Chen Mingyao looked at Lin Hu, and could feel the undisguised surveillance from the buzz-cut man out of the corner of his eye. He shook his head. "I'm not cold."
Lin Hu noticed Chen Mingyao's unusual behavior and turned to look at the man with the buzz cut.
Lin Hu suddenly grinned and said, "Big brother, don't look at me like that, or I'll think you like me."
Duan Linzhou: !!!
Others: !? !
The man with the buzz cut coughed and looked away with a dark expression.
After the man with the buzz cut stopped looking, Duan Linzhou reached out and secretly pinched the flesh on Lin Hu's waist from behind.
Lin Hu's eyebrows twitched, and he also reached out to pinch the other person, but Lin Hu used more force than the other person.
That's right, it's revenge.
This action naturally did not escape the notice of Wen Mofei and Chen Mingyao, who were nearby.
Wen Mofei couldn't bear to look, and Chen Mingyao, the child, dared not look too long.
The raft quickly reached the shore, and the group went ashore together. After Hong Fuqiu got off, he didn't intend to take them with him and sent them to the man who had been chatting with them earlier.
"Xiao Zhang, take them to the plum orchard to take a look. I'll go to the office to get the forms."
Hong Fuqiu left immediately after giving his instructions. He had seen Lin Hu and Duan Linzhou's actions on the raft earlier. He was homophobic and felt that they were dirty.
Lin Hu didn't care about all that; it was better that Hong Fuqiu wasn't around, as it would make things easier for them.
"Let's go then," Xiao Zhang said, taking the initiative to lead the way.
Lin Hu and his group of six walked up the mountain. There was a spring on the mountain of Guangming Island. The spring water flowed down the mountain along the path, and occasionally splashed out some water, giving the stones along the waterway beautiful patches of moss.
There aren't many trees on the mountain, but it's still better than on their Azure Dragon Island. Is this what happens when you become a level five island?
After reaching the top of the mountain, there is a plain filled with plum trees, where many people are picking plums.
Because the crops are grown on an island, all of them need to be harvested manually.
"This is the plum orchard. Everyone is still picking plums. Let me show you around first," Xiao Zhang said enthusiastically, acting as their tour guide.
"This is our seedling cultivation greenhouse, where we have many varieties..."
Just as Xiao Zhang was excitedly explaining things to them, Lin Hu and Chen Mingyao fell a few steps behind.
"Quietly use your supernatural ability to sense your surroundings. Be careful not to get caught," Lin Hu whispered to Chen Mingyao.
Chen Mingyao nodded and walked at the very end of the group. Fearing that his supernatural energy fluctuations would be too great and he would be detected, he only dared to infiltrate little by little.
He has been at level four in his superpowers for a long time now and is very skilled at using them.
Soon, its special ability detected an iron gate, but just as it was about to use its senses to penetrate and check what was inside, its brain was suddenly blocked.
"Ah!" He couldn't help but cover his head and let out a groan of pain.
Others looked over upon hearing the noise, and Xiao Zhang stopped explaining.
Lin Hu, who was nearby, was the first to reach out and support the person, asking, "What's wrong?"
"We've been stopped." Chen Mingyao whispered to Lin Hu as he looked down, and then another sharp pain shot through his head.
Seeing Chen Mingyao like this, Xiao Zhang understood everything. He angrily accused the group, "What exactly are you doing on our island?!"
"Xiao Zhang."
Just then, the man with the buzz cut appeared out of nowhere, called out to him, and blocked his way.
"Mr. Hong needs to speak with you." The man with the buzz cut spoke with his back to them, so they didn't know what they exchanged. Xiao Zhang then apologized to them and left.
"Are you alright?" The man with the buzz cut turned around and asked the group about Chen Mingyao's condition.
Chen Mingyao's face was pale, but he was clearly no longer having a headache; he just hadn't quite regained his energy.
"I'm fine, it's just an old problem. I've had headaches since I was a kid, I'm used to it. Did I scare you guys?" Chen Mingyao said with a smile to the man with the buzz cut after he recovered.
But that smile really wasn't very attractive.
As for whether it's a headache or not, everyone knows the answer. Anyway, he said it, so if you don't want to ruin things, you can only agree.
"No, it's just that you don't look too well. Would you like to rest in the small house over there?" the man with the buzz cut said, pointing to a stone house built not far away.
That was a temporary rest area for people guarding the fruit, because once the number of animals on the island started to increase, all sorts of animals would come and steal a couple.
“…Okay.” Chen Mingyao originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he agreed. It was impossible for him to say that he had the time to go sightseeing again.
"I'll head over first then. Call me when you're ready." Chen Mingyao said to the group and then took small steps toward the stone house.
"Then I'll take you to continue over there and take a look." The man with the buzz cut turned and walked forward, and the others followed.
After entering the stone house, Chen Mingyao found that there was not only a bed, but also a separate bathroom, an open kitchen, and a sofa.
There was no one inside. Chen Mingyao glanced out and saw everyone around him busy picking plums. He walked over to the sofa, sat down, rubbed his temples, and continued to use his powers to probe other areas.
After detecting one place, he could no longer get through it, as if something was blocking his way. He tried several other directions, but each time he was cut off after reaching that place.
He still planned to try the door he had seen at the beginning, but this time, when he stopped at the doorway, the door opened automatically without him having to push it.
It was pitch black inside, with no light at all, except for the area near the entrance illuminated by candlelight from outside. Beyond that was an even darker abyss.
Chen Mingyao hesitated for two seconds, but still decided to continue probing, his consciousness entering the space.
This is the consciousness that he evolved after reaching level four. It's like a person's soul leaving their body, and others can't see him. They can only sense his existence through his supernatural energy fluctuations.
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