After a long journey, the scenery around Li Qing and his companions finally began to change, turning towards spring. Knowing they were almost there, Li Qing became even more excited. According to Li's description, the strange bird should look similar to Archaeopteryx, except that Archaeopteryx is usually only about the size of a pheasant, while this strange bird should be at least half the size of a private jet.

What puzzled Li Qing was that he hadn't seen any living creatures along the way, only a patch of relatively lush vegetation. This was definitely a strange place. Logically speaking, with such a good environment, there should be other creatures here. Could it be that the strange bird was vegetarian, or that the environment here was so bad that most creatures couldn't adapt to it? Then what was that footprint he saw when he first arrived at this place?

After traveling at full speed for a while, Dahei slowed down. Li Qing did not urge Dahei. On land, they had experienced too much chaos, and it was time for Dahei to rest. So he let Dahei rest and take this opportunity to catch his breath.

During this time, Atuna finally woke up. Like Lieyan, his injuries had mostly healed. This made Li Qing feel even more strongly that this place had the ability to allow creatures to heal themselves quickly. Compared to Lieyan's excitement, Atuna was much calmer and even apologized to Li for what their tribe had done before.

Now that things have come to this, Li has no desire to pursue Atuna's responsibility or force him to pay for the deaths of their tribe's brothers with his life. He simply accepts Atuna's apology in silence. This "cold" attitude leaves Atuna very confused. He asks Li Qing several times if Li is angry with him and what he should do. Li Qing can only comfort him while telling him not to talk about this in front of Li. He also warns Atuna that if Lieyan, Li, or anyone else asks what happened up there, he must not say anything recklessly before leaving the area, lest Li worry.

As for Lieyan, after Li Qing's threat, he became much more obedient and didn't say anything else along the way. Of course, he also didn't give Li Qing a friendly look. If outsiders saw this, they would probably think that Li Qing had forcibly abducted Lieyan or something similar.

They walked and stopped along the way, and after an unknown amount of time, the meteor shower above gradually stopped. Looking at the sky, it was already pitch black, probably past seven o'clock in the evening. It was only at this moment that Li Qing truly realized how long they had been walking down there.

I wonder how the tribe is doing. Are Dian and the others looking for me, or have they gone back to the tribe?

Having traveled for so long, I have no idea where I am on land right now. I should have already passed my tribe by now.

Looking at the raging flames, Li Qing thought to himself that the "night" the White Feather Tribe mentioned should have arrived long ago. However, judging from her good spirits, it seemed that the environment here had not only dispelled the Yi element in her body, but also the "Gu" that the White Feather Tribe had placed in her body. "What a wonderful place," Li Qing thought regretfully. "If we had discovered this place earlier, Yong and the others wouldn't have died in vain."

Just then, a towering tree suddenly appeared ahead, piercing the clouds. This tree was incredibly tall, with thick branches and deep, mottled lines, each like a deep knife scar, making it appear to be at least several hundred years old. Li Qing looked up and couldn't see the end of it—a very strange experience. He could clearly see things happening on land, but he couldn't see how tall a tree was. Judging from this, it must be at least thirty stories tall, or even taller. Of course, this was a conservative estimate, because when Li Qing looked up, he could hardly see the trunk and leaves. This probably meant that what he saw was only about a third of the size of this ancient tree; the branches and leaves must be much higher up.

Li Qing was deeply shocked and turned to ask Li, "Where is this?"

Li looked up at the sky and said to Li Qing, "This is the place. That strange bird lives in this tree."

"That high?"

Li Qing exaggerated.

“This tree is indeed very tall, and the strange bird is probably around the middle,” Li laughed. “Don’t worry, we don’t need to climb that high.”

But you also said, "I have to climb," Li Qing thought to himself. This place is so high up, it would take him a long time to climb, not to mention that it's all bare here, how am I supposed to climb?

Li spat twice into each of his palms, as if demonstrating for Li Qing, and placed his hands on the tree trunk, saying, "It's okay. It looks very tall, but the trunk of this tree is very rough. As long as we don't slip, we can just climb up."

Seeing Li say this, Li Qing placed his hands on it and tried it out. To his surprise, he found that although the trunk was straight and thick, and bare enough for him to climb, there were pits and dents all over its body, just like the handles specially designed to provide leverage for climbers in rock climbing.

"That's amazing."

Li Qing climbed a little further and found that it didn't take much effort to control his body on the tree trunk and prevent him from falling.

“I told you,” Li said, “Anyway, the strange bird is in one place up there. Let’s see it first… Oh, by the way, I’d like to remind you that the strange bird might attack strangers. Be careful, and when you get to its nest, be quiet and don’t disturb it.”

Li Qing nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

"By the way, just how high is this place?" Li Qing asked, his mouth agape.

“Who knows,” Li shrugged. “Anyway, once you get to the strange bird’s nest, you can barely see some branches and leaves. As for how high it is, I’ve never been up to the top.”

Li Qing nodded, thinking to himself that since this place was so magical, it wasn't surprising to have such a tall tree. He then said, "Then I'll call Dahei first, and we'll go up there and talk about it."

"By the way, Big Black, can you climb trees?" Li Qing asked.

He only remembered that in his previous life, 99.9% of dogs could not climb trees. The only dog ​​that could climb trees was a breed called the Malinois. Although this was a primitive period, the physical characteristics of animals should not have changed. The way dogs' limbs grow determined that they were not good at climbing trees.

"Hey, where's Big Black?"

Looking back, I didn't see Big Black. Then I turned around again and saw Big Black standing under the tree. It jumped and grabbed the trunk with its two front paws. Then it pushed off with its two thick hind paws and managed to maintain its balance on the trunk, which was quite rare.

"I guess I was just being paranoid," Li Qing chuckled. "It's good that Dahei is alright. Let's go."