Huang Erye’s true form was a giant weasel, so his smile was not out of place.
He smiled and placed his hand on the fat aunt’s forehead, as if to calm her. At first, the fat aunt was confused about what the old man was doing, but after a while, her expression turned to horror, and she began to struggle violently.
Huang Laoqi stood to the side, watching his son knock himself out. He felt a pang of guilt but did not intervene.
The fat aunt’s eyes gradually became vacant, and then two lines of tears trickled down from the corners of her eyes.
Huang Erye had destroyed part of her consciousness and memories. From now on, she would only retain basic self-care abilities and would have difficulty communicating with others.
“Xiliu… don’t blame me for being heartless, second uncle. It’s not easy for our village to survive, and we really can’t afford to have you causing trouble. Besides, Laoqi just needs a wife, and this is enough.”
Then Huang Erye put one hand behind his back and left Huang Laoqi’s house unsteadily, even stumbling on the threshold at the doorway.
After walking a distance, Huang Erye sighed to the sky.
He knew that the demon hunters who had beaten the fat aunt before had vented their anger and would not deliberately cause further trouble.
But he had still made the cruel decision to erase a part of the fat aunt’s consciousness.
This world ultimately belonged to humans. They, as outsiders, had to remain humble to live peacefully. Otherwise, the slaughter of a decade ago would have been the fate of Wuxian Village.
…
Without the fat aunt causing trouble, Wen Wen and the others had a relatively pleasant time in Wuxian Village. On the day before their departure, Wen Wen visited the village chief, Hu Lao Da.
The first thing he felt was that this handsome old man looked somewhat familiar, so he wanted to visit before leaving.
Hu Lao Da welcomed Wen Wen in. When he had invited Wen Wen and the others to dinner, Hu Lao Da had learned about everyone’s identities. Knowing that Wen Wen was likely the strongest among them in terms of power, his attitude was very humble.
After entering the house, Wen Wen chatted for a bit before steering the conversation toward Hu Lao Da’s family.
Hu Lao Da had no reservations about this and spoke about his situation as if he were casually discussing family matters.
Twelve years ago, he had a happy family and a lovely daughter.
But after he helped Xun Ying clear out the Ba Jia Xian forces in Baishishan Province, his family fell apart. His wife died in that catastrophe, and his daughter ran away from home and her whereabouts were unknown.
“Daughter…”
Wen Wen’s eyes quickly scanned the room, finally settling on a family photo. The photo showed a man and a woman, both exceptionally handsome, and a little girl who looked like a delicate carving.
The man was likely Hu Lao Da, and the woman bore some resemblance to Hu Youling. As for the little girl… she was probably Hu Youling!
Wen Wen had captured Hu Youling in Furong River City. It seemed that after Hu Youling ran away from home twelve years ago, she had come to the vicinity of Furong River City alone, causing trouble along the way, and finally became Wen Wen’s captive.
“Mr. Guitan, perhaps you know the whereabouts of my daughter?”
Hu Lao Da instinctively sat up straighter. He was not a fool. Wen Wen had been probing indirectly, and now he was staring at the photo. Besides Hu Youling, there could be no other reason.
“If you can tell me about her, I will definitely…”
Wen Wen raised his hand, stopping him from continuing.
“I know where she is, but she cannot come to see you. However, you will have an opportunity to see her, and it won’t be long.”
“Before that, perhaps we can discuss some matters of cooperation…”
When Wen Wen left, Hu Lao Da escorted him for a long distance.
Earlier, Wen Wen, representing the Foundation, had negotiated some transactions with Wuxian Village. Hu Lao Da had made significant concessions in these transactions because, apart from Wuxian Village, Hu Youling was his greatest concern.
Now that Wen Wen had given him hope of seeing his daughter again, as long as Wen Wen was not deceiving him, he could do many things for him.
Sensing that Hu Lao Da’s presence had disappeared, Wen Wen scratched his head. In fact, he could let Hu Youling meet her father right now, but explaining this was a problem.
Should he tell the truth?
“Your daughter was wreaking havoc on innocent young boys when I captured her and kept her as a decorative pet for a while?”
Therefore, it was better to let the father and daughter meet after some time. When creating the clone, the ritual would absorb Hu Youling’s greatest desires, and she should become a bit more normal by then.
…
The next morning, the group embarked on their journey again, heading for the White Bear Region and the Mia Animal Kingdom.
The Animal Kingdom was composed of two parts: a zoo and a nature reserve. The zoo was open to tourists from all over the world and housed various rare and exotic animals, making it the largest zoo in the White Bear Region.
The zoo director, Orsino, was a legendary figure. He had tamed all the lions, tigers, rhinos, and elephants in the zoo with a pair of slippers.
People marveled at his closeness to the animals, believing him to be their true friend, as tigers would expose their bellies to him and lions would give up their food for him.
But in reality, those fierce beasts were simply afraid.
Director Orsino was a powerful esper. This Animal Kingdom did not belong to him; he was merely helping someone guard it.
The zoo was just a facade. The true core of this Animal Kingdom was the Mia Nature Reserve, which was the private garden of a prominent figure and was home to all sorts of super-powered animals.
And that prominent figure was the Punisher of the White Bear Region, the Catastrophe-level powerhouse—Visario Lakovich White Bear Wittu, whom the espers of the White Bear Region preferred to call Emperor Wittu!
Because if the Federation had not been established, this land would have belonged to the White Bear Empire, and Visario was the legitimate heir to that empire.
Wittu had three major hobbies in his life: drinking vodka, playing poposha, and riding all sorts of fierce beasts.
Vodka and poposha were easy to obtain, but finding fierce beasts that met Wittu’s requirements was difficult, so he had specifically established a nature reserve and hired people to search for various fierce beasts.
And Wen Wen’s first target on this trip was within this zoo.
Under the ability of the Wandering Hero, their bus quickly reached the entrance of the Mia Animal Kingdom. This time, Wen Wen had used the Magic Mirror to pinpoint the location and then cooperated with the Wandering Hero’s ability to advance—none of the tourists dared to let Sphorlmo lead the way again.
Upon arrival, the bus was warmly received by the zoo. Director Orsino drove a tourist bus and took everyone to the place where they would be playing and staying for the next few days.
On the tourist bus, a display screen was playing a video of Emperor Wittu.
Wittu wore a heavy crown of pure gold, a large gold chain weighing seventy to eighty pounds around his neck, a white feather coat, and had thick chest hair visible in his open chest.