A year and a half has passed since the extreme heat began, and the earth continues to be baked by the scorching heat every day. Even though Lin Ruo helps to replenish the water by bringing rain every now and then, the land is still extremely dry. The mutated plants on the eastern mountain peaks are helpless and choose to curl up their leaves as much as possible and move most of their bodies to the ground to reduce the heat.

The short hand on the clock slowly moved across the dial. It was already 4:30 in the afternoon, but the sun outside was still hanging high in the sky, showing no sign of setting.

Lin Ruo was awakened by a wave of heat. She opened her eyes, her mind still a little hazy. Her body was completely soaked with sweat, and even the mat beneath her had many sweat stains.

She sat up, wiped the sweat from her face and neck with her pajamas, and then turned to look at the electrical box in the room, only to find that the electronic screen on the box was off.

She sighed softly. It was a mistake. She hadn't checked the battery box before going to bed yesterday, and she hadn't expected it to run out of power before 5 p.m.

Lin Ruo scratched her short hair, which was already soaked with sweat, sat up from the bed, took out a fully charged battery box from her space, replaced the one in the room, and soon the air conditioner started up again, blowing cool air into the room.

She glanced at the wall clock; it was almost five o'clock. Her mind cleared up a bit, and she remembered Afu and Ashou in her spatial dimension. Two days had passed since they upgraded, and it should be about time.

She probed inside with her spiritual power and, sure enough, saw that Afu and Ashou had woken up and were running and playing in the open space.

The level 4 mutated beasts that Lin Ruo had given them to replenish their energy are now only half of them, still lying in the same spot.

Lin Ruo scanned Afu and Ashou with her mental energy. They had completed their upgrade and were now level 5 mutated beasts. A slight smile appeared on her lips.

The Afu and Ashou in the space are still in their normal size. They are now over 20 meters tall, with a shoulder height of 12 meters. With their big heads, Lin Ruo looked at his already heightened fortress and realized that it was no longer enough to hold them. He decided to release them outside.

She got up to wash up, and when she opened the door, she found that the three of them, A-Liu and A-Lu, were all waiting obediently in the living room. Even A-Lu, who was always nowhere to be seen, hadn't gone out to patrol his territory.

When the three of them saw Lin Ruo come out of the bedroom, they all turned to her in unison.

Lin Ruo couldn't help but smile, knowing that the three of them were worried about A Fu and Ashou. When A Liu and Lao Bai leveled up to level 5, it didn't take them long either, so A Fu and Ashou hadn't left the space after two days, which made them a little worried.

She walked straight towards the fortress entrance, took out a clean set of heat-resistant clothing from her spatial storage, and changed into it. As she dressed, she said to the three inside, "Afu and Ashou have completed their upgrades, but they are too big. We need to go outside to release them from the spatial storage."

Hearing this, all three of them followed Lin Ruo out of the fortress. Lin Ruo's good mood couldn't help but turn a little irritable when she came into contact with the scorching sunlight outside. Then, she activated her water-based superpower, and a thin film of water adhered to her skin, reducing the heat. Her irritation was also easily suppressed.

She strode to the center of the platform outside the fortress, and with a thought, Afu and Ashou were transferred out of the space. They had been running in the space just moments before, and when they were moved out, they were still in the posture of running forward.

Suddenly pulled out of the space, Afu reacted quickly, turning around to stabilize itself. Ashou almost tripped over it, but it stretched out its long legs, pushed off the ground with its two front paws, and easily leaped up, dodging the long willow branch, and landed steadily on the ground.

After landing on the ground, it didn't forget to bare its teeth at Ah Liu. Ah Liu had definitely placed the willow branch in front of it on purpose, just to trip it up.

Alu turned around and ran to their side. With its current size of only six meters, it looked like a tiny ball next to Afu and Ashou, the size difference was too great.

Ah Fu, Ah Shou, Ah Lu, and Ah Liu played around for a while, and Old Bai's branch stayed beside them the whole time, like an elder, protecting them and preventing any of them from getting hurt.

While Ashou and Aliu were cuddling together, Afu secretly ran towards Lin Ruo. He was incredibly fast, and his body began to shrink rapidly as he ran. In the blink of an eye, when he reached Lin Ruo, his enormous 20-meter-long body had shrunk to about one meter in size, along with his newly grown silver fur.

At this time, Afu looks like a silver wolf that hasn't grown up before the apocalypse—cool, handsome, and cute.

Lin Ruo's eyes lit up, and she unconsciously opened her arms to catch the creature that ran towards her. The creature's big head kept rubbing against Lin Ruo's arm, making the sticky whimpering sounds of a cub. Its big, dark eyes stared straight at her, and Lin Ruo's heart melted! It was just too cute!

Holding the soft little bundle in her arms, Lin Ruo was overjoyed. She had thought that even though they had shrunk, their fur would still be as stiff as before. Lin Ruo knew that their fur stood up straight like steel needles, but now it felt soft and fluffy to the touch. In addition, Lin Ruo had bathed them frequently, so they still smelled nice.

She couldn't help but bury her face in Afu's fur and gently rub it against him. Lin Ruo had always loved furry animals, and who wouldn't want to hug such a cute furry creature and rub it for a while?

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