The Qi siblings were weak. They were just at the second rank of their power.
By logic, since Xie Ziyuan stripped them of their life-saving means, they shouldn’t be able to survive, right?
After Leng Chuan left, he crouched down. Under the cover of darkness, a brown snake slithered toward him. It was a fierce beast, but at the lowest level.
The snake seemed to tremble slightly as it landed on Xie Ziyuan’s palm. Its vertical pupils reflected its fear. When it first met this beastman, he could sense his intimidating aura and was about to run.
However, soon its fear turned into disbelief when it heard him speaking in snake tongue. Xie Ziyuan was offering it a higher level fierce beast meat as long as it followed his order.
A higher level fierce beast meat could help to improve its power. Meaning, it won’t be bullied by other fierce beasts in the future!
What kind of choice did the little snake take?
Of course, it was... to run!
This silver wolf beastman looked more scary than these fierce beasts who bullied it! Besides, it didn’t know if this beastman ate snakes too.
Between the temptation of power and its little life, the little snake wasn’t greedy and chose the latter. Unfortunately, soon, it found out that Xie Ziyuan wasn’t giving it a choice at all.
Thus, the little snake got captured again.
It had no choice but to work for Xie Ziyuan. Unexpectedly, its job wasn’t hard either. It just needed to follow two stinky squirrel beastmen.
With its camouflage color, the little snake could blend in most areas in the forest. In the end, it happily did its job. Now, it was time to report to that silver wolf beastman again.
"Tell me," Xie Ziyuan’s deep voice echoed through the silent night.
In the little snake’s mind, it was automatically translated in snake tongue. Its little body trembled slightly before letting out a series of hiss.
Xie Ziyuan patted its head. The little snake slithered away, waiting for its reward. Soon, a small chunk of fierce beast meat appeared in front of it.
The little snake didn’t even hesitate before it swallowed the fierce beast meat whole. Hmm, so delicious! The energy inside its body instantly sky-rocketed.
It was startled, not expecting that the effect would be so potent.
"Go hibernate," Xie Ziyuan ordered.
The little snake understood and slithered away, trying to digest its meal. Even just by swallowing it, the tiny body felt like it was about to burst.
If it didn’t go to hibernate to digest it slowly, it was afraid it wouldn’t be able to bear such a huge amount of energy and would burst for real!
Once Xie Ziyuan confirmed the two little squirrel’s fate, he wouldn’t need to worry about them again. Why did he let them go? There were more people with them and he wanted to see whether they both could lead him to them.
Unexpectedly, they were too weak. The female squirrel was quick-witted, but against absolute power, all schemes turned into dust. On top of that, the male squirrel was an absolute pig teammate, leading to their downfall.
In this regard, Lin Yuyao and Lin Yu’an were better at survival because it had been their instinct for their whole life. Qi Tao and Qi Mian came from a powerful tribe. Undoubtedly, there were powerful high-level beastmen in their tribe too.
They really had lived a pampered life, shielded from the harshest environment in the apocalypse.
In the end, they died without their life-saving means, ending up inside some third-order fierce beasts’ stomachs.
Xie Ziyuan clutched the city access token in his hand, deep in thought. This one was an unexpected gain. Although the base was filled with high tech facilities, it didn’t include the magic power from this era.
Each technology had its own convenience, of course.
That night, Xie Ziyuan returned to the base.
With less people he needed to bring, he was more relaxed. He only brought Lin Yu’an, whose eyes were sparkling, revealing his joy.
He excused himself from Xie Ziyuan and immediately went to find his sister.
"Sister!" He immediately spotted Lin Yuyao’s figure.
Lin Yuyao was startled, nearly dropping the washed kitchen utensils in her hand. "I am hallucinating? Why do I see my little brother?"
She rubbed her eyes.
Lin Yu’an pouted, "Sister, it’s me!" With that, he took Lin Yuyao’s hand, proving he was real. The little black cat’s joy was palpable, and soon it spread to his sister.
"Yu’an, you are back!"
The two walked toward the kitchen together. Along the way, Lin Yu’an chattered endlessly about his thrilling experience, making his sister’s expression change a few times over.
The little black cat was very proud; his chin lifted slightly and his tail swayed as he told Lin Yuyao everything.
"Master Xie," Lin Yuyao immediately greeted Xie Ziyuan, interrupting Lin Yu’an’s chatter for a while.
Xie Ziyuan just nodded before he disappeared. He reappeared inside his inner space, frowning at his messy thatched hut.
He spent some time rummaging through his books, trying to find the one he currently needed.
"Yu’an, do you think Master Xie feels different?" Lin Yuyao scanned her surroundings before she whispered to her little brother.
Lin Yu’an blinked innocently, tilting his head. "Different?"
She nodded. Although he still looked intimidating with that cold face of his as if you owe him money, his aura was restrained a little.
Less chaotic or sinister. Not as frightening and no longer looked like he would suddenly go into rampage.
"Maybe it’s really like you said," Lin Yu’an muttered thoughtfully. "I was with Master Xie the whole time, so I didn’t notice."
"But it’s a good thing." Lin Yuyao smiled, shaking her head. "Enough of this topic for now. Have you eaten, Yu’an?"
When Su Yining woke up, she didn’t feel refreshed. Instead, she felt pain all over her body. Unfortunately, she still had to go to the office again today.
As she dragged her tired body to work, she heard a wailing voice not too far away just as she sat down on her chair.
It was Han Zhicong, and his condition was... indescribable.