The lush jungle was extremely dark after dark, with almost no light.
Even though Qin Fu ate blue-level red berries and gained night vision, he still couldn't clearly grasp the conditions on the ground.
Just like turning on night vision goggles at night, the color perception will be much worse.
So, when he noticed that the ground beneath his feet had turned red, he was already half sunk into the mud.
But before he could say anything, he was completely immersed in it and disappeared.
"What happened? Qin Fu?"
Xu Xin's heart tightened immediately after hearing Qin Fu's sudden exclamation.
As a result, no matter how he called, there was no response from the other side.
Even after more than ten seconds, the call that was originally connected was suddenly terminated.
If I call again, the communication is no longer possible.
this…
Xu Xin narrowed his eyes.
What happened over there
Qin Fu he...
Something happened
He immediately checked the name on the private message.
Fortunately, there was no gray on Qin Fu’s name, indicating that he was not dead.
But his name has faded like other survivors who are far away from here.
In other words, it is indeed impossible to establish contact with him now.
On his side...
what happened
Xu Xin looked at the map.
On the map, the light spot that originally represented him has disappeared.
Disappeared without a trace.
Within a radius of dozens of kilometers from his tree house, only his tree house is still dotted with green spots of light representing his companions.
Xu Xin looked out the window, in the direction where Qin Fu disappeared.
Over there, it was about 800 meters away from his tree house.
Not too far.
There is real danger over there!
… He wanted to go and see where Qin Fu disappeared!
According to Qin Fu, there is a high possibility that there is a way to deal with this insect nest.
Moreover, he couldn't just stand by and watch his men die, especially so close to the tree house.
"Silver King, Mimi, and Ah Fu, it's time for you to go out for a walk. You've been staying in the tree house for so long that you're probably going to get rusty." Xu Xin stood up and said to the three beasts who were lying in the corner, looking as if they didn't want to move at all.
“Oh…” The Silver King slowly stood up and walked over.
Ah Fu also fluttered over.
Mimi lay on the ground without moving, just looking up.
Mimi should have loved going out the most, but now it seems like it doesn't want to go out at all.
These guys have looked like this since the hot summer came.
Coco just doesn't want to go out, but she is still very energetic.
But I don’t know what affected these guys, but they just looked lazy and didn’t want to move at all.
But it still felt like there was some danger in this outing, so he still had to take them all with him.
But seeing their appearance, Xu Xin directly put them all into the bracelet.
"Coco, come out with me too." Xu Xin found Coco hiding behind the sofa and picked her up.
Keke always found things that he couldn't. When he went out to explore danger, Xu Xin felt more at ease with Keke.
“嘤…” Coco realized she couldn’t hide any longer and had to go out. Immediately, her four short legs and big tail drooped down.
It seems that this little guy doesn't want to go out either.
But it was true, in this kind of weather, he also wanted to stay in the tree house...
But there was no way, he couldn't just sit there and wait for death.
Xu Xin immediately went to the second floor.
On the second floor, the girls were chatting.
Xu Xin knocked on the door and everyone looked over.
"Lou Fei'er, Zeng Tao, Jin Yue, please come out for a moment. We have something to do."
He certainly wouldn't go alone.
After all, there is strength in numbers.
"Ah, are you going out again?" Li Wenxi stood up and followed them out.
Xu Xin briefly informed them of what had just happened.
"Huh? Qin Fu is out looking for trouble again." Zeng Tao was obviously a little unhappy. "Why can't this guy be more honest? We finally solved the problem tonight..."
"... Can we find the source of these bugs over there?" Jin Yue pondered for a moment.
"That guy's ability is quite powerful, right?" Lou Feier stretched her body and said, "Maybe it can solve the problem this time? I don't want this kind of bugs to always be around the tree house."
"That's what I thought, too." Xu Xin said, "Since there is indeed something abnormal so close to the tree house, we need to eliminate it. It's too close and it can easily affect us."
"You guys just came back and you're going out again..." Li Wenxi was a little disappointed, "I wish I had the same ability as you, so I could go out with you guys."
"What's the good of our abilities? You are much more capable!" Lou Feier immediately comforted.
"That's right, if it weren't for you, our equipment wouldn't be so good!" Zeng Tao also patted her backpack, which contained weapons that she was very satisfied with.
"Ying!" Coco also jumped towards Li Wenxi and jumped into her arms.
Li Wenxi's current affinity increase is not for show. When she felt disappointed, everyone wanted to comfort her.
"Don't run." Xu Xin pulled Keke out of Li Wenxi's arms and said to her, "Wenxi, don't worry about us. There may not be any problems over there. We will be back soon."
"I... okay..." Li Wenxi lowered his head, then muttered, "You said the same thing last time."
Last time, I was probably talking about the exploration of the underground world.
As a result, they came back after a day and a night.
Xu Xin could also understand her feelings. After all, waiting was very painful.
"Wenxi, here's my watch for you." Lou Feier took off her watch and handed it to Li Wenxi. "My watch is still usable, so you can contact us."
"I have a watch too! Ah..." Zeng Tao slid her watch, "My watch doesn't work anymore..."
It seemed that her tree house had been eaten by bugs before.
She also said that when she returned to the tree house before, the inside of her tree house was already full of bugs, so her tree house was probably destroyed when the bugs first started to eat it.
However, giving Li Wenxi a watch that can communicate is actually what Xu Xin wanted to do.
Lou Feier did it before him.
They need to make sure they can communicate with the tree house because…
The place they were going to now was very close to the tree house.
A distance of eight hundred meters is within the range of the tree house heavy crossbow!
If any situation or danger arises, they can use the tree house heavy crossbow!
"Wen Xi, I will keep you on the line. Please help us operate the heavy crossbow in the tree house. If we encounter any problems, we will need your help."
"Heavy crossbow? Ah!" Li Wenxi immediately understood what Xu Xin meant and nodded vigorously, "Okay! I understand!"
At the same time, Xu Xin also contacted Ma Hongwei and asked him to provide him with remote support in the tree house.
With the support of the Tree House Heavy Crossbow, he immediately felt much more confident.
"Okay, let's hurry up and set off."
He brought the three girls down from the tree house.
“It’s so hot!”
The temperature under the tree house is as hot as ever.
"Hmm!
”
The four of them wrapped themselves tightly, while Xu Xin held Coco, who was struggling from the heat, in his arms and rushed out of the fire line. There were still many swarms of insects when they passed the campfire.
These insects probably came from farther away, following the light. His campfire cleared all the insects in a large area around it.
After entering the jungle, the number of insects was greatly reduced.
Compared to the number at the beginning of the insect plague, the current number is basically equivalent to nothing.
Three hundred meters away from the tree house, the temperature returned to normal.
The temperature was about 40 degrees, which was not considered high for the people present.
But Coco's condition is not very good.
It was almost cooked!
It looked listless, with its whole body lying limply in Xu Xin's arms.
Xu Xin was moving towards the place where Qin Fu disappeared at the fastest speed.
The three women followed closely behind him.
Among the four of them, Xu Xin should be the slowest.
Lou Feier and Zeng Tao's mutations were both speed-related, while Jin Yue's mutation was her legs, which were also very fast, so it was relatively easy for her to follow Xu Xin who was moving at full speed.
A few dozen seconds later, Xu Xin stopped about fifty or sixty meters away from where Qin Fu disappeared.
"It's just ahead, you guys be careful." Xu Xin reminded, then walked forward slowly and cautiously.
Lou Feier quickly walked in front of Xu Xin and said, "I'll explore the way."
Jin Yue was always paying attention to the situation behind him.
Zeng Tao followed Xu Xin, holding a huge blade. However, she was very careful this time not to let the blade make any noise by rubbing against the ground.
The three girls looked as if they were protecting him.
"... My fighting ability should not be much weaker than yours, so there is no need to be so careful." Xu Xin was a little speechless.
"How can that be possible!" Zeng Tao waved her giant blade. "If you die, we will all be buried with you. If we die, we still have one life left. Any normal person would know what to choose."
Although Jin Yue did not sign a contract with Xu Xin, she was doing the same thing.
That's fine.
"Um...are you guys almost there?" At this time, Li Wenxi's very quiet voice came from Xu Xin's watch.
"Well, go further ahead and you will find where Qin Fu disappeared."
"This... the jungle is too dense, I can't see your position... I don't know where you are."
"It's okay. If there is real danger, we will also launch explosive crossbow attacks. The explosion of the crossbow is more obvious at night."
"Oh ok!"
The four continued to move forward cautiously.
"... There doesn't seem to be anything special here?" Lou Feier, who was walking in front, asked with some doubt.
There are indeed more bugs here than in the jungle around the tree house, but that's because most of the bugs around the tree house are fighting the fire, so they seem fewer.
It is normal to have more here, so the people present are indeed a little confused now.
“… Watch your step.” Xu Xin reminded.
Based on Qin Fu's current condition, he had some rough guesses.
He couldn’t see Qin Fu’s light spot on his current map.
In this situation, there are two possibilities.
One possibility is that Qin Fu is now underground, so his map cannot show it.
Another possibility is that he is too far away from here, beyond the range of his map, so he cannot be displayed.
Considering that his watch cannot communicate now, these are probably the two possibilities.
Either he was underground where there was no watch signal, or he was too far away from the tree house. In this hot summer, if he was too far away from the tree house, the watch would naturally have no signal.
Therefore, he felt that Qin Fu might...
It was just like what happened to Shi Wanyun, who was inexplicably teleported away!
Teleported to a faraway place.
"Pay attention to your feet. Are there any patterns that look like blood lines? Be careful not to step on them. They might very well be a teleportation array." Xu Xin reminded the three women again.
"Teleportation array?" Zeng Tao was a little surprised. "What do you mean? Are you talking about... the teleportation array that activates the Snow Mountain Array?"
The three women present were all activators of the last Snow Mountain Array, so they naturally knew the appearance of the teleportation array pattern of the Snow Mountain Array.
"Yes, it's something similar." Xu Xin nodded. "It's very dark now, and the color is not obvious. You should pay more attention and observe it."
"Teleportation array?" Li Wenxi was also a little surprised in the voice, and whispered, "Is it the kind that Shi Wanyun encountered? Then you must be careful not to trigger it. Once you are teleported away, it will be difficult to come back!"
"Don't worry."
As a result, they wandered around here for a long time but didn't find anything.
"What?" Zeng Tao was a little irritated because she had been so nervous. She slammed the ground with her giant blade, making a loud "clang" sound. "What on earth happened? Qin Fu really likes to make trouble!"
Originally, she was afraid that the sound of the giant blade might cause some danger, so she had been very careful not to let the giant blade touch the ground, but now, she would rather something be attracted out.
It's better than their useless searching here.
Jin Yue was still looking around, alert to possible dangers.
Lou Feier stopped and said helplessly: "I should have looked around here, but there's nothing..."
Xu Xin also stopped and frowned.
Why
If Qin Fu really encountered a teleportation array...
Could it be that the teleportation array is a one-time use
So, the teleportation array disappeared after teleporting Qin Fu away
Is this why there is nothing to be found here
wrong.
Before he disappeared, Qin Fu told him that the trees here all had a sickly feeling, as if there was something unclean here.
The teleportation array... shouldn't it be something unclean, right
Or is there something else
He lowered his head and looked into his arms: "Keke, didn't you notice anything... this little guy."
Xu Xin shook his head helplessly.
He said, why doesn't this little guy talk much
It turned out that he fell asleep.
After experiencing the high temperature just now, the little guy was not in a very good condition, but now he is sleeping soundly.
They are all having little snot bubbles.
"Coco, wake up." Xu Xin patted its little head gently.
“…嘤?” Coco opened her eyes and leaned towards Xu Xin again.
Xu Xin is now wearing purple-grade steel armor, which feels a bit cool to the touch, so the little guy wants to lean on him.
"Okay, okay, help me see if there is anything unusual around here."
Xu Xin picked it up and let its little face face forward.
"Yes, Keke, help us check what's around here!" Zeng Tao also came over, "If there's nothing, we can go back and ignore that suicidal guy!"
She is now like a player of a puzzle game who has been stuck at a level for a long time and can't find the solution. She doesn't want to play anymore and just wants to look at the guide.
"Bing...?" Coco blinked her confused eyes, then opened them again, "Bing!"
It immediately broke free from Xu Xin's hand, jumped to the ground, and started running in one direction!
Xu Xin's eyes lit up.
Sure enough, I still have to rely on Coco!
“Follow me!”
Several people followed Coco and moved forward quickly.
Soon, Coco stopped at one spot, looked at the ground, and dug twice with her little paws. Then she stood up and tilted her head: "Bing? Bing?"
“… Is there anything special here? I’ve been here before.” Lou Feier walked to Coco’s side and squatted down to touch the ground.
The ground was very ordinary, just hard, dry land, very ordinary land.
Xu Xin reached out and touched it.
… Well, ordinary land, not even polluted.
"…嘤!" Coco dug the ground with her little paws again.
Looking at it, it seems that I think it looks very normal, but I also feel that there is something wrong here.
"... There is indeed something strange here." At this time, Jin Yue, who had been following silently behind him, spoke.
"Oh? Why is it strange?" Xu Xin turned to look at her.
"I've just been observing the surroundings. The land here was exposed to strong sunlight before the jungle grew lush, so it basically has some cracks." Jin Yue explained while squatting down and reaching out to touch the ground here, "But the land at this location... is intact."
"Now that you mention it... it seems to be true!" Zeng Tao also nodded and said, "Indeed, even the land around our tree house has been dried up and cracked by the sun."
Xu Xin also began to look at the land here carefully.
That's true.
This piece of land, this piece of land that is about... five or six meters in radius, is very intact.
This is indeed a bit strange.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Coco scratched the ground with her little paws again.
Its meaning is obvious.
"… Let's dig up here." Xu Xin looked at the ground and narrowed his eyes. "Maybe the answer we are looking for is underneath."