An Ran was bewildered. Hadn't they found the Water Qilin cub? Now that Master's wish had been fulfilled, what other important matters remained to be dealt with?

However, she still obediently gave Angel to An Yu as she was told.

"Angel, do you know where this is?" An Yu took Angel, looked into her eyes intently, and spoke softly.

Angel opened her two innocent eyes, looked at An Yu, shook her head, and said ignorantly: "I don't know either. I have been here since I regained consciousness. I have never been anywhere else..."

An Yu was helpless. He continued to ask, "What happened to the monster tide in the Apocalypse Mountains? Did you cause that?"

Angel still shook her little head and continued in a soft voice: "I didn't make that."

An Yu looked at Xu Errong and the other two helplessly, saying that he was completely at his wit's end. An Qi'er didn't know what was going on either...

Jun Zichen frowned. What on earth was going on? Where were the four of them now? Was this place considered the middle or inner area of ​​the Apocalypse Mountains, or had they already left the territory of the Apocalypse Mountains and reached another place?

An Ran finally understood what the three of them were worried about. She looked at An Yu and the other two blankly and said innocently, "Don't we have the lottery tokens given by the academy? Didn't they say that they could take us back?"

Jun Zichen looked at An Ran helplessly, pointed at the broken crystal pieces at his feet and said, "I just crushed it when I was sure that Angel was the Water Qilin cub, but it was useless. We are still here and have not returned to Sugo Town!"

"How could this happen? Didn't the academy say that no matter where we are, as long as we crush the lottery talisman, we will return to a safe place?" An Ran looked at An Yu and the other two with a confused look on her face and asked lightly.

"Sigh..." Xu Errong sighed deeply. He looked at An Ran and said, "The academy told us that anywhere in the freshman trial grounds, as long as you crush the lottery talisman, you can return to a safe place."

"So... where are we now? Are we no longer in the Apocalypse Mountains?" An Ran looked at Xu Errong speechlessly and said a little depressed.

As a 21st-century youth of good family background, she simply couldn't understand how they had suddenly emerged from the Tianqi Mountains after only passing through a cave. Wasn't it said that there were no such things as teleportation arrays on this vast continent?

After hearing An Ran's words, everyone fell silent. What on earth was going on? The four of them looked at Angel, hoping she would remember something...

Angel looked at An Ran and the other three blankly, her big eyes blinking innocently. She asked in a soft voice, "What are you all looking at me for?"

An Yu sighed helplessly and said calmly, "Don't even look at Angel anymore. He probably doesn't know anything. Let's think of other ways..."

"Well, that's all we can do." Xu Errong said calmly. He let out a long breath, looked at the lake around him, and said:

"Let's take a look at the surroundings first. I think whoever put Angel here would have thought of a way for her to get out. It's impossible for Angel to be trapped here forever!"

After saying that, the four of them split up and surrounded the small island in the middle of the lake, exploring it inch by inch, not missing a single place!

The four people touched almost all the stones, but found nothing at all, as if this was just an ordinary island, and nothing had changed!

Jun Zichen was helpless. He frowned and looked at An Yu, An Ran, and Xu Errong, saying, "How about we go up and take a look? Or go to the place where we first came in?"

The other three didn't have any good ideas, so they nodded in agreement. The four of them moved lightly and came to the beautiful garden!

However, the scenery before them really surprised the four of them!

The flowers that had just been so beautiful and in all shapes and sizes were now wilting one by one. The flowers that had been blooming so beautifully and charmingly seemed to have lost their vitality in an instant, and drooped their heads one by one...

Even the vines hanging down from the cave were no longer as green as before. The leaves had turned yellow one by one, and occasionally a few withered leaves would fall. It was as if deep autumn had suddenly arrived, and the entire vine had lost its vitality...

Xu Errong quickly released his wood element to sense the vitality of these flowers. Little by little, the wood element penetrated into the roots of the flowers. However, the roots of these flowers seemed to have no reaction at all, not giving Xu Errong the slightest response...

"What's wrong, senior brother?" An Ran asked Xu Errong anxiously.

"There's nothing we can do. I don't know why, but it's like someone has cut off the source of nutrients and energy for these flowers. The roots and stems are completely devoid of vitality!"

Xu Errong said lightly, paused, and added:

"I guess it's because An Yu has a contract with Angel. These flowers, vines, and all the plants in this cave should exist for Angel. Now that Angel has her own owner, these plants no longer have any reason to exist!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Angel couldn't wait to add: "No, they said this way to let me play, let me wait here for someone to come!"

After listening to Angel's addition, An Ran and the other three became more certain of Xu Errong's guess. They asked her to wait for someone here, and that person must be An Yu!

An Yu looked at the naive Angel and asked gently, "Angel, you just said they asked you to wait for someone here. Who are they? Do you know them? When did they ask you to wait here?"

Angel looked confused after hearing so many questions. He tilted his head and carefully recalled the past events.

An Yu and the other three looked at Angel anxiously. Just when their patience was about to run out, Angel finally spoke!

She said in a soft voice, "They are who they are. When they put me here, they told me it was safe here, and there were many monsters, flowers and plants to play with me, and I wouldn't be lonely at all!"

An Yu frowned. It was almost the same as not saying anything. However, for a newly born monster cub, one really couldn't ask for too much...

(To be continued.)