The Abyss World, the Kemono Girl Encyclopedia Project!

Her pale gray hair and fluffy fox tail had now transformed into blazing flames. Wang Yan subconsciously took two steps back. He was initially a little flustered, but after seeing that Yingluo did not show any aversion, he calmed down and began to carefully observe her.

"All the hair turned into flames, and... it was still warm, but it didn't burn my clothes. That's strange... Yingluo, are you feeling unwell?"

To rule out any danger, Wang Yan cautiously asked Yingluo a few questions, to which Yingluo shook her head and replied:

"I don't feel uncomfortable anywhere, I just feel like I have inexhaustible energy..."

As she spoke, she focused all her attention on her body, then slowly gathered that mysterious power in her palm. With a loud bang, a ball of bright flame appeared in Yingluo's palm.

Wang Yan's thoughts raced. He had expected this outcome; Yingluo's sudden awakening of the ability to control fire was an unexpected delight.

After opening Yingluo's panel, Wang Yan prepared to verify it again. Sure enough, his guess was correct; Yingluo had indeed awakened a special ability.

【Silk Necklace】Fox Clan

Age: 19

Favorability: 100

Talent: Fire Spirit

Specialties: Social Skills, Innate Psychic Abilities, Sun Protection, Fire Affinity

This thing called "Fire Spirit" is Yingluo's new awakened ability. At the same time, she also gained a special skill called Flame Affinity, which made Wang Yan's eyes light up.

Suddenly unlocking a special ability was a complete surprise!

Wait, something like this has happened before...?

Wang Yan's thoughts drifted back to a month ago, to that time with Zhuo Hua, when she seemed to have said something about having made a breakthrough.

Once might be a coincidence, but what about twice?

Could it be that I actually have some "hidden abilities"?

Wang Yan shook his head, finding this situation somewhat unbelievable, unless... there was a third verification...

Without dwelling on it, Wang Yan and Yingluo conducted a few simple experiments and drew some conclusions about this talent.

Yingluo's burning hair and tail did indeed have a temperature, but it seemed to be controllable. When Wang Yan reached out, he couldn't feel any heat. The feeling of holding the flames in his palm was quite peculiar.

Then there's the control over the flames. Perhaps because it was Yingluo's first awakening, although she was a bit rusty, you could clearly feel how flexible her control was. She could manipulate the flames to explode or make them converge into a line. However, the downside was that after using it for a while, she would feel very tired and her brain would feel a bit tingly, but it was negligible.

Having figured things out, Wang Yan stopped investigating the ability with Yingluo and decided to tell Zhuohua everything when they got home, knowing she would know what to do.

Setting off again, the two quickened their pace and arrived near Baiguo's family just as the sun was rising.

To be honest, Wang Yan had his own plans in mind when he adopted Bai Guo's family. Since having a spacious and stable environment, the family had entered a period of rapid development. Now, they were short-handed, so they naturally needed help with some simple tasks, and the more clean-cut family members they had, the better.

The heavy stones were covered by wind and snow. If Wang Yan hadn't searched carefully, he really wouldn't have been able to find the entrance. He gently knocked on the boulder, but there was still no response. Wang Yan's heart sank.

"Mrs. Ginkgo! Are you home?"

Wang Yan shouted towards the direction of the rock, but his voice sank without a trace, receiving no response.

Upon thinking of this, Wang Yan felt a bad premonition. He immediately instructed Yingluo to use flames to heat the rocks blocking the cave entrance. Once the rocks turned charred, Wang Yan took out an iron axe and used the back of the axe to smash the boulder violently. Before long, the boulder was smashed to pieces by Wang Yan.

Without any delay, Wang Yan climbed in and searched for Bai Guo's family. Sure enough, he found the family of four huddled together on the straw bed.

There was no reaction to such a commotion outside, and Wang Yan knew something was wrong. He quickly went to check and found that the family was still alive, but the bad news was that they were not far from death.

Ginkgo and the little biscuit lay on their sides, protecting the little cake and the little mouse in the center. Wang Yan checked the breathing of the group. Except for the little mouse that was still in swaddling clothes, the others had redness, swelling and even ulceration on their bodies. If he hadn't come, the whole family would probably have died here.

Upon seeing the scene before her, Yingluo involuntarily covered her lips with her hands, her eyes trembling slightly, and she said in a trembling voice:

"Are they... are they all dead?"

Wang Yan gently shook his head and explained to her, "No, not yet. Yingluo, go and find some firewood outside, the more the better. They're all frostbitten, so it's best to hurry."

Yingluo breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that Yingluo was not dead. She then quickly climbed out of the cave and efficiently prepared firewood. A wisp of foxfire swept by, and the campfire was lit.

Frostbite is generally classified into four degrees, with the first degree being the mildest and the fourth degree being the most severe. Redness, swelling, and itching of the skin indicate the first degree, while ulceration indicates the second degree. Wang Yan conducted a general examination and found that, fortunately, only Bai Guo had some ulceration, while the other children were not seriously injured, with only some redness and swelling.

As long as the temperature is below three degrees, it is still treatable. Wang Yan first laid a mat on the ground, then took out the white tiger skin he used to block the wind, helped everyone up, and covered them with the leather to keep them warm.

The campfire was burning very brightly, and Wang Yan added a lot of firewood. The potatoes he had left for Bai Guo's family were now piled up in a corner of the cave, completely frozen into ice blocks, and inedible.

He took out the last two cans of beef from the warehouse, opened the lids, and heated them by the campfire. Then he fed them little by little, and as the warm liquid entered their esophagus, Wang Yan managed to keep the family's lives hanging by a thread.

Bai Guo had never felt her eyelids so heavy. Thankfully, a warm current soothed her stomach. Was this... meat broth? It was so warm around her... She really was dead, but the children suffered because of her...

Mom is so sorry...

"Madam Ginkgo, Madam Ginkgo! Wake up, don't sleep!"

Who is calling her? The voice sounds so nice, and she feels like she's heard it somewhere before...

Bai Guo tried to open her eyes, but she couldn't muster the strength; her whole body was covered in chilblains, and they hurt so much...

"Madam Baiguo, for the sake of your children, you must not die!"

Yingluo held the group in her arms, her long hair, woven from flames, forming a net that covered everyone. The temperature inside the cave was as warm as spring, and Yingluo was like a little sun, warming everyone.

Bai Guo finally opened her eyelids a crack and saw a girl engulfed in flames and a dark figure whose face she couldn't make out. She wasn't dead, and the children weren't dead either. "Big Horned Rat, we've survived."

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