Chapter 1020: The Foot Still Isn't Fixed

In the dark basement.

A square metal cage about five meters on a side crackles with electric sparks.

Inside the cage crouches an ugly "Lai Ge Bao".

If the Frog Tribe's Lao San were a frog, this guy would truly be a Lai Ge Bao.

Its whole body is dark purple, covered with repulsive protruding lumps.

Lao San is squatting outside the cage, croaking.

He is trying to communicate with the former boss.

Now Lin Feng needs several very important pieces of information.

Namely whether the creature in the cage has sold any information to other "Hunters".

Also, where their spaceship is, and so on.

With Yue Ya Dao's current technology, they still cannot block Earth to make it a "camouflaged planet" in the Universe.

In other words, a planet that is barren and of no use to cosmic civilization.

Weak creatures are always good at disguising themselves.

Many organisms in nature have naturally evolved this ability.

If you place humans into the whole Universe, they are still very weak now.

They can only hide themselves, extending the time before being discovered.

Until their power rises to a certain level, they won't fear exposure.

Lao San rattled off a long speech.

Lin Shiyi shook his head outside.

The Frog Tribe's guys are indeed single‑minded; it seems this kind of interrogation is useless.

Lao San's persuasion is the final direct interrogation method.

Previously, the "Lai Ge Bao" had already been subjected to punishment.

It wasn't that the penalty wasn't harsh enough; the Frog Tribe's physiology means that in extreme pain,

their nerves can block the pain signals.

Even now, no one knows what this "Lai Ge Bao" is called.

Not even Lao San knows.

Lao San only knows that the creature before him is their superior.

Though just an inconspicuous patrol squad leader among the Frog Tribe, he can decide Lao San's life or death.

Everything Lao San says comes from Lin Shiyi's teachings.

But after speaking, the "Lai Ge Bao" merely blinked, its eyes indifferent.

"If you won't tell, fine, I'm leaving!"

Seeing the former boss give no reaction, Lao San finished speaking, turned, and left.

From behind came the leader's voice, "Croak…croak…croak…croak…"

Finally it spoke.

Yet the words contained little useful information.

Roughly, as a noble Frog Tribe member, becoming a slave to weak humans is extremely shameful.

This is an extremely shameful thing.

This creature even began to lecture Lao San.

Lao San seemed not to hear and leisurely crawled out of the basement.

As a low‑rank Frog Tribe member, it still has a sense of honor and pride.

Being able to survive is already decent.

"Bang~"

The heavy metal door closed.

The "Lai Ge Bao" closed its eyes.

A few minutes later, it opened them again.

Then its eyeballs started to move, observing everything in the basement.

Obviously, aside from the special metal cage that holds it, the surrounding facilities are very crude.

This must be a temporary holding place, with no real surveillance equipment.

It has long studied human technology.

The so‑called high‑tech things humans make still rely on simple photo‑electric signals for communication.

If there were any cameras, it could spot them at a glance.

This place should be underground, at least a dozen meters below the surface.

It is quiet around, almost no sound except the vibration from seawater lapping against rocks, and nothing else.

After observing and confirming it cannot escape the cage, the "Lai Ge Bao" closed its eyes again.

It doesn't know that in a corner of the basement, Zhu Xia Yinmei can barely breathe, staring intently at the "Lai Ge Bao".

Seeing such a terrifying creature, Zhu Xia Yinmei is actually quite frightened.

But thinking that this is for Lin Feng and is extremely important, she chooses to endure forcibly.

She has not a single piece of high‑tech on her.

Not even the "battle suit" made of Micro Robots that she usually wears and can discard at any time.

Because even the slightest electromagnetic fluctuation would attract the "Lai Ge Bao"'s attention.

She still tries to control her breathing so the scabby lump won't hear.

Although the Frog Tribe's hearing ability is not very good.

…

Outside.

"How long will this take?"

Lin Shiyi frowned and asked Lao San.

Lao San said, "I don't know either, but our Frog Tribe's habit can't be changed."

Lin Chang'e laughed, "Indeed! You frogs love to croak, especially at night, croaking nonstop—it's deafening."

Lin Shiyi explained, "That's just them courting."

Lao San said, "Our habit was formed just like that."

Lin Chang'e asked curiously, "Your pair of frogs can produce so many at once— isn't that a population explosion, oh no, it's a frog‑mouth explosion."

"How do you sustain so many members of the Frog Tribe?"

Lao San replied, "Compared to the whole Universe, our reproduction rate is still too low."

Moreover, our survival rate is not high.

This survival rate refers not to merely living, but to being able to raise intelligent kindred.

Lin Donghu said, "It's just that there are too many idiots!"

Lao San did not refute, because it is a fact.

In the Frog Tribe, unintelligent kindred are dealt with.

Lao San's brothers and sisters number over a hundred thousand, but those with intelligence like him are fewer than a hundred.

"Are you all this ugly?"

Lin Baobao asked curiously.

Whether it's Lao San or the scabby lump locked in the basement, they both look extremely ugly to humans.

Previously thought Lao San was very ugly.

Lao San's former leader refreshed Lin Baobao's perception of the Frog Tribe's ugliness.

Lao San said, "From your human perspective, our Frog Tribe is indeed quite ugly."

It's a generational aesthetic gap; in our Frog Tribe's eyes, you humans are also quite, quite ugly.

However, there is a universal aesthetic rule in the Universe that transcends species.

If you appreciate us with human eyes, our Frog Tribe also has beautiful frogs.

For example, our Frog Tribe has a Snow Frog clan, their bodies are snow‑white.

Snow Frogs possess a transformation ability stronger than ours; they can become completely human…

"A white frog… this must be very poisonous!"

Lin Baobao frowned, "The frogs here, the prettier they are, the more poisonous."

"Uh~"

Lao San didn't know what to say.

Lin Chang'e said, "Then later catch a Snow Frog and let it become a beauty."

"Make a concubine?"

Lin Baobao said offhand.

As the words fell, the children fell silent.

At that moment, the scabby lump in the basement finally let out a croak.

Of course, Lin Shiyi and the others could not hear it.

Only Zhu Xia Yinmei could hear the scabby lump muttering to itself.

She recorded every "ribbit ribbit ribbit" she heard.

After Enhancement, the powerful memory ability made recording these sounds not difficult at all.

…

Several dozen hours passed.

Zhu Xia Yinmei returned to her residence with a weary face.

Being bombarded by the "ribbit ribbit ribbit" for dozens of hours was a mental torment.

It could have persisted a bit longer.

But the scabby lump suddenly stopped.

This creature said it was tired, and it had predicted the timing.

Shortly after, Lin Shiyi appeared before the scabby lump, politely admonished it again in the Frog Tribe's language.

After Lin Shiyi left, he also took Zhu Xia Yinmei with him.

Not hearing the door close, the scabby lump closed its eyes and began to rest.

Once its spirit recovered, it would croak again.

Zhu Xia Yinmei spent some time reproducing the scabby lump's sound word for word.

After recording the audio, the first day's work was considered complete.

Returning home, she saw Shen Tian Meihui lying on the sofa with a smiling face.

Seeing Zhu Xia Yinmei return, Shen Tian Meihui hurriedly ordered the maid to arrange food for her.

"Yinmei, I just called and divorced your father; he didn't agree."

Shen Tian Meihui said this as if it were a very ordinary matter.

"Mm!"

Zhu Xia Yinmei merely nodded slightly.

She wasn't surprised at all.

"I haven't been able to get in touch with him for a long time. What he's doing now will destroy him..."

Shen Tian Meihui then said a lot more.

Zhu Xia Yinmei looked Shen Tian Meihui over and saw that she had changed.

As someone who's been there, she could tell at a glance that something had just happened.

"Has he... left?"

Zhu Xia Yinmei asked.

Shen Tian Meihui looked embarrassed.

Zhu Xia Yinmei then looked at her ankle and saw it was already healed.

Just then, the phone on the coffee table rang.

Shen Tian Meihui got up to grab the phone, but she staggered and her leg went weak.

Having gotten the phone, she hurriedly explained, "I just took a fall."

After saying that, she glanced at the phone screen and said, "It's your dad calling."