Billionaire’s Journey into the Beast World, Suitors Compete to Be Fed by Her! - Chapter 1

In a crude thatched hut, on a dirt-packed floor, lay a pale, emaciated figure with dark circles under their eyes.

Bound tightly by vines, the person lay unconscious, eyes shut.

“Yue, wake up.”

The first thing Mi Yue felt as she regained a sliver of consciousness was a sharp, twisting pain in her internal organs, heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys… everything hurt.

Heh. She had blacked out again.

Ever since being diagnosed with an incurable illness, sporadic bouts of unconsciousness had become the norm. She was used to it by now.

She felt someone lifting her up, and a cool liquid was poured into her mouth.

The parched relief to her throat somehow eased the suffocating tightness in her chest.

Just as Mi Yue was about to voice her thanks, a mechanical voice rang in her ears.

[Ding! System binding successful!]

[Electronic Pet System activated! Searching for a feeding target for the host!]

System? Electronic pet?

Mi Yue’s vision darkened, her ears buzzed, and when she came to again, she found herself in a primitive tribal settlement.

All around her were huts made of branches and dried grass, structures so crude that even the poorest rural villages in her world wouldn’t have many like them.

Crouching beside her was a male with two tiger ears standing upright on his head. His upper body was bare, and his lower half was only loosely covered by a short animal hide.

The way he crouched even gave her a glimpse of what lay beneath the hide.

He… didn’t seem human.

“The tribe chief and the others are still discussing how to execute you. You need to run, get as far away as possible and don’t let them catch you again.”

Execute her? What had she even done?

Mi Yue wanted to ask, but she feared saying the wrong thing, so she pressed her lips together and watched as the man worked to untie her.

But before the vines could be loosened, hurried footsteps sounded outside the hut.

“Damn it, the tribe chief is here!” The tiger-eared male paled, his eyes darting around nervously.

The hut had only one exit. There was no time to escape now.

Sure enough, a middle-aged male strode in, followed by several younger tribesmen. There was no way out.

“So, Xiu Ka, you were trying to sneak Yue out? Are you betraying the entire tribe?”

The male called Xiu Ka tensed, his reply stiff. “I wasn’t.”

“Weren’t? The Beast World is suffering a great drought, all nearby water sources have dried up, and yet you wasted precious water on this fake shaman!”

The other males erupted in fury. “Tribe Chief, Xiu Ka and the fake shaman are in this together! They’re both liars who deceived the tribe!”

“That’s right! Only by burning them alive can we appease the Beast God’s wrath and bring down the rains!”

The declaration sent the atmosphere in the hut to a fever pitch.

Before Mi Yue could even process what was happening, she was dragged outside and tied to a large tree.

Soon, dozens of tribesmen gathered around, their faces twisted with hatred as they glared at her, as if she had committed some unforgivable crime.

One of the males swiftly piled dry firewood beneath the tree, waiting only for the tribe chief’s order to throw the torch.

Panic surged in Mi Yue’s chest. What could she do now?

[Warning: Host’s life is in imminent danger. Spend 100,000 yuan to summon torrential rain?]

At the same time, the Tiger Tribe chief raised his hand. “Light the fire.”

The nearest male hurled his torch onto the pile of kindling. The dry wood caught instantly, flames roaring to life.

Mi Yue could vividly feel the heat from the burning firewood stack searing her arms, this fire was real, and she truly could be burned to death.

She hesitated no longer. “Yes, exchange for torrential rain.”

[Ding! Host has successfully spent 100,000 yuan to exchange for torrential rain.]

The moment the system’s announcement ended, rain poured down as if the sky had been torn open, cascading like overturned buckets.

The roaring flames that had just been raging were extinguished in an instant.

The surrounding tribespeople watching erupted in joy.

“It’s raining, it’s raining!”

“We have a way out!”

“Shaman Yue truly prayed for rain for us, he is the real deal!”

As they spoke, several tribesmen knelt and kowtowed reverently.

The male who had lit the fire earlier paled, gritting his teeth. “This must be a coincidence. I don’t believe it. Yue is a fake shaman. Even if I kill him, the Beast God won’t react at all.”

With that, his hands transformed into tiger claws as he lunged at Mi Yue.

Beside her, Xiu Ka, who was also tied to the tree, whispered a warning, “Yue, be careful!”

[Detected that the host is facing imminent mortal danger. Spend 100,000 yuan to exchange for lightning power?]

Without hesitation, Mi Yue thought, “Exchange!”

Then, a bolt of lightning as thick as a barrel struck down from the sky, landing precisely on the attacking tiger tribesman.

The once-ferocious male instantly turned to charcoal before being washed into the mud by the rain.

The sight terrified everyone present, and even the usually arrogant tiger tribe chief fell to his knees.

“Beast God, spare us! Shaman Yue, forgive us!”

“Beast God, spare us! Shaman Yue, forgive us!”

Snap! The vines binding Mi Yue and Xiu Ka snapped under the force of the lightning.

Mi Yue looked down at the crowd with a stern expression.

What a bunch of ignorant, superstitious beast men, harming their own kin over a nonexistent Beast God.

Seeing that Mi Yue made no further move, the tribespeople kowtowed frantically before scrambling away in panic.

The tiger tribe chief, who prided himself on his noble status, wasn’t as disheveled, but his retreat was no less swift.

In moments, only Mi Yue and Xiu Ka remained.

Xiu Ka studied Shaman Yue with a grave expression before finally lowering his head in respectful gratitude.

“Xiu Ka kowtows in thanks for Shaman Yue’s divine mercy!” With that, he too departed slowly.

The rain gradually lessened. Mi Yue’s face turned ashen, her vision swimming before she staggered and collapsed heavily into the muddy ground.

Just as her body was about to hit the earth, a flash of white light transformed her surroundings, and she instead landed on the soft cushion of a Simon West goose-down bed.

By the time Mi Yue regained consciousness, it was already night. Pain… her entire body ached, even the marrow of her bones throbbed with agony.

Gritting her teeth, she stumbled to the table and gulped down several painkillers with cold water.

For someone like her, suffering from an incurable disease, the hospital could no longer save her. She could only wait for death at home.

Ring, ring…

An unknown number flashed on her phone. Mi Yue answered.

“Mi Yue, you’ve got some nerve, blocking me like that! Aren’t you afraid I’ll grind your bones to dust someday?”

Recognizing the voice of her unscrupulous cousin, she turned on the phone’s recording function.

“Mi Yue, if you know what’s good for you, hand over the company and all your assets to me. Otherwise, I’ll make sure you die without a grave!” The venomous threats continued from the other end.

Mi Yue remained completely unfazed. After the other party finished their threatening rant, she promptly hung up the phone, saved the recording, and blocked the number in one smooth motion.

Almost immediately, a message popped up on her WeChat from [Bloodsucking Second Uncle].

[Bloodsucking Second Uncle: Yueyue, hand over the position of company general manager to your cousin. Also, get the assets in your name notarized and transferred to him! That way, when you pass on someday, someone will still burn paper money and sweep your grave every year. What do you say?]

[Bloodsucking Second Uncle: We’re family, I’d never do anything to hurt you.]