Five alien beasts.
The five children of Aviva, the alien beast.
Each resembled the Xenomorphs from Earth movies, looking exactly like Qiu Yin.
Only, they were merely two meters tall.
The five alien beasts let out low growls at Aviva, seemingly responding to her.
Liu Di's heart tightened.
It felt as though he were looking at five living Qiu Yins!
Liu Di slowly stepped forward, his aura taut as his gaze swept across the five alien beasts one by one.
After a moment, Liu Di called out, "Qiu Yin?"
The five alien beasts looked utterly confused.
Aviva, the alien beast, grew nervous and gathered her five children into her arms. Looking at Liu Di, she said, "What do you want?"
Only then did Liu Di notice.
The crystal in Aviva's chest, which had originally been shattered, now seemed reborn. Several fragments connected to her blood vessels were growing, and before long, they would likely form a complete crystal.
Liu Di fell into confusion.
Had the Prophet Civilizations not died completely before?
Had they merely entered a temporary state of hibernation?
Qiu Yin had used causality to destroy their crystals, yet those crystals could grow back again?!
Then.
Liu Di looked again at the five children in Aviva's arms. They were no longer young, at least three thousand years old, equivalent to eighty-year-old elders on Earth. Aviva herself was at least the equivalent of a centenarian.
Including Aviva, the alien beast, all five children were trembling.
They did not possess even the slightest bearing of High-Dimensional Lifeforms.
Liu Di's gaze softened as he asked Aviva, the alien beast, "Are these all your children?"
"Yes."
Aviva said fearfully, "They are all children I gave birth to. My husband died two years ago, and my children and I have depended on one another