It should have been noon, but the sky was overcast and it was no different from night.

Fortunately, this situation did not last too long. In less than an incense stick of time, the rain subsided.

Xiao Hei finally stopped.

"Master, I still can't find anything."

Xiao Hei's voice was filled with tears, which showed how much of a blow this incident had dealt to him.

"It's okay, don't take it too seriously. The person who set this up was very clever. He didn't do it himself, but took advantage of natural disasters and man-made disasters. If he could do it to this extent, there would definitely be no trace left."

Xiao Hei hummed, still listless and without any energy. It was obvious that this incident had dealt a heavy blow to him.

Bai Chi picked up Xiao Hei and stroked him a few times. Although he usually liked to tease Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei was his friend who had been with him since childhood. In Bai Chi's heart, Xiao Hei was even a family member more important than Yun Xiao.

"Don't think about it. Why don't you go back first? Didn't you want to go back and play with the main brain before? Why not go and ask it what's going on?"

And Bai Chi knows best how to coax Xiao Hei.

"Yes! Mastermind!"

Xiao Hei seemed to be given a shot of chicken blood and became full of fighting spirit, but he calmed down the next second.

"No, I can't go back yet. Who knows what will happen next? Master, I will stay in the small world with you this time. At least we have to make sure there are no traps before we go back!"

This time, there was no way to coax it. Bai Chi had no choice but to let it go. Fortunately, he didn't feel as lost as before.

The rain subsided and everyone's mood gradually relaxed. Zhang Qiang was the first to walk to the cave entrance and look around.

"Brother Hu, we weren't able to bring your cows and horses back in time. I don't know what their condition is like now."

The cows and horses had lived here with them for ten months and had already become quite thin due to hunger. Even if they could have avoided the thunder and lightning just now, who knew what would happen to them under the dense hailstones.

Hu Yunxiao shook his head: "I just left it to fate. It was too late at that time."

The storm and thunder and lightning soon faded away. Standing at the entrance of the cave, one could even see the dark clouds in the distant sky moving little by little, destroying the next place.

The four of them went to see the cows and horses. Fortunately, they only had some scratches, which was an unexpected good thing.

Afterwards, the four of them cleaned out the mud and water in the cave and stayed there for nearly another month. This month was finally sunny and the weather was normal. It rained when it should rain, blew when it should blow, and was sunny when it should be sunny.

And outside...

Bai Chi sighed lightly. In the entire drought-stricken area, eight or nine out of ten people died, not only from natural disasters, but also from plague.

Fortunately, it's over now.

After discussing, the four of them finally decided to get up and go back.

A month was enough for the earth to regain its green color. Wild grass grew on the ground, and the big trees that were originally thought to be dead and were smashed to bare poles by ice cannons also grew new leaves one after another.

Even the cows and horses that were skinny before have recovered a lot in this month.

Because we had to look for the marks we had left on the tree, it took us longer to go back than to come.

When they returned home, both Qinghe Village and Taohua Village were deserted, with only some broken eaves and walls left of the houses.

"Master, there are too few people left. Except for you, there is no one left in Qinghe Village. In Taohua Village, except for Lin Xiucai and Zhang Qiang, there are two young people who are lucky enough to be alive, but they don't plan to come back."

"You're even following the people from Taohua Village?"

"I'm just sitting here doing nothing, Master. Are you guys going to stay here? I'm afraid you'll be the only ones here for a long time."

As they were talking, the discussion among the few people ended and Hu Yunxiao made a summary.

"Then we'll stay here first. We've been traveling for so long, so we need to rest for a while. We'll decide based on the situation later."

Zhang Qiang pointed to a nearby house that could barely provide shelter from the wind and rain.

"We'll make do there first, and then build a simple house. Brother Hu, you guys should stay in Taohua Village too."

"Okay, I'll go back and take a look. My family left a lot of food at home before I left, so maybe there's some left."

So the decision was that simple.

Bai Chi touched Xiao Hei's head.

"It's okay. Sooner or later, this place will return to its former state."