In the quiet night, moonlight streamed through the window, clearly illuminating the undulating contours of the bed.

Shen Miao turned over, seemingly tasting red wine in her dream, and smacked her lips.

At the same time, a gust of wind blew past the window, and a dark shadow floated down, slipping silently through the window like a cat.

The dark figure hunched over, searching the room. Because it hadn't found what it was looking for, its movements became somewhat impatient, making a little noise.

The shadowy figure immediately raised its head and looked at the person on the stone bed.

Shen Miao lay peacefully wrapped in animal skin, undisturbed.

The shadowy figure breathed a sigh of relief and continued searching in other places. When it reached a corner, it found what it was looking for among a pile of animal hides.

The shadowy figure was overjoyed and reached out to grab it. However, just as it was about to touch the object, a burst of intense golden light suddenly erupted from the corner of the wall, causing the shadowy figure to cry out and instinctively raise its hand to cover its stinging eyes.

Who is it?

Shen Miao woke up in bed and shouted sharply.

The shadowy figure, disregarding its eyes, instinctively rushed out of the window and stumbled through the night.

Shen Miao quickly rolled out of bed, first checking the things she had placed in the corner. Seeing that the egg was still there, she felt a little relieved, then jumped out of the window and chased after it.

The dark figure had injured its eye and wasn't running fast, so Shen Miao quickly caught up.

"Stop! Who are you?" Shen Miao shouted.

The shadowy figure, caught off guard, stumbled into the roadside weeds. Shen Miao pounced on him, pinned him to the ground, and delivered a powerful punch to his abdomen.

"Ugh." The shadowy figure cried out in pain, vomiting a pile of filth.

Shen Miao felt extremely disgusted and slightly loosened her grip. The thing seized the opportunity, pried open Shen Miao's hand, and ran away quickly.

The dark figure chose a difficult path and ran specifically into the woods. The night was deep, and by the time Shen Miao caught up, the dark figure had already disappeared.

Shen Miao searched all the places nearby where she could hide things, but found nothing, and felt a little annoyed.

She was so close, so very close, to catching it.

Now they've let the tiger return to the mountain.

She walked back slowly, her mind replaying everything that had happened that night.

From the moment she saw the dark figure, she felt inexplicably familiar with it. Later, when she was pinning the other person to the ground and beating them up, the figure's face was always covered by their hand, so she couldn't see it clearly.

However, its shape was very similar to that of a female beast she knew.

That female beast is Green Pearl.

But wasn't Green Pearl already dead? Shen Miao was a little confused, thinking that she might be seeing things, or perhaps, could there really be such a thing as resurrection in this world?

When she got home, she saw a figure standing quietly at the door. Shen Miao felt a chill and clenched her fists.

No way, one just left and another thief comes along, and this thief is incredibly bold?

As the distance closed, the figure began to speak.

“Subtle and profound.”

Shen Miao recognized Qing Chen's voice and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly walked over and complained, "What are you doing? Standing here on purpose to scare people? You scared me to death."

Qingchen scrutinized her with a sharp gaze, as if the darkness could not obstruct his vision.

Shen Miao felt uneasy under his gaze and was about to speak when Qing Chen asked, "Aren't you injured?"

Shen Miao was somewhat surprised, "You knew?"

"When you chased after them, you heard a little noise." Qingchen turned and walked back into the house.

Shen Miao followed her in and told her what had just happened. The two of them went into Shen Miao's room together. The room was just like when Shen Miao chased after her. There were piles of animal hides in the corner, revealing round golden eagle eggs inside.

The egg lay there quietly, showing no sign of anything amiss.

Shen Miao picked it up and gently touched it, but she still couldn't see what was different about the egg; it was actually glowing.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Shen Miao would definitely have thought she was lying.

There's no such thing as an egg that glows; even in this strange beastman world, she had never heard of such a thing.

"Are you sure it's the one that's glowing?" Qingchen took the egg, examined it, and pondered.

Shen Miao nodded: "There's nothing else here besides this egg. It couldn't be these animal hides, could it? Besides, although I didn't see it with my own eyes, the light probably came from here."

Qingchen said in a deep voice, "Tell me again what happened after you woke up."

Shen Miao recalled for a moment and slowly said, "At first, there was a very slight noise in the room. I thought I was dreaming and hadn't fully woken up. Then I heard someone call out. The voice wasn't loud, but I heard it very clearly. I felt something was wrong and woke up immediately."

“Then…” Shen Miao’s expression was very complicated, “Then I saw a golden light, which illuminated a dark figure. The dark figure seemed to be trying to take the egg, but somehow it seemed unable to touch it, and then it ran away.”

Qingchen lit a torch, and the two of them carefully examined the corner, discovering that apart from the animal hides that Shen Miao had collected, there was really only this egg.

Neither of them knew what to say.

After a long while, Shen Miao broke the silence with a soft voice, "This is the second time already. What kind of treasure is this?"

The first time was when the mole-orc came to steal the eggs, he exploded and died; the second time was today's shadow.

I wonder if there will be more trouble in the future.

Shen Miao suddenly felt that the egg in her arms was a little hot to the touch.

"Let's put the egg away first. Regardless of why it's glowing, its ability to protect itself is a good thing for us," Qingchen said optimistically.

Shen Miao thought he made sense, so she moved the golden eagle egg to another place to put it away.

There was still some time before dawn, and Qingchen was about to go back to his room to sleep when Shen Miao suddenly called out to him. Qingchen's hand was already on the door when he heard this and turned around.

Shen Miao hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Does the beastman's ability involve bringing the dead back to life?"

Qingchen asked in surprise, "Why do you ask that?"

Shen Miao took a deep breath and said honestly, "I found that the figure I was chasing looks a lot like Green Pearl."

"No," Qingchen said decisively. "At least to my knowledge, no."

"oh."

Qingchen opened the door to go out, and was about to go back inside when he turned back and said calmly, "Don't overthink it."

Shen Miao was stunned for a moment, then realized that the other person was comforting her. Just as she was about to gloat, Qing Chen had already closed the door, isolating her outside.

Touching her nose, Shen Miao lay back down on the bed.

She didn't sleep very well, though, as she kept thinking about Green Pearl and the golden eagle egg.

But she couldn't figure either of them out, and in her drowsy state, she finally fell asleep just before dawn.