"Yes," Zhe Feng replied.

Instead of walking ahead with Si Yu, he stopped in place, raised his hand, and began operating his Light Brain.

Zhe Feng had the authority to directly control all the surveillance monitors on the island.

He made a few inputs on his Light Brain, and all the Laser Cannons on the monitors above the forest aimed at the two Beastmen not far away.

The wind rustled through the forest. The monitors’ whirring fan blades, like dragonfly wings, sliced through the dim, yellow light.

After Jiang Zheyu’s Spiritual Power Level had increased, her vision and other senses had sharpened considerably.

She keenly sensed that the gazes of the dragonfly-like monitors in the sky, with their thin steel wings, seemed to have locked onto her. It felt as if hundreds of monitors, hundreds of eyes, were all staring at her.

The unease in her heart reached its peak. She felt that in the next second, all the monitors would unleash their attacks on her, and this feeling wasn’t groundless.

"Si Yu!" Jiang Zheyu shouted hurriedly. "I know where the female you’re looking for is—"

The last word seemed to die in her throat.

Jiang Zheyu’s eyes widened as she watched the laser blasts rushing toward her like a meteor shower. Her heart felt like it had stopped in an instant.

’Am I a goner...?’

A meteor shower of laser blasts rushed over, but in the next second, before the blasts could even get close to Jiang Zheyu, they exploded into black mushroom clouds of smoke not far from her.

It turned out another group of monitors had intercepted the laser fire, falling to the ground one by one as they were destroyed.

Whether it was intentional or not, one last laser blast slipped through. It pierced straight through her knee, drawing a spray of blood. As searing pain shot through her, Jiang Zheyu couldn’t stop herself from collapsing to her knees.

’So painful! So painful!’

Everything happened too fast. She didn’t even have time to react. When the laser blasts flew at her, her mind had instantly stopped thinking; she hadn’t even registered the blast piercing her knee.

’It’s too painful, I can’t take it.’

Jiang Zheyu immediately bought a ten-point painkiller pill from the system and swallowed it. Sure enough, the pain was gone.

Now, even if a thousand arrows pierced her heart, she wouldn’t feel a thing!

’I should have known to buy and take a painkiller pill beforehand.’

’Then again, how could I have known this was going to happen?’

Footsteps echoed in the distance, and a pair of black leather shoes slowly came into view.

Jiang Zheyu looked up and met Si Yu’s condescending gaze. His long silver hair swayed gently in the wind, falling casually over his white suit.

Her lips moved, and a drop of cold sweat, beaded from the excruciating pain moments ago, trickled down from her temple.

’Even though it doesn’t hurt anymore, I’ll remember this grudge against Si Yu.’

’No wonder the female lead doesn’t like him. I don’t like him anymore either.’

Si Yu’s gaze landed on her pair of tea-colored, fox-like eyes and paused for a moment. His long lashes slowly lowered.

"Boss, should we lock him in a cell for interrogation?" Zhe Feng asked from the side. ’This Beastman somehow knows about the female’s whereabouts; it’s best we question him.’

"Wait." Si Yu slowly crouched down.

Even while crouching, his gaze was still condescending and scrutinizing.

Jiang Zheyu’s scalp tingled. ’I don’t think I’ve ever seen this side of Si Yu before.’

"Y-You should let me go." Jiang Zheyu forced a smile. "Otherwise, that little female of yours will be in danger... urk..."

Si Yu’s palm pressed against Jiang Zheyu’s neck. His other hand fumbled around below her neck, even pressing on her Adam’s apple.

He ripped her clothes open, his palm landing on her waist, and pinched the flesh there...

Jiang Zheyu was completely bewildered. The flesh of her waist was pinched painfully, and her expression darkened. "Wh-What are you doing?"

The people nearby felt their hair stand on end at this scene and instinctively averted their gaze. ’I saw nothing, I saw nothing. The boss probably won’t gouge my eyes out now, right?’

Si Yu couldn’t find any trace of a disguise. His pair of dark green eyes slowly darkened.

’These eyes bear a slight resemblance, yet they look so much like hers...’

’But it’s not her. It’s a lowly Beastman.’

Si Yu stood up, took a silk handkerchief from his clothes to wipe his hands, his lashes half-lowered. His voice was cold, devoid of any warmth. "Drag him to a cell and lock him up."

He turned and left.

Jiang Zheyu saw the silk handkerchief he’d used to wipe his hands get thrown into a trash can.

She roughly understood what had just happened. ’Did Si Yu suspect I was in disguise and want to tear it off with his own hands?’

’Then, when he found out it wasn’t a disguise and that I’m not Jiang Zheyu, his attitude changed in an instant.’

’The disguise the system gave me is truly seamless. Even Si Yu couldn’t see through it.’

’But I’m in such a miserable state.’

’I’m going to be locked in a cell. Will they use some vicious punishment to interrogate me?’

’Should I just give up and tell them I’m Jiang Zheyu?’

’At least if I change back to Jiang Zheyu, Si Yu wouldn’t bear to hurt me.’

Jiang Zheyu recalled how the female lead was controlled and subjected to hypnosis by Si Yu using spiritual power and hypnotic drugs, all in an attempt to make her remember only that she loved him.

’I think I’d rather not be Jiang Zheyu for the time being.’

’Besides, my current situation is... okay, right?’

’I’m not afraid of any punishment they throw at me later. I can just buy more pills to block the pain.’

Jiang Zheyu weighed the pros and cons. ’Should I change back to Jiang Zheyu? Or should I not?’

A dark, single-person cell.

Jiang Zheyu only realized she had lost too much blood when she felt her hands and feet grow cold.

With the pain gone, she had almost forgotten that her knee was still bleeding.

She sat cross-legged on the floor. Si Yu hadn’t ordered anyone to treat her. Fortunately, she still had the system. She ate another pill, and all the wounds on her body healed.

’Thank goodness for the system’s all-purpose healing pills.’

「Meanwhile, Si Yu had arrived at the plaza.」

All the Beast Slaves were gathered in the plaza.

The Female Slaves were brought out first, one by one.

Si Yu’s cold, sharp gaze swept across their faces. Beside him, Zhe Feng and Zhe Heng were also helping to look.

As all the Beast Slaves filed past, the expression on Si Yu’s face grew darker and darker. His unstable spiritual power was accompanied by a headache and dizziness, making his entire being sink into a gloomy, volatile state.

The number of people dwindled, and more and more cold sweat beaded on Zhe Feng’s and Zhe Heng’s backs.

’The female was captured and brought onto the Starship. The most likely scenario is that she was brought here.’

’Could it be that the Male Beastman who captured the female wasn’t one of their own?’

Si Yu watched the Beast Slaves, his brow furrowing deeper and deeper.

He raised a hand to press his forehead, his complexion growing worse by the second.

"Boss, your spiritual power... Why don’t you go rest first?" Zhe Heng asked quietly.

Si Yu simply glanced over the remaining Beastmen and knew that not a single one was the person he wanted.

He abruptly grabbed Zhe Heng by the collar, his handsome face dark with rage. "I told you, if you can’t find her, you will die."