Help! I transmigrated to a Beast World-Chapter 118: Kidnapped!

Hei Yan leaped from a massive boulder, landing with a heavy, earth-shaking thud.

The Black Panther Alpha was shirtless, his muscles bulging as he glared at the other three men.

"She is my mate!" Hei Yan growled, his panther ears flattening against his head. "I found her first! I brought her to the forest! You all need to back off!"

"Your mate? Don’t be silly," Sha Chen pointed out coldly. "The Harem Pact is still open."

"I will eat the pact and then I will eat you!" Qing Lin roared, finally snapping. He shoved Xin Yi behind him, his hands curling into claws.

"Try it, you reptile!" Hei Yan barked, dropping into a fighting stance.

"I want to fight too!" Jin Xuan cheered happily, dropping the bloody ostrich in the dirt and raising his fists. "If I beat all of you, I get to take the tiny female to my cave!"

[Ding!]

[(⁠⊙⁠_⁠⊙⁠) System Warning: Extreme Testosterone Overload Detected!]

[Alpha Logic Protocol Engaged: When words fail, hit each other with rocks until someone wins!]

Xin Yi stared at the four incredibly powerful, unbelievably petty men circling each other in the dirt.

"SHUT UP!" Xin Yi screamed at the absolute top of her lungs.

The volume and rage in her tiny voice made all four apex predators instantly freeze. They snapped their heads toward her, blinking in surprise.

Xin Yi aggressively snatched her woven basket from the ground. She glared at them, her eyes burning.

"I am done," Xin Yi announced, her voice quiet. "I am done with all of you today."

"Xin Yi—" Qing Lin started, his eyes widening slightly as he reached for her.

"Do not touch me!" Xin Yi snapped, pointing a finger at his chest.

"I am going to the river," Xin Yi declared, turning her back on the entire encampment. "I am going to get water. I am going to wash my face. I am going to sit in silence. If any of you—ANY OF YOU—follows me, speaks to me, or even looks in my direction for the next hour..."

She reached into her inventory. With a flash of blue light, the heavy cast-iron frying pan materialized in her hand.

"I will scramble your brains like eggs," Xin Yi promised darkly.

She spun on her heel and began marching toward the tall elephant grass, leaving a stunned silence in her wake.

[Ding!]

[Host has successfully established dominance! +100 Intimidation Points!]

[(⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠) Look at them! The mighty Alphas look like scolded puppies! System is very proud!]

Xin Yi didn’t even bother replying. She just kept walking. She pushed past the tall, dry grass, letting the sounds of the Golden Mane camp fade away.

She walked for about ten minutes, enjoying the pristine quiet. The savanna was beautiful when it wasn’t filled with screaming, naked men.

The wind rustled through the golden stalks, and in the distance, she could hear the gentle babbling of the shallow river.

"Finally. Peace," Xin Yi sighed, dropping her frying pan into her basket and stretching her arms over her head.

She crouched by the riverbank, cupping the cool water in her hands and splashing it over her flushed face. It felt heavenly. She closed her eyes, letting out a long, slow breath.

Maybe she could just stay here. Maybe she could build a tiny little mud hut by the river, completely hidden from the world.

No System quests. No civilization building. And absolutely, positively, no Alphas.

Crunch.

Xin Yi’s eyes snapped open.

A heavy footstep sounded behind her.

"I said do not follow me!" Xin Yi groaned, completely exasperated. She didn’t even turn around, just reached blindly into her basket for the frying pan. "Qing Lin, I swear to God, if you try to wrap your tail around me right now, I am going to—"

"I am not the snake."

Xin Yi froze.

That wasn’t Qing Lin’s voice. It wasn’t Sha Chen’s arrogant drawl, Hei Yan’s gruff growl, or Jin Xuan’s booming cheer.

It was a female voice. Deep, raspy, and filled with hatred.

Xin Yi slowly turned her head.

A massive shadow completely blotted out the sun.

Standing right behind her, towering like a mountain of muscle and dried gray mud, was Wan Ning.

The heavily scarred lioness had her massive arms crossed over her hairy chest.

She was glaring down at Xin Yi with yellowish eyes that burned with intense jealousy.

"Uh... hi," Xin Yi squeaked, her hand frantically searching the bottom of the basket for the handle of the pan. "Wan Ning, right? Nice day for a walk?"

"You," Wan Ning sneered, baring her sharp, terrifying fangs. "You little hairless twig. You think you can come into our territory in your strange colored skin and steal the strongest male?"

"Steal? Wait, no! I didn’t steal anyone!" Xin Yi panicked, backing up until her boots hit the water. "Jin Xuan is an idiot! I don’t want him! You can have him! Please, take him!"

"Lies!" Wan Ning roared, taking a massive, earth-shaking step forward. "You confused him with your flower smell! He rejected me! Me! The strongest lioness in the pride!"

Wan Ning flexed her biceps aggressively, a vein popping in her thick neck. "I will not let a weak, soft, pathetic creature take my man!"

Before Xin Yi’s fingers could even brush the iron pan, Wan Ning lunged.

She didn’t even bother shifting into her beast form. Wan Ning simply reached out, grabbed Xin Yi by the back of her linen tunic, and hoisted her entirely off the ground with one hand.

"AHHHHH!" Xin Yi screamed, kicking her legs wildly in the air.

Wan Ning casually threw Xin Yi over her massive, muddy shoulder like a sack of incredibly light rice.

"Let me go!" Xin Yi yelled, pounding her small fists against Wan Ning’s rock-hard back. It was like punching a brick wall. "You giant, muddy amazon! Put me down!"

"I am taking you to the badlands," Wan Ning grunted, completely unbothered by Xin Yi’s struggling as she began marching away from the river, heading deep into the unknown wilderness. "I will drop you in the hyena pits. Then we will see how much Jin Xuan likes your flower smell when you are bones!"

[BEEP! BEEP!]

[EMERGENCY QUEST TRIGGERED!]

[Quest Title: Cat Fight!]

[Objective: Survive the Mud Wrestling Champion and avoid becoming hyena chow!]

[Penalty for Failure: Death by extreme ugliness!]

[Host, you specifically told your incredibly lethal, highly protective boyfriends not to follow you. They are currently sitting in the dirt waiting for your return.]

[Good luck! (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)]

"SYSTEM, YOU USELESS PIECE OF DIGITAL TRASH!" Xin Yi screamed into the wind as Wan Ning carried her off into the treacherous savanna. "QING LIN! HEI YAN! ANYONE! HEEEEEEELP!"