Slowly placing the bag hanging from her beak at the feet of the Ink Tablet Beast squad captain, she smiled ingratiatingly. "Sir, please show some mercy. Look, these are all the things I've scavenged over the years. If there's anything you like in there, how about I give it to you?"
The Ink Tablet Beast squad captain casually flipped open the bag with his tail. Inside were either scraps of broken metal sheets or used medicine tubes—at a glance, all junk picked out of garbage heaps.
He snorted, spat on the ground, and kicked the bag over. "Pah! Who are you trying to insult with this trash? You hemmed and hawed when I told you to answer properly. You've obviously got a guilty conscience. Hey, you—take it away and throw it into the testing machine for an inspection!"
The two Ink Tablet Beasts behind Xue Xi received the order and immediately stepped forward, hauling her toward a square platform beneath the checkpoint.
The Wind Solitary Beast Xue Xi had transformed into appropriately put on a terrified expression, its canine body scrambling nonstop. "Let go of me! I really came from home—I've just been outside for a little longer! What right do you have to treat me like this? Boohoo, I want to go home!"
No matter how she struggled, the two Ink Tablet Beasts' claws gripped her like iron pincers. Once they reached the platform, they directly threw her onto it, leaving her sprawled there.
The Ink Tablet Beast squad captain waved his snout in disgust. "Hurry up and start. And you, throw away the garbage this thing brought. It stinks to high heaven."
The Ink Tablet Beast at the controls pushed the lever upward. Gray mist instantly lit up across the platform, and rings of light shot out from