Chen Yang's family stayed at the inn for three days before returning home.

Three days means that it has exceeded the inn's rules. Staying for more than two consecutive days within ten days is the first time that the rules have been broken since the inn opened.

However, no one said anything, because they were Chen Yang's family. Chen Yang's behavior was perfectly normal.

Ding Qihan offered a price for an entire night, but couldn't get Chen Yang to change the rules. However, when Chen Yang's family arrived, the rules were easily broken.

Mr. and Mrs. Chen Tianming took Grandma Chen Yang back home. They were very happy to have visited, and Grandma Chen Yang had been smiling for the past three days.

Meanwhile, in the Microverse, Chen Yang and his group had already set off. On the morning of their departure, Dong Yujue happened to enter the Microverse and was handed over to his two disciples, Li Su'er and Ye Wu, to greet him.

They traveled on bamboo rafts across the gently rippling Chenghu Lake.

"The air humidity is getting higher and higher, and the accumulation of clouds and fog is also abnormal. The other side is indeed a climate anomaly zone," Ding Qihan said on the lake.

The mountains on the other side were very high, and crossing them was not an easy task. They wandered around for a long time before finding a suitable place to stay, and by then it was already afternoon.

They set up a temporary camp and rested for a night on the edge of the Tianyin Mountains. Ding Qihan judged that they should not have entered the abnormal climate zone yet, but they were slowly getting closer.

The next day, they continued onward, but the steep and difficult terrain made progress extremely challenging. Sometimes, they encountered towering cliffs that blocked their path, forcing them to take a detour.

The most troublesome thing was that they had walked for a whole day and only managed to hunt two birds and find a plant with edible roots, but they had not found any source of drinking water.

"We only have enough water for three days. If we continue for two more days and still haven't found a water source, we'll have to go back to the lake to resupply and then take a different route."

Food is not a problem; the food everyone carries is enough to last for half a month, and they can find some along the way. The biggest problem is water.

A person can survive for a long time with just a little food, but without water, they can only last three days at most.

"The Tianyin Mountains aren't very friendly to me, the one who named them," Guo Zifeng said with a wry smile.

"Everyone, let's rest and keep going. I feel like we're almost in the climate anomaly zone."

The most excited person was Ding Qihan. He was very excited about the strong impact of the climate anomaly he experienced at the West Boundary River last time. This was a kind of research that could never be done on Earth.

He even used this as a premise to publish a paper on climate collision, which received a very good response. Several colleagues, like him, have begun to hypothesize what would happen if different climates collided in the same location if there were climate anomaly zones.

This is very helpful for understanding the current state of the Earth, because the Earth is now affected by humans, and the climate is already very abnormal. Although there are no supernatural phenomena like the microcosm, it is still worth taking note of.

"Have you noticed that we've been climbing and the altitude has been increasing, but the vegetation hasn't changed much? There must be a reason for that. I can't wait any longer."

Ding Qihan excitedly analyzed for everyone the changes in vegetation and wind direction caused by regional climate differences and temperature differences due to altitude, but unfortunately, only Tang Jiaqi was able to discuss it with him.

Tang Jiaqi had met people in this field while studying abroad, but she couldn't say she knew a lot about it.

“Chen Yang, I strongly suggest you bring in a few scholars. The Microworld needs scholars and researchers!” Ding Qihan said.

Chen Yang shrugged and said, "Why don't you let them stay at the inn? I might find someone I like."

Ding Qihan gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, you're ruthless. I'll spend money to help them snatch up the house, okay?"

"Absolutely."

After resting for a while, the group continued their journey, and in the afternoon they found a patch of water vines. While the vines couldn't be used as a water source, they could save them a considerable amount of water.

Moreover, they found several guavas next to the water vines. The group ate a hearty meal of guavas and took a lot with them on their journey. Guava contains water and can also fill their stomachs, which finally gave the group a little more confidence.

In the evening, they found a natural cave hidden by weeds, and there was a nest of rats inside, which they caught.

Several fat rats were stir-fried with wild vegetables by the group.

They brought a small pot and oil with them on this trip, so they could easily stir-fry something to eat. Moreover, Xu Meng and Tang Jiaqi, the two girls, didn't mind eating rat meat at all, so everyone shared a few bites of rat meat, which they then ate with dried meat and guava.

Perhaps because everyone ate too much guava on the way, several of them had diarrhea, but fortunately it wasn't serious.

"We need to be more careful from now on, it would be troublesome if someone gets sick," Chen Yang said.

Inside the camp, if anyone had a fever or stomachache, they would go to Linni. Linni had a lot of usable medicinal herbs stored up, but in the wild, there weren't such good conditions.

"Our top priority tomorrow is to find a water source. Let's look in that small valley on the left. Streams are likely to form there, and the plants are darker in color, so the chances of finding a water source are higher," Chen Yang said.

Going to the valley would require taking a detour, and Ding Qihan really wanted to suggest continuing upwards, but he also knew that survival was the top priority.

"By the way, Chen Yang, you're going to bring a camera in soon, right?" Ding Qihan asked.

Chen Yang nodded. He planned to bring the camera in a few days because he hadn't found anything more exciting than a camera.

Yunhu has already delivered the camera. Its design is indeed unique; it looks like a black box with only one touchscreen display and a few simple buttons.

However, this camera is indeed very high-tech. The external box can be unfolded to extend the solar charging panel, the pixels are very clear, and the shock resistance is extremely strong.

“Then let’s film these climate anomaly zones next time; they’re very valuable data,” Ding Qihan suggested.

Chen Yang nodded and said, "No problem. This camera has three independent memory cards with a total storage capacity of 800G, which is more than enough."

Besides photographing areas with abnormal climates, every little detail of the micro-world also needs to be recorded. Chen Yang thought that he could bring these memory cards into reality in the future, which would have a very different meaning.

"How about we make a short film?" Bai Jing suggested with a smile.

"I support it." Surprisingly, Yun Hu was the first to support it. "I think it's great. As long as the existence of the micro-world is not exposed, putting it into reality is a good idea."

Chen Yang smiled and said, "That's a matter for later."

(End of this chapter)