Inside the Anta County Forest Protection Bureau.
"Tsk, why is this thing broken again?" A bearded man wrapped in a military coat patted the radiator and said with a frown.
"Our location is too remote and the pipes are too old, so it's normal for them to break."
A young man in his early twenties carried a stove and placed it in the middle of the cramped office. He touched the surface of the stove with his hand and confirmed that it was warm. Then he continued:
"Uncle Li, why don't we apply to the higher authorities to move our base to the city? We don't have heating every winter, how can we do this?"
Li Deyang frowned and said firmly: "That won't work. Our team's mission is to monitor the primeval forest behind us. If we move to the city, what if something happens in the forest?"
The young man opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything. He silently put his red, frozen hands into his sleeves and walked around the room with his head down.
The heat from the heater had not yet completely dissipated, and the entire room was like an ice cellar. If you stopped at this moment, you would soon be frozen numb.
Li Deyang fiddled with the heater for a while, but it was of no use. He gave up struggling completely, slowly stood up, and walked to an old blackboard at the edge of the room.
The blackboard looked like it was taken out from a former student classroom, but it was only half a piece, broken in the middle, with a few strands of spider silk stuck to the sharp edges. The surface of the blackboard was also frozen and cracked, with fine cracks everywhere.
On the blackboard, a huge forest map was pinned with a thumbtack. On it, circles were drawn one after another with a red pen, and there were also a large number of small arrows and question marks, densely distributed together, making people dizzy.
Li Deyang stood in front of the map, rubbing the stubble on his chin with his hand, his thick brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
"Xiao Chen, I always feel that the position of that thing is not right. Let's study it carefully..." Li Deyang casually took out a red marker from the groove under the blackboard and wanted to write something on the map, but the tip of the pen fell on the surface of the map, leaving only a barely visible faint mark.
Li Deyang shook the pen vigorously, put the tip of the pen in front of his mouth, opened his mouth and blew out a puff of white steam.
Chen Han sighed, "Uncle Li, our realm is not high enough. No matter how much we analyze the actions of those 'mysterious' creatures, we can't kill them!"
"That has to be done!" Li Deyang glared at him. "The application has been sent out. Sooner or later, the higher-ups will send a special team over. Our mission is to help them find the real hiding place of that thing!"
He looked back at the map and continued, "Now the number of 'mysterious' people in Daxia is increasing. The burden on the special team is too heavy. Now that we have a clear understanding of the door, we can help them save more time. This is also a contribution to the country!"
Chen Han couldn't help but say, "We are all frozen like this, how can we still think about the situation in Daxia? Besides, our place is so remote, and what we reported is only the 'mystery' of the 'Chuan-Hai' realm. Will there really be a special team to help us?"
Li Deyang was stunned. He was silent for a moment and nodded heavily.
"Yes, I will."
Boom boom boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Li Deyang and Chen Han looked at each other, and saw doubt in each other's eyes.
No one has knocked on the door of this Forest Ranger Bureau for nearly a year.
Chen Han walked forward and opened the door. He was stunned when he saw four young men dressed as tourists standing behind the door.
"What can I do for you?"
Lin Qiye took off his thick mask, a smile appeared on his face, and he spoke politely:
"Hello, we are here to play, but we are not very familiar with the forest ahead, so I want to ask if there is a map that can give us a copy..."
"map?"
Li Deyang in the room laughed when he heard this, "What do you think is behind this? A theme park? That's a primeval forest!"
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, then slowly pointed to the map on the blackboard in the room.
"So... what's that on the blackboard?"
Li Deyang: …
"That's just a forest area planning map. It has nothing to do with the original forest behind." Chen Han said calmly, looking seriously into Lin Qiye's eyes, "Besides, you can't enter that forest."
Lin Qiye raised his eyebrows, "Why?"
"Because... there are bears in the woods."
"Bears?" Lin Qiye's face showed joy. "That's great. We came here specifically to shoot a documentary about bears. If it's not too much trouble, can we go in and sit for a while? I want to know more about the situation inside."
Chen Han frowned slightly, and he turned to look at Li Deyang in the room. The latter stared at Lin Qiye and the other three for a long time, then nodded slowly.
"Young man, it's windy outside, come in and have some tea." Li Deyang took out the kettle from under the table, took four paper cups from the cabinet, and began to pour water for them.
Steam rose from the paper cups, and the heater in the house finally began to work. Lin Qiye and the other three walked into the house, put down their backpacks, sat down around an eight-person table, took off their gloves, and began to keep warm by the heater.
"Young man, I don't care what you want to do in the forest, but now is definitely not a good time to go in." Li Deyang sat on one side wrapped in a military coat and said seriously, "If you really want to go in, you can wait until a month later."
Lin Qiye and the other three looked at each other. Baili Pangpang touched his pocket, took out a shiny Rolex and handed it to Li Deyang.
"Uncle, why can't we enter this forest? Can you tell us in detail?" Baili Pangpang said with a simple smile, "We came all the way from Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It's really not easy. If we just go back like this... it's really a loss!"
Li Deyang glanced at the Rolex and snorted, "Don't play those city tricks with me. I can see that you are also rich young men who are out looking for excitement. I advise you again, don't lose your life for that little excitement."
Seeing that Li Deyang had said this, Baili Pangpang could only sit down awkwardly. Lin Qiye turned his head to look at An Qingyu who had been staring at the map beside him. The latter turned his head and nodded slightly.
Lin Qiye found another topic to chat with Li Deyang, thanked him, and then got up and left.
As soon as Cao Yuan opened the door, he saw a familiar old man standing at the door with a checkered cloth bag on his back. Behind him was the little girl with two pigtails, who stretched out her hand as if she was about to knock on the door.
When he saw the four people behind the door, he was stunned at first, and then his expression became strange.