"mom..."
Qi Xu's voice choked with emotion, and her eyes uncontrollably reddened. She had never imagined that the blood of the sleeping behemoth could become the key to resurrecting her loved ones; this absurd reality left her with a complex mix of feelings.
I only regret not discovering this sooner. No wonder one of the space permits allows for the slow recovery of injuries in the secret realm; this is the source of it.
"Mom, you rest first. I'll see if I can get Dad to come back too!"
"good.."
The mother blackbird had some memory problems and was very weak; she was only relying on instinct to obey her chicks.
Qi Xu became tense again at this moment, as the father of the big black bird had died much earlier than the mother of the big black bird.
The remains have long since become more fragile under the erosion of the secret realm. The exposed bones have even developed a grayish-white, decaying luster, and even the remaining feathers have turned into ashes that crumble at the slightest touch.
Qi Xu's heart was in his throat. He dared not be careless in the slightest. He carefully dug away the rubble and withered grass covering the body, afraid that the slightest force would cause the remaining remains to completely dissipate.
He violently shattered the newly formed fist-sized sphere of blood from the sleeping behemoth, his fingertips trembling slightly.
The blood mist fell evenly like fine red rain. However, this time, although it also lit up with red light, it did not have much effect. When the blood mist touched the decaying bones, it just rolled futilely on the surface and had great difficulty penetrating.
Qi Xu was mentally prepared, so he wasn't in a hurry and patiently waited for the blood cells to grow again.
Then... he smashed it with one punch...
After repeating the action of smashing blood spheres and scattering blood mist countless times, Qi Xu's arms were already sore and numb. Sweat dripped down his jawline, hitting the remains of the Blackbird father and mixing with the scarlet blood mist, spreading mottled spots on the gray bones.
The black bird father's body finally began to change, with shimmering white light patterns seeping out from the gaps in his bones, intertwining with the scarlet blood mist.
Where the light patterns passed, the decaying bone lost its grayish-white color and regained its warm, jade-like luster. The originally brittle and easily broken bones became tough and shiny, and the broken joints shimmered with a fine glow, as if an invisible hand was piecing them together and repairing them.
Immediately afterwards, tender pink buds emerged from the bone crevices, like new bamboo shoots in early spring, growing and spreading at a visible speed under the nourishment of the blood mist.
Qi Xu had started crying again at some point, and had become incredibly obedient, transforming into a large black bird and nestling quietly beside its mother, even though its body was already almost the same size.
But just like when she was a child, she always likes to lean on her mother.
No regrets...
It will take time for Mom and Dad to recover, especially Dad the Black Bird. Although his body has regrown, he still shows no signs of waking up.
Qi Xu found the queen of the heart-eating ants and asked her to lead the colony to help guard it. Then he called Hong, Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Ba to guard it together.
If I had known the blood of the Dark Beast possessed regenerative power, I should have scattered it into the valley when I killed it. Perhaps then the Great Black Bird clan and the fallen heroes could have been brought back to life...
Seeing that everything had stabilized, Qi Xu dared not delay any longer and returned to that chaotic place. Although he was still in a completely unknown predicament, he had to admit that he felt more confident!
So I tried to figure it out carefully, attempted to report it, and waited patiently.
Finally, we actually discovered something: time seemed to stand still within this patch of wontons.
Qi Xu tried staying in the chaos for half an hour, then flashed into the [Pursuing Void Feather Realm] and found that under normal flow conditions, only a few seconds had passed in the [Pursuing Void Feather Realm]...
A new guess suddenly occurred to me: Could it be that the entry time for the "Hungry Town" instance is different this time? Are the storylines of all players not unfolding at the same time?
Having guessed this possibility, Qi Xu was no longer in a hurry.
While passing the time in the [Winged Realm], they kept a close eye on the situation. After waiting for more than half a month, the big black bird father was successfully resurrected. The family of three flew around the secret realm several times before finally entering the [Hungry Town] instance.
Qi Xu finally let out a deep breath. Thankfully, he had a strong mental fortitude and had managed to figure out what was going on, allowing him to go to the [Chasing the Sky Feather Realm] to clear his head a bit...
Any other player would have probably collapsed by the very first step! They didn't explain anything, didn't offer a single word of explanation, and then locked the person up for so long...
That's absolutely disgusting.
Qi Xu internally ranted and rave, but it didn't stop him from observing his surroundings closely.
Honestly, this hungry town looks very cozy, with a healing fairytale feel and art style that makes people feel soft-hearted and unconsciously let their guard down.
Most importantly... everyone and the NPCs have been cartoonized. Qi Xu looked down at herself and found herself transformed into a cartoon character wearing a pink dress and a pair of very vintage platform leather shoes. She walked like the characters in the game, hopping and skipping around, looking very lively.
The personal panel can no longer be opened, but two energy bars are displayed in the upper right corner.
One is the hunger level, which is currently 7%, and the other is the fatigue level, which is 13%.
Qi Xu immediately understood that the main task was to find food and a place to rest, somewhat like a survival game, except with a puzzle-solving component. It was quite easy to understand.
Qi Xu was teleported to the central street. The low houses along the street were painted milky white and pale yellow, and the roofs were covered with fluffy red tiles, like a handful of melted candy.
Meanwhile, the windowsills of roadside shops were filled with small ceramic flowerpots, with geraniums and petunias hanging down the walls, their petals still glistening with morning dew, reflecting delicate light in the setting sun.
Under the old locust tree at the entrance of town, an old woman wearing a blue apron is ringing a copper bell and calling out "cloud cakes." The moment the steamer is lifted, a cloud of hot steam carrying a sweet aroma wafts out.
It involuntarily makes one's mouth water, and one's gaze is fixed on it...
The old woman selling cloud cakes smiled at Qi Xu, "Young lady, you're a new face! Did you just arrive? Come and try my cloud cakes. It's on me. I hope you have a great time in our Hungry Town."
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