Guo Xiaoxiao, unaware that the little snakes had been out playing all day, assumed they had jumped out from the next room and hugged them to comfort them.

"Just bear with it for a little while, it'll be all done burning, and no bugs will crawl into our bodies."

Little Snake Armor: "It's unbearably hot! Why didn't they tell me beforehand?"

Little Snake Ding: "Ah, I'm going to faint! It's so hot!"

Little Snake B: "I'm dying of heat too!"

Little Snake C: "I'm going to faint!"

Seeing the little snakes' panicked expressions, Guo Xiaoxiao quickly reassured them, "Just hang in there, just a little longer, it'll be over soon."

It was hot in Cangjue too, especially since he was covered in fur. If it weren't for Guo Xiaoxiao's words, he would have wanted to plunge into the water and never come out again.

"Xiaoxiao, let me take you outside to find a puddle. Our puddle is too small for you."

Guo Xiaoxiao: "Never mind, it's probably the same outside anyway. Even if there are puddles, someone else will have them."

Cang Jue: "Who dares? I'll beat him up. You're pregnant, you deserve special treatment."

Guo Xiaoxiao: "Stop joking around. What special treatment are you talking about? Everyone's upset. What's the point of putting others down? Just bear with it, it'll pass. This fire isn't going to burn forever."

System open

[System: "Host, I'm sorry, this skill isn't fully developed yet, and you've already used it. In the post-apocalyptic protective shield, it won't cause internal overheating. You'll just have to endure it."]

Guo Xiaoxiao: "So you don't even know? Can't you be a little more reliable? I thought you were just being a bit cocky. Don't ruin my image of you!"

[System: "Hold on for 15 minutes. It'll cool you down once the flames go out. I'll then refine the skill so it won't fail you later."]

Guo Xiaoxiao: "If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have asked. You've made progress, and you even came all the way here to apologize. I couldn't bear it, but there was nothing I could do. I couldn't leave either."

It was so hot; Guo Xiaoxiao felt the temperature was almost 40 degrees Celsius. In addition, she also felt some abdominal pain.

Guo Xiaoxiao was vaguely worried; she was carrying an egg, what if it was cooked?

Seeing Guo Xiaoxiao's pale face, Cang Jue asked worriedly, "Xiaoxiao, are you alright?"

Guo Xiaoxiao stopped pretending and told the truth.

"Something's wrong, my stomach hurts so much. Stop fanning me, it's blowing hot air. You should rest for a bit, let me catch my breath."

Stomach ache! Cang Jue was frantic.

"Could something have happened to the baby? Come with me quickly, I'll take you to see A-Luo to check on him."

Guo Xiaoxiao: "Okay, hurry up and I'm going to see him."

Cang Jue transformed back into human form, picked up Guo Xiaoxiao in a princess carry, and rushed into A Luo's stone house.

A Luo was also unbearably hot and was pouring water on himself when he saw Cang Jue rushing in, carrying Guo Xiaoxiao, looking anxious.

"Alo, her stomach hurts."

Upon hearing this, A Luo dropped the water ladle he was holding with a clatter to the ground.

"What happened? Everything was fine last night, but today..."

"Quickly, show her."

A Luo, without bothering to pick up the things, guided Cang Jue to place Guo Xiaoxiao on the animal skin mat.

Cang Jue: "How is she? Is her condition serious?"

A Luo pressed on Guo Xiaoxiao's stomach twice with his hand, then looked at her complexion.

"It's alright, the baby's skin isn't broken yet, she's just overheated. Let her drink some cold water to cool it down."

The survival rate of females in the beast world is also low. There are already few females born, and they often encounter serious problems during childbirth, such as dystocia (difficult labor) and stillbirth. If the cub in Guo Xiaoxiao's womb were to break open prematurely, current medical technology would not be able to remove the dead one.

There was a reason why she could only watch helplessly as Guo Xiaoxiao died, and why she was so protective of her during her pregnancy. She wouldn't let her get tired at all, letting her sit and play, or sleep and eat.

Guo Xiaoxiao was placed beside the cold water vat by Cang Jue, who then scooped up some water for her with his hand.

"Xiaoxiao, come have some water."

Guo Xiaoxiao gulped down the ice-cold water in a few gulps, and her stomach finally felt a little better.

Are you feeling better?

Cang Jue, standing to the side, was so anxious that his face turned ashen; he was practically paralyzed with worry.

Guo Xiaoxiao had just finished drinking and was about to say something nice when her stomach started acting up again with another round of cramps. She clutched her stomach, gritted her teeth, and hoped the pain would subside.

"Ouch, it still hurts!"

A Luo ran over: "You drank too fast. Lie down and let Cang Jue rub your stomach."

Cang Jue helped her up: "Xiao Xiao, does your stomach hurt?"

To avoid worrying him, Guo Xiaoxiao nodded, "It's alright."

Cang Jue helped her lie down and then gently massaged her stomach. This time it was easier, and after a while, Guo Xiaoxiao felt that the pain had lessened.

Seeing that her complexion had eased, Cang Jue eagerly asked, "How are you? Much better?"

Guo Xiaoxiao touched her lower abdomen; the pain was really gone: "It's all better now."

The little snakes followed behind, and when they saw a large water vat, they rushed in and soaked in it, completely exhausted and limp.

Seeing this, Alo said, "Hey, you little rascals, I still need to drink this water, get out here right now!"

The little snakes ignored him and rested in the water tank with their eyes closed.

A Luo was furious. Just because they were the snake-beast's cubs didn't deter him from attacking; he directly pulled them all out.

The little snakes started playing a game with Alo, pulling them out, waiting a while, and then they crawled back in. Alo pulled out two, waited a while, and then they crawled back in. After repeating this several times, Alo got tired and gave up, running to Cangjue to complain.

"Cang Jue, aren't you going to do anything about your little brat?"

Cang Jue glared at them: "You're not allowed to move! Can't you see how hard the mother beast is working? If you dare to annoy me again, I'll beat you to death!"

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