"Then let's work in groups of two and search this area in a fan shape."

Yuan Chongming said.

"I'm in a team with my Cyclone, not with you guys."

Lian Yi said to a few people, and everyone had no objection. If something really happened, Xuanfeng would be much smarter than them.

Then everyone dispersed and searched the area in front of them.

Lian Yi put the whirlwind on the ground and said:

"Tornado, choose a direction."

Tornado stretched his body first, then wagged his tail, chose a direction, and jumped ahead.

Because of the previous meteorite impact, there are still some stones of various sizes left on the ground. The big ones are as tall as a person, and the small ones are as big as a football. However, they have all turned into scorched earth color and are embedded in the ground, making it difficult to walk on it.

"Meow!" Dear cat, I have discovered something here.

Lianyi followed the sound of Tornado and walked over, then saw the other party squatting on a protruding rock, meowing at her and urging her to hurry up.

"Here I come, don't worry!"

When Lianyi walked to Xuanfeng, she found that there was a huge deep pit in front of her, as big as a baseball field, and in the pit was a huge meteorite, the largest meteorite she had ever seen. At this time, the meteorite was deeply embedded in the surface, and there was nothing else.

Lianyi had a guess, and she blew a whistle immediately to inform everyone that she had made a discovery. Then she and Tornado stood at the edge of the huge pit, staring down in a daze.

A quarter of an hour later, all members of the vanguard team gathered together, looking at the huge meteorite and the huge crater it created, and they were all horrified.

"Situ, those people you are talking about, are they..."

Although we don't want to say it, everyone has more or less guessed it.

"No wonder I didn't find them, it turns out."

Situ Yi was also a little sad. The probability of the entire village being hit was not very high, so how could they have encountered it?

"We will rest here for one night and set out for Mount Kinabalu early tomorrow morning."

Yuan Chongming had to make new arrangements. Without a guide, they could only rely on the map to grope their way forward. Because of the impact of the meteorite, many roads were probably destroyed, which caused certain difficulties for them.

Everyone felt a little heavy-hearted. They found a place to sit down, and a meal consisted of dry food and biscuits with some cold water.

After filling their stomachs, everyone set up tents and took turns to keep watch. After a night’s rest, they continued on their journey the next day.

When they climbed up from the foot of the mountain, they felt the temperature dropped again. Lianyi took out the thermometer and measured it. It was only 15 degrees Celsius. Feeling a little cold, everyone put on a thick coat.

Because Tornado had short hair, Ripple also put a small piece of clothing on it this time, and put small shoes on its paws. Tornado was so beautiful that she showed off in front of everyone. After receiving a wave of praise, she returned to Ripple.

"You are the only one showing off!"

Lian Yi rubbed the other person's head and said with a smile.

"Meow!" This is a compliment to you.

Tornado meowed triumphantly.

After this little episode, the pioneer team walked and stopped, and it took a whole day to climb only one-tenth of the distance, but the temperature was still dropping. Everyone paused because the temperature had dropped to zero degrees and they did not bring thicker clothes.

"I underestimated the temperature here. If it goes any higher, it will probably be below zero."

Situ Yi said.

Zhao Jia was already rubbing his hands and breathing out, with puffs of white smoke coming out of his mouth, proving that the temperature was indeed very low.

"Why don't we take off all our clothes and put them on two people. This way we should be able to keep going for a while. If we can't hold on, we can turn back and find whatever we can. If we can't find anything, we can go back and try again when we are fully prepared."

Li Qian suggested after thinking about it.

This time no one objects, this is the most effective method at present.

Ripple was looking at a tall loose tree, and then said to Tornado:

"Tornado, climb to the top of the tree and take a look."

"Meow!"Okay!

After responding, Tornado climbed directly onto the huge pine tree and disappeared in a few seconds.

Everyone saw the ripple movement, watching the whirlwind rushing around in the trees until they could no longer see each other's shadows, and everyone raised their heads.

Ten minutes later, Lianyi heard the roar of Tornado.

"Meow!" My dear cat, I found something! Come up and take a look.

Lian Yi's eyes flashed, and he said to the others:

"Xuanfeng has made a discovery. Let me go up and take a look. You guys wait here."

"Okay, be careful."

Yuan Chongming did not stop her because he knew Lian Yi's abilities.

Lianyi nodded, turned her wrist, and the deadly silk shot out and wrapped around a part of the evergreen pine. Then she leaped up and stood on the extended pine branch. Her body swayed a bit, and she used the force again to leap upwards. After four or five times of doing this, she reached the top of the pine tree.

"Meow!" My dear cat, look quickly.

Lianyi steadied himself and looked towards the halfway point of the sacred mountain. There was a fan-shaped meteorite stuck there, like an axe head without a handle, splitting a horizontal crack across the mountainside.

Although we don’t know how deep the crack is, the melted snow from the mountain has basically flowed into this crack. No wonder Qimu City has not been flooded even in such hot weather.

"Tornado, let's go back. This mission should be completed."

After Lianyi finished speaking, she stuffed Tornado into the backpack behind her and jumped down from the treetop. When she landed, everyone gathered around her.

"Lian Yi, what's going on?"

"No need to go any further, we have found the reason why the water source has stopped flowing."

Ripple released the whirlwind and told what she saw.

"Lianyi, you mean that the meteorite destroyed the direction of the melted snow water."

"Yes."

"How deep is that crack?"

"It's impossible to visually measure this. We need to go and measure it nearby to know for sure. But I think it should be connected to groundwater, otherwise Saiki City would have been flooded again long ago."

Lian Yi said directly.

"Professional things should be done by professionals. Let's go back first and bring back the news here to see what it means."

Yuan Chongming said.

No one had any objections. The cause had been found and the mission was accomplished.

Afterwards, everyone began to go down the mountain again. It is always easier to go up a mountain than to go down, and this is true everywhere. Although they were all strong adults, they were all gasping for breath from exhaustion when they reached the foot of the mountain.

"I can't do it anymore! Captain, let's take a break first!"

"Okay, let's rest here and eat something to replenish our energy. We will return to the parking spot in two hours. There will be cars for the rest of the way, so you don't have to work so hard."

Yuan Chongming smiled rarely and said that this group of people had never lost a fight, but they were so embarrassed just climbing a mountain, which was enough to make him laugh.

Everyone sat together, lit a fire, and prepared to bake the cold, hard bread to make do with.

"Meow!" Tornado cried out, and the cry was so loud and high-pitched that it startled everyone.

"Whirlwind what?"

Before Zhao Jia could ask, she felt the ground shaking.