Xu Le briefly imagined what Chi Xiao had gone through back then.
Abandoned in the wilderness for over twenty days at ten years old, bitten and hunted by Oddities, weak, pitiful, and helpless...
All right, perhaps not that weak.
But putting himself in her shoes, Xu Le figured that at ten, even being chased by a stray dog would have sent him running and crying, let alone an Oddity. People's constitutions really were different.
"Then how did you survive?"
"I reached Level 4. After I killed the Oddities around me, a few scavengers in the wilderness picked me up."
"You were saved?"
"No, they wanted to eat me."
Xu Le froze for a moment. By eat, she meant...
"People?"
"Yeah. They were lost wanderers with no food, and they didn't dare eat Oddities. After starving for days, seeing a piece of fresh meat on the verge of death, it was normal for them to want to eat it."
Chi Xiao remained matter-of-fact, but Xu Le's scalp tingled.
"What happened next?"
"I killed several of the wanderers and left two alive to carry me to Tianrui Lifeng. Along the way, I ate some unidentified plants and wild animal meat that looked clean, and survived."
"All right."
After hearing about Chi Xiao's past, Xu Le didn't know what to say for a moment.
He actually wanted to ask whether she wanted to return to Lighthouse for revenge, but that question was rather pointed. Besides, even if he asked, he couldn't help. He would only be satisfying his curiosity.
Just then, Chi Xiao beckoned to the insect in the sky.
Death's Nail hesitated, but it had now noticed the change in their allegiances. They had gone from enemies to being on the same side.
That dangerous female creature probably wouldn't attack it anymore.