Blinding neon lights replaced the warm bonfire. Cold glass and steel skyscrapers stood tall, and the cacophony of traffic and voices filled her ears.
She stood dazedly at a busy intersection, turning to look around. There was no one beside her.
Her Beast Husbands, her dozens of lively and adorable cubs, had all vanished without a trace, like clouds scattered by the wind.
An icy panic instantly gripped her heart, nearly suffocating her.
'Am I back in the modern world?'
'If I'm here, then where are Chou Rong, Zhu Xiu, Jin Yi, Hua Han, Xin Feng, Yan Lie, and Yin Ze? Where are my cubs?'
'The system! Right, the system!'
Just as she was reeling in shock, about to subconsciously call out for the system in her mind, a voice came from behind her. It was a voice she thought had long been buried by time, yet it remained seared into the deepest part of her memory, filled with a familiar tenderness and intimacy:
"Wanwan, why are you standing here all alone, spacing out?"
