Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Bai Qingqingâs mouth hung open, and not a sound escaped from it.
Following that, something even stranger happened.
Smoke rose from the other six crystals at the same time and converted them into ashes.
Startled, Parker instantly shook his hands. âI didnât do anything.â
âItâs all gone...â Bai Qingqing muttered dazedly.
Gazing at the empty shell, Curtis and Parker felt the onset of sadness for some reason. A thought appeared in their heads out of nowhereâit had died.
It had truly died.
If after beastmen died, their souls transformed into transparent crystals, then, at this very moment, this soul had died in the true sense.
Astounded, Bai Qingqing gazed at Parker, then at Curtis. She didnât understand their sadness over this.
âWhatâs the matter?â Bai Qingqing asked strangely.
âIt died,â said Parker.
Bai Qingqing felt even more incredulous now. The Parker she knew wasnât someone who would grieve over other females. Much less Curtis.
For them to experience such emotions, was perhaps a constraint designated of them in this world.
It was a soul, after all. Bai Qingqing also couldnât feel lighthearted about this.
âA crystal tough enough to smash a rock was destroyed by the sun just like that...â
In modern ages, spirits couldnât be exposed to light. Hence, Bai Qingqing guessed, âPerhaps soul crystals canât be exposed to daylight. When you gathered those light rays earlier, the transparent crystal was exposed to a strong source of daylight, so it burned.â
Parker punched a fist into the ground in remorse. âThis was my fault.â
Bai Qingqing poked his arm and attempted to change the subject. âIs there ice underneath?â
âMm. A large patch,â Parker replied to her distractedly. His expression was painful as he gazed at the smudge of black ash on his palm.
Something suddenly occurred to Bai Qingqing, and she said, âEh... I saw ice blocks in Chrisâs dream as well.â
Parker glanced at her, doubt clouding his eyes. Isnât ice pretty common?
Bai Qingqing said, âNo, that was during the hot season.â
Parker raised his brows in surprise. Was it the same type of ice crystals he saw earlier?
Bai Qingqing walked to the earth fissure and cautiously stuck her head in. âNature truly is amazing.â
A natural fridge? Fantastic.
âIt would be great if these soul crystals werenât here. Because then we can come here to retrieve ice during the hot season,â Bai Qingqing said with great pity.
Parker immediately said, âThatâs not a problem. I can come and get it during the hot season. If you canât bring yourself to eat the ice in the earth fissure, I can bring water into it.â
At the thought of the fact that countless souls resided inside, Bai Qingqing felt the shivers.
She turned and walked towards a large rock and waved a hand as she said, âForget it, itâs cool enough at the bottom of the waterhole. If I want to eat something that requires ice, Iâll just look for Bluepool.â
Bai Qingqing touched Anâanâs face. The baby raised both arms and wrapped them around Bai Qingqingâs arm, making babyish sounds as she did so.
Bai Qingqing immediately understood what the baby was trying to tell her. She lifted Anâan up and fed her.
Parker looked like he didnât care at all. If it werenât for the fact that he couldnât touch the ice crystals, he would have brought some back to the village.
After playing outside for the entire noon, Bai Qingqing got hungry, so the family of four returned to the village.
The duels had ended by now, and the males who successfully found themselves spouses moved into their femalesâ homes; as for those who werenât selected, they began constructing their own homes.
The leopard cubs, who were looking for their mommy everywhere, let out aggrieved howls as they sprinted towards Bai Qingqing at the sight of her.
Howl~
Bai Qingqing beamed at them and bent over to welcome her cubs.
âBabies, donât run so fast.â