After discovering a stone axe in the Queen Insect's cave, the group returned to the ancient tree, the same tree where Li Qing and his companions had just been. They climbed up the tree and soon reached the nest where the strange bird had been.

What lay before them was, of course, an empty nest.

The strange bird has disappeared.

"Where did that bird go!" A thin man slammed his fist on the tree trunk and cursed.

"Is that even a question?" another fat man said dismissively. "They must have run away."

"They ran away?"

"Idiot, have you already forgotten about the stone axe we just found?" the fat man said with a mocking laugh. "I don't know the specifics, but there must be other people who know that the poison on the strange bird can only be cured with the blood of the Queen Insect, and that's how this happened."

The skinny man suddenly realized what was happening and exclaimed in shock, "Who is it? Is it someone from our tribe?"

The fat man shook his head in disappointment, thinking to himself that this guy was really unreasonable. He stopped trying to explain to the skinny man and instead looked around the nest, hoping to find any other clues. But apart from being able to feel that there was still some warmth around the nest, proving that someone had been there not long ago, he found nothing else.

The fat man was furious. They had been preparing for this plan for a long time, and everything was going according to plan. But the appearance of these people ruined the fat man's plans, making him extremely angry. Immediately, his chubby face twisted in anger. Just as the fat man was thinking about how to explain this, the skinny man next to him suddenly patted the fat man's shoulder, "Hey, look!"

The fat guy was in an extremely bad mood at that moment, and the skinny guy's slap immediately annoyed him. He shouted back, "What are you doing!"

Ignoring the fat man's rudeness, the skinny man pointed to the sky and said, "Look!"

What are you looking at?

The fat man was stunned, but then he saw a figure he least wanted to see streak across the sky—that… strange bird!

"Damn it, just as I thought, the strange bird has fully recovered. This means our plan is ruined!"

They had finally managed to fool the strange bird once by taking advantage of its stupidity, and were about to succeed. But now that the strange bird had learned its lesson, it wouldn't be so easy for them to fool it again.

The skinny guy beside him was breathing heavily, clearly enraged. He had no choice but to tug at the fat guy again and point to the strange bird, saying, "Wait a minute, there seem to be people up there. My God, there are so many people!"

The fat man finally lost his temper and yelled, "Nonsense, he's definitely talking about the Red Flower Tribe!"

"The Red Flower Tribe? Could it be them?"

The fat man snorted coldly and said in a sinister tone, "We can't make this decision. Let's go back and report this to the chief first."

The skinny man seemed terrified of the "chieftain" the fat man mentioned. Upon hearing this, he trembled and his face was filled with resistance. However, he also knew that keeping this a secret would not do them any good. He gritted his teeth, sighed, and said, "Alright, let's go back first."

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At that moment, just as the two people saw, the strange bird was leading everyone from the Red Flower Tribe here, along with Big Black and Flame, upwards at an extremely fast speed.

As they gradually moved away from the ground, everything above was hazy, and below were blurry, indistinct objects. Calculating that they had been flying for almost two or three minutes, given that this strange bird flew faster than an eagle, and hadn't seen the ground even after ascending for so long, it was enough to imagine how deep this place was from the ground. Li Qing was also deeply shocked.

If it weren't for that massive landslide, he would never have been able to come to this place, and he would never have imagined that at such a deep scale below the ground, there was not the earth's crust, but a whole new world!

We're almost there.

Li's voice sounded somewhat listless.

"Soon we'll be able to get to the ground."

This is understandable, as everyone's mood has been low ever since Li Qing told them about the situation on land.

“Don’t worry, the tribe will be fine,” Li Qing said. “At the very least, the disaster is over, isn’t it?”

At this moment, the sky above the ground had turned into daylight. Looking up from this world, there was no trace of the disaster that had ravaged the land. The entire earth seemed to be thriving.

Of course, Li Qing also knew that thinking this way was just self-comfort.

Li pursed her lips bitterly and smiled, "I hope so."

"Actually, I was mainly afraid you'd worry, so I delayed telling you for so long," Li Qing said after thinking for a moment.

Li said softly, "I know."

"Um."

The crowd fell silent once again.

Li Qing was most uncomfortable with this suffocating silence. After thinking for a moment, he quickly broke the silence, patted the strange bird's back, and said, "By the way, big bird, after you take us up there, it's best not to go back to that ancient tree. Regardless of your habits, I suggest you find a new home, preferably a secluded one, in a remote corner. That way, those people won't hurt you again, understand?"

The strange bird continued to fly upwards, seemingly without responding to Li Qing's words.

Li Qing shrugged. Since the strange bird could understand what he was saying, he took it as the bird's agreement. He then said, "That's how it is. Don't blame me for not reminding you. After you recover, those who originally wanted to harm you will definitely not let it go."

At this point, Li Qing felt somewhat unwilling. He still didn't know which group of people were behind it. After all, this was a different world from the surface world, and perhaps the people living here were different from those on the surface. As for the strange bird's situation, Li Qing could only offer a basic warning and couldn't get involved.

There's no way to do it right now, at least not at the moment.

After all, he has more important things to do now.

Feeling the sunlight gradually shining on him, a warm sensation spread throughout his body. Li Qing felt his body filled with power again. He looked towards the sun, squinted, and said, "Phew, I can finally come back."

He looked down again. At this height, even with his great strength, he could only see a white, cloud-like thing.

"Strange bird, don't worry. After we've settled things, we'll definitely help you take care of those who hurt you."

Li Qing

Just then, Li's voice came again: "Everyone, we've arrived!"