However, after some thought, Yu Ziyu felt that this time's gains were considerable.
After all, he had deeply embedded a valuable pawn within the human ranks.
Thinking of this, Yu Ziyu softly called out, "Qing'er, how are you doing now?"
"Uh…"
After a brief silence, the white figure leaning against the tree pouted and complained, "I got into a vehicle and have been jolted around ever since."
Then Qing'er expressed dissatisfaction, "Master, do I really have to keep controlling this body?"
"Yes, indeed."
Smiling, Yu Ziyu's voice was full of pride.
He hadn't expected that the girl named He Ling'er would accidentally awaken an elemental talent, and then be personally selected by their leader—Yan Gaoyuan—to be sent to that mysterious department.
And what did this mean?
It meant that as long as he devoted himself to nurturing Qing'er, an exceptional pawn would emerge.
By then, Yu Ziyu would be able to immediately grasp many human matters through Qing'er.
Moreover, he had confirmed with Qing'er that she could control the body for more than ten hours straight.
When Qing'er was not controlling it, the body would enter a sleep state.
This formed a cycle that allowed "Ling'er's" body to maintain a normal human routine.
Seeing Qing'er's reluctant expression, Yu Ziyu understood—such control was surely a heavy burden on Qing'er.
With this in mind, he smiled and said, "Qing'er, as a reward, I will regularly give you some Life Essence."
"Really?"
Eyes wide, Qing'er suddenly screamed,
"I mean it."
"Yay yay yay… Thank you, Master, thank you!"
She danced with joy, the pure smile on the white-dressed Qing'er's face coming from her heart.
Life Essence was an extremely valuable treasure for her.
It could accelerate her evolution and nurture her soul... Such a treasure was irresistibly attractive to her.
Meanwhile, on a muddy road, inside an armored vehicle, two fully armed special forces soldiers sat in the back.
They watched the little girl who kept suddenly falling asleep and involuntarily frowned.
"Ling'er… Does she have narcolepsy or something? She's always sleeping."
"Sleeping's one thing, but the worst is she falls asleep without warning."
"Uh…"
The two soldiers fell into a rare silence, both looking helpless.
But then, as if realizing something, they exchanged a glance and shared a quiet smile.
Such a pure and innocent little girl—it had been a long time since they'd seen one like her.
Besides, according to Old Yan, this girl had an extraordinarily high talent.
If nothing went wrong, the "Talent Concentration Camp" would gain another 'monster' soon enough.
"I even thought of her future nickname."
Casually, one soldier joked.
"What's that?"
"Sleepy Queen..."
"Uh... Sleepy Queen's a bit much. I think we should call her Yan Fei. That name sounds nicer."
"Yan Fei? That's a cool name. Hey brother, you sure like Ling'er a lot, huh?"
Hehe, the soldier laughed without saying more, but his eyes gleamed as if saying something more.
...
That night, the air was thick and damp.
Several hours after the humans had left, Yu Ziyu suddenly lifted his gaze as if sensing something.
Out of the thick fog limped four huge azure blue giant wolves, their wounds still bleeding in large and small patches, looking particularly grim.
The lead wind wolf held something in its mouth like prey.
Looking carefully, it was a much larger-than-normal flat-headed beast (pintail pangolin).
But now, this flat-headed beast looked terrible.
Its body was covered with wounds, and some vital spots had fist-sized holes.
Most alarming was a hole piercing its abdomen with blood flowing nonstop.
"Roar…"
Low whimpers escaped as the flat-headed beast struggled, its eyes fixed fiercely on the direction it came from.
"This time, you really worked hard."
With a sigh in his heart, Yu Ziyu felt a bit of sympathy.
The wind wolves were not bad; even when facing human bullets, they mostly suffered light injuries.
But the flat-headed beast that Yu Ziyu had trapped, along with the man named Yan Gaoyuan, had suffered terribly.
Especially after being directly hit by a human cannon shell, it was barely hanging on by a thread.
Yet, even in this state, the flat-headed beast, blinded by hatred, refused to leave, its blood-red eyes filled with madness.
If not for the fog's cover and the high intelligence of the wind wolves, one would have bitten it decisively and retreated from the battlefield.
Most likely, this flat-headed beast would die here.
"Ah."
With a sigh, Yu Ziyu's countless branches slowly stretched out.
Then, countless branches wove into a huge hand that took the flat-headed beast from the wind wolf's mouth as if cradling it.
"Roar, roar, roar…"
The flat-headed beast lifted its head and looked at the branches, lowly howling while struggling fiercely.
But the severe injuries made each howl sound like a mournful wail, sorrow increasing with each cry.
"Don't move."
Transmitting a message through the branches, regardless of whether the beast understood, Yu Ziyu tightly bound it with layered vines.
Then the branches, like nimble tentacles, reached into the flat-headed beast's wounds.
Despite the low cries, the beast continued to roar in anger.
But soon, with a surge of pain, its whole body began to tremble.
"Endure a little longer."
Whispering in his heart, Yu Ziyu used the branches to extract bullet fragments from the beast's body.
Blood-soaked shell fragments, some even stuck to the bones, were removed one by one.
If not removed, the beast's wounds would hardly heal.
And this was exactly why the flat-headed beast had become a mutated beast.
An ordinary beast would have died long ago.
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