"Come back, you two." Xu Xin said to Mimi and Afu in the cave.
At the same time, he frowned and looked inside.
There is indeed danger here.
However, from his current perception, the so-called source of danger should be asleep.
"嘤!" Coco still looked very resistant. She curled up in Xu Xin's arms, looking like she didn't want to go in at all.
Xu Xin still has great faith in Coco's perception.
In that case…
Xu Xin touched his backpack.
Inside, there is a petrified bomb brought out from the underground world.
Mimi and Afu, who came out of the cave, seemed reluctant to leave the cave.
"How about it, do you want to go in?"
Zeng Tao asked, holding a big knife.
She looked into the cave, eyes wide, and unconsciously took a step forward.
Judging from her appearance, she was obviously attracted to him.
Xu Xin glanced at the time.
Now... it's almost four in the afternoon.
At this time, when the cold winter has not yet ended, the sky is already filled with the afterglow of the sunset.
I'm afraid it will be completely dark here in a few minutes.
Here... it's still too dangerous.
Moreover, after experiencing their exploration of the underground world, knowing Shi Wanyun's experience, and speculating on Qin Fu's current experience, he would be somewhat hesitant about such an unknown but definitely dangerous place.
I always feel that there will be some triggering activities.
… Let’s just forget about it for now.
He couldn't afford to get caught up in another activity now that the winter season was coming to an end.
And he just came out from underground!
"Oh! Oh! Oh!" Kokoro saw Xu Xin had been looking into the cave, and suddenly became a little anxious, flapping his little paws around.
"Okay, okay, let's not go in. Let's go back." Xu Xin said.
"Bing!"
"Ah? Go back?" Zeng Tao was already holding a big knife and half a foot into the cave, "No way? We are already here! Didn't you say that since we are here, why don't we go in!"
As she spoke, she stepped into the cave.
Xu Xin shook his head: "I believe in Coco's intuition, and it has never been wrong. Besides, it is not suitable to get into a dangerous situation at this stage. Let's go back first and make a long-term plan."
He originally just wanted to come over to check out the situation, otherwise he should have come with the other members of the explorers.
Of course, at this stage, they may not have the time.
"This..." Zeng Tao looked uncomfortable.
"Okay, let's go back..." Xu Xin's words suddenly stopped, and then his brows slowly frowned.
"嘤!" Coco suddenly hung behind Xu Xin, with only half of her head exposed, looking into the cave.
Zeng Tao still wanted to fight for it: "Why not let me in? I have two lives now, and..."
"Stop talking!"
"…Huh? What's wrong…"
Zeng Tao was startled by Xu Xin's stern rebuke, and she muttered something in a low voice.
She thought Xu Xin was angry, so she quickly retreated from the cave and stood beside him obediently.
Beside them, Silver King, Mimi and Afu didn't react much. The three beasts were frightened by Xu Xin's scolding.
"… Hey, it's back to normal?" Xu Xin murmured in a low voice.
His eyes were solemn.
Just now, the steady breathing sound in the cave suddenly became heavy!
The owner of the breathing sound seems to have woken up!
Moreover, he also heard a "hissing" sound, as if there was a gas leak.
However, now, as Zeng Tao retreated from the cave, the sound returned to normal.
"What's recovered... Huh?" Zeng Tao twitched her nose slightly.
"What's wrong?" Xu Xin asked immediately.
"It seems..." Zeng Tao's eyes were confused for a moment, then they regained clarity. Then she took a step back cautiously, "There is a strange smell! Just now it seemed to affect my brain! I just felt dizzy for a moment!"
Weird taste
"Isn't that the smell of red mist?"
"No, definitely not, it's something else! It's a little weird, but... not bad." Zeng Tao sniffed twice more, "Hmm... I can't smell it now."
Xu Xin glanced at Mimi, Silver King and the others.
They were also affected, but only for a moment.
Why did the guy who made the breathing sound in the cave suddenly wake up...
ah…
Is it because Zeng Tao just stepped into the cave
But Mimi and the others clearly entered earlier.
Is it because Zeng Tao is a survivor that caused the guys inside to react
“… Don’t move, let me try.”
Having said that, Xu Xin stepped directly into the cave.
“—”
The moment he stepped into the cave, the breathing sounds in the cave became noticeably heavier!
Then, there was another "hissing" sound, similar to that of gas leakage, coming from the depths of the cave.
The sound was so small that he would not have been able to hear it if it weren't for his hearing amplification.
As expected…!
If the survivors enter this passage, something will happen!
No wonder Coco wouldn’t let him in!
"Bing!"
Coco was startled by Xu Xin's sudden step into the cave and screamed.
It immediately jumped off Xu Xin's shoulder, grabbed his ankles with its little paws and tried to pull him out.
"Okay, okay, let's go out."
Xu Xin took a step back and exited the cave.
"Xu Xin, I...should we go in and take a look..."
At this time, Zeng Tao beside him suddenly spoke.
Her eyes were fixed on the interior of the cave, and she was about to step directly into it.
At the same time, the same situation occurred to Silver King Mimi and Ah Fu.
"Calm down!" Xu Xin shouted immediately, and then tried to reach out to grab Zeng Tao, but when he realized that he couldn't do it at all, he immediately chopped Zeng Tao's head with a knife.
“Ah…” Zeng Tao reacted immediately.
She was naturally not hurt by the blow, she just touched the place where Xu Xin hit her, and looked into the cave reluctantly: "Well, actually... I feel that there must be good things in this cave."
"Even if there are good things, they are not available to us now."
Xu Xin frowned.
"Bing!"
Coco's performance was more nervous than ever before.
He looked down.
Coco is still holding her ankles and pulling herself away from the cave.
“Oh!”
"Let's go quickly." Xu Xin also had a bad feeling in his heart and said immediately.
He took one look at the hole and then gave up the idea of blocking it.
This hole is too big and can’t be blocked at all!
Let’s stay away from here for the time being!
"We really have to go... Okay, okay!" Zeng Tao looked at the cave again, then opened her eyes, "Huh?"
"What's wrong?" Xu Xin immediately looked into the cave.
With his enhanced vision, he could see the entire cave, but nothing had changed.
"... Well, I just saw something shrinking down inside?" Zeng Tao was a little confused, "Maybe I saw it wrong?"
…Whether I was mistaken or not, I can’t stay here any longer.
Xu Xin took one last look at the cave, resisted the urge to fire a few explosive crossbow rounds into it, retreated a few dozen meters, then turned around and left.
The few of them walked around again and then started back the same way.
It was then that Xu Xin discovered that within a radius of several kilometers near the cave, there was not even a single red light spot on the map!
Combining the feelings of Zeng Tao and Jishou just now...
Could it be that all the mutant creatures and wild beasts around here were attracted into this cave
Xu Xin glanced at Coco, who was lying on his shoulder with her big tail resting on his chest and her little head facing backwards, staring at the cave.
If the little guy hadn't tried to stop him, he would have definitely gone in to explore.
But the little guy's attitude made him retreat immediately.
He grabbed the little guy's big tail and breathed a sigh of relief.
Maybe this time it was the little guy who saved his life again.
"Ah, this is so boring!" Zeng Tao held up the big knife and slammed it on the ground as he walked, dissatisfied, "I haven't tried my new weapon in actual combat yet! Why isn't there even a wild animal around here!"
"Okay, isn't it better if there is no danger?"
Xu Xin looked up at the sky.
At this time, the sun had completely set.
The sky is dotted with stars.
… there is no moon.
It's another moonless night.
Let’s get back to the tree house as soon as possible.
Xu Xin looked back at the direction of the cave for the last time, then climbed onto the wolf.
"Let's go back as soon as possible."
"Okay..." Zeng Tao was not in a good mood and let Xu Xin put her into the bracelet.
The Silver King quickly brought him back.
Xu Xin released Zeng Tao and coaxed her back by promising that he would make her giant sword soon.
Sitting on the sofa, he began to check the world channel and the alliance channel.
"… You. District 23 and District 5 have also formed an alliance."
Previously, because they could only form an alliance with one area, Districts 23 and 5 had been waiting for a response from District 188. However, after District 188 formed an alliance with District 1, the two areas no longer hesitated and formed an alliance with each other directly.
He looked out the window, and sure enough, there was another larger purple-black arch bridge spanning the horizon, connecting two distant areas together.
The world channel is also very lively.
"It's over, it's dark, and it's snowing again!"
"Oh my god, we're really going to be buried in the snow this time!"
"What's going on? How come I unlocked three teleportation arrays today?"
"I thought today would be over..."
"It's the last minute. Those who have the ability to unlock it have basically unlocked it..."
"Big brothers, please help me... I'm almost freezing to death..."
"It's too cold in the tree house! Only the area around the fireplace can maintain a normal temperature... I'm going to sleep next to the fireplace tonight..."
"Sleeping next to the fireplace, won't you get carbon monoxide poisoning?"
"It's better than freezing to death!"
"Alas, although it's not snowing in our area, it's still cold... When will this cold winter end..."
"It seems that several people in our area have frozen to death... I hope I won't be the next one..."
At present, 28 of the 30 major formations have been unlocked, leaving only the last two.
But there has been no news about these two.
I don’t know what’s going on with Jin Yue. It’s already dark.
As for the alliance channel, they were discussing something else.
"Today we lost more than ten people in District 1!"
"What the hell is going on!"
"I've already told you not to go out. Just stay in the tree house and wait for this cold winter to pass. This is what our explorer leader said. Look, isn't there anyone missing from our 188th District?"
"That's not right. One of the people who died today was someone I know. He was very timid. He would never leave the tree house unless he had a mission. This should have nothing to do with whether he was in the tree house or not, right?"
"Um... maybe it's because our tree house in Area 188 is stronger, so it's okay?"
"… I'm so fucking stupid!"
"Explorer elders, please put some items on the Alliance Trading Platform. We are all allies now, and we want the same treatment!"
They were all discussing the recent mysterious deaths of survivors.
Perhaps, these survivors, like Shi Wanyun, were teleported to an extremely dangerous place
I don’t understand, but fortunately the people in District 188 are fine today.
They had originally planned to take advantage of this last period of time to allow the survivors who were near the teleportation formation activated by Niu Fugui to come over.
But the death of hundreds of people in Area 1 served as a wake-up call for them.
Especially after learning about Shi Wanyun's incident, all the explorers unanimously decided not to let them come over for the time being.
Anyway, the teleportation array has always been there, and there will always be opportunities in the future. There is no need to take the risk now.
Most of the survivors in Area 188 today stayed in the tree house obediently, and as a result, no one died.
good.
Judging from the world channel, several other people who activated the teleportation array area died inexplicably.
So, now all over the world, whether it is an area where it is still snowing or an area where it is not snowing, everyone is working together to quickly end this cold winter!
Unknown dangers are the most terrifying!
At this time, outside the tree house, there was a sound of the teleportation array exit gathering.
Xu Xin looked out the window and saw Jin Yue leaping out of the purple-black vortex, and then because of the side effects of the portal, his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
Jin Yue is back!
Xu Xin immediately took a look at the rankings and found Jin Yue's name at the end.
She climbed successfully!
So fast!
This couldn’t be... It only took three hours!
Xu Xin immediately swung down from the tree house.
Jin Yue had already taken Qi Xuefei's pills, eliminated the side effects, and stood up.
"Mission accomplished." Seeing Xu Xin coming, she smiled faintly and said.
"Thank you for your hard work." Xu Xin nodded and said, "Go and have a rest. Leave the rest to me."
The shortcut through the teleportation array is easy to take.
It is a spiral staircase climbing upwards in the snow-capped peak.
Just find two more people.
"Actually, I'm not tired..."
At this time, footsteps were heard in the jungle. Xu Xin turned around and saw that it was Lou Feier.
"Where have you been?" Xu Xin asked when he saw her frowning slightly and looking a little out of breath.
"I am... Ah, Jin Yue, you're back!" Lou Feier looked up and saw Jin Yue, and immediately ran over, "Have you encountered any danger?"
"Dangerous?" Jin Yue was a little confused, then shook her head and said, "No, my climb was smooth this time."
"Oh..." Lou Feier seemed to be thinking about something.
"What did you discover?" Xu Xin asked.
"Yeah." Lou Feier nodded and said, "During this period of time, I have been paying close attention to the situation around me, because the words of the person who just came made me a little concerned. As a result, I really found something unusual!"
"When I looked out the window, I saw a short figure flash by behind the tree! I immediately chased after it!" she said, pointing to the jungle.
"Didn't catch up?"
"Well... but it's not nothing." Lou Feier touched her backpack, took out something from it and handed it to Xu Xin.
“What is this…?” Xu Xin was a little surprised as he held the orb that was emitting a bright white light.
Treehouse core
"I found it at the place where the figure disappeared. It must have been left there." Lou Feier explained.
Looking at the tree house core in his hand, his mind was a little confused.
What's the meaning
"At least it proves that I was not mistaken. There must have been someone there just now!" Lou Feier looked back at the jungle, folding her arms across her chest. "This guy probably wanted to do something with the tree house core, but he realized that I found it, so he ran for his life in a panic and left the tree house core there."
That should be it.
Xu Xin also frowned slightly.
What is this trying to do
He thought of what happened to Shi Wanyun.
Could it be that...
He glanced at the bare jungle.
"Let's talk about this later." Xu Xin put away the core of the tree house, "First activate the teleportation formation that Jin Yue climbed."
"Leave it to me, count me in!" Lou Feier said immediately, "I also want to see what the shortcut looks like, and I'm fast enough."
"Then I'll take a look around." Jin Yue said, "Let me scout out the nearby enemies."
Okay.
Jin Yue doesn't seem to want to rest now.
"Don't go too far. It's still very dangerous in the jungle right now."
"Um."
After thinking for a while, Xu Xin called Zeng Tao again.
"Ah! Lou Feier!" Zeng Tao rushed over as soon as she saw Lou Feier, wanting to knock her to the ground.
But Lou Feier dodged lightly and she missed.
"Why are you hiding?" Zeng Tao glared at Lou Feier, "I want you to know what the price is for teasing me when I'm weak!"
"Forget it, little guy. You can't even touch me." Lou Feier teased.
"you… !"
"That's enough." Xu Xin stopped the farce of the two people, and then said to Zeng Tao, "Aren't you bored? Go with Lou Feier and unlock the snow mountain formation."
"Unlock the Snow Mountain Array? Great!" Zeng Tao's eyes lit up and he agreed immediately.
After explaining everything, Xu Xin returned to the tree house.
Qin Fu's green light spot is still in the hilly resource area.
And he still couldn't get in touch.
Xu Xin is now basically certain that this guy has been involved in some activity.
He took a break and contacted the other explorers.
Because he had not replied to the other strong men in Area 1, they have now contacted Ji Chaoyang and expressed their goodwill.
At present, although the word "alliance" is not enough to dispel the doubts between the two regions, it is much easier to talk about than before when there was no relationship at all.
Li Wenxi also sent a voice message, saying that her furnace had accelerated the smelting speed of the meteorite iron, and it would be smelted by tomorrow morning at the latest.
There was still no news from Shi Wanyun, and Xu Xin didn't dare to send her a message to disturb her. Fortunately, her name was still lit.
Taking advantage of his free time, he came to the art room and started blue-level art engraving.
Immersed in art, he didn't know how much time had passed before his watch vibrated.
It was a voice message from Zeng Tao: "We have reached the top, quickly get Jin Yue to come over, the three of us will activate the formation! Quick, quick, we are the last one left! Don't let others snatch it away!"
The last one
Xu Xin looked out the window.
During the time he was withering, another large formation was activated.
Once their formation is activated, it will be the 30th one!
Jin Yue didn't have a watch and was also patrolling outside the tree house. Xu Xin went down immediately, found her with his extraordinary hearing and vision, and told her the situation.
Jin Yue immediately activated the teleportation array and went over.
Soon, a few minutes later, the last purple-black beam of light shot up into the sky.
At the same time, the mysterious voice once again rang in the ears of all survivors around the world.
The 30th snow mountain teleportation array has been unlocked and the conditions have been met!
From now on, the cold winter is over!
The cold winter is finally over!