Free Web NovelChapter 275: Chapter 275: A beast world in the making
Yue Yue stayed locked inside the girl’s perspective, feeling every emotion as the scenes continued to unfold.
After a moment of quiet, the girl looked at the young man again. "Since you don’t remember your full name clearly, I’ll give you one. From now on, your name is Xing Li Wei."
The boy blinked, then gave a small nod, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly. "Xing Li Wei... I like it."
A strange feeling hit Yue Yue. The surname "Xing" was very familiar to her. After all, her two husbands’ names both start with Xing.
Don’t tell her the man she was currently seeing was their ancestor. But now, she had nothing to prove it, so she could only watch as the scene changed in front of her.
The days passed quietly between them. They moved together through the ruined earth, sharing food, watching each other’s backs. Xing Li Wei stayed close, still following her like a quiet shadow.
One afternoon, a large pack of polluted beasts attacked them near an old broken tower. The air filled with growls and the sharp smell of poison.
Ruoxi gripped her sharp metal piece tightly, ready to fight as usual. But this time, Xing Li Wei stepped forward.
He looked at her with new confidence. Her earlier words had given him courage. He finally believed she did not hate his beast form.
In the next second, he transformed.
His body glowed with a soft golden light. Feathers and powerful muscles appeared. Huge wings spread out behind him, strong and majestic.
In his full beastman form, he became a magnificent griffin with a lion like body, eagle wings, and sharp talons. He looked powerful, noble, and completely different from the shy boy who had followed her like a lost puppy.
With one powerful leap and a single sweep of his claws and wings, he tore through the entire pack of polluted beasts.
Bones cracked and poisonous blood sprayed across the cracked ground. In just one go, every monster lay dead or scattered. The fight ended before the girl could even swing her weapon.
The girl stood frozen, her rabbit ears straight up in shock. Her mouth fell open. He could kill so many dangerous polluted beasts in one strike?
Then why the hell had he been hiding behind her all this time, letting her do all the hard and dangerous work?
Anger boiled up inside her chest, hot and sudden.
As soon as Xing Li Wei changed back to his human form, looking a little proud and shy at the same time, the girl marched straight up to him.
Without saying a word, she started beating him with her small fists, punching his chest and arms hard.
"You idiot!" she grumbled, hitting him again and again.
"You have such a strong beast form and you just hid behind me like a fool? Making me fight and struggle every day while you had all this power?"
Xing Li Wei stood completely still. He did not dodge, did not block, and did not even flinch. He just looked at her with wide, silly eyes, clearly confused about why she was so angry.
The girl kept hitting him until her hands grew tired and sore. Finally, she stepped back, huffing and puffing with red cheeks.
"God has definitely given you a powerful beastman form," she said, still angry, "but he clearly forgot to give you a brain!"
She turned away in a huff, her rabbit ears twitching with leftover irritation, and started walking forward again.
Xing Li Wei stayed stunned for a few seconds, blinking slowly. He still did not understand what he had done wrong.
But after a moment, he quietly followed her, just like always, staying a few steps behind, loyal and silent, with that same lost puppy look on his face.
The girl glanced back once, saw him following again, and let out a long, tired sigh. Deep down, a tiny warmth mixed with her annoyance.
This silly griffin beastman had somehow become part of her lonely life in this ruined world.
Yue Yue did not realize when the scene shifted again. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
Time no longer flowed normally in this strange vision. It skipped like pages being turned too quickly to follow. One moment she was watching two young survivors stumbling through a broken world, and in the next, five years had passed.
The earth was still ruined, the sky still dim with ash and distant storms, but the people living on it had changed.
In the beginning, everyone had only thought about surviving, finding food, avoiding polluted beasts, and staying alive one more day. But as the years dragged on, something became painfully clear: survival alone was not enough.
If they only fought and hid, then what was the difference between them and the monsters?
So people began to change.
Small groups formed. Temporary shelters turned into stable territories. Fires burned not just for warmth, but for companionship. And slowly, cautiously, people began to live again.
Along with that came something even more instinctive.
The need for a mate.
Females had become rare in this new world. Many had died in the early chaos, and those who survived often struggled to protect themselves alone.
At the same time, the beast blood within the men had grown stronger over the years, sharpening their instincts, their possessiveness, and their need to bond.
It was no longer unusual to see a single female with multiple powerful males by her side. At first, it had been out of necessity, protection, survival, and stability. But over time, it became something more accepted.
A new order.
A new world.
A beast world in the making. frёewebηovel.cѳm
Ruoxi still walked ahead, her steps confident and unyielding. Her rabbit ears twitched occasionally. The sharpness in her gaze had not faded, but it had deepened, tempered by years of survival.
But she was no longer alone.
Behind her, slightly to the side, always within reach, Xing Li Wei followed.
Yue Yue felt a subtle shift in her chest as she looked at him now.
The boy from five years ago, the one with confused eyes and hesitant steps, was gone.
In his place stood a fine young man.
Tall, broad shouldered, and steady like a wall that could never be broken. His features had sharpened with time, his expression calm, almost indifferent to the world around him.
But not to her. His gaze softened every time it landed on Ruoxi.
It was quiet, controlled, but deep.
He did not speak much, just like before. But his actions spoke more than words ever could.
Xing Li Wei had become her shield, her weapon, and her silent guardian.
And Ruoxi, she had gotten used to it.
She no longer questioned his presence. No longer told him to stay back. No longer insisted on fighting alone.
Sometimes, she would even stop mid step, knowing without turning that he was already handling whatever danger lay ahead.
That level of trust, it was not something that could be built overnight.
Anyone with eyes could see it.
The way Ruoxi would unconsciously glance back to make sure he was still there.
The way Xing Li Wei’s attention never left her for long.
This was not just dependence.
And it definitely was not just companionship.
It was love.
And yet, neither of them had said it.
