Si Shuo jerked her head up to look at him, then glanced at the cubs and Xu Chi, her face slightly pale. "Gong You, are you saying..."
Gong You pulled her into his arms and sighed, his voice holding a trace of desolation and helplessness for the first time. "My dear, we came from the Southern Continent to the Central Continent, and now we're in Guangshou City.
Although we're no longer constantly facing a harsh environment, we still can't escape the trials of survival.
People come and go, and that in itself is a harsh reality. The cubs and I... we might not all be able to accompany you to the very end."
In that moment, Si Shuo's heart ached as a stark realization hit her: this was the Beast World Continent.
There were many things she couldn't measure by human standards. The cubs' education was, in itself, a form of rapid growth through natural selection.
