," Anu said, sitting on the bed. He pulled Sang Luo onto his lap, cupped her chin, and lowered his head to kiss her.

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Ugh, I don’t get it. How can some people think the female lead came to the Insect Nest to deliberately get herself killed?

The old Angel already said that the female lead values her own life above all else. She never would have gone to the Insect Nest without being fully prepared.

The female lead is a True Emperor Rank Beastman, for crying out loud. Aside from a few of their kings, no one in the Insect Clan is a match for her.

She has the Space Transmission Ability and can be summoned by her Beast Husband with a Soul Mark. If she really encountered a life-threatening crisis, she could just teleport back to the Beast World to escape. How could she possibly die? At worst, her ability has a limited number of uses, so she might get injured and suffer a bit, but she’s not stupid enough to get herself killed.

She and Shi Yi had a secret plan from the very beginning. On the first day, she arranged for that group of Beastmen to help her bypass the checkpoints and reach the interior of the Insect Nest, where she found her first objective. Her progress was beautiful! A whole month is more than enough time for her to complete the mission.

It’s only because this is a Mary Sue sweet-romance novel that the female lead runs into the male lead. The MC didn’t expect Anubia to have a hidden evil personality, so she made one mistake, let her guard down, and got caught. In a normal-difficulty "dungeon run," her abilities would be more than enough to handle the mission.

If the bad bug really wanted to kill her, she has the ability to escape.

She has her own sense of judgment and the ability to think for herself. She’s not some weak female lead who doesn’t even have the strength to truss a chicken. There’s no need to worry about her life, ’kay?

Go ahead and criticize the male lead for his flaws, but don’t you dare criticize the female lead. My girl is a precious treasure.