A gratified smile appeared on Ye Xuan's face. He could sense that this Ice Mouse was perfectly suited to the Far North's environment.
Now, as long as he created enough Ice Mice in batches and allowed them to form a stable population, the fourth trial of the Life God's Trial would be perfectly completed!
"Only the final two steps remain."
Ye Xuan spoke calmly, fiery light gleaming in his eyes.
"This is a female. As long as I create a compatible male for her to mate with, the Far North's first litter of lemmings will soon multiply rapidly."
The snow hut was warm and cozy at dusk. The campfire crackled, and the air still carried the scorched aroma of roasted snow rabbit.
Ye Xuan placed the newly created male Ice Mouse into the enclosure, pairing it with the female Ice Mouse from before. Watching the two palm-sized little creatures sniff at each other and nuzzle affectionately, a smile curled at his lips.
These were the Adam and Eve of the Ice Mouse population, the starting point of the Far North's new ecosystem.
Bo Saixi cleared the leftover bones from the grill, while Snow Empress turned her face away, watching the Ice Mice inside the enclosure with a complicated look in her eyes. A faint blush still lingered on her cheeks.
When Ye Xuan and Bo Saixi had roasted the snow rabbit Snow Empress caught, she had been full of resentment. Yet when the tantalizing scent of roast rabbit drifted over, she ultimately could not resist taking a few bites. Now that she was full and satisfied, her hostility toward Ye Xuan had temporarily subsided.
Ice Empress stood at Ye Xuan's side, anxiously twisting the hem of her skirt in her hands. Her catgirl uniform made her skin seem as