"Like father, like son! He truly lives up to his reputation as our base commander's beloved son; he's always able to shoulder the responsibility in crucial moments!"

"Exactly! A son should be like Mu Jia!"

"If I could have a child as outstanding as Mu Jia in the future, I would be laughing in my sleep."

Even at this point, the people from Lingfeng Base still couldn't resist showering Zhao Weigang with compliments, making him almost float on air.

"Oh, it's not as exaggerated as you all say. Our Mu Jia is just a little quick-witted." He looked at the child with affection, feeling proud of him like any other parent.

Zhao Mujia frowned and remained silent, then dumped a bag of colorful items onto the ground.

She then carefully took off her sun-protective clothing, put on a gray sleeveless shirt, and then, under everyone's expectant gaze, put on a black pleated skirt with blue trim.

hiss……

The audience was completely dumbfounded, while someone at the Lingfeng Base gasped in shock.

Lu Sheng and the others were dumbfounded, and they even forgot to eat the tuna rice ball that Han Rui had put in their mouths.

It wasn't until Zhao Mujia roughly pulled a blue-green twin-tail wig over her head and slung two large plastic scallions over her shoulders that Zhang Xiaojuan slapped her thigh and exclaimed, "Holy crap! Hatsune Miku!"

(Note: An old-school electronic music virtual idol, characterized by holding two large green onions.)

Zhao Mujia's skin was a bit dark, and it looked even darker against the backdrop of her blue-green wig. Her thick leg hair curled up densely under her pleated skirt.

He clutched the two plastic scallions in his hand, his angular, stubble-covered face displaying an unwavering expression. "Miku-chan is the world's number one princess!"

"I don't really understand you anime fans..." Han Rui stared blankly as she stuffed the rice ball into her mouth.

The air was as still as if it had frozen.

Only Zhang Xiaojuan, a fellow enthusiast, was happily fiddling with Zhao Mujia's scallions. "Great, you even prepared the scallions. This whole outfit must have cost a fortune, right? It looks like it was custom-made."

Zhao Mujia nodded happily, "You're also Her Highness's knight?"

"I'm just here to watch the fun," Zhang Xiaojuan said sincerely.

Zhao Weigang's lips were still glued to his face, and he looked at his beloved son with a terrified expression.

The people around him stood there awkwardly, and the CPU almost overheated in just a few seconds.

"Mu Jia is very energetic. She knows the atmosphere isn't great right now, so she even makes jokes to cheer us up," someone finally managed to say after a long pause.

The rest of the people quickly echoed this sentiment.

"That's right, Mu Jiazhen is good at joking."

Zhao Weigang nearly choked on his breath. "What's wrong with you! Tear off these shameful clothes right now!"

Ignoring the pain in his body, he struggled to his feet and rushed towards Zhao Mujia, swinging his two arms, which were wrapped in splints, to tear off the cosplay costume.

How shameful! So shameful!

He lost all face in front of both bases!

Zhao Mujia carefully avoided Zhao Weigang's injuries, desperately pleading for her rights, "Dad! What time is it! If we're unlucky, we'll die here!"

"What's wrong with wanting to be myself if this is the last journey of my life?"

"Princess Miku is my pillar of support, I'm going to wear her!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of sadness suddenly flashed across Zhao Weigang's angry face.

They have been trapped here for a full five hours.

If they still can't find a solution, this damp and dark mountain forest may be the end of their lives.

Thinking of this, Zhao Weigang immediately stopped what he was doing, his lips trembled a few times, and he let out a long sigh.

When he looked up again, he barely managed to prop up his injured arm and patted Zhao Mujia's wig. "Dad is useless. I'm sorry."

"Aren't you cold with your arms exposed?"

Zhao Weigang seemed to age ten years in an instant. He struggled to take off his coat and draped it over Zhao Mujia's shoulders. "Wear it if you want, but don't catch a cold."

Everyone at Lingfeng Base fell silent.

Everyone silently approached the fire, desperately trying to draw a sliver of warmth.

Han Rui and Sun Tiantian, two curious girls, kept asking Zhang Xiaojuan, "What is Hatsune Miku? Is she from an anime? I've never seen her."

“Virtual singers were very popular in the early 2010s,” Zhang Xiaojuan explained with heartache. “I never imagined we would have a generation gap now.”

Lu Sheng was quietly warming himself by the fire when he heard the conversation of these three lively characters and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Sight can be misled, but sound cannot!

"Do any of you have sonic abilities?" She suddenly stood up and asked Su Zheng and Zhao Weigang.

A petite girl in the K3 team timidly raised her hand, "I am a fifth-order sonic wave type."

Lu Sheng immediately took out a handful of power-boosting supplements and gave them to the girl, saying, "Use the feedback from the sound waves to try to locate the source. These will replenish your power."

As soon as she spoke, Su Zheng and the others quickly sorted out their thoughts.

Ma Dongmei patted the girl's shoulder with delight, "That's right, Xiaohui can use sound waves to locate people, why didn't we think of that sooner?"

The girl was a little shy when she suddenly became the center of attention, but she quickly cheered up and let out a loud roar into the dark and mysterious jungle.

A faint echo reverberated through the woods.

Sure enough, this method quickly helped the three teams walk a kilometer.

They returned to the location where the body was first discovered.

"Finally, it's not a milk bottle anymore." Zhang Xiaojuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Although we haven't been able to leave this forest yet, at least we've escaped the area of ​​being trapped in a maze.

Sun Tiantian looked up and surveyed her surroundings. "These mushrooms seem to be much more abundant than when we first arrived."

“Yeah, these mushrooms are bigger than a human face now.” Han Rui tilted her head. “And those animals that eat each other’s corpses look a lot like the Gu poison that the protagonist practiced in the supernatural novel I read yesterday.”

"Perhaps this mountain is a container, and all the animals on this mountain are fighting for survival until only one is left, which is the strongest Gu King."

Zhang Xiaojuan raised her hand and tapped Han Rui on the head, "Can't you think of something more mortal in your little head?"

"Don't you guys think it looks like it?" Han Rui said, covering her head in protest.

Lu Sheng looked around at the mushrooms, whose vitality was terrifyingly strong, and asked, "Do you know what Xu Bing's special ability is?"

Su Zheng was stunned for a moment, "I don't know... Xu Bing seems to rarely leave Yaoguang Base, and I've never heard anyone mention his special ability."

“That’s right, out of all our bases, it seems like none of us have ever seen Xu Bing’s superpowers,” Zhao Weigang quickly chimed in.

A bold idea popped into Lu Sheng's mind.

"Is it possible that this mountain and these mushrooms are Xu Bing's superpower?"