Chapter 63

In beast form, the big snake had little expression. After regaining his human face, he maintained an indifferent look. At first glance, he appeared to be an ice-cold beauty. However, as he moved his legs forward, he stumbled several times.

Sitting on the ground, Wu Mu looked at his newly grown legs. This body part, which he had never had since birth, seemed so natural and flexible on others, but he found it harder to control than his snake tail. He thought it must be because legs are shorter than a snake’s tail, making them harder to control.

He brushed aside the hair falling over his shoulder, propped himself up from the ground, wobbled a bit, and tried to take a step forward. He managed one step but stumbled on a small stone with the next and fell again.

Due to shedding his old skin, his wounds healed along with it. Originally a fresh beauty, he became dusty and dirty after walking a few steps. Staring at his legs, a hint of irritation appeared on his cold face. The beautiful person with long legs disappeared instantly, replaced by a thick, dangerous snake. He swiftly slithered out of the pit with bright red and black patterns, moving much faster than his previous slow walk. He was impatient with his newly grown legs and was eager to find someone. Now clear-headed, Wu Mu realized that the squirrel and tiger were not here. When he was not in his right mind, he did not sense their presence on the island. Now that he was clear-headed, he did not want to delay any longer and wanted to find them quickly.

The vast ocean outside was so vast and terrifying for his small companion. Perhaps she was still drifting in the sea, or maybe she had already encountered danger and was taken away by a big fish in the ocean. A thinking snake was more irritable and anxious than a non-thinking one. When he arrived on this island, apart from a troublesome great white shark, the other tribal beastmen mostly ignored him. Now that he was leaving, no one paid attention to him either. Only a few beastmen glanced at him and speculated with their companions, “Hey, did that beastman successfully transform? Why didn’t we see him use his legs?”

“He can’t use them yet. He wasn’t born with legs, so he needs to get used to them.”

“He successfully transformed. I just passed by the pit and saw him stumbling inside. It was so funny!”

A few beastmen laughed, and Wu Mu glanced at them, contemplating for a second whether to go over and fight. Ultimately, his concern for the squirrel took precedence, and he ignored the great white shark’s provocation.

Reaching the edge of the small island, he saw another island behind this one, different from the direction he came from.

At this time, the little squirrel, whom the snake was worried about, had already successfully landed on the second island with the help of a giant killer whale.

“Grandma, are you really going to come ashore with me? Didn’t you say you don’t like coming here? I can go alone,” Song Xu said.

As they approached the reef around the small island, Song Xu expressed her desire to get off, “Just drop me off here. I’ll swim the rest of the way. Thank you for bringing me, Grandma!”

However, the giant killer whale did not listen to her or stop at all, directly sending her ashore and transforming into a beastman form to accompany her. It had the stubbornness of an elder.

Since the large killer whale grandma showed her intention to support her, Song Xu gladly accepted and curiously observed the island beside her.

This island was similar to the third island of the killer whale tribe, with no vegetation, only reefs. The difference was that many reefs here were submerged in water. Even on the island, many areas were soaked by seawater, so large areas of reefs were connected to colorful coral reefs, and some seaweed and kelp, which seemed to be artificially planted, stretched out in the shallow water. Some starfish and shellfish were scattered around, with shells comfortably lying in the shallow seagrass fields, extending their tender white flesh from the shells.

Song Xu: Is this island engaged in farming? I mean, seagrass farming.

Those large shells were all beastmen. When Song Xu’s giant killer whale passed by, the whales retracted parts of their bodies, whether their heads, legs, or tongues, back into their shells.

Song Xu knocked on a large clam shell that had just closed by the roadside: “Knock, knock, hello. Can I ask if any foreign beastmen have appeared on the island in the past two days? A snake half-beastman and a tiger beastman, have you seen them?”

The clamshell remained tightly closed and silent, creating an impression that no one lived there.

Song Xu regretfully stood up and sighed: “The atmosphere here is quite leisurely, but everyone is too shy and doesn’t like to talk.”

Unlike the killer whale tribe island, where various chirping and humming sounds could be heard, the killer whales communicate in their tribal language across the island, making the atmosphere as noisy as a marketplace; this island was so quiet that only the sound of the waves could be heard.

“Roar!” Just as Song Xu lamented the quietness, an angry tiger roar came from nearby, followed by continuous angry tiger growls.

“It’s Hei Sen! Hei Sen is here!” Song Xu instantly jumped up, looking excitedly toward the sound.

Across a reef, Song Xu took two steps forward and saw a majestic tiger standing on a reef, roaring at the sea below. This roar was much fiercer than when she used to roar at two bear cubs by the sea.

Song Xu thought the tiger mother was venting her sea water aversion again, but upon closer inspection, she found a large, semi-transparent creature floating in the sea below.

It was a jellyfish beastman, looking like jelly, with fruit pieces inside.
The semi-transparent head was so magical, Song Xu quickly stopped her terrifying imagination and focused on the giant tiger jumping on the reef pillars, puzzled: “What is she doing, jumping on plum blossom piles?”

The area where the giant tiger was staying was also soaked by seawater, and to get there, one had to step on one reef pillar after another, looking like jumping on plum blossom piles.

The large killer whale grandma said: “Ask the beastmen here.”

Song Xu: “But they don’t like to talk…”

The giant killer whale directly pulled out a large clam over a meter long from the shallow water nearby and, with a fist the size of a sandbag, hammered the shell, fiercely saying: “Speak, or I’ll smash your shell!”

Song Xu looked heartbroken at the beautiful scalloped clamshell being smashed into a wave edge. For a moment, Song Xu thought she was part of a bandit gang.

The shell quickly opened, revealing a soft, elderly beastman smiling: “Oh, it’s you, Xini. Why are you here? I just fell asleep. I didn’t mean to stay silent, haha. Oh, you’re asking about the tiger beastman? Found her by the small reef over there. Both Blue Ring and White Box from the tribe want to be her mate, but she doesn’t want to, so they’ve been arguing for two days.”

Song Xu: “…” Is this some novel plot where the heroine is stranded on a deserted island and fought over?

No, Song Xu quickly asked: “What about the half-beast snake? Is he here?”

The old clam: “A snake half-beastman? Haven’t seen one.”

Song Xu felt a sense of mission, determined to rescue the tiger mother who had been trapped and forcibly taken. She solemnly told the killer whale grandma, “We need to help Hei Sen. She doesn’t want to be here, and the beastmen here can’t force her into marriage!” Look at that big jellyfish, forcing the tiger mother to hide on the reef and roar.

“The tiger beastman doesn’t need rescuing; it’s White Box who needs help,” the clam beastman couldn’t help but say, sympathetically looking at the big jellyfish hiding in the water, afraid to come ashore. “The tiger beastman can’t leave because the raft is broken. When she gets angry, she bites White Box to pieces. Now, whenever she sees White Box, she bites him. If this continues, he’ll be bitten to death.”

Is that so? Song Xu fell silent. She looked at the tiger standing on the reef again, feeling differently.

“Didn’t you say there was another beastman named Blue Ring who also wanted to be Hei Sen’s mate? What happened to him… could he have been bitten to death by Hei Sen?” Song Xu guessed.

“No, Blue Ring is quite poisonous. The tiger bit him once and got poisoned. After that, she didn’t like biting him much; she just flattened his head. Blue Ring doesn’t dare to come ashore and hides in the water. But he’s not as persistent as White Box; he’s almost giving up after being beaten twice.”

It seems the big tiger doesn’t need rescuing.

“Hei Sen!” Song Xu moved closer and shouted, waving at the giant tiger.

Hearing her voice, the tiger, who was glaring at the jellyfish on the reef as if ready to jump into the water and bite him again, perked up her ears and looked over. Instantly, she leaped from the reef like lightning, her tiger face filled with joy. As she approached, she landed on a very narrow reef, which seemed unable to support her large body.

Song Xu thought she was too eager and hadn’t planned her landing spot well, worried she would fall into the water. But as the big tiger approached the reef, she suddenly shrank, transforming into a tall, long-legged female beastman. She landed perfectly on the narrow reef, using it as a stepping stone to leap gracefully in front of Song Xu. The fierce tiger descends the mountain!

Song Xu was shocked and envious.

Wu Mu, your mom has such a cool hairstyle!

Black fluffy long hair with layers of golden highlights, a “sweater” made from tiger fur, tanned skin, golden eyes, claws like a beast, and beautiful muscles—a wild beauty.

Seeing the tiger mom’s beastman form for the first time, Song Xu understood why she had the forced marriage storyline. Who wouldn’t want to be her mate with such a beautiful mom?

The persistent jellyfish that had been pursuing her emerged from the water and said in a haunting voice during this touching mother-daughter reunion: “Hei Sen, if you don’t agree to be my mate, I won’t let you leave this island.”

Song Xu was about to call out “Mom” but was distracted by the jellyfish’s tattered skirt.

This jellyfish’s lower body naturally looks irregular, like a plastic bag shredded by a cat.

Before Song Xu could scold him for his domineering words, Hei Sen impatiently kicked his head off.

Song Xu: “…”
Headless jellyfish!