Chapter 47 Chapter 47 "Just follow her, maybe...
The team rushed out of the security building like an arrow from a bow. There is a special express passage inside the college that leads directly to the outside of the school.
After boarding the floating pet-shaped flying car, the engine emitted a low roar, and the animal car accelerated instantly, leaving the gate of the academy behind and rushing towards the direction of Luoxia Forest.
The atmosphere in the car was serious.
In the convoy where the third team was located, another second-year female team member was in charge of driving, and Hong Ling sat in the co-pilot seat. She called up the implementation projection of the mission briefing.
The topographic map of the edge of Luoxia Forest, the coordinates of the energy explosion point, and preliminary energy waveform analysis data were clearly displayed on the projection screen.
"The coordinates are at the junction of the edge of the Luoxia Forest and the abandoned mining area. The terrain is complex, with many fissures and abandoned mines." Hong Ling's voice was calm and clear. "A B+-level energy burst, accompanied by violent spatial fluctuations, means two things."
While synchronizing the information from the mission briefing, she explained her experience to the people in the carriage: "First, the energy source itself contains powerful spatial properties. Second, the surrounding environment is extremely unstable, and spatial rifts or secondary damage may occur at any time."
Hong Ling said, "Our primary goal is to determine the nature of the energy source. Is it a naturally occurring spatial node experiencing abnormal activity? Or is it some kind of spatial beast advancing or awakening? Or is it a chain reaction caused by some artificial device or relic?"
She glanced at the members of Team Three. "Meng Yanlang, your undead rats have the ability to stealth and sense subtle energy flows. Once you reach the periphery, you and Misong will immediately send your spirit beasts out for reconnaissance. Focus on detecting any signs of life in the energy core area and its surroundings, especially any large individuals exhibiting abnormal energy reactions."
Misong and Meng Yanlang, who were driving the car, responded "Okay" in unison.
Even though Ma Chengying had already arranged the personnel before departure, Hong Ling still wanted to confirm some details with everyone. "Although not every mission is dangerous, as a senior, I can't help but give you a few more words of advice. Please don't think I'm too talkative."
Hong Ling looked at her junior and senior classmates in the back seat through the rearview mirror. In her heart, they were the same as her brothers and sisters at home. Since they joined the guard team, she would definitely protect their safety when necessary.
Who makes her the senior sister?
"Zhao Peng, your Iron-Armored Bull has good defensive capabilities and is relatively large in size. You will lead the way, be responsible for clearing obstacles on the path, and cover the team's advance. In the event of a sudden attack, you will be limited to withstand the first wave of offensive." She said.
Hong Ling's gaze finally fell on Jiang Qing. "Jiang Qing, this is your first time back on the team and on a mission with the group. I don't know your specific abilities, but Deputy Captain Ma has assigned you the responsibility of detecting fluctuations in spatial energy. So, make good use of your spirit beast's abilities. I'll give you a data detection instrument. After you locate the core of the energy source, assess its stability. If you discover a strange beast, report its location and level first. Don't approach rashly."
"I understand!" Jiang Qing also looked serious.
The animal cart was moving at an extremely fast speed, and the scenery outside the window was rapidly receding. The lush forest gradually became sparse, and exposed rocks and abandoned slag piles began to appear on the ground.
Jiang Qing smelled a faint, strange smell in the air, similar to a mixture of ozone and sulfur.
"Approaching the target area, everyone, prepare to get off the car!" Ma Chengyin's voice came through the public channel in the car.
The animal cart stopped in front of a relatively open rocky beach. Everyone got off quickly and lined up to be on guard.
The scene before them made everyone's heart shudder.
The originally dense forest at the edge of Luoxia Forest now appears to be in a strange state of withering. The leaves are yellow and curled, and they are only twisted, as if the vitality has been forcibly extracted by something.
There is a valley entrance not far ahead, and the air pressure seems to have formed a small aura there.
Everyone saw the air at the cave entrance twisting and swaying, like an unstable ripple area.
At the core point of this area, the light refracted strangely, sometimes stretching, sometimes compressing, like a transparent bubble that was constantly breathing and expanding.
The smell of sulfur ozone in the air became stronger after getting off the bus, mixed with a low-frequency "humming" sound.
Relatively far away, at the foot of a hillside, there stood a small tent with the logo of the Fifth Beast Taming Academy marked on it. Seeing a car parked, the people in the tent came out to take a look.
Ma Chengying took Hong Ling and walked towards the tent and communicated with the man for a long time.
Jiang Qing and others were left where they were.
The moment she saw that the mission location was a cave again, her heart subconsciously tightened.
Both encounters in the cave completely eliminated her pdsd.
Jiang Qing took out the compass jade that Ji Changsu had given her. The translucent spoon felt slightly cool to the touch. She shook it around, and the gray mist in the center went from being motionless to slowly surging and rolling, finally driving the entire spoon to rotate in one direction.
Like an iron shoe attracted by a magnet, the spoon handle stubbornly lingered at one of the cave entrances.
Jiang Qing: “…”
Her intuition told her that getting close to the hole would definitely do no good.
Zhu Tianba under his feet also retreated half a step, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at Jiang Qing with the same inexhaustible gaze.
"Buzz—"
As if to confirm the reaction of the compass jade, the low and suppressed "humming" sound in the air suddenly raised its pitch, as if some giant beast was awakening nearby.
Immediately afterwards, in the horrified gaze of everyone, the distorted area of light and shadow at the entrance of the cave suddenly caved inward.
A deep, dark hole with arcs flashing around its edges appeared out of nowhere and instantly expanded to a range of two meters.
A turbid, thick fog that seemed to be a mixture of ashes and blood was swirling in the cave entrance. The surrounding air, gravel, and weeds began to be pulled and swallowed madly.
"Retreat! Everyone retreat!" Ma Chengying and Hong Ling screamed almost at the same time. They had just finished communicating with the students at the reconnaissance point and were quickly returning to the team. When they saw the drastic changes in front of them, their hearts were in their throats.
Everyone understood that the scene before them was definitely unsafe, and the team retreated immediately.
The veteran team members immediately summoned their own spirit beasts to form a defensive formation, blocking everyone in front.
Although the newcomers took half a beat to react, they all summoned their spirit beasts.
The Iron-Armored Bull let out a dull roar, and under the command of Zhao Peng, it slowly walked forward, using its heavy body to block the front, and khaki energy flowed on its shell.
All large and heavy spiritual beasts were released to stand in front of everyone.
Wen Zhuxi immediately took Lin Qingzhou and retreated behind Jiang Qing.
Lin Qingzhou slapped Wen Zhuxi's hand away, which she had grabbed in a panic, and said angrily, "Are you a coward? You're hiding behind a woman!"
Just as he was about to go out, he was pulled back again.
Wen Zhuxi's face was as pale as ever, but this time his expression was no longer playful. Instead, he became unusually serious. He murmured softly, "Qingzhou, trust me this time. I can sense that the cave in this mission is very unusual and very dangerous."
Lin Qingzhou also became serious after hearing this.
Wen Zhuxi has an ability, which is prediction. Although he cannot make things appear as if they were prophecies, he can accurately sense danger and some things he wants to know in advance.
She paused, frowned, and said, "Then you can't hide behind a woman."
Wen Zhuxi defended herself, "I felt she was inexplicably close, so I thought she was safe. We just had to follow her, and maybe there would be no danger."
The ability to predict is very mysterious, it’s just a feeling.
Just like the last time at the Guard Team selection competition, when he passed by Jiang Qing, he inexplicably felt that the energy fluctuations on her body were stronger than those of others, so he predicted that Jiang Qing would definitely be able to enter the Guard Team.
"As for classmate Jiang Qing..." Lin Qingzhou fell into deep thought.
Jiang Qing listened to the conversation between the two and was speechless.
Hey! The person involved is right in front of you, why don't you two keep your private conversation private?!
Jiang Qing himself didn't feel the same way as Wen Zhuxi did when she felt safe.
If I were really lucky enough, I wouldn't encounter accidents everywhere.
Maybe she has some kind of special "Tang Monk" physique, and all the disasters and accidents are caused by her.
Of course, Jiang Qing just thought so.
When people have been unlucky for a long time, they always like to attribute it to whether there is something wrong with their fate.
Jiang Qing hugged Zhu Tianba, which could increase the gravity a little. Her heart was beating wildly in the face of the huge suction force. The pulling force almost made her unable to stand. Zhu Tianba in her arms had his hair standing on end, his amber pupils staring at the black hole, and a threatening roar rolling out of his throat at any time.
She noticed Zhu Tianba's behavior and immediately lowered her voice, covered his eyes, and said in a voice that only Zhu Tianba could hear: "Tianba, you can't do that. The suction looks deadly. Your master doesn't have such a strong fate. I will accompany you down."
If she remembered correctly, that kind of spatial force had a fatal attraction to Zhu Tianba. The first two times, it was because of Zhu Tianba's sudden actions that she had to face danger with it.
"We have to take a long-term view and proceed step by step." Jiang Qing continued to speak to Zhu Tianba, and she assured him, "Don't worry, I will definitely get the things for you. You can just stay in the Seal of Contract for a while."
After she finished speaking, without waiting for Zhu Tianba to react, she quickly pinched her fingers and put Zhu Tianba back into the seal of the contract.
Jiang Qing let out a long sigh, raised his hand and wiped away the cold sweat that didn't exist at all.
Just as she finished all this, Hong Ling's voice rang out from the front. Overcoming the immense suction force, she shouted, "Meng Yanlang, Misong, start reconnaissance!"
"Got it!" the two answered in unison.
Meng Yanlang took a deep breath and his fingers flew quickly. Then the spirit body of the undead rat on his shoulder gradually solidified and turned into a gray shadow that almost merged with the shadow. It stuck to the ground and at an incredible angle, narrowly avoided the strongest suction range of the cave entrance, and sank into the rolling turbid fog like a ghost.
Also blending in were several small green snakes and a fist-sized jade-colored hummingbird.
Time seemed to be stretched out, and everyone was nervously waiting for the reconnaissance results.
After about a minute, Meng Yanlang's expression changed. He muttered, "Shadow... has been disrupted! The energy turbulence inside is too strong, and the signal is extremely unstable. Shadow only vaguely saw a huge, eye-like object. I wonder if it is the core of the cave."
"That eye seemed to be alive. Shadow's mind was disturbed after just one look at it. I was just commanding it to retreat." Meng Yanlang said fearfully.
For a moment, the connection between him and the shadow was broken.
The connection between the spirit pet and the beastmaster is broken. Unless one of them takes the initiative to cancel it, the only possibility left is the other party's death.
In that state, Meng Yanlang didn't believe that Shadow would actively disconnect.
Fortunately, the disconnection lasted only a few seconds, otherwise he would have rushed in immediately to save his shadow.
Even if it's highly unwise to do so.
About a minute later, Misong hurriedly reported, "The Bibo Bee sent back blurry images, confirming the presence of a high-energy aggregate in the core. Its form is unknown, its life characteristics are disordered, and there are a large number of crystal fragments around it. Wait... The Bibo Bee's signal... is interrupted?!"
The last sentence was tinged with fear.
Obviously, her scout bee was in danger.
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