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While Li Ping'an was running away, her heart was beating wildly, as if something was chasing her from behind. She was not paying attention and tripped over a branch and fell to the ground.
Regardless of the pain in his legs, Li Ping'an quickly got up and continued running forward, but bumped into something hanging on a branch.
Just at this moment, the mist dissipated, and Li Ping'an saw everything clearly. He immediately cursed in Chinese. This was actually a person, and a dried-up person at that. Looking at the dry and blackened feet in front of him, Li Ping'an took two steps back and wanted to change direction.
But she heard a sound coming from the grass behind her. She couldn't see clearly, but Li Ping'an knew that it must be Sister Hua who came to catch her.
Looking at the corpse hanging like bacon in front of him, Li Ping'an gritted his teeth and rushed in.
The little ape behind him grinned, as if he had found a toy. He followed Li Ping'an, not too close, nor too far away. From time to time, he would rush out to scare Li Ping'an. Whenever Li Ping'an fell, he would laugh for a long time.
Li Ping'an didn't know what was following him, but from the deadly noises it made, he felt that it was not a good thing.
The further Li Ping'an ran inside, the darker the light became, but the sounds became more frequent, including the buzzing sound of wasps and the sound of talking. Li Ping'an looked carefully and her eyes lit up. She recognized the voices of Zhao Jingyan and her sister.
Gradually, a little fire appeared in front of Li Ping'an, and the smell of burning insects came, and there were continuous "crackling" sounds.
With the help of firelight and moonlight, Li Ping'an could clearly see something that looked like a small house nearby. It was not a house at all, but a wasp's nest.
Li Ping'an took a closer look and saw that the sky was full of hornets flying around. The Zhao Jingyan sisters were surrounded in the middle, and only a thin layer of fire wall kept them out, but it looked like they couldn't hold out for long.
Zhao Jingyan’s little mantis was also released, and Li Pingan found that it seemed to have grown a little bigger.
Looking at the hornets surrounding the circle and the lingering little creature following behind him, Li Ping'an came up with an idea, but he didn't know if it would work.
Zhao Jingyan saw Li Ping'an and was about to speak when he saw her turn around and move to the side. "Didn't she see us?" his tone sounded a little anxious.
Zhao Ziyu glanced at the direction Li Ping'an went, pursed his lips, and had a guess in his mind. He instructed Zhao Jingyan, "Once these bees fly away, you must run out quickly, understand?"
"Then what are you going to do?" "What about safety?" Zhao Jingyan was unhappy when he heard it.
Zhao Ziyu's face darkened and he looked at her intently. Zhao Jingyan immediately became intimidated and said, "Okay, I'll just run away."
Li Pingan looked at the two-story-high beehive in front of him and couldn't help rubbing his arms, hoping that they wouldn't hurt too much.
At this time, some bees were already circling Li Pingan, as if wondering what she was going to do and eager to sting her twice.
Li Ping'an took out the bottle of alcohol from his pocket and sprinkled it on the hive. Before the nearby bees could react, he took out a lighter, lit a piece of cloth and threw it over.
Suddenly, with a "boom", a ball of fire started, and the bees around flew over. Li Ping'an was in a panic, trying to put out the fire but didn't know how. She killed a few wasps that wanted to sting her, and continued to take out alcohol and sprinkle it on the hive.
It sprinkled water and ran, leading a group of bees towards the little thing.
The little ape who was watching the fun on the side saw Li Ping'an running towards him. He started to scream, but when he saw the swarm of hornets following her, he screamed and wanted to run back.
When Li Ping'an got closer, he found that it was a little ape-man with a yellow body. But that was just right, as its IQ was not high.
How could Li Ping'an let it go? While it was still swaying in place, he quickly took a few steps forward, grabbed it, and pushed it into the beehive.
The little ape-man howled in pain from the sting and waved his hands to fight back. Li Ping'an then turned around and ran towards Zhao Jingyan and her sister.
Before they could reach the destination, they saw Zhao Ziyu running towards them quickly. Seeing the wasp following Li Ping'an, they erected a wall of fire. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the two of them ran away.
Soon, they caught up with Zhao Jingyan. Zhao Jingyan looked back while running, and when he saw the two catching up, he smiled.
"Stop laughing and run." Although Zhao Ziyu knew that Zhao Jingyan would not run away obediently, after seeing her run just a few steps, she still felt a little heart-attacked.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise behind them. The three looked back and saw an ape-man taller than a tree losing his temper, with many hornets swirling around him.
The ape man saw Li Ping'an and the other two and wanted to follow them, but was stopped by a wasp. Perhaps angry about being stung, the ape man turned around and walked towards the hive. Seeing this, the wasp hurriedly followed.
Li Ping'an discovered that the hornets following him had also gone back. He thought there would be a fierce battle between the two species.
Taking advantage of their internal strife, Li Pingan and the other two quickened their pace and ran outside.
When Sister Hua realized something was wrong and rushed over, it was too late. Neither the angry ape nor the brainless wasp listened to her.
After the mediation failed, Sister Hua lost her patience and waved her hand. A fire appeared, which was even more intense and fierce than the original fire on the hive. It instantly engulfed the two-story hive. Seeing this, the hornets nearby flew in desperately, trying to put out the fire.
In addition to the beehive, the ape-man was also on fire. This fire was not an ordinary fire. It burned directly along his hair. The ape-man could not put out the fire no matter how hard he tried, so he ran towards the small river not far away.
Sister Hua did not stop him, but just snorted coldly and wanted to catch up with Li Pingan, but she saw a man flying down from the sky.
Sister Hua stopped, thought for a while, and turned back.
"Where have you been?" The man suddenly appeared in front of the three of them, scaring Li Pingan and the other two.
However, thinking of the man's identity, Li Ping'an felt a little relieved. At least, the woman should not be able to beat him.
Li Ping'an didn't want to talk to him, fearing that he would be exposed as soon as he opened his mouth.
Zhao Jingyan explained the whole process in a few words.
After listening to this, the man glanced at Li Ping'an. Li Ping'an quickly looked away, refusing to meet his gaze.
The man smiled and said, "Then let's get out of here quickly."
As he spoke, he called out four horses.
Riding on Little Grape's back, Li Pingan breathed a sigh of relief. "Little Grape, you have no idea how unlucky I was tonight."
As if to vent his anger, Li Ping'an told Xiao Pu Tao everything that happened after drinking.
The man flying in the front raised his eyelids and gave up the idea of threatening Li Ping'an.
After Li Pingan finished venting his anger, he hugged Little Grape's neck and said, "Little Grape, I'm so tired. Can I take a nap?"
"Since you didn't refuse, I'll take it as your consent." After saying that, Li Ping'an closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Zhao Jingyan beside him also fell asleep. Zhao Ziyu didn't dare to do that. Although her horse no longer played the roller game with her, she was sure that as soon as she closed her eyes, it would find a way to throw her off.
The four of them arrived in Huacheng but did not stop. Looking at the city area they were flying over, Zhao Ziyu glanced at the man in front of him and realized that they had to continue on their journey. Then he looked at the two people who were sleeping soundly beside him and shook his head.
Sure enough, the first thing Li Pingan did when he woke up was to rub his eyes and look down, "Why haven't we reached Huacheng yet?"
"No, where is this?"
Zhao Ziyu flew over and explained thoughtfully, "Not long after you fell asleep, we passed Flower City."
"What a pity! I wanted to see the Flower City in full bloom again." Li Pingan said regretfully. Although last night's experience was thrilling, the beautiful scenery was always innocent.
"How did the three of us get into the woods yesterday?" Zhao Jingyan remembered that he was drinking in the inn, but when he opened his eyes, he was in the woods and surrounded by a group of hornets.
"I think it was carried out by wasps." Li Ping'an remembered that he kept hearing the "buzzing" sound of wasps in a half-asleep state, and it seemed like they were on the clouds, going up and down.
"Yes, it was the wasps that carried them here." Zhao Ziyu drank the least and spent the shortest time admiring the moon and stars. When they were carried into the air, she had actually woken up, but she was afraid of alerting the enemy, so she endured it until the wasps put them down.
"Why are these hornets catching us?" Zhao Jingyan quickly lifted up his sleeves to see if there were any signs of being stung by hornets.
"It should be for food." Li Pingan and Zhao Ziyu said at the same time.
"I saw a dried human corpse in the woods. There were traces of the flesh being cut by a small sharp weapon on the corpse." Li Pingan told his discovery.
Zhao Ziyu nodded. "Then my guess is correct. They hung us on the tree to dry us out and use as food reserves."
Thinking of the groups of mummies hanging in the woods, Li Ping'an knew that he could no longer see them, but he still looked back. Could it be that the residents of the city really didn't know about such dangerous hornets?
"What's going on with that ape-man?" Zhao Jingyan suddenly turned around and asked Li Ping'an. After all, the ape-man ran out behind her.
Li Pingan didn't know how to explain it, so he pretended to be distressed and said, "I don't know where it came from either."
"When I woke up, I didn't see you. After I got away, I was going to look for you, but it suddenly jumped out of the bushes and chased me."
"I had just sobered up and didn't have the energy to fight it, so I ran away. I didn't expect that after running for a while, I would run into you guys."
Zhao Jingyan and her sister nodded after hearing this. Ape-man, ape-man, Zhao Jingyan muttered, "Could it be that they are coming from Ape-man City to seek revenge?"
"That's not right. Ape City is over a thousand kilometers away from Flower City. How could it have gotten here?"
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