Feng Ling made a "tiny" gesture.
"You don't understand my decision because you're too young, like newborn cubs. You don't have sharp enough teeth and claws, so you feel nervous, uneasy, and worried when faced with a new environment. If you want to stay in an environment like this, you need a sufficiently compelling and meaningful reason to convince yourselves. But I don't need one. I'm the mom—"
Smiling, Feng Ling pointed at herself and said openly, "The most important thing between people is mutual understanding. I can understand your caution as cubs, and you should understand my persistence as a mom. Finding the Golden Egg isn't something we have to do, but it's what I most want to do right now."
Wang Xunmei and Zhang Lu were not highly ranked on the Hunter Ranking, while Lin Pengpeng was genuinely ranked seventh on Star Hunter International's internal leaderboard. Yet Feng Ling had just collectively called them cubs.
The three of them had complicated feelings as they silently exchanged looks.
What Feng Ling had said was not particularly pleasant to hear, but they all knew she had not meant to humiliate them. Her tone had been so natural and matter-of-fact, as though she were merely stating an indisputable fact.
Just then, a huge group of Infected swarmed over from outside the tree hollow.
Old Hat led them, using a branch as a cane. He took two steps forward and called out, "We have a lead on the Golden Egg."
Feng Ling ignored the three of them and led Huangfu Miaomiao straight toward Old Hat.
Old Hat and the Infected behind him led Feng Ling out of the tree hollow and elsewhere.
Zhang Lu wanted to follow, but seeing that neither Lin Pengpeng nor Wang Xunmei moved, he found himself caught between