The days became orderly, and as the green turned into snow-white, they also kept the cave in good order, filling the empty spaces with all kinds of supplies. When another wave of animals passed by from further north and headed south, Xi Yuan temporarily blocked the door with boulders, leaving only a few vents, and observed the situation outside every day, spending most of his time in the cave.
The outside world becomes more and more cruel and ruthless as the temperature drops. Only the strong animals can survive here. Those without sufficient self-protection ability will become food before they even get here, or will be left in the ice and snow.
Moreover, the sensitive alien beasts and magic plants have already sensed that something was wrong. This is a disaster they have never encountered before. They have walked so far, but still cannot escape the ice and snow. Their inner anxiety makes them very irritable and they are easily provoked and then start a killing spree.
Occasionally Xi Yuan would go out to check on the surrounding situation and look for suitable prey. Time passed slowly, and two years went by like this.
The place they chose to settle was not far from the southernmost tip, only a day's distance away. Behind the southernmost tip of the continent was the boundless ocean.
The fight in the southernmost region has become very intense, with countless high-level aliens fighting for a place to live. Many of the ninth-level aliens and magic plants have chosen to leave this planet. They are already at the top of the universe, and this planet is not suitable for them to survive. They can choose to leave, but the eighth-level aliens, which are only one level away from the ninth level, do not have this ability and can only be trapped on this frozen planet.
Without temperature, large areas of plants died, and herbivorous animals could not survive. After they lost such a large base, carnivores could only kill each other to obtain food for survival.
This planet has entered the end of the world.
Honglian also became anxious facing the increasingly low temperature. It was only one step away from level nine, just one step away. In order to promote its evolution, Xi Yuan had to go out and obtain as many crystal cores of fire and wood attribute monsters as possible to help Honglian advance, and then they would leave here together.
Since the southernmost part of this cave was also covered with ice, Qin Fei never stepped out of this cave again. He stayed outside for a long time, and his body would naturally be covered with a layer of frost. His level was still too low, so he stayed in this place with hot springs.
The cold here was so cold that even if he was fully armed and covered in the thickest fur, he would still shiver. Qin Fei thought more than once if the obsidian that Xi Yuan gave him during the ceremony, which could keep him warm in winter and cool in summer, had not been lost. Seeing him like this, Xi Yuan also thought more than once: If there were two pieces of obsidian, one to wear on the body and one to put in the space, then it would not be lost...
Even though the temperature of the hot spring in the cave was affected and was not as hot as before, the heat it provided was enough even though it was still slightly steaming.
The fire lava crystals under the hot spring had been completely absorbed by Honglian, but unfortunately, it still hadn't taken that final step out.
There is always a way out.
This planet is not doomsday for all creatures. It has become a paradise for ice-attributed monsters and magical plants.
There is a kind of ice grass with ice attribute that thrives on this icy and snowy planet. It is the lowest level of magic plant, with long transparent leaves and snowflake-like fruits. It feeds many dying monsters.
Many alien beasts survive by eating ice sprouts.
But there are some alien beasts, especially those with fire attributes, which cannot survive on eating ice grass for a long time. Ice and fire have opposite attributes, and a conflict will cause the crystal core to explode, which will kill them faster.
Because of these reasons, it is now even more difficult for Xi Yuan to obtain fire crystal cores. In the past two years, he found more than a dozen level seven alien crystal cores and gave them to Honglian, seven of which were of wood attribute, and there were two level eight ones, one each of fire and wood attributes. However, Honglian still did not advance to the next level.
Qin Fei and Xi Yuan did not put all their hopes on Hong Lian. Xi Yuan himself was level eight, and now he had reached the late level eight.
During this period, he fought a lot and fought frequently. He stayed in this environment for a long time and made rapid progress.
Qin Fei's progress is the most obvious, probably because of his lower level. He was originally at level five, but now both his supernatural powers and mental power have reached level seven. A big reason for this is that he is trapped in this cave. Apart from training his supernatural powers and mental power and working hard to improve his cultivation, he doesn't know what else he can do.
Perhaps because he was focused, his progress was always so fast. If his progress was known, it would probably cause a stir in the insect world. His progress was too fast. Generally speaking, even the potential of a level nine male insect is only at the middle level when it just reaches adulthood. It is impossible to rise to the advanced level so quickly. Even many level nine male insects are only level eight until they die of old age.
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A fire cloud leopard bared its teeth at the enemy that was chasing it relentlessly, lashed its tail hard backwards, and then decisively continued to flee forward. It had been separated from its fellows and was injured. It had been running for more than a day, but it still couldn't get rid of the "little thing" behind it. It plunged into the mountain in front, jumping and shuttling between the frozen trees. Unfortunately, everything here was white, and its red fur was still so eye-catching.
Suddenly, several thick roots emerged from the frozen ground and trapped its two hind legs. It turned around and bit off one root, but failed to bite off the other one. Then more roots broke out from the ground. At this time, the enemy behind it also caught up and stretched out its sharp claws towards it.
The last thing left in this valley was the unwilling howling of the Fire Cloud Leopard.
The root took away the crystal core in the Fire Cloud Leopard's head, and the remaining body was taken over by Xi Yuan behind.
This is a level eight alien beast.
As soon as Xi Yuan returned to the cave, Qin Fei was waiting there with the medical equipment. He had no major wounds, but he had a few wounds torn by the claws of the Fire Cloud Leopard. He needed to take good care of himself. That night, he cooked a stew of Fire Cloud Leopard meat. It was very delicious, but unfortunately Qin Fei couldn't eat much. He ate a small bowl and didn't dare to eat anymore. He was higher in rank than him and couldn't eat too much. Xi Yuan didn't worry about this and bought all the rest.
"There are fewer and fewer fire monsters out there. I watched this one for several days before I found a chance to kill it alone."
"Don't try too hard. If the beast wasn't already injured, it wouldn't be so easy to get it."
"Master Xiong, don't worry, I know what I am doing."
Honglian absorbed the crystal core, but still did not advance. Xi Yuan and Qin Fei were disappointed, but it was also expected. If it was so easy to advance, the group of level 8 alien beasts fighting outside would have created a bunch of level 9 alien beasts, and most of them would not be trapped here until now.
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Qin Fei stared at Xi Yuan's face intently. His face was still so handsome. If it weren't for his heroic spirit and the spirit of a soldier, he might have thought he was a woman when they first met. But for so long, he never thought of him as a woman. But what did those red lips say just now? Did he say he was pregnant? Did he hear it wrongly? Or was it hallucination?
Qin Fei had a confused look on his face. Xi Yuan was... pregnant...
These words kept replaying in his mind. He didn't know how long it took before he came to his senses. He looked at Xi Yuan, who was gently touching his belly with his head down, and swallowed his saliva.
He stammered, "What did you say?"
Xi Yuan raised his head and lifted up the clothes on his lower abdomen, revealing the mark on his stomach. It was a green mark shaped like a walnut.
Qin Fei looked at and touched Xi Yuan's whole body yesterday. He knew very well that this mark did not exist yesterday, but it suddenly appeared today. After Xi Yuan discovered this, his whole face glowed with a different glow.
"Master, are you unhappy?" Xi Yuan told Master Xiong as soon as he sensed the changes in his body. Now, looking at Master Xiong's face that was still in shock, he was confused. Did Master Xiong not want a cub? Or did he just not want him to have one?
"No, no, no, you misunderstood. I was just too surprised. Wasn't it said that it was very difficult to get in? We just..." How long had they been holding the ceremony?
Less than three years.
Don't be fooled by the young appearance of Qin Lang and Lin Zishu; they have actually already lived half of their lives.
It was more than a hundred years after the ceremony that they had their first child, Qin Fei's eldest brother Qin Zhe. For the next two hundred years, not only Lin Zishu, but also his other female servants did not have any children. Suddenly, their fortunes changed, and one after another, they had Qin Hong, Qin Fei, Qin Jie, Qin Jia and others.
They were the children Qin Lang had when he was middle-aged. Qin Zhe is now over two hundred years old, but his first child is nowhere to be seen, and his male master's female servant has not given birth to a cub either. This is normal among the Zerg.
In comparison, it's like a human couple who haven't had children for decades, and then they get pregnant just three months after getting married. In comparison, it's incredibly fast.
Moreover, he originally liked women, but later he followed the local customs and got together with Xi Yuan. However, he never considered Xi Yuan a woman in his subconscious mind. After all, even if Xi Yuan looked like a boy with a feminine appearance, people would not mistake him for a woman. But now Xi Yuan told him that he was pregnant...
Even though I knew in the beginning that female insects can get pregnant and lay eggs, I was still not as shocked as when the final moment came!
When he came to his senses, Qin Fei stared at Xi Yuan's belly in awe.
"Are you feeling unwell? Is there anything you want to eat? You, you still want to go out, don't go out, just stay here." He was incoherent.
Seeing this, Xi Yuan smiled.
"My lord, you don't have to worry. Have you forgotten? After a female insect becomes pregnant, it will become stronger than before." If the original fighting power of the female insect is 100%, then after pregnancy, its fighting power will become 12.
The female insect, in order to protect the eggs in her belly, will become more aggressive than before.