Qiáo Xīxī narrowed her eyes. "Are you threatening me? Believe it or not, I'm quitting.
Do whatever you want." The system panicked. "Whoa, whoa, host, don't get worked up.
These are system rules, I can't change them. But, I can give you a safe location to guarantee the safety of you and the cubs." Qiáo Xīxī was a little tempted.
She had already sensed the dangers of the beast world these past few days. Compared to her constantly protecting the cubs, she did indeed hope they could have the ability to protect themselves. "Can you really guarantee our safety?"
"Host, rest assured. If something happens to you, who will I find to complete tasks? If we don't finish the tasks, we'll be punished too."
"I've already detected it. About a kilometer northeast of here in the mountains, there's a medium-sized wildebeest. It's about a kilometer away from you now."
"Three hours is enough for you to set up a trap. I will constantly monitor the wildebeest's position to absolutely guarantee your safety!" With the system's guarantee, Qiáo Xīxī made up her mind.
"You'd better keep your word and guarantee our safety, or else you can find someone else to do your tasks for you." "Little Demon will definitely ensure the host's life is without worry." Having made her decision, Qiáo Xīxī looked at the cubs sitting on the beast hides.
"It's getting dark, and it's not safe here. All of you, come onto your mother's body. Mother will carry you up."
The cubs looked at Qiáo Xīxī in surprise. "Mother, can you climb up?" Qiáo Xīxī wasn't sure either, but she had to try.
"Let's try." "Okay." Qiáo Liě turned into his beast form and wrapped around Qiáo Xīxī.
Qiáo Qiáo and Qiáo Áng hugged Qiáo Xīxī's thighs. Qiáo Xīxī took out her ice blade and thrust it into the claw marks Jin Lǐn had made earlier. Fortunately, the ice blade was sharp enough to barely stabilize their bodies.
Gritting her teeth, Qiáo Xīxī finally climbed out of the cave with the cubs. Darkness had already fallen, and she needed to hurry. "Mother, where are we going?
Aren't we waiting for the big male?" "We'll come back later." The cubs didn't know what Qiáo Xīxī was planning, but they didn't want to be separated from her.
"Host, it's just ahead. You are now only three hundred meters from the wildebeest. There's an abandoned trap under that big tree ahead.
You can use it." Qiáo Xīxī walked quickly to the location the system indicated. Amidst a pile of snow, she indeed saw an obvious depression.
Qiáo Xīxī walked over and carefully brushed away the snow, revealing a relatively shallow opening below. "Host, the wildebeest is already heading this way. You need to hurry.
You must let the cubs hunt the wildebeest to get the reward." Qiáo Xīxī sped up her actions. After the trap was ready, she walked in front of the cubs.
"Qiáo Liè, Qiáo Qiáo, Qiáo Áng, Mother has prepared a trap to catch prey. You all hide around the trap later. After I lure the prey into the trap, you will be responsible for killing it."
Hearing this, the faces of the three cubs turned pale. Qiáo Qiáo's big blue eyes instantly filled with tears, and she stared at Qiáo Xīxī with reproach. Qiáo Áng clenched his small fists in anger.
"You foolish female, you want us to be bait." Qiáo Liè's face was the palest. He glared coldly at Qiáo Xīxī with his dark red eyes.
"You want to kill us? No way." The three cubs turned and tried to run.
Qiáo Xīxī grabbed them quickly. "Listen to your mother. The wildebeest is coming this way.
If we don't catch it, and it detects our scent, it will attack us. For self-preservation, we must counter-kill them first." All three pairs of eyes looked at her, filled with anger or despair.
It made Qiáo Xīxī's heart ache. She couldn't help but curse the system. The system could only reassure her repeatedly.
"Host, don't worry, I absolutely guarantee your safety." "There are two hours left, Host, please hurry." Qiáo Xīxī looked into the cubs' eyes.
"Will you trust Mother just this once, okay?" Qiáo Áng and Qiáo Liè were still very resistant. Only Qiáo Qiáo's attitude softened a little.
"You, you're really not using us as bait?" "I promise, I'm not." "Then, then..."
Qiáo Qiáo looked at her older brother, then at her younger brother. "Brothers, let's trust Mother just this once, okay?" Qiáo Áng snorted angrily.
"Just once. If you lie to us again, I won't let you off!" Qiáo Liè stared at Qiáo Xīxī without speaking.
"Okay." Qiáo Xīxī didn't dare to delay. She found the safest and most hidden position around the cave entrance and hid the cubs.
"Qiáo Áng, take this ice blade for self-defense." Qiáo Áng clenched the ice blade. "You absolutely cannot come out until you see Mother running over, understand?"
Qiáo Qiáo nodded obediently. "Mhm." Qiáo Xīxī gritted her teeth and stood up, not noticing a pair of eyes watching them not far away.
"Host, the wildebeest is coming this way. It's only fifty meters away from you now." Qiáo Xīxī picked up a wooden stick from the ground and ran toward the wildebeest's direction.
"Host, it's here." Qiáo Xīxī stopped. As the cold wind blew, she smelled the foul odor of the wildebeest.
"Moo!" The next moment, a wildebeest twice the size of a normal water buffalo charged at her. Qiáo Xīxī couldn't help but curse and turned to run.
The wildebeest chased her from behind. "Host, run faster! The wildebeest is about to catch up!"
Qiáo Xīxī swore she had never run so fast in her life. "You dog system, hurry up and make it slow down!" "Host, I don't have the authority to do that."
Qiáo Xīxī immediately transformed into her beast form and ran quickly across the snow. The cubs hiding in the snow soon heard the commotion ahead. Qiáo Qiáo was the first to see Qiáo Xīxī running madly.
"It's Mother, she's coming." "She's being followed by a wildebeest." Qiáo Liè's small face tensed.
He transformed into his beast form, preparing to defend and attack. Qiáo Xīxī charged to the trap's location in one breath and leaped with gritted teeth. The wildebeest, still charging recklessly, followed.
As Qiáo Xīxī jumped over the trap and landed, her foot suddenly slipped, and half of her body swung over the trap. The disguised trap collapsed with a bang. The wildebeest, unable to brake in time, also tumbled into the trap.
"Mother!" Qiáo Qiáo and the others ran out from the snow. "Moo!"
After falling into the trap, the wildebeest roared furiously. It glared at Qiáo Xīxī, who was hanging over the edge of the hole, and powerfully rammed the stone wall. "Rumble!"
The violent shaking made Qiáo Xīxī's hands go weak, and she fell entirely into the trap. "Mother!" The moment Qiáo Xīxī fell into the trap, the wildebeest lowered its head and charged at her.
"Moo!" Qiáo Xīxī rolled on the ground to dodge. "Qiáo Áng, go find ice stones, as many as you can, quickly."
Qiáo Liè was the first to react and turned to leave. Soon, Qiáo Qiáo and the others returned to the cave entrance with ice stones in their hands. Qiáo Xīxī glanced at them, her eyes resolute.
"Smash it down!"