There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

After the roaring ended, there were sounds of many creatures chewing.

"I need to eat something," Lu Qing thought, looking at the wooden plate on the ground.

Lu Qing struggled to get off the stone bench, her legs went weak, and she tripped over the chains. Luckily, she reacted in time and didn't fall to the ground.

Feeling weak, Lu Qing touched her forehead, which was burning hot.

"Oh no, she's sick." Lu Qing's heart tightened.

In real life, getting sick isn't a big deal; you can just sleep it off and feel better in a few days.

But it's different here. Not to mention that it's freezing cold at night and scorching hot during the day, there's also the food problem. There's only one meal a day, and each meal is just a tiny bit, which is simply not enough to replenish the body with enough energy.

In other words, diseases that pose no threat in reality can actually kill people here!

"I can only hope that my body will be strong enough."

Lu Qing was so glad that she had put most of her attribute points into constitution, which made her less helpless when facing illness.

With great effort, Lu Qing arrived at the wooden basin. Looking at the piece of black bread and a cup of water inside, she fell into deep thought.

Lu Qing picked up the black bread and pinched it with her fingers.

It was cold and hard.

"Ugh......."

With a sigh, Lu Qing slowly opened her mouth.

"I hope my teeth can bite through this thing," Lu Qing thought.

After struggling to swallow the whole piece of bread, Lu Qing drank the cold water in the wooden cup in one gulp and climbed back onto her stone chair to rest.

Because the stone chair was placed in a corner, it wasn't exposed to the scorching sun, so it wasn't very hot; in fact, it felt cool to the touch.

In just a short while, the girl fell asleep again.

However, what the girl didn't know was that in another room, the Ice Beast was secretly controlling the cold air to flow from the round hole into Lu Qing's room.

This made the girl's room less hot than the other cells; otherwise, even if Lu Qing was exhausted, she probably wouldn't have been able to sleep peacefully on the stone bench.

"That's all I can do to help you," the Ice Demon Beast thought, glancing at the girl's room.

Blocks of ice, already prepared, flew into the girl's room and piled up in the corner.

.......

As night fell, the temperature in the room dropped rapidly. The ice blocks piled in the corner had already melted into liquid and were preserved in a special, non-melting ice shell.

As the temperature decreases, these liquids gradually transform into solids, releasing a large amount of heat in the process.

Under the control of the ice beast, the re-frozen ice returned to his room along the ring. At the same time, a thick layer of ice slowly sealed the iron bars and windows of Lu Qing's cell to prevent heat loss.

As for the ice layer that sealed the wall, strangely, it did not release any cold air.

Lu Qing, who was sleeping, had her brows furrowed due to the drop in temperature, but they quickly relaxed again, and her chest rose and fell rhythmically.

It looks like Lu Qing will be able to get a good night's sleep tonight.

The Ice Beast glanced indifferently at the sleeping Lu Qing, its expressionless face revealing nothing of its thoughts.

However, what the Ice Demon Beast didn't know was that all of this had already been observed by a creature hiding in the shadows.

A flash of crimson pupils appeared, and as Wayne, hiding outside the iron bars, looked at the frozen bars, a human-like expression appeared on his bird-like face.

"The reconnaissance mission issued by the BOSS has been completed, but..."

With a stomp of his foot, Wayne kicked the ice on the iron window and said angrily:

"I'm locked out, ah!"

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Chapter 83: Can crows catch fish?

She summoned Wayne on the first night, during the free time after the initial dance.

Lu Qing originally intended for him to fly out and patrol, but unexpectedly, he ended up flying for a whole day and only just returned.

Looking at the ice wall blocking his way, Wayne stretched out his claws and scratched at it, but couldn't leave any marks.

"Looks like we'll just have to wait and see." Standing by the iron bars, Wayne looked through the ice wall into the cell. After confirming that Lu Qing was alright, he closed his eyes and rested peacefully.

The next day, at dawn, as the sun rose, the ice wall had been retracted by the ice monster.

Feeling physically exhausted, Lu Qing woke up from the stone chair. She looked out the window and immediately saw Wayne resting by the window.

"dimension......."

Overjoyed, Lu Qing was about to greet them when she suddenly remembered that she hadn't removed the Ring of Penetration yet.

I was so tired yesterday that I forgot about it and fell asleep on the stone bench.

Arriving at the Ring of Penetration, Lu Qing looked inside and saw the Ice Demon Beast standing motionless in the center of the room.

Compared to Lu Qing's room, which was filled with all sorts of insects, the Ice Demon Beast's room probably contained no other creatures besides the Ice Demon Beast.

Thick ice and snow covered and buried all life, and cold air currents swirled through the room. The original walls of the cell were now covered with a layer of deep blue ice.

But what really caught people's attention was a snowman in the corner of the room.

This snowman is very small, about 1.5 meters tall, with a round body and an equally round head.

Two square blocks of ice are embedded in the snowman's head to serve as eyes, while the nose is a block of ice that is a size larger than the eyes.

In addition, there are two long, square ice blocks inserted on either side of the snowman's body to serve as arms, and a bright blue ice top hat on the snowman's head, making it look adorable.

"Can the Ice Beast build snowmen?" Lu Qing couldn't help but wonder.

After thinking about it, Lu Qing decided to try saying hello first.

"Mr. Ice Beast, are you there?"

The ice beast stood quietly in the room. After speaking, Lu Qing stared at it carefully. Seeing that it had no reaction, she took the Ring of Penetration off the wall and walked towards the iron bars.

She didn't want the Ice Demon Beast to know about Vain; this was just a matter of caution on her part.

The soundproofing of the cell was quite good. Normally, as long as the creatures in other cells didn't make too much noise, Lu Qing couldn't hear them at all.

Similarly, as long as her voice was kept within a certain range, even the Ice Demon Beast next door couldn't hear her clearly when she spoke in the cell.

Reaching the iron bars, Lu Qing glanced helplessly at Wayne, whose eyes were tightly closed. Although she felt a little embarrassed, Lu Qing still had to wake him up.

The girl gently pushed Wayne's forehead with her slender fingers and said, "Wayne, wake up."

"........"

Shaked by Lu Qing's fingers, Wayne woke up in no time. He opened his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.

However, he recovered in the next moment and looked at Lu Qing and said, "Gah, good morning, little master."

"Can't you use the same terms of address?" Lu Qing pushed Wayne hard with her fingers.

"Then what do you want me to call you, little master?" Wayne took two steps back, leaving Lu Qing's finger.

"Hmm, let me think..."

Lu Qing rested her fingers on her chin, thought for a moment, and then said:

"Remove the 'small' and call him 'master'."

Upon hearing Lu Qing's words, Wei Yin's bird-like face contorted with human-like disgust as he said:

"Gah, you woman really revealed your true thoughts. You must be very proud to have someone as great as me as your servant, huh?"

"That stinky bird..."

Lu Qing rubbed her forehead. She had thought that Wayne's personality had improved, but she didn't expect him to still be like this.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. What did you see outside?" Lu Qing asked.

When the conversation turned to serious matters, Wayne's expression became earnest, and he said:

"Gah, fly out from outside the iron bars, and there's a vast ocean outside, while the prison is part of a huge aerial structure."

"I flew up into the sky and took a look. I found that this building floating in the air was a huge city. It had everything a city should have: residential areas, barracks, city walls, watchtowers, arrow towers, magic towers, and so on."

"Besides that, there are warehouses, armories, granaries, and other miscellaneous things."

"A large number of demons live in the city, and in the center of the city, there is a huge castle with a considerable number of demon soldiers patrolling inside."

"I only glanced at them briefly and didn't get close. I couldn't handle the crossbows those demon soldiers had. Afterwards, I went to the sea to catch a fish to replenish my strength, ate it, and then came back."

"When I got back, I found that the iron bars on the windows were covered with a layer of ice, so I fell asleep outside and just woke up now."

"Can crows catch fish? And are you sure the iron bars are covered with a layer of ice?" Lu Qing asked immediately after hearing what Wayne said.

Wayne rolled his eyes at Lu Qing and said:

"Don't compare me to those ordinary, clumsy birds. For me, catching a fish is a piece of cake, isn't it?"

"Furthermore, who do you think you're questioning? I am the successor of the great God of Misfortune and Doom, how could I possibly misjudge even a tiny layer of ice?"

"It's not just the iron bars; the cell doors are also sealed off with ice. This ice is strange; it doesn't absorb heat but instead locks it inside, making the cells much warmer last night. Unfortunately, I couldn't get in and spent the whole night freezing outside."

"I see..."

These ice crystals must have been created by the Ice Demon Beast; it seems the beast is actually helping them.

However, Lu Qing couldn't understand why the other party wanted to help her; she didn't think she could help the Ice Demon Beast in any way.

If you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it. Anyway, the other person is right next door, so you can just ask them later.

Before that, Lu Qing touched her shrunken belly and looked at Wayne, asking:

"Could you catch another fish?"

The piece of bread from yesterday had long been digested, and her fever had subsided. At this moment, Lu Qing felt extremely hungry.

After learning that Wayne could catch fish, his desire to eat fish almost never stopped.

"They really know how to command birds."

Wayne muttered a complaint but didn't say much more. He flapped his wings and flew down from the iron window, seemingly off to catch fish.

Looking at the spot where Wayne disappeared, Lu Qing smiled slightly.

"This guy's personality isn't so bad after all..."