Survival for all, my island is the last pure land on earth.

Outside the energy shield, Crimson Crown rolled up Eris and fixed her to an open space. A squirrel nearby worked hard to pile snow on Eris, trying to replicate the snowman from that morning and create a snow cat.

Eris wasn't angry; in fact, she was quite happy and even stretched out her two front paws to help pry the snow away.

Kane looked at the scene before him, but his emotions did not fluctuate much.

When it was very young, the planet Knowles suffered malicious suppression from the god of peace, Sphiro, due to various grudges, and it began a life of wandering and hiding that lasted for its entire childhood.

In the early years, it vaguely remembered that it did have an older brother who took care of it and helped it and its sister survive.

However, that memory was too distant and too vague, so its impression of its brother remained that whenever they arrived at an unfamiliar place, its brother would disappear for a long time and then bring back some food.

It's always dirty, its wounds never heal, it's fierce and irritable, it gets angry over the smallest things, and then disappears for a long time again.

Until one day, the older sister cried and said that their brother might never come back.

It was too young at the time to grasp the difficulties and dangers of its situation, and was even a little happy that it wouldn't have to be scolded for no reason anymore.

Later, it understood the pressure its brother had been under, but under such pressure, it had no heart to think about anything else, only the exhaustion of being a fugitive.

As the days went by, its memory of its brother faded to the point of almost complete forgetting.

Now that it suddenly heard its sister say that its brother had returned, it naturally wanted to come and see what this brother, who only existed briefly in its memory, was really like.

However, given the current situation, it feels somewhat ashamed.

Akabane cackled, "Little black cat, where do you think you're going!"

The squirrel, having received its command, dug even harder in the snow, only to be whipped dozens of meters away by a black tail that fell from the sky.

Kane bared his teeth and lunged at the Red Crown.

Chimian was completely baffled: "Kane, I've been very lenient with you today, what are you going to do now?"

Kane was a little annoyed: "Don't you have any other entertainment besides building snowmen, which is such a childish game? All you do is bully a kitten."

It looked at Eris, who was still grinning foolishly, and got even angrier: "Still a silly cat."

Akabane tilted his head, giving him an expression that said, "I have no idea what's wrong with you." He replied, "Are you running a fever? It's very smart, okay?"

"No, how is building a snowman bullying? You brought so many friends to build my snowman before, and I didn't say anything, did I?"

"No, you think building snowmen is stupid, then what new games do you have?"

Kane flicked his tail impatiently: "I don't know, don't ask me."

Chi Mian tilted his head, an idea flashing through his mind: "I've made Jin Xiaoman angry these past two days. Come with me to get her some things she needs and coax her."

Kane laughed in exasperation: "Are you out of your mind? You want me to help you please her? I'd be lucky if I didn't beat her up."

Chimian: "Oh, she's sitting there talking to your sister right now. Go beat her up, and beat her up pretty badly."

Kane: "..."

"Aren't you going?"

"..."

Akabane kept taunting, "I thought you were so great!"

Kane took a deep breath: "Treasure chests are really hard to find."

"Who said it was a treasure chest?"

"So what are you looking for?"

Chimian teased, "You'll find out soon enough, but what about Lord Rat?"

"I lashed it away with my tail, I don't know where it is now!"

"Oh dear, you're always causing trouble. Believe me, if Manman finds out, we're both doomed."

"I don't believe it."

Believe it or not.

When Ah Ye came out of the safe house carrying food for the four little ones, all that was left at the scene was Eris, who was buried and could only move her head, meowing helplessly.

She dug Eris out of the snowdrift and found Jin Xiaoman: "My lady, I'll only be here for a moment. Rat Master, Chimian and that little black cat are both gone."

Lilith calmly said, "It's alright. With Kane in the forest, they'll be fine."

Jin Xiaoman wasn't worried; for the squirrel, it was just an ordinary day.

However, the two of them had no idea that the three of them were about to cause a huge disaster.

..........

The squirrel was perched on the treetop, feeling dizzy. Just as it recovered, it saw a black cat crouching in front of it. It immediately sat up straight and greeted the cat obediently, "Lord Kane."

Kane gave a curt "Mm" and then said nothing more.

The squirrel had just been beaten up and didn't know what mistake it had made, so it dared not speak. The three of them fell silent.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Akamiya sneezed: "You're going to say your lines."

Kane cleared his throat: "You told Chimian that Jin Xiaoman killed a lot of snowmen this morning?"

"Yes, that's right."

The squirrel perked up at the mention of this, and was about to tell Kane all about Jin Xiaoman's dashing figure when Kane interrupted, "Where did all these snowmen come from?"

The squirrel thought for a moment: "There's a cave. I sensed something good there, so I ran over..."

"No need for further words, lead the way."

"Go to that cave?"

"Um."

The squirrel scratched its head, not understanding, but did as instructed.

The three of them quickly arrived at the cave entrance.

Looking in from the outside, the entrance to the cave appears rather narrow; after only a few meters, it is completely shrouded in darkness.

Gusts of cold wind occasionally blew out from inside the cave, carrying a damp, cold, earthy smell that brushed against the skin and sent a chill down one's spine.

The squirrel was a little scared: "Should we go in?"

Kane: "Silly squirrel, do you still think there's something good inside?"

The squirrel nodded.

Kane squinted. "It's strange. I've been wandering around this island for a long time, and I don't remember there being a cave here."

Squirrel: "Huh?"

It stepped back a little and belatedly realized that there didn't seem to be any caves here before.

Upon hearing this, Akamune also realized: "Wow, really, I had no idea about this until you said it."

Kane smiled confidently: "This means there's a rare treasure inside. If I get it and give it to my sister, she'll be very happy."

Chi Mian: "I asked you to help me find something to apologize to Jin Xiaoman."

"It makes no difference. Anyway, if you give it to your sister, she'll give you Jin Xiaoman too."

With a flick of its black claw, it commanded, "Let's go!"

The three little ones leaped down from the tree and strode confidently into the cave.

............