The two men looked at each other, then looked up at the sky where any trace of the ship had completely disappeared, and both retracted their heads.
"Since they arrived here at about the same time as us, Ning Kongran's team must be very strong." Chu Yan spoke first, as if thinking about something. "They even specially arranged to meet in Area D where not many people can enter. There must be something fishy going on. Could it be that the Ning family is going to make some secret move?"
Georgia came back to her senses a little, thinking of Ning Kongran's previous behavior, and shook her head and said: "I don't think the Ning family has any secret actions, but Kongran himself... Xiaoyan, Kongran can't be equated with the Ning family. I can feel that he has no ill will towards the Chu family, and he has helped me many times, right in front of you." Showing the little actions so frankly can be regarded as a way of expressing friendship.
"Now that you put it that way, it seems to be true." Chu Yan remembered that Ning Kongran had reminded Georgia to pay attention to Ning Kongting in front of him before, and thought carefully about his behavior of coming to team up with him this time. Finally, he came to his senses and asked in surprise: "Wait, why do I feel that he is siding with the Chu family? What about the Ning family, he doesn't want it anymore?"
Ning Kongran showed great confidence and trust in them as members of the Chu family regarding this team's departure, and even asked them to help cover it up. He seemed very confident that they would help and not expose the matter to others.
But where did Ning Kongran get this confidence from? He and Ning Kongran had no contact before, only...
He thought of something and turned to look at Georgia. His gaze swept over his worried eyes and he smacked his lips as if he had realized something - Ning Kongran should trust Qiao, and the Chu family was just a by-product.
Thinking of this, he frowned again, confused. Before, he thought Ning Kongran showed his affection to Qiao because he had some feelings for Qiao, but after looking at it later, it really didn't seem like that. How could someone have feelings for someone but not take any action at all and deliberately keep a distance?
He asked exactly what Georgia had guessed before, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, “Xiao Yan, Kong Ran doesn’t like the Ning family, and he has never concealed this from me.”
"So the Ning family really had an internal conflict?"
Chu Yan pulled his thoughts back and counted on his fingers: "The president is starting to get closer to our house. The Xiang and Wei families are huddled together and I don't know what they are plotting. They have been acting strangely lately. The Ning family is in internal strife. The empire wants to send someone to study here, but their purpose is unclear... The situation is really going to get chaotic."
He sighed and withdrew his hand. The playfulness in his eyes disappeared a lot. He lowered his eyes in thought. His facial features had grown a lot, and when his expression became serious, he actually had some shadows of Chu Rong in him. He looked mature and reliable.
Georgia was stunned when he looked at his face. His emotions were affected and he also fell silent. His mind was in a mess. One moment he thought of Chu Rong sending him away, and the next moment he thought of Chu Rong scolding him fiercely. His heart suddenly felt sour and his hand unconsciously touched the communicator.
Chu Rong should be asleep by now... The two haven't been in touch for the past few days. The other party seems to be very busy... Yes, after such a long vacation, he must have a lot of backlogs to deal with when he returns to the military headquarters, and the current situation is so unclear...
Lin Zhen glanced at them back and forth, feeling helpless. Taking care of children was really a headache.
He put away the tent he had just taken out, looked around the huge stone circle that posed a hidden danger of escape, stepped forward and said, "Since you don't want to sleep, let's continue on our journey and rest after we reach the foot of the mountain."
The two men came back to their senses. Chu Yan nodded and said, "Let's go. The prospector just said that a group of strange beasts are gathering here. Although it sounds like a scare, it's better for us to avoid them for safety reasons."
Hearing this, Lin Zhen looked at him, somewhat surprised. How come this carefree Third Young Master suddenly became mature and meticulous?
Georgia also thought it would be a good idea to leave the stone circle first. Just as she was about to agree, she remembered the hole in the corner of the tent and became anxious. She said, "Wait a minute, Xiao Hei is gone. He bit through the tent and ran away. I didn't see him after I woke up."
"What?"
Chu Yan's mature appearance immediately broke when he heard that, and he started yelling again, asking, "It bit through the tent and ran away? Its teeth are so sharp, it actually could bite through the tent?" That was a special tent, it might not be possible to cut it through even with a knife!
"The hole is very small. It wasn't there before I went to bed. It could have been bitten by it." Georgia responded in frustration. She felt very guilty. Her ears drooped. She said, "It's all my fault. I was sleeping so soundly that I didn't notice it ran away..."
"Don't blame you, don't blame you. You were too tired from exploring during the day, so it's normal for you to sleep a little deeply." Chu Yan hurriedly comforted him, his eyebrows knitted and a hint of anxiety in his eyes.
Although Xiao Hei looked stupid and mean, he was surprisingly likable. He just ran away like that. He was so small, what would he do if he met other strange beasts? They wouldn't be able to even fill their teeth.
Lin Zhen didn't expect there would be such an episode. Thinking of the strange little snake, he turned around and told the team members behind him, "Look around to see if there are any signs of snakes leaving."
Upon receiving the order, the team members turned on the small lights and searched the surroundings carefully.
Georgia came back to her senses, thanked Lin Zhen, and hurriedly started looking for him.
The dwarf's night vision ability once again played a big role. He quickly found traces of a snake crawling in a crevice in the corner and hurriedly called everyone to come and see.
Chu Yan came over and pondered the direction of the crack, wondering, "Strange, why does Xiao Hei seem to be crawling towards the volcano?"
"It's probably a coincidence," Georgia replied. Just as she was about to say something else, her ears suddenly moved and her expression became serious. She turned her head and looked around. Her magic power instantly spread out to cover everyone, isolating their breath. She lowered her voice and said, "There are really strange beasts coming, from several directions! I can hear their footsteps, let's go!"
Everyone was shocked. Lin Zhen immediately waved his hand and said, "Let's go. Try to make as little noise as possible. Open the protective shields!"
Everyone acted quickly. Chu Yan and Georgia were surrounded again. Several people left the stone circle at night.
Not long after they left, several strange beasts of different kinds all rushed to the boulder, circled around it a few times, sniffed everywhere, and then one of them smashed one of the stones with its tail. Its yellow-green eyes fell on a very shallow crawling mark, and it immediately raised its neck and let out a low roar with a strange frequency.
A few seconds later, a faint response came from the volcano. The beasts froze suddenly as if they had just woken up, then quickly came to their senses, looked at the surroundings and the other beasts in fear and confusion, and turned and fled quickly with a hiss.
After hearing the sound coming from the volcano, the strange beasts in area D made a slight commotion for a while, but soon calmed down and huddled in their own nests, not daring to walk around casually.
Georgia seemed to sense something, raised his head and looked towards the volcano, frowning. That power fluctuation just now...
"What's wrong?" Chu Yan noticed that he was slowing down, so he slowed down his pace and comforted him, "Don't worry too much. Xiao Hei is so small, it's easy for him to hide when he encounters danger. He will be fine."
Maybe it's an illusion.
Georgia came back to her senses and nodded, but she felt more and more uneasy, so she simply spread her magic power a little wider.
After walking for more than an hour, everyone was approaching the foot of the volcano.
"It's almost dawn, let's take a break." Lin Zhen looked back at the two children who were obviously becoming listless, found a suitable place to camp, and stopped the team.
After the excitement passed, sleepiness came over him. Chu Yan nodded and yawned with his hand covering his mouth.
Georgia also raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, with a tired look on her face.
Both physically and mentally exhausted, although he was worried, Georgia fell asleep quickly after entering the tent. He did not mend the hole in the corner of the tent, nor did he agree to Chu Yan's suggestion to change the tent, insisting on sleeping in this one.
He always subconsciously felt that as long as this hole remained, Xiao Hei might come back.
The two of them slept soundly and did not wake up until around nine in the morning.
Georgia moved her ears and slowly opened her eyes. After a few seconds of confusion, she stared at the black object lying on the pillow. Suddenly, she woke up, let out a low cry, sat up, and picked up the little black snake that had come back at some point. She happily pinched its little body and asked, "Where did you go last night? When did you come back? Don't be so willful next time."
The little black snake was woken up by his pinch, stuck out its tongue at him, and then fell asleep again hanging on his hand.
Georgia was completely happy. She touched it gently, fed it some magic power, then got up happily and walked out of the tent.
Everyone was surprised and relieved about Xiao Hei's return, except Chu Yan, who made a few threatening gestures at Xiao Hei with a knife. When he found that Xiao Hei was concentrating on sleeping and had no reaction, he angrily cursed him as a pig, put away the knife, reached out and pinched him, using a little force.
The little black snake moved when he pinched it, and without hesitation, it swung its tail on the back of his hand.
Chu Yan let out a howl, which made everyone laugh.
The atmosphere became much more relaxed. After a rest, everyone set out again, this time to climb a mountain.
"Although cinnabar is mostly found underground, it is generally scattered and may be brought out by the magma flowing out during volcanic eruptions. We need to first search for the nests of reptiles on this mountain to determine a rough range." Lin Zhen put away the map, turned around and looked at Georgia, and asked, "Can you still hold on?"
Georgia threw the absorbed magic stone back into the storage ring and nodded: "Okay, let's go."
Xiao Hei once again lazily hung in Georgia's pocket, even deliberately rubbing some of his gentle scent on his body, glanced at the bottom of the mountain, and wagged his tail comfortably.
The group set off again, this time with Georgia leading the way.
"There's a mineral reaction in the west."
Everyone went there and found a pile of high-grade Fengwu stones.
"Mineral reaction in the north."
The group went there again and found a pile of rare disc-shaped stones.
"There is a mineral reaction three hundred meters ahead."
Everyone carefully moved forward and actually found a rare mutated meteorite ore.
…
A day passed quickly and everyone reaped a lot of rewards. Any minerals they found would cause heated discussions and scrambles among the outside world, but no one felt happy about it - after a busy day, they didn't even find the shadow of the nest of the reptiles, let alone the cinnabar sand.
Georgia felt a little guilty and frustrated. She said listlessly during dinner, "I'm sorry I wasted your day."
"You've been a great help."
Lin Zhen handed him the simple vegetable soup and said soothingly, "Don't worry, there is still time. Star sand is a level 10 material, so it is normal that it is difficult to find. Besides, the guide's words are not credible. Maybe there is no star sand here. You come here just to seek peace of mind, don't force the result."
"Yes, yes, that guide is addicted to cheating people. Don't put pressure on yourself. Let's just treat it as a treasure hunt." Chu Yan also comforted him. After saying that, he became angry again and said angrily: "Bah! Don't let me run into that guide again, or I'll beat him up every time I run into him! What reptile nest? It's just a lie. There are nests of all kinds of animals on this mountain, except for reptiles! Liar!"
Georgia was stunned after hearing this complaint, and vaguely realized something. She stopped drinking the soup, frowned, and carefully recalled the things she had seen while wandering around the mountains that day, counting on her fingers.
There were bird nests, and nests of various mammals, and there was even a lake on the mountain, rich in fish, where they discovered an aquatic gem... but no reptiles.
No, not only reptiles, they didn't even see any other larger beast nests. They were all nests of small animals. Moreover, compared with the dangerous beasts at the foot of the mountain, this mountain was so peaceful and safe that it was unscientific.
He was startled and reacted suddenly.
The situation where other large beasts retreated, a certain type of beast was completely gone, and only some small, non-threatening animals survived around, could only mean one thing: this place was the territory of a certain beast, and that beast was very powerful, so powerful that other beasts dared not approach! And this beast could not tolerate any beasts or small animals of the same type as itself surviving in its territory!
"Hurry up and get down the mountain!" He felt something was wrong the more he thought about it. He quickly put down the bowl of soup and said in a hurry, "We can't rest on the mountain at night. It will be dangerous! The guide didn't lie. There are indeed reptiles on this mountain. We didn't find its nest because this whole mountain is its territory!"
Upon hearing this, everyone stopped what they were doing, turned their heads and looked at him, stunned.
The entire mountain was their territory? Didn't that mean they had been wandering around under the nose of some strange beast the whole day?
Lin Zhen frowned, stood up without saying anything, and ordered: "Pack your things and hurry down the mountain!"
The tent that had just been set up was quickly packed up and the group hurried down the mountain.
After finding a safe place to camp again at the foot of the mountain, Georgia detailed her speculation and said worriedly, "I didn't detect the existence of the alien beast's nest at all, nor could I sense the alien beast's breath. If my speculation is correct, then the ability of this alien beast is likely related to mental power, which can mislead, disguise, or even block the detection of this power."
In the past, when he went hunting with his parents, he also encountered a situation where magic failed to detect the presence of animals around. At that time, the magic beast that could only block magic detection almost took him away, and it was his father who risked his life to save him.
The monster that attacked was already a top-level beast, about to gain human intelligence. It not only possessed the power provided by its bloodline, but also could cultivate magic power, making it very powerful. In the end, his parents just took him away, and they had no power to fight at all. Later, the tribesmen gathered together and drove the monster that was close to the Beast King away from the vicinity of the dwarf village.
Now this unidentified beast has also shown similar abilities, and its strength is estimated to be quite high. However, there are only a few of them, so the future is worrying.
"Generally speaking, only high-level powers can block the detection of low-level powers." Lin Zhen's expression became solemn, and he said, "Your mental power level is S. If it can block your detection, then the mental power of this monster must be at least S or above." And the highest mental power of their team is only S.
Chu Yan's expression turned green upon hearing this, but he was strangely happy in his heart. He said, "With such a powerful beast guarding here, the possibility of the existence of cinnabar sand is almost 100%."
There must be treasures around powerful beasts. This is an iron rule. The guide may not have lied. So the question now is how can they find the star sand and get it without angering the powerful beast.
The atmosphere became a little depressing.
"Let's take a break first." Lin Zhen spoke up to break the atmosphere, patted Georgia's shoulder soothingly, and said, "Don't worry, if it doesn't work, we will withdraw first and ask the commander to send a professional team over. We can get this information, so this operation is already a success."
Georgia came back to her senses from her thoughts, glanced at the team members around her, nodded, and replied: "Well... I don't recommend taking risks either." Compared to the treasure, everyone's safety is more important.
"Yes, yes, yes. At worst, we can ask second brother to come here in person. He is at the SSS level." Chu Yan deliberately made his tone light to liven up the atmosphere.
After reaching the conclusion that they should not force it, everyone felt much less stressed, fatigue came over them, and they packed up and prepared to rest. Lin Zhen was worried, so he assigned a few more people to take turns to keep watch to ensure safety.
Georgia didn't sleep well that night, always feeling like she was being spied on by something.
He heard a faint rustling sound while he was half asleep. He immediately opened his eyes, reached out his hand and firmly and ruthlessly held down the little black snake that was about to sneak away again. He frowned and pulled it back, pinched its tail, and said, "Little Black, the mountain next to us is very dangerous, don't run around."
Xiao Hei didn't expect to be caught. His body stiffened for a moment, then he pretended to be stupid and wrapped his arms around him. He closed his eyes and acted as if he was obediently getting ready to go to sleep.
Georgia was amused by its reaction. She poked it with her hand and touched its little body. Fearing that it would be hypocritical, she simply took out another potion and stuffed it into its mouth. She also fed it a lot of magic power. After it was so lazy that it had no energy to move, she stuffed it into the quilt and let it sleep, with her hand still vigilantly holding a small part of its tail.
The little black snake with its belly bulged out turned its head to look at its tail that was being held, stuck out its tongue, flicked its tongue in place, and fell asleep in a daze.
"ah--!"
At dawn, a roar that was almost voice-breaking broke the silence in the forest. Georgia quickly opened his eyes, lifted the quilt and took a look. Seeing that the little black snake was still there, he breathed a sigh of relief, quickly put on his clothes, stuffed it into his pocket, walked out of the tent and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know. The sound came from the other side of the mountain."
Lin Zhen, who was guarding the tent, answered simply, frowned and looked far away towards the mountain.
"Why do I feel that this voice sounds familiar? It seems to have come from the guy with the rougher voice among the group of mercenaries that day." Chu Yan came out of the tent with messy hair and ran to the two of them, then looked in that direction.
After the shouting, the forest returned to calm, as if the roar just now was just their illusion.
"Do you want to go over and take a look?" Chu Yan asked, guessing, "Qiao guessed yesterday that there was no danger on this mountain, but today such a shrill roar came from the other side of the mountain. Could it be that the mysterious beast in this mountain has appeared?"
Lin Zhen shook his head, took out a miniature camera from the space button and threw it into the air, saying, "Wait a minute, don't rush in."
A quarter of an hour later, the instrument sent a picture.
At the small lake they had visited yesterday, several mechas were guarding an injured strong man. There were collapsed tents and camping equipment all around. Not far away, a large group of strange beasts were staring at them with fierce expressions, as if they had a deep hatred for this group of people.
Chu Yan glared and said, "Fortunately we didn't camp on the mountain yesterday, Qiao, your speculation seems to be a little wrong."
"No." Georgia's expression became more serious, her face tense, and she replied, "Look at the eyes of these beasts. Although their eyes are fierce, they are all out of focus, as if they are controlled by someone."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked carefully. The more they looked, the more they felt that there was something wrong with the eyes of these strange beasts, and they began to feel uneasy.
"So this is..." Chu Yan swallowed hard.
"They were driven there by the strange beast lurking in this mountain." Georgia helped him finish his words and said, "Yesterday's speculation was indeed a little off. We underestimated the strength of that strange beast. It can not only block detection, but also drive and control other strange beasts. We were wandering around the mountain for so long yesterday, it must have noticed us. This team of mercenaries helped us ward off disaster."
In the scene, the mercenary team abandoned all the camp supplies in a very embarrassing manner, and drove away in the mecha with the wounded. The group of strange beasts chased them away, and did not let go at all.
Lin Zhen recalled the instrument, looked at Chu Yan and Georgia, and said, "I suggest returning. The enemy's strength is unknown, so it is not advisable to continue exploring deeper."
Although it is a bit discouraging, this is the wisest choice at the moment.
"Then let's go back. We've been delayed for many days. Yuan Xiu must be getting impatient." Chu Yan raised his arm and put it on Georgia's shoulder. Contrary to his previous determination to get the cinnabar sand, he decisively chose to give up.
Georgia turned her head to look at him, nodded, then looked down at her pocket and asked reluctantly, "What about Xiao Hei?" It's so small, it will definitely not survive in this forest alone.
"Take it home and raise it." Chu Yan pulled him to sit aside, watching Lin Zhen and the team members packing up the tents in the camp, stretched lazily, and sighed: "Alas, this experience is really boring."
Since Chu Yan said so, let’s take Xiao Hei back and raise him.
Georgia lowered her head and touched the sleeping little Hei in her pocket, then sat down next to Chu Yan. She was infected by his stretching and also relaxed.
He was finally going back. To be honest, he missed Chu Rong very much. The longer he was away, the more he missed her.
"When we get back, we can ask my second brother to send more powerful people to find star sand." Chu Yan raised his hand to support his chin and said in a low voice.
Georgia nodded, her thoughts unconsciously drifting towards someone who stayed on the main planet.
The two of them sat side by side in a daze. The little black snake in Georgia's pocket seemed to have sensed something. It slowly opened its eyes, lazily wagged its tail, and then suddenly realized something and straightened up.
But it was too late. A shadow suddenly enveloped Chu Yan and Georgia. Before they could react, it silently rolled them up and dragged them towards the darkness underground.
The two team members who were guarding the two of them suddenly woke up with a start, looked around in confusion, and when they found that Chu Yan and Georgia, who were sitting on the stone in the middle, were gone, they were shocked and hurriedly called out to Lin Zhen who was arranging matters to return.
Lin Zhen turned around and his expression changed drastically.
I saw that on the mountain wall not far behind the stone, a big hole had appeared at some point, and on the grass in front of the hole, a piece of jade that had lost its color was lying quietly.
"Shit, what's going on!" Chu Yan seemed to wake up from a mystery. He saw that he and Qiao Quan were entangled by a black object of unknown material and were being dragged quickly underground. He was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out.
"I don't know." Georgia frowned and wanted to look back at what was dragging the two people, but found that she was completely unable to move. She tried to mobilize her magic power, but it seemed to be blocked by something and she could not sense anything at all.
But his intuition told him that the beast that was dragging them deeper into the depths was not aggressive, so he comforted him, "Don't worry, this strange beast that caught us doesn't seem to have any intention of hurting us."
Chu Yan calmed down a little after hearing this. He observed the surrounding situation with great care. His eyes lit up and he asked, "So we are like that guide, dragged back to the cave by the boss of this mountain? Are we going to find the star sand?"
"...But don't be too optimistic." Georgia also looked around the extremely deep and wide cave and said, "Lin Zhen is still outside. I left him a message as soon as I found something wrong. I don't know if he saw it."
"What did you leave for him?" Chu Yan asked puzzledly.
"A pass," Georgia replied.
On the ground, Lin Zhen immediately stepped forward and picked up the jade. He felt a little heavy in his heart. He wanted to report the situation to Chu Rong and ask Chu Rong to mobilize the forces of nearby planets for reinforcement, but he found that the communicator had malfunctioned. Later he found that not only the communicator, but all the signal equipment had malfunctioned.
"Captain, what should we do now?" one of the team members asked anxiously, feeling extremely guilty.
If they hadn't been inexplicably distracted, the Third Young Master and Georgia wouldn't have been captured.
Lin Zhen turned off the communicator that had no signal response, and glanced into the cave. He faintly saw the shadow of a piece of jade. He hurried in to pick it up. He was determined and said decisively: "Go in and save people! We don't know how large the signal shielding range is. It will take too much time to retreat and ask for help. Let's go in directly!"
They didn't know how long they were dragged, but after entering an empty, damp underground cave, their bodies stopped and the black unknown belts tied around the two of them automatically loosened and were taken away. Chu Yan immediately took Georgia back against the wall and looked warily in the direction where the belts were taken away.
In the dim underground, a pair of huge blood-red pupils looked down at them, and there was a faint hissing sound of snakes in their ears.
"Fuck!" Chu Yan swallowed back his exclamation with difficulty. Looking at the eyes that were bigger than his head, his heart rose to his throat and his hand touched the space button of the mecha.
"Give me back my child."
The hissing of the snakes suddenly intensified, and an invisible pressure came over him. Chu Yan felt his mental strength surge, and he almost fell to the ground with his knees weakened. Thanks to Georgia's support, he was able to stabilize his body.
Such a strong mental suppression!
"Qiao, I'm holding you in front, you run!" Chu Yan's expression turned ugly. He endured the mental pressure and pushed Georgia behind him, staring at the unknown beast whose appearance he could not see clearly.
Georgia was a little confused. The strange beast with black skin and red eyes in front of her... seemed to be talking?
"Can't you hear me?" He pulled Chu Yan's arm.
"What did you hear?" Chu Yan stopped taking the mecha, and sweat appeared on his forehead. He said, "The pressure from this beast has become stronger. Get ready. As soon as I take out the mecha, you run out!"
"Give me back my child!"
The hissing of the snake became louder again, and the red pupils moved closer. Chu Yan groaned, a look of pain appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but raise his hand to press his forehead.
Georgia was startled and quickly took out a potion for him to drink. Then she walked out to face the monster, which was so huge that only its head could be seen. She tentatively asked in Elvish, "Were you talking to me just now?"
The strange beast moved its head, fixed its eyes on him, stuck out its tongue, and hissed again: "What are you talking about? Damn human, I saved you, but you stole my child. Damn it! Damn it!"
The pressure in the air increased again, and with a click, the medicine bottle shattered. Chu Yan's eyes turned red, and he finally fell down because he couldn't bear the pressure anymore. However, his hand still wanted to touch the mecha, and he whispered to Georgia to run faster.
Georgia hurriedly stood in front of him, feeling a little anxious.
The strange beast in front of him was obviously about to lose his mind, and unlike Xiao Hui, he could not understand the meaning of the Elven language. But how could it speak in his mind? It was clearly just the hissing of a snake - wait, in the mind? Xiao Hei seemed to have used this method when he asked for help before, but the meaning was more vague, and Xiao Hei was also dark-skinned.
An idea suddenly came to his mind, and he quickly took out the seemingly stiff little black from his pocket, and tried to mobilize his magic power again, condensing it into a special rhythm, and replied in Elvish again: "The child you mentioned, is this one?"
The snake's hissing suddenly stopped. Xiao Hei's stiff body softened and hung on his hand. He guiltily hid his head in his coiled body, not daring to face the pair of blood-red eyes.
The pressure in the air weakened, and Chu Yan gasped for breath, looking much better.
Georgia felt the same embarrassment as when she rescued Little Black again. She handed Little Black forward again and said in Elvish with magic: "I rescued it from a cliff. It was hanging on a small tree on the cliff and was very weak. It has been with me for the past few days and has recovered. Look."
The strange beast stretched its head forward again, gently extended the tip of its forked tongue, licked Xiao Hei who was pretending to be dead, and tried to wrap it around him.
“Hiss, hiss, hiss!”
Sensing its intention, Xiao Hei immediately came back to life, and without hesitation slid down Georgia's arm to his shoulder and hid himself, his tail slapping back and forth angrily, obviously in a bad mood.
Georgia: “…”
After Chu Yan recovered his breath, he immediately got up and found that the situation seemed to be a little different from what he expected. He blocked him in an unnoticeable way and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
"That's it..." Georgia took Little Black off her shoulder, glanced at the huge alien beast that was staring at them with a sad look in its eyes, and said dryly, "Little Gray's story is repeating itself." They once again experienced the situation of saving a child and then being visited by the child's mother.
Chu Yan: “…”
He turned his head to take a look and still could only see two red eyes of the unknown beast. He twitched his lips, grabbed Xiao Hei from Georgia's hand, and threw him towards the huge beast without mercy.
"Be careful!" Georgia was startled by his actions, and hurriedly took out the ball to help Xiao Hei, but found that the huge monster had already caught Xiao Hei before them and rolled it up with its tongue.
Xiao Hei began to struggle frantically, hissing and screaming, like a rebellious kid who didn't want to go home.
The huge monster took a deep look at them, then retreated with Xiao Hei and quickly disappeared into the dark cave.
"So what's going on?" Chu Yan felt like he had done it again.
"It seems that a human who was rescued by this strange beast stole Xiao Hei and abandoned it on the cliff halfway. This strange beast should be Xiao Hei's mother." Georgia made a reasonable guess based on what the strange beast said.
Chu Yan frowned: "Human? Could it be the guide? How could he be so wicked? So Xiao Hei is blaming his mother for not protecting him?" Normally, shouldn't the cub rush into his mother's arms to complain about his grievances and seek comfort after seeing her again? Why did Xiao Hei react?
“…Probably.”
Georgia answered vaguely, feeling guilty for Xiao Hei.
In fact, from the observations over the past two days, Xiao Hei's situation is more like that of a playful child who is reluctant to go home after leaving home. Another point is that Xiao Hei seems to be addicted to the feeling of absorbing magic power and is "addicted" and unwilling to quit.
The two looked at each other in silence for a few seconds. Chu Yan's face twitched and he spoke first: "Now that we have found the underground nest, can we go look for star sand? The beast should not attack us again."
Georgia nodded, and then said: "But Teacher Lin and the others are still outside——"
As they were talking, a familiar sound of footsteps came faintly from the distance of the cave. The two men's eyes lit up, and they looked at each other again, then turned around and ran in the direction of the sound.
The group of people soon reunited. Lin Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and fell silent after understanding the situation.
"Let's look for star sand first, while this powerful monster has no time to care about us." Finally, he decisively changed the subject and drew everyone's attention back to the business.
Chu Yan had already started looking around, shining a small lamp here and there, and said, "There are so many forks in this cave, where should we start looking?"
Lin Zhen looked at Georgia. Georgia mobilized his magic power and found that it had returned to normal. He stepped forward, put his hand on the mountain wall, and said, "I'll do it. Everyone wait a moment." After that, he penetrated the magic power along the mountain wall.
The strange beast that was wandering somewhere noticed the movement, looked back, then turned its gaze away, and walked towards the deeper part with Xiao Hei who was still struggling, while silently extending its strength.
Above the ground, near the cave entrance, a controlled alien beast wandered nearby, quickly dug the soil to cover up the cave entrance, then messed around in the surroundings, making the area look like it had been fought by alien beasts.
The forest seemed to have returned to its normal state, and no one noticed anything underground.
Star sand is a relatively strong material, usually distributed in the ground in dotted form. It is mostly white in color and emits a very faint white halo. It is dotted on the dark ground like stars. It has a loose texture and becomes sand under stress, hence the name star sand.
The earth magic spread out layer by layer, and finally when the magic spread to the limit, a faint energy response was fed back. Georgia was delighted, and after confirming it again and again, he withdrew his hand and pointed in a direction: "In that direction."
Chu Yan immediately became excited and shouted, "Let's go and dig for treasure!"
Lin Zhen shook his head with amusement and signaled everyone to follow Georgia's instructions.
There were many underground caves connected to each other, and the roads were intricate and complicated. It was easy to get lost if you were not careful. Even with Georgia's guidance, it took them a whole day to walk through countless maze-like tunnels before they finally got close to the location of the star sand.
"Behind this earth wall." Georgia walked into a dead end again, but she was not discouraged like before. Instead, she said excitedly: "The reaction is very strong. The distance should not exceed two meters."
In other words, there is no need to take a detour, just start digging directly towards this earth wall.
"Great!" Chu Yan had been walking underground for a whole day, and his eyes were almost dazzled by the gray and black color everywhere. Hearing this, he excitedly took out his breakfast.
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