Chapter 397 - 397 THE BEASTS SURROUND SOMETHING

397 THE BEASTS SURROUND SOMETHING

Bai Chen could see everything, and his heart pounded against his ribs as he could see how Bai Lang dragged Shao Yaoting into the Forbidden Forest. He did not expect to see the forest once again. The last time he saw the forest was in his ‘dream’ when Bai Lang brought back his memories, right?

Back then, it was not his physique but only his soul that had returned to the Forbidden Forest, but that moment was unforgettable because he finally remembered everything at that time.

Today he once again returned to the forest, but it was the opposite of his last experience in the forest. At this time, his physique entered the forest while his soul stayed in his subconscious. Of course, everything wouldn’t be the same today.

At this moment, he couldn’t even control his body, and that was why he didn’t know what was going to happen in the forest.

It was the Immortal Elder, Bai Lang, who had complete control over his body, and that man was now dragging Shao Yaoting into the deepest core of the forest. When the two of them finally arrived at the Forbidden Forest’s core, Bai Chen could see how the dangerous high-level beasts were still trapped within the forest’s core.

Not long ago, there was chaos in the Forbidden Forest during the Beast Hunting Event, and all the high-level beasts managed to escape from the core due to someone’s actions. The person directing the chaos was none other than Shao Yaoting, but everything returned to where it belonged when the beasts were once again trapped within the barrier around the Forbidden Forest’s core.

Yes, at first glance, it seemed that everything had returned to its original place, but when Bai Chen observed the situation inside the core more carefully, he noticed that something seemed amiss at this moment. The dangerous beasts were indeed still trapped in the core, but they looked like they were surrounding something in the middle, and that was why the scene was like how a group of people surrounded a new food stall in a market.

What? New food stall in a market?

Bai Chen was shocked by how his brain created an analogy, but he kept his gaze focused on the group of huge beasts, and he could see that they were indeed surrounding something in the middle.

.....

It might not be correct to say that the beasts were surrounding something. To be precise, the beasts were now surrounding a large group of people right in the center of the core.

Bai Chen’s blue eyes instantly widened as he was able to grasp the situation. No wonder the beasts growled and roared uncontrollably. Turns out they were now surrounding a group of people who looked like food to them, and that’s why they wanted to quickly get the smaller creatures into their stomachs.

Bai Chen could understand the situation, and he gritted his teeth angrily. “Who put those people into the forest core together with those beasts?” He roared angrily, but of course, no one could hear his voice because he was alone in his subconscious.

Ah, maybe Bai Lang was the only one who could hear his voice, but there was no reaction from him even after he voiced his irritation in the white space, and that was why Bai Chen’s question remained unanswered.

But maybe he didn’t really need an answer to his question, did he? It was clear about the person who led Bai Lang into the Forbidden Forest, that was why it was also clear about the person who deliberately placed a group of weaklings within the forest core along with the beasts.

Bai Chen could see that the group of people were low-level werewolves in his empire. His memory then flew to the time when he, Yu Ming, and Wu Jingguo walked through the residential area that had turned into a ghost town. No one was there when he passed through the area, and he was also worried at that time. Now, he looked more terrified after finding an answer to his question back then.

It was Shao Yaoting who deliberately made those people hostage and kept them all in the most dangerous area in the Forbidden Forest.

But those people were still alive even if they were surrounded by gigantic beasts, and the reason behind that was that they were all inside another barrier in the forest core.

Yes, for unknown reasons, there was another barrier within the barrier around the forest core, and it surrounded the low-level werewolf group. Because of the barrier, the beasts couldn’t directly swallow the people into their stomachs, and that was why they could only growl loudly when food was in front of them but they couldn’t touch them at all.

The beasts’ massive bodies blocked Bai Chen’s view of the pitiful werewolves surrounded by the beasts, but he could see how the werewolves were still alive. However, they were all frightened to the point that their faces turned powdery white. Maybe some of them even wet their pants in this situation?

Bai Chen couldn’t see it clearly because the beasts were blocking his vision, but he knew that it was indeed dangerous if the innocent people were trapped inside the smaller barrier within the core of the Forbidden Forest, and that was why he once again gritted his teeth as he said, “You have to save them all, Bai Lang. In the past, you were the protector of our empire, right? That’s why you must do everything you can to save your people!”

Bai Chen’s previous question remained unanswered, but he once again tried to talk to the Immortal Elder. That’s right, he did talk to the Elder, but he used to call him ‘Bai Lang,’ and that was why he didn’t even realize that he might sound impolite towards the Elder.

At this time, Bai Lang still didn’t do anything, and Bai Chen couldn’t do anything either. He just continued to stare gloomily at his people, but then he saw someone so familiar to him among the group of people, and his eyes once again widened even as he gasped in surprise.

Among the group of people, he could see someone familiar, and that person was none other than...

“That... that’s my father, right? That’s Emperor Bai Guowei among our people, right?”