[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family":3,"chapter-sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-chapter-442":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","SSS rank Mother-In-Law to an Invincible Family",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1557267,2022,"Chapter 442: They’re Expecting Us","sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-chapter-442",442,"\u003Cp>Similar fights occurred in other areas, but the scale was much lower than this, which was taken care of before they could even cause a real fuss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few beast units tried small ambushes, and some went after outer human camps. But all those battles ended fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing major. No real threat. The defenses were already in place. Formations stopped them. Traps finished them. Not worth a detailed report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real story—the one that changed everything—was what happened at the resource zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And far from that battlefield, deep beneath the ocean's surface, something ancient was stirring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive shell the size of a city moved slowly across the ocean floor, its weight steady, its path unchanging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trees grew along its back. Vines twisted across carved stones. Spirit energy pulsed through the ground like quiet veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From above, it looked like an island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was no island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Great Turtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A living creature. A mobile fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on its back sat the main base of the beast faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone towers. Wooden barracks. Sacred dens carved into coral and bone. This was where the top beasts lived, trained, and gave orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one of the meditation chambers near the rear of the shell, a strange creature hovered off the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The psychic beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He floated in complete silence, tails wrapped around his body, spirit threads spreading out from his head like strands of silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stretched outward, far beyond the walls. They passed through the ocean, the clouds, and the continents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't watching a battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was watching possibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outcomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But something wasn't right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ripple passed through one of the threads. Then another. Then dozens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes twitched. He grunted. The threads began to flicker and collapse one by one, like snapped cords. Energy rushed back into his body in chaotic waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gasped and opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just a vision—but a moment that had already passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw fields soaked in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw beast warriors dying with shock still on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw his own commanders tied down like criminals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he saw them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of them. Not panicked. Not desperate. But calm. Organized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recognized the uniforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The discipline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sigils sewn into their robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emblem was something he would never forget as the Xu family was the only threat that he could never peer into, which is something he could never understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there was Xu Huan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow division.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to pull his threads back. To refocus. To contact the field units and confirm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, he reached out to the names burned into his inner network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garuum—gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raguth—unreachable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven more commanders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't just a defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a wipeout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood immediately, claws twitching with tension. His tails flared, sparking with uncontrolled spirit energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This isn't just bad luck,\" he said under his breath. \"This was a trap… planned down to the last detail.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned on his heel and moved quickly through the stone hallway, passing low-level guards and junior elders who froze as he walked past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could see it in his eyes—something had gone very wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached the ancient building in the center of the city on the turtle's back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two guards, towering and silent, stepped aside without a word. The heavy doors creaked open, revealing a long chamber dimly lit by spirit flames along the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the far end stood three beast elders, their thrones carved from ancient bones and coral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one of them was seated at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large bird-like beast, feathers black as night, golden eyes burning with sharpness. He tilted his head slightly as the psychic beast entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've seen something,\" the elder said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" the psychic beast replied. \"Something serious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward and activated a small crystal in his hand. A projection lit up in the air—images pulled from his spirit threads, flashing quickly: Xu family soldiers walking calmly through corpses, Shadow members capturing beasts, Xu Huan sealing Raguth with a talisman on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heavy silence followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder narrowed his eyes. \"When?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Already done,\" the psychic replied. \"These aren't predictions. These are memories. I tried to contact the affected zones… but none of them answered.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder's feathers rustled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That means we lost multiple teams.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" the psychic confirmed. \"And we didn't even realize it until it was over. That's the part that scares me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder leaned forward. \"Who was leading?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xu Huan. The Shadow division. Maybe more behind the scenes, but the execution was theirs. Flawless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The psychic's voice dropped lower. \"It wasn't brute strength. It wasn't numbers. It was strategy. Timing. Traps placed days before the fight even started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then added, \"They let us walk into it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another elder entered the chamber—this one with thick white fur and glowing tusks. He listened to the end of the report and said, \"How many survivors?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The psychic beast's tails dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unknown. Most of our commanders are gone. Captured, sealed, or worse. And they're being interrogated right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white-furred elder cursed under his breath. \"They'll know everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless,\" the feathered elder added, \"we adapt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to the psychic. \"What's your plan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The psychic took a breath. \"We lock down internal communication paths. We reroute our relay points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We isolate scouting zones. Any beast force that moves from now on does so with cloaking spells and illusion markers, not just brute strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And we counter. Not with force. With thought.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feathered elder nodded slowly. \"Start now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the psychic turned to leave, he paused at the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One more thing,\" he said. \"There's something else I felt during the scan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elders watched him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know how deep their planning goes. But when I reached out… I think they sensed me. Just for a second. Like someone was watching back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room fell into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The psychic beast whispered, \"The Xu family isn't reacting to us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're expecting us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1023,"2026-06-06T07:39:11.974Z",1,"novelbin.me","d5b03205fc1c39517f318c43d5c490979fe0989ed9a8ca414b736fcde8f50c9e","sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-chapter-443","sss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-chapter-328",485,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsss-rank-mother-in-law-to-an-invincible-family-cover.jpg"]