As time goes by, the melting rate of glaciers has accelerated significantly. In recent years, summer temperatures have also been much higher than before. The sun is shining brightly, and there are fluffy white clouds in the distance. The weather is nice today.

It was a wonderful moment. Although the emperor penguin dad and mom went out together, they had very little time to be affectionate. Some minor accidents happened during their journey, so they didn't have time to think about these things.

So, when she saw her baby, her tense heart instantly relaxed, and her joy was overflowing.

Jun Qi felt the affection between the emperor penguin couple and remained silent for a long time. In fact, he had noticed many things in the emperor penguin colony, such as the age range of the emperor penguins, which was almost a cutoff point, consisting of either newborn chicks or adult emperor penguins.

Among them, there were no sub-adult emperor penguins, or they were in their juvenile stage.

This incident made Jun Qi understand something immediately. These adult emperor penguins were all around the same age and were probably born in the same batch, just like him and Qiao Qiao, and like these emperor penguin chicks.

However, they are not being looked after by their parents.

What does this mean? It means that the parents have already left these children, perhaps even before they came of age. Jun Qi deduced this, but the exact timeframe is still unknown.

However, some information can be gleaned from this: in any case, they left before the children were able to become independent, or rather, at a certain point, regardless of whether they were independent or not, they had to leave with a heavy heart, just like when he forced Nian Nian to learn to fly.

Thinking of this, Jun Qi raised his head slightly and looked at his parents, who had twisted their bodies into half a heart and then pieced them back together. He originally wanted to express his feelings, but after thinking about it, he decided to let it go.

Jun Qi slowly lowered his head, his eyes calm. He decided not to disturb them for the time being, as this was a rare moment of tenderness.

He turned his gaze to Xu Qiaoqiao, who, like him, was receiving an abundance of love from her parents. However, Jun Qi felt something was amiss; she had never been treated this well before.

He could sense that his parents' feelings for him were very deep now, even deeper than when they first met him.

On Xu Qiaoqiao's side, she could hear her parents groaning. Although the volume wasn't loud, she could hear it very clearly, even though they were sandwiched between them.

As she ate the food her mother had just fed her, she mentally counted the days, from birth until now, including the appearance of a certain penguin.

Does time really fly by?

Xu Qiaoqiao sighed, realizing that all in all, she hadn't spent much time with her parents; they always took turns.

Xu Qiaoqiao and Jun Qi have adapted very well to feeding the emperor penguins. What can they do if it's just for food? They'll probably have to feed their babies like this in the future.

Xu Qiaoqiao looked up at her father and then at her mother. With her chubby arms, she gently touched their beaks, one by one, so that her emperor penguin parents could feel it.

"Gah~ Gah~"

They both called out softly, their eyes filled with tenderness, and took a small step forward, their soft bellies pressed against the little one, which made them very happy.

Xu Qiaoqiao blinked and slowly withdrew her arm. She was quite satisfied. Although she knew what was going to happen next, every minute and every second they spent together was precious.

Xu Qiaoqiao squinted her eyes with pleasure, and without even noticing, she wagged her short tail slightly.

Hmm~ This is the second world I have a father and mother after all these worlds, I'm very content.

Xu Qiaoqiao thought happily, then her eyes unconsciously turned to Jun Qi. The two of them were not very close. Perhaps because the two little ones were so close, the two pairs of emperor penguin couples also had some impression of each other.

As for Junjun... he seems so uncomfortable. Xu Qiaoqiao stared at him intently and could see Junqi's unease, but he was also reluctant to leave his parents. He looked very conflicted.

This sight reminded Xu Qiaoqiao of what happened not long ago. At that time, the two of them had only recently become independent, or rather, they had only recently learned to walk.

Jun Qi didn't say anything about living with everyone, but Xu Qiaoqiao could tell that Jun Jun wasn't very willing. He preferred to be alone, and with the penguin group, the kids were all so noisy, even though the adults had toned it down a lot.

But every morning when he wakes up, all he hears are clapping or chirping sounds, which makes him very uncomfortable.

Jun Qi strongly resisted this kind of communal living; he didn't like it.

Xu Qiaoqiao found it quite interesting, but there was one problem that bothered her: penguins poop so much, and it was all different colors.

Heaven knows how devastated Jun Qi was when he found out about this. Without saying a word, he rushed to the nearby piles of fine white snow, rolled around several times, and rubbed his feet on the snow.

Those colorful things were actually...

Ugh~

This was the first time Xu Qiaoqiao had seen Jun Qi break down. She walked over with a smile, squatted down, stretched out her arm, and patted Jun Qi's head: "Chirp chirp chirp."

Junjun, take it easy. After all, the emperor penguins' excrement is actually good for the Antarctic continent.

Jun Qi kept a straight eye and responded slightly to Xu Qiaoqiao's actions. Then he kept rubbing his feet in the snow, one foot after the other.

This made Xu Qiaoqiao wonder if this guy would use a bar of soap right away if there were one here.

"Chirp chirp chirp." Qiaoqiao, let's stay away from these penguins from now on.

Xu Qiaoqiao blinked as she looked at Jun Qi, without expressing anything. In such a harsh environment, the chances of two emperor penguins surviving on their own were very slim.

Junjun will understand these things in the future.

Xu Qiaoqiao's thinking was correct. When the blizzard came, Jun Qi felt the power of the group for the first time. It was so powerful. If it were just him and Qiaoqiao facing such a fierce blizzard, it would indeed be difficult to get through it.

After that incident, Junjun was no longer so resistant to group activities with the Emperor Penguin chicks. Xu Qiaoqiao narrowed her eyes, feeling that Junjun had finally changed her mind. Just like this time, she said she didn't want to develop feelings, but she still developed some affection for the Emperor Penguin parents.

Junjun is very gentle, she's just a bit stubborn.

Once the first Adelie penguin comes ashore, it means that his entire colony of Adelie penguins will soon follow, making the place several times more lively than before.