"Brother Liao, let's go back first, call the others, set up the array, and leave as soon as possible!"
"good!"
The two quickly left.
After Lu Qing turned around, she suddenly felt as if a dark shadow had flashed past behind her, but when she turned her head, it was gone.
She stopped and asked the spirits:
"I can use talismans to take your souls out first, are you willing?"
The spirits did not answer; they simply turned and left, showing Lu Qing the answer through their actions.
Lu Qing didn't insist; perhaps they preferred to stay with their own remains.
When they returned to the changing room, the two injured people had already woken up.
"How are you all?" Lu Qing asked.
The bolder man immediately replied:
"Captain, I'm alright! Thank you for saving me!"
Lu Qing patted him on the shoulder: "After you get out, ask Director Li to apply for a robotic arm for you. Technology is very advanced now, it won't leave you disabled."
Upon hearing this, the timid man gritted his teeth and said angrily:
"That sounds nice! Can a robotic arm be the same as your own arm?"
Lu Qing didn't tolerate him and retorted directly:
"Stop with the sarcastic remarks! If you want to die, I can throw you into that pool right now!"
"you……"
The timid man wanted to say something more, but was stopped by another teammate.
"Alright! Yuan Changwen, the captain cut off your arm to save your life, and instead of thanking her, you're being sarcastic. Is this how you repay kindness with enmity?"
The bolder man glanced at Yuan Changwen, then said to Lu Qing:
"Captain, don't blame him. He just lost an arm and was having a moment of despair!"
Lu Qing didn't intend to argue with him, especially in this perilous situation.
"We've gathered all the information here. Now we're heading to set up the array's core. We might have to enter poisonous fog, so everyone be careful and don't fall behind!"
Lu Qing led the way, guiding everyone away from the research institute.
The rats at the entrance had dispersed, but no one dared to let their guard down.
The fog outside was getting thicker and thicker, and visibility was reduced to about three meters ahead, which slowed everyone's movements even further.
Lu Qing could only rely on a compass to determine direction.
"Captain, how much longer do we have to walk?" Liao Yan asked.
"According to Director Li, the location of the array's core is one kilometer south of the research institute, but the fog is too thick now, and we can't find the direction at all," Lu Qing said helplessly.
"Captain, let me try!"
A slightly thin young man walked over:
"Captain, my Four Directions Technique can pinpoint locations. Just give me five minutes."
Lu Qing nodded, signaling everyone to stop.
The people sent by the Investigation Bureau each had their own skills, and this Four Directions Technique was Mu Zi'an's secret technique.
Whether in the deep mountains or at sea, the Four Directions Technique can connect heaven and earth and understand the four directions, making it more accurate than a compass for determining location.
Mu Zian sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes. To outsiders, it looked like he was doing nothing, but in reality, his sea of consciousness had already connected with heaven and earth.
Five minutes indeed, Mu Zian opened her eyes precisely five minutes later.
"Captain, we're going the wrong way! We should be heading this way!"
Mu Zian pointed to the left front and said.
Lu Qing looked at the excitement on his face, her eyes flickered, and she sensed that something was wrong.
Seeing that Lu Qing was staring at him, Mu Zi'an smiled, touched his face, and asked:
"Captain, why are you staring at me? Is there something on my face?"
Lu Qing shook her head slightly: "It's nothing. Are you sure this is the direction?"
Mu Zian said confidently, "I'm sure! My Four Directions Technique is flawless!"
"Okay! You lead the way, we'll follow you!"
Lu Qing smiled slightly, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.
"Mu Zian, is your Four Directions Technique a family heirloom?" Lu Qing asked as they walked.
Mu Zi'an replied with a smile:
"It was passed down to me by my father."
"Can you teach me? I want to learn too!" Lu Qing said with a smile.
Mu Zian: "I'm afraid that won't work. The Four Directions Technique is a family secret, and it's passed down only to men, not women. I can't teach it to outsiders."
"I see! Okay!" Lu Qing nodded, feigning disappointment.
"By the way! Since your four-directional technique is so accurate in determining directions, you should know which direction the research institute is in!"
Mu Zian pointed behind him and said:
"The research institute is to the north, and we're heading south, so it's naturally behind us!"
Lu Qing suddenly stopped and looked at Mu Zi'an, a smile playing on her lips:
"Really? But why do I feel like the research institute is ahead of us?"
Mu Zi'an's expression stiffened for a moment, then returned to normal:
"Captain, the toxic fog here is too thick. It's normal that you can't tell which way to go. We came out of the research institute, so why would we be going back?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Changwen immediately echoed Mu Zi'an:
"Exactly! I trust Mu Zi'an's sense of direction. Women usually have a terrible sense of direction, so don't give me directions!"
Lu Qing curled her lips into a cold smile:
"My sense of direction is really not that great, so I never fight a battle I'm not prepared for, and I never put my hopes on people I've just met."
"So when I left the research institute, I left my paper doll there. Now I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to my paper doll. Are you sure we're on the right track?"
Mu Zian frowned immediately and retorted:
"Captain, even if what you say is true, it doesn't prove that my direction is wrong."
"This place is fraught with danger. Who knows if your paper doll will have any problems after you leave, or if you will be the one who gets the problem?"
Upon hearing this, the others immediately became alert.
Liao Yan just experienced being possessed, so if Lu Qing is possessed by an evil spirit, then what she just said was a lie.
Yuan Changwen, as if enjoying the spectacle, said urgently:
"Mu Zian is right. She is very likely possessed by an evil spirit and is deliberately misleading us!"
Several people in the team have gradually distanced themselves from Lu Qing, and some have even set their sights on the vine-man in her hand.
Lu Qing rolled her eyes speechlessly:
"Didn't you ever consider that it was Mu Zi'an who was possessed?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Mu Zi'an warily again.
Mu Zi'an laughed: "Captain, do I look like I'm possessed?"
Lu Qing: "So I look like I'm possessed?"
Liao Yan: "Evil spirits also vary in strength. Evil spirits that reach a certain level of power can remain completely undetected."
"So, Brother Liao, you mean that both Mu Zi'an and the captain might be possessed now!"
"What do we do? The vine person is still in the captain's hands, and we can't beat her!"
Lu Qing looked at the person who spoke:
"You're right! You can't beat me anyway, and the vine man is still in my hands. If I were possessed and wanted to kill you, I could just burn the vine man."
Yuan Changwen: "What if you have other motives?"
Lu Qing sneered, "That's true! What if I wanted to chop off all your arms and use them as a snack with my drinks!"
These words were clearly sarcastic, and Yuan Changwen immediately turned red with anger.
"Actually, it's very simple to prove who is possessed. Just bring out the vine person. The evil spirits here are afraid of the golden light of merit on your body. Whoever is afraid is the evil spirit."
As Lu Qing spoke, he took out the tree vine figure.
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