Chapter 220: The Akeniksen Child of Destiny
"The Akeniksen will go extinct!"
That single sentence detonated in Hama Pi's heart like a nuclear bomb, setting off all the panic and unease that had built up earlier along with it.
He had never cared about the rest of his kind before, only, at most, about his standing in the Merchant Association. Yet now, his heart pounded with overwhelming dread.
He seemed never to have considered what it would be like to become the last Akeniksen.
Continuing their existence was the most basic instinct of all life. Even though the Akeniksen had long felt little attachment to their own people, beneath this looming cloud of extinction that suddenly felt so real, Hama Pi could not help panicking over his people's future.
But Qin Xiaoxia's next sentence punched a hole straight through the thick mushroom cloud that had gathered in the sky of his heart.
"If you don't do something about it!"
Me?
What could I do?
Hama Pi's breathing quickened uncontrollably along with his heartbeat.
"What could I do? I'm just a nobody in the Merchant Association..."
In truth, he hardly even qualified as a nobody. Unless someone flipped through the membership register, probably not a single Akeniksen in the entire Merchant Association would remember that Hama Pi existed. If he failed to pay his next membership fee in full, it would be his third offense, and he would be expelled.
Hearing the excitement that Hama Pi could barely hide beneath his apprehensive question, Qin Xiaoxia knew he had stirred him up enough. He slowly turned, facing him fully rather than showing him only his profile.
"A nobody? Yes, right now, you are indeed a nobody."
"But at the same time..."
Qin Xiaoxia met the little eyes of Hama Pi, who had