The heavy rain continued to fall, lasting for three days and three nights. The darkness had persisted for three days, without a single ray of light.
Whether the dark clouds were too thick, obscuring the sun completely, or the sun simply forgot to get up, remains to be seen.
For the past three days, Lin Qian and the others have stayed in the cave and haven't gone out. Just in case, it's fine to stay home for a few days.
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They don't have to worry about food and drink; the chipmunks, being mobile warehouses, have plenty of food stored up.
Judging by the time, the chipmunk felt it was probably mealtime and squeaked at the tiger mom.
Tiger Mom wagged her tail and let out a "roar." Time to eat!
With a flick of its tiny paw, the chipmunk conjured up two sika deer and a roe deer on the ground.
Although their body size is different now, everyone's appetite is not much different from before, and they eat twice as much food as before.
Because level three spirit beasts can already use a portion of their spiritual power to provide the energy their bodies need, as their levels increase, perhaps one day Lin Qian and the others will no longer need to rely on eating to obtain energy.
After all, for spirit beasts, the energy provided by flesh and blood is far less than that provided by spiritual energy.
However, the concentration of spiritual energy is still very low, and Lin Qian and the others are not absorbing it fast enough, so they have not yet reached the point where they can ensure their body's energy consumption simply by absorbing spiritual energy.
When that time comes, they will be mythical beasts capable of "abstaining from grains".
These prey stored in the chipmunk's space were completely frozen in ice, each one like a work of art, embedded in the ice. This was the work of the tigress stepmother.
Because the space inside a chipmunk's enclosure is not static, although the temperature and airflow inside are lower than outside, the meat will still spoil if left out for too long.
So ever since the stepmother learned to make ice, the chipmunks have always waited for her to condense ice blocks to freeze their prey before they would collect them.
The ice blocks made by my stepmother contain some ice properties, so they melt much slower than ordinary ice blocks. Moreover, the ice blocks are huge, so they can stay frozen for four or five days without any problem.
With the "refrigeration" system in place, the tigers naturally learned to be lazy, and when they went hunting, they would hunt two portions of prey at a time.
The tigers began to eat, and the mother and cub panda also received a basket of fruit from the chipmunks.
There was nothing they could do without bamboo shoots. The mother and son usually ate fresh bamboo shoots they picked themselves, so there was no need to store them.
Therefore, the chipmunk only kept a little bamboo shoot, which it could take out to eat when playing with the red panda, and it had already eaten it all in the past three days.
Fortunately, chipmunks love to eat fruit, and with the availability of juice, the tiger family also needed fruit, so they stored up a lot of wild fruit.
The red panda clutched a large peach, nibbling on it intermittently, its big, wet eyes gazing longingly towards the bamboo forest outside the cave.
Waaah... The bear wants to eat bamboo shoots!
The chipmunk rolled its eyes, then jumped onto the red panda's shoulder. With a quick dab of its little paws behind its back, it pulled out a bamboo shoot!
"Eek!" The little panda happily took the bamboo shoot, took a big bite, and started eating it with gusto.
The chipmunk wagged its tail happily. It had saved these on purpose, but there weren't many, only a dozen or so. It could give one to the little panda at each meal to satisfy its craving, but it was impossible to provide it with enough to eat every time.
After finishing a bamboo shoot, the red panda looked expectantly at the chipmunk with its big, watery eyes, hoping its friend would give it another bamboo shoot.
The chipmunk snuggled up and rubbed its bear-like face against it. "Squeak squeak." Let's eat some fruit; there aren't many bamboo shoots left, and once we finish them, there won't be any more.
The little panda's bright eyes suddenly dimmed, and it let out a pitiful whimper before picking up a peach and continuing to nibble on it.
It knew that there weren't many bamboo shoots left with its friends, so it decided not to eat them, otherwise it would run out.
Seeing her cub looking so pitiful, the mother panda felt a pang of sympathy and thought about whether she should go to the bamboo forest to dig up some bamboo shoots. The distance across the pond wasn't far, and with her spiritual power, she should be able to hold out for a while.
Lin Qian ate the icy venison and noticed the little panda's disappointment.
Are pandas out of bamboo shoots?
That's a bit tragic.
Lin Qian thought for a moment and tried to control the mutated vines, hoping to use them to dig up bamboo shoots.
But to his surprise, as soon as his spiritual sense was activated on the mutated vines, it was bounced back!
What's going on here?!
Lin Qian was surprised, but did not act rashly. He slowly probed the mutated vines with his spiritual sense and discovered that the mutated vines had somehow become spiritual plants!
Judging from its appearance, the mutated vines did not become thicker or more lush, but they were incredibly green, radiating a verdant hue, and the spiritual energy contained within them was about two or three times stronger than before.
Noticing the changes in the mutated vines, Lin Qian realized the difference. Surprised, he used his spiritual sense to explore the surrounding plants.
Although spiritual sense cannot "see" like the eyes, Lin Qian still noticed the changes based on his perception of vitality and spiritual energy.
The plants were all more vigorous than before, indicating that they were growing more lushly, which was obviously due to the absorption of energy.
Thinking of this, Lin Qian was a little puzzled. Could it be that the plants were not affected by that violent energy?
With a quick thought, Lin Qian realized the key point.
Plants do not possess intelligence; like mutated vines, they only have instincts and lack any spiritual awareness.
Since it lacks sentience, the energy that affects reason cannot cause any harm.
Therefore, it is not harmful for plants to absorb the energy from rainwater. It is not that plants cannot absorb the irritating atmosphere. Of course, plants will also absorb the irritating atmosphere when absorbing the energy from rainwater, but it is useless for plants to accumulate irritating atmosphere.
What can plants do when they get agitated?
Unlike animals, plants cannot run or move, nor do they have a mouth to roar.
That exuberant restlessness, like a stimulant, will only serve as a driving force for plant growth.
Therefore, even the mutated vines, which originally possessed offensive power, did not go berserk. Instead, they absorbed energy vigorously under the rain and continuously strengthened themselves.
After thinking it over, Lin Qian understood the situation.
Although he could no longer use the mutated vines, Lin Qian was still very happy. Having a spiritual plant was naturally better than having a dispensable mutated plant.
Thinking of the pure spiritual energy contained in the spiritual plants, and the regenerative ability of the vines, Lin Qian's tiger eyes suddenly shone with a glint of light!
Wow, it looks like the tiger can finally enjoy some chilled spiritual plant salad!
The chipmunk was unaware that its favorite "food" had changed. It was sitting on the red panda's head, holding a fruit and munching on it, its cheeks bulging as it ate very quickly.
After finishing its meal, the chipmunk collected the bones, ran to the entrance of its burrow, and dashed into the rain. With a flick of its little paw, it tossed away the leftovers and jumped back into its burrow.
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