Being a Dog Was Truly Blissful

Because prolonged exposure to sunlight had caused the temperature inside the barrier to rise steadily, hundreds of Kex people had fallen ill from the unrelenting heat, and several had died because treatment had come too late.

Looking at the Kex people still receiving treatment in the wards, every member of the Kex leadership felt unbearably heavy-hearted.

If they did not agree to Amoeba's demands, the number of Kex people lying in hospital beds would increase by hundreds, perhaps thousands of times. This was a helpless choice made for the continuation of their race and civilization.

Yet agreeing to Amoeba's demands meant that the entire Kex race would become slaves to another race. This group of Kex leaders would be cursed by their descendants. Because of their choice, Kex civilization would henceforth live beneath the shadow of other civilizations.

During their negotiations with the Collectors, every Kex leader had been in despair. Never before had life seemed so bleak to them.

However, those thoughts did not last long...

After reaching an agreement with the Collectors, the Kex voluntarily cut off the barrier's energy supply. Deprived of energy, the barrier gradually vanished. Air began to circulate between the inside and outside, and a fresh breeze swept over the city, washing through the dryness caused by days of relentless sunlight.

The ordinary Kex civilians cheered as they ran from the basements where they had sheltered from the heat and onto the streets, greedily breathing in the cool, moist air flowing in from beyond the protective barrier.

At the Kex people's request, the Collectors created an artificial rainfall that covered the entire city. Sweet rain fell from the heavens, nourishing this land that had been parched for so long.

All areas of Shaking Star occupied by the Rhizome were returned to the Kex. After