Qin Qi: Snow Empress Is the Real Deal-When There's Trouble, She Really Steps Up!

Time passed second by second. The sun was soon about to set, yet Qin Qi and Guga still hadn't found Dodoco in the valley.

"We've turned the entire valley upside down! I've even dug through a whole layer of snow! Why can't we find Dodoco?!"

"Could Dodoco have grown legs and run off by itself?!"

Qin Qi covered his face with both hands and let out an unrecognizable wail. But after wailing, he froze.

"Dodoco was made by Alice... Maybe it really did grow legs and run away on its own!"

Qin Qi suddenly remembered that Alice was a witch—a very strange witch at that.

Who knew what tricks she had pulled when she made Dodoco?

"Guga..."

After hearing Qin Qi's words, Gugu Gaga seemed to think of something. She grabbed Qin Qi's hand and ran to the entrance of the valley.

"Guga! (Here, human, here!)"

Guga bounced up and down excitedly.

"Here? What's wrong with here?"

Qin Qi lowered his head to look at the ground beneath his feet. There was nothing unusual—just snow.

They had searched here before. Dodoco wasn't here.

"Guga! (Footprints, super huge footprints!)"

Gugu Gaga ran in a circle around the area, then cried out excitedly.

"You mean this place is a footprint... a super huge footprint!"

"Something came through here... No, footprints this big didn't belong to a human. They belonged to a Soul Beast."

Qin Qi began running uphill. Once he climbed to the peak, he and Guga looked down together.

An enormous footprint lay before him, and he immediately thought of a type of Soul Beast from the Far North.

"Titan Snow Demon!"

"These must be Titan Snow Demon footprints. But why would they take Klee's Dodoco?"

Qin Qi frowned. The Titan Snow Demon clan was difficult to deal with, and they even had a Titan Snow Demon King among them.

If a fight broke out, Qin Qi's little body wouldn't be able to take it.

"Damn it, I'm going all in. For Dodoco, for Klee!"

"Let's go find the Snow Empress."

Qin Qi planned to take Orange to find the Snow Empress. For one thing, he had no idea where the Titan Snow Demons lived.

For another, the Snow Empress ruled the Far North. Asking her to help retrieve their things would be perfect.

Qin Qi had just taken out Orange when Doro appeared out of thin air.

"Orange! Doro!"

After appearing from nowhere, Doro visibly blanked out for a moment, then threw herself excitedly into Qin Qi's arms.

"Doro, when did you get back?"

"Never mind, it's good that you're back. Let's ask the Snow Empress for help. We have to find Dodoco!"

Qin Qi held Doro in both arms, then headed deeper into the Far North while calling for the Snow Empress.

"Snow Empress, can you hear me? I need to talk to you about something!"

"Guga, guga!"

"Doro, doro!"

The three little ones continued onward. About five minutes later, the Snow Empress appeared before them.

"You... became a Guga too?"

The Snow Empress looked at Qin Qi, who had turned into a Guga. Her gaze shifted slightly as she spoke.

"It's just clothes. Clothes to keep out the cold."

"Um, Snow Empress... do you eat Orange? Or would you like some Cookies?"

Qin Qi held Orange in his left hand and Cookies in his right as he spoke.

"You came to me for something, didn't you? If you have something to say, say it directly."

The Snow Empress had no intention of exchanging pleasantries. As an ice-and-snow spirit, she did not understand such formalities.

"I want you to help us find the Titan Snow Demons. They picked up a pair of things that are very important to us."

Qin Qi awkwardly handed Orange and Cookies to Doro and Guga.

"Alright. I'll take you to find the Titan Snow Demon King."

The Snow Empress nodded directly and led Qin Qi to the Titan Snow Demon King without hesitation.

"Who said the Snow Empress was cold and heartless? She's way too kind. I have to give her more Orange from now on!"

Qin Qi was moved. The Snow Empress was someone worth being friends with—when there was trouble, she really helped! They had to stay in touch more often.

The group traveled through the wind and snow for a long time before finally finding the Titan Snow Demon King.

They were currently staring blankly at Klee's backpack.

"Guga!"

The moment Guga saw the backpack, her eyes lit up. She charged forward excitedly, hugged the backpack, and ran back with it.

"Put down my things!"

The Titan Snow Demon King watched the black-and-white ball snatch away his belongings, and he immediately became angry.

"Titan Snow Demon King, those are not your things. They belong to them."

"Now return them to their rightful owners."

The Snow Empress's expression did not change as she spoke calmly.

"Yes."

Upon hearing the Snow Empress's words, the Titan Snow Demon King immediately stopped moving and lowered his head.

That was the Snow Empress's status in the Far North. Once she spoke, no one dared defy her.

"Guga, guga! (Human, we found Dodoco! We won't freeze to death! We can go home!)"

Guga was so excited she was nearly crying. She had finally found Dodoco. Now they could go home.

They could sit in a warm house and eat Cookies!

"Guga!"

Qin Qi sniffled. He was so excited that he did not know what to say, so he could only guga a few times to express his feelings.

"Doro?"

Doro did not understand why Qin Qi and Guga were so excited, but she still gave everyone a big hug.

"Snow Empress, thank you so much for helping us."

"Mm, I don't have anything to repay you with right now. How about this? These bombs are for you."

Qin Qi opened Klee's backpack. Other than two books, everything inside was bombs.

He silently took out the bombs and gave them all to the Snow Empress.

"Mm."

The Snow Empress looked at the items in her hands. She did not recognize them, nor did she sense anything special about them.

"Snow Empress, these things are very powerful. Be careful—light them, then throw them out."

"Throw them far away, understand? Usually, keep them away from fire. Well, you don't have any fire here."

"Anyway, just be careful. I'll demonstrate."

Seeing the Snow Empress's adorably blank expression, Qin Qi felt a little worried and reached out to take back a bomb.

"Guga, does Doro have fire?"

Qin Qi asked.

"Doro!"

Doro took out a lighter. No one knew where she had pulled it from.

But she had one.

"Alright, watch closely."

Qin Qi looked at the fist-sized bomb in his hand. He figured its power should not be too great.

It was probably just a slightly larger firecracker.

He flicked open the lighter. Despite the howling wind and snow, the flame remained steady.

He lit the fuse, then hurled it away with all his strength.

"Look—"

Qin Qi was about to tell everyone to watch carefully, but before he could finish, the Jumpy Dumpty began to grow larger.

After the first explosion, however, a large number of smaller bombs sprang out and triggered a second explosion.

After the second explosion came a third wave of explosions, and after the third wave, an avalanche began.

"Sorry! I'll bring you other gifts later! Bye!"

"Guga, Doro, run!"

Qin Qi looked at the avalanche rolling toward them like a towering tidal wave. He tossed the remaining bombs to the Snow Empress.

Then he hugged Guga and Doro tightly, grabbed the backpack, and turned to run.

"Gugu Gaga!"

"Doro!"

Guga and Doro exerted their power together. In an instant, space-time travel activated, and Qin Qi and the Gugas vanished into thin air.

"What incredible power!"

The Snow Empress looked at the Jumpy Dumpties in her hands, somewhat surprised. These little things were incredibly powerful.

And that person had so casually given such powerful weapons to her.

He really was a strange person, but she found herself wanting to learn more about them.