Qin Lin was baffled.
What the hell? Wasn't the Goddess Blessing Spirit Pearl only supposed to let him understand the languages of life forms other than humans?
Could those people from Plaster Country not actually be human?
Or were they not entirely human—were they beasts or something?
Just then, Adoxi walked over with two Western researchers.
The two researchers reported to Mr. Lu one after another, then respectfully greeted Qin Lin.
Unfortunately, they were speaking English, and Qin Lin couldn't understand a word.
So why was this happening?
They were human, too, but he couldn't understand them.
Yet he could understand what people from Plaster Country said!
He did think of one possibility.
There was a rumor that some people from Plaster Country liked to do that sort of thing with animals. Could their ancestors have done it long ago, leaving these people with animal genes?
That was perhaps the only explanation.
After that, Qin Lin stopped dwelling on the issue and began looking for other animals to test.
"Why is this human staring at me like that? He looks kind of stupid."
"He doesn't seem very smart. We'd better stay away from him."
Two seagulls suddenly flapped their wings and flew off into the distance.
"That thing in front of us is huge. Do you think we can carry it away?"
"Probably. Let's call all our brothers and sisters. Something this big should keep us fed for a long time."
"..."
A swarm of ants chattered away in front of Qin Lin.
"..." Qin Lin was stunned. Did these little guys know he could squash them flat with one stomp? They were actually planning to carry him off and eat his meat?
Qin Lin tried with a few more animals and was nearly certain that he could understand the