Chapter 16：The Weather Was Getting Colder (2/2)

The polar bears and arctic wolves made it clear that the north is getting too cold. They had decided to run towards the south as well.

Meanwhile, Wei Huo's beasts showed off their skills at this moment. They detected the smell of some dead beasts from time to time and pulled the frozen animals out of the snow.

The dead animals did not rot at all under the extremely cold temperatures. They were edible after being thawed with fire.

Nonetheless, the panda and tiger were on the brink of collapsing, and Wei Huo basically carried all the luggage by himself. He wrapped both beasts with thick animal fur as well, but they were still about to collapse from the cold.

They rarely snarled to conserve energy, and barely ate as well. Their moods were pretty bad too without apparent reason.

They were after all animals of temperate climate, barely holding it together as the temperature became cold.

They eventually collapsed on that day when the highest temperature was only -1°C.

Hypothermia was the horrifying disease that threatened all animals and plants on the Northern continent. Apart from Wei Huo and the humans who were in the time halt, no living creatures were spared by it.

Wei Huo could no longer continue his journey. He stayed and cut up snags to build a cabin. It was impossible for Wei Huo to build a house for the Tree-Men due to their size, but both beast's sizes were still manageable.

”You have to stay alive!” Wei Huo built the cabin for his beasts and started a bonfire in the cabin before going out to hunt on his own.

It was snowing heavily outside the cabin, and the snow was knee-deep. Hunting had also become tougher than it previously was.

Wei Huo thought about the movie 'Life of Pi' which he had previously watched. A young man and a tiger were drifting across the ocean on the same boat where they were eventually rescued.

However, Wei Huo's situation was different from that young man in the movie. Wei Huo was no longer young, and he was used to the life and death of living beings. He was just trying his very best to save the beasts at that moment.

If they died in the end, Wei Huo might be sad about it but he would not be crying over them.

”What a shame! It's impossible to teach the Qi-Training Skill to you guys.” Wei Huo said as he patted both the beast's heads.

The Qi-Training Skill was a system skill. As long as a player's posture was right, the skill could have been unlocked and obtained. However, when it came to teaching the skill to others, it was impossible to do so for humans, let alone animals.

Both beasts were dying. The fat tiger and fat panda had both become skinny.

They had collapsed in the cabin and did not move. Their tongues were out, and they were panting heavily. It seemed like they were having an asthma attack. They also seemed like they were suffering greatly.

Wei Huo would prefer them to howl if they were in pain, but they could not react to the pain as humans do. They were quiet as they stared into space. They only reacted a little whenever Wei Huo patted them by looking over at Wei Huo or wagged their tails at him.

Even if Wei Huo placed food in front of them, they could only sniff and licked it. They did not want to eat at all. Wei Huo had no choice but to force-feed them and made them swallow it.

Wei Huo walked out of the cabin and stared at falling snow from the grey sky. He could not help but sigh. ”Damn! It's still long before winter comes to an end!”

It was a torture for both beasts every night. The temperature continued falling, and the low temperature at night was even more terrifying. Adding more firewood to the bonfire continuously throughout the night was a futile effort as it had barely brought any warmth to the cabin.

This is a commonly-used method to sustain trees during winter in China.