After entering the cave,
Su Lin saw that the rest of the wolves in the cave were all asleep.
Their morale was also extremely low.
He even saw that two of them still had bloody wounds on their bodies.
This left the previously excited Su Lin somewhat puzzled.
Could it be that while he had been away, some hunter had really come to provoke the pack? Very soon,
he spotted Wolf Mom among the pack.
Wolf Mom had not changed much, except that, like Wolf Dad, she had grown much thinner.
Her fur had also lost some of its former luster.
Seeing Wolf Mom like this, Su Lin's heart ached.
Wolf Mom, awakened by the Wolf Howl, also saw that her former cub had returned.
She let out a happy, low howl.
"Awooo!"
Wolf Mom, who had been lying down to conserve strength, rose from beside the stone wall and walked toward Su Lin.
After approaching him, she affectionately licked Su Lin's fur with her tongue.
Su Lin and Wolf Sister were Wolf Mom's first litter of cubs.
She felt deeply attached to Su Lin and Wolf Sister.
Especially Su Lin—he had grown into an Arctic Wolf no weaker than Wolf Dad in just a short time, which made her feel immensely proud.
Perhaps because of the ingrained mindset brought by the polar night,
Wolf Mom thought Su Lin surely had not eaten his fill during this time either.
So she gave a low howl, signaling Su Lin to follow her back to where she had been sleeping.
She scraped at the sand and gravel on the ground with her claws, uncovering several small Lemmings and some dark fruits.
Then she nudged the food toward Su Lin with her nose, telling him to eat quickly.
Su Lin knew
that this was probably the last bit of private food Wolf Mom had saved during the polar night.
These Lemmings and dark fruits might have looked insignificant, but they were filled with Wolf Mom's love for him.
Su Lin was deeply moved.
"Awooo!"
Seeing the hope and happiness in Wolf Mom's eyes, he did not refuse.
He merely lowered his head in silence and ate one of the dark fruits.
Wolves belonged to the canine family.
Although they could eat wild fruits, insects, and the like to stave off hunger,
they would only do so when they were extremely hungry.
After all, to a wolf's taste buds and stomach, wild fruits truly did not taste good.
Sure enough,
Su Lin had no idea what kind of dark wild fruit it was, but it tasted somewhat bitter in his mouth.
It had very little juice and could not replenish much nutrition at all.
Eating it could only be considered better than nothing.
This caused Su Lin
to understand even more deeply just how difficult Wolf Mom's life had been during this time.
But just then, suddenly,
a light gray notification appeared.
"Ding! The host consumed Black Fruit Rock Gaultheria and gained 6 Evolution Points."
The notification stunned Su Lin.
"Huh? That worked too?"
It seemed that he could obtain Evolution Points not only by eating meat; plant fruits appeared to work as well.
He had heard of Black Fruit Rock Gaultheria before.
It was a plant that grew in frigid regions.
It could grow in extremely harsh environments and was resistant to cold, drought, barren soil, and more. Its ability to survive was extraordinarily strong.
At the same time, its fruit also possessed a certain medicinal and research value.
Now that he could gain Evolution Points from it,
Su Lin ate several more dark fruits from the ground.
"Ding! The host consumed Black Fruit Rock Gaultheria and gained 5 Evolution Points." "Ding! The host consumed Black Fruit Rock Gaultheria and gained 4 Evolution Points." "Ding! The host consumed Black Fruit Rock Gaultheria and gained 3 Evolution Points."
Evolution Points from plant fruits decreased much more sharply.
After eating only five or six dark fruits, the gains had already fallen below 1 Evolution Point.
That made Su Lin stop.
Wolf Mom then nudged the Lemmings again with her nose, signaling Su Lin to eat them instead.
Because she knew those fruits tasted terrible.
She wanted to leave the best things for her cub to eat.
This made Su Lin feel that a mother's love truly was the greatest love in the world.
At that moment, Little Gray also dragged the fishing net into the cave.
Su Lin gave a low howl, telling Wolf Mom that he had brought her something delicious.
Wolf Mom surely had never eaten such fresh, tasty fish before.
This time, he would let her have a proper feast.
Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom's thinness was clearly due to the shortage of food; they had not eaten their fill for quite some time.
Little Gray heard his boss's low howl.
Understandingly, he dragged the fishing net before Wolf Mom.
Su Lin had already violently killed the fish with Wolf Claw, and they gave off a strong bloody smell.
This caused the other Arctic Wolves in the cave, who had been soundly asleep to conserve strength, to scramble to their feet, their eyes lighting up.
They had not eaten for many days.
To them, that bloody scent was no different from the finest smell in the world.
Their green eyes stared at the bloody fish, and they could not stop saliva from forming in their mouths.
"Woo woo!"
Wolf Dad Showed Teeth at the group of wolves that were nearly mad with hunger, letting out a threatening growl.
Only then did they settle down somewhat.
Yet as they looked at the fishing net that gave off such a heavy bloody scent, they still swallowed their saliva wildly.
It was not that Wolf Dad had lost the prestige of an alpha wolf. Rather, under the polar night, these wolves had been driven red-eyed by hunger.
Some time ago, under extreme hunger, they had prepared to hunt a grizzly bear that had been lingering in and provoking the Wolf Pack Territory.
In the end, they had failed to hunt the grizzly bear.
Instead, two wolves had been injured, making the already struggling pack's situation even worse.
Now that they suddenly smelled food, their eyes were filled with intense longing.
Su Lin pulled the pike and the largest salmon from the fishing net. The two fish together weighed nearly forty pounds.
That was enough for Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom to eat.
He then gave a low howl and handed the remaining fish over to Wolf Dad to deal with.
"Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!"
At this time, the wolves in the pack who were starving also began howling in continuous pleas, hoping to receive some food.
Within the pack, Wolf Dad, as the alpha wolf, possessed supreme authority.
This normally included distributing food.
This caused these Arctic Wolves to frantically beg Wolf Dad.
Wolf Dad Showed Teeth again and even extended his thick wolf claw, fiercely striking two wolves who tried to step forward.
He was intimidating them.
Because he also knew very well how precious food was during the polar night.
If he, as the alpha wolf, did not possess enough deterrence, trouble was very likely to arise.
After restraining the pack, Wolf Dad took another fish from the already meager catch in the fishing net as reserve food.
The remaining four fish
were distributed in turn among the rest of the pack.
It was not that Wolf Dad was softhearted.
Rather, as the alpha wolf, he also had the duty to lead the pack in surviving.
The pack hierarchy was strict.
Besides the alpha wolf, there were also divisions of Second Wolf and Last Wolf.
Second Wolves ranked below the alpha wolf in both combat strength and status within the pack.
The pack currently led by Wolf Dad had two Second Wolves, both with Level 5 strength attributes.
Each of the two Second Wolves received one fish.
Each fish weighed five or six pounds.
"Awooo! Awooo!"
After receiving food, the two Second Wolves howled excitedly again and again.
The remaining four Last Wolves did not receive such good treatment.
Last Wolves occupied the lowest position in the pack.
Wolf Dad merely threw two fish before them without dividing them further.
This caused them to instantly begin a brutal struggle for food.
The strong ruled supreme; at this moment, it was once again vividly proven.
Strong wolves could eat more food, while weak ones could only eat scraps.
But with Wolf Dad's deterrence present, although the struggle among the Last Wolves was brutal, they still showed some restraint.
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